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Succession debate resumes after Mugabe’s health scare

Succession debate resumes after Mugabe’s health scare

Robert Mugabe has returned to Zimbabwe after a trip to Singapore fuelled rumours of his ailing health, reviving concerns about who would succeed him.

ANC ratifies support for Mugabe’s Zanu-PF

Summit on Zimbabwe to set course toward elections

Southern African leaders are due to meet to lay out a plan to guide Zimbabwe toward elections, which could settle a debate within Zanu-PF.

Moonlighting now a way of life for Zim workers

Watson Chimbira mingles with mourners at the Chitungwiza cemetery outside Zimbabwe’s capital, where he digs graves and paints epitaphs.

Zim’s Daily News back on streets after seven years

Zim unity govt marks two years in power

Zimbabwe’s shaky unity government on Friday marks two years in power, but President Robert Mugabe’s call for early polls has sparked fears violence.

Christmas an ordinary day for Zim’s rural poor

Christmas an ordinary day for Zim’s rural poor

For ordinary Zimbabweans this Christmas will bring a mixture of pleasure and pain, with once-empty shops full of food but most unable to pay for it.

Mugabe vows retaliation against the West

Mugabe’s party ready to bury ‘western NGO, the MDC’

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party was on Saturday set to back his push for elections in the country early next year.

Mugabe to urge early elections at party conference

Mugabe to urge early elections at party conference

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will use his party’s annual conference on Friday to demand new elections, despite warnings against this.

Strike threat Eskom widens

Zim power woes spoil World Cup party

Erratic power supplies have long been an accepted part of life in Zimbabwe, but football fans had hoped the World Cup in SA would provide respite.

Rats pose new health threat in Zim towns

A stray cat paws through a heap of refuse between blocks of flats in Harare’s upmarket Avenues area, sending rats squealing and scurrying for cover.

Luxurious black granite draws envy of poor Zimbabweans

The stone prized by designers is found in one of Zimbabwe’s poorest districts, where residents look with envy on the granite.

One year on

One year on, feuds stall Zim unity govt

President Robert Mugabe’s grip on power was pried open one year ago on Thursday, but mistrust and bickering are hampering Zimbabwe’s recovery.

Private schools sprout in Zim as public system struggles

"No disruption to learning" touts a newspaper ad for a new private Zimbabwean school, one of many springing up in living rooms across Zimbabwe.

Zim accuses US envoy of sneaking across border

Diplomatic ties between Zimbabwe and the United States came under further strain on Wednesday when authorities in Harare accused Washington’s envoy to South Africa of sneaking…

Zim opposition furious at run-off delay

Zimbabwe’s opposition reacted furiously on Thursday to the prospect of a run-off poll being delayed until the end of July, accusing authorities of flouting the law to help…

More arrests in Zim as Tsvangirai prepares return

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s government intensified a crackdown against its political opponents on Monday, as the leader of the opposition prepared to return home to…

Zim activists charged over election violence

Twenty-eight Zimbabwean activists were charged on Monday over post-election violence as Britain condemned a ballot recount as an attempt by President Robert Mugabe to "steal" the…

Warning sounded over Zim equity law

A new equity law passed by President Robert Mugabe to ensure the population gets a majority stake in public-owned firms will plunge Zimbabwe into deeper economic woes, analysts…

Despite economic woes, Mugabe reigns in rural Zim

Accompanied by a village choir, waving fists and miniature ruling party flags, the crowd of several thousand thunders out four words in a constant refrain: "Long live comrade…

Mugabe election prospects weaken as rifts appear

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who only days ago looked assured of re-election next month as a result of splits in the opposition, now has to contend with a growing mutiny…

Africa rallies to Mugabe over summit

A failed British bid to exclude Robert Mugabe from an upcoming European summit played straight into the hands of the Zimbabwean president, who gained instinctive support from his…