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.
Zimbabwe has hiked mining exploration fees almost 2 000% to $1-million in a bid to curb speculation, a state daily reported on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe’s high commissioner to SA praised SA as an "all-weather friend" when he handed his letters of credence to President Jacob Zuma on Thursday.
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/ 31 January 2011
Zimbabwe has seen a surge in political violence and intimidation as the government prepares for national elections, an advocacy group said.
Zimbabwe’s Attorney General on Monday started investigating the role of Morgan Tsvangirai in their discussions with US diplomats, leaked by WikiLeaks.
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/ 17 January 2011
Zimbabwe’s Welshman Ncube, who has taken over the leadership of the MDC faces the task of steering the party from Tsvangirai.
Zimbabwe is likely to postpone a parliamentary election that President Robert Mugabe’s party wanted by mid-year.
Zimbabwe is to investigate bringing treason charges against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over confidential talks with US diplomats.
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.
President Robert Mugabe’s government must make major reforms to allow for a fair vote, major Western nations said on Wednesday.
The US imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s Attorney General for his alleged role in undermining the crisis-ridden African nation’s democracy.
A leading business group on Tuesday urged President Robert Mugabe not to seize Zimbabwe-based firms from Western countries.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai urged their supporters to shun violence ahead of elections planned for 2011.
A Zimbabwean human rights organisation urged the country’s ruling parties to allow freedom and fairness in elections tentatively planned for 2011.
Zimbabwe faces renewed political and economic turmoil as President Robert Mugabe’s push for polls next year, analysts say.
Zanu-PF members are jostling to endorse the president as the electoral candidate ahead of the party’s national conference.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said he was ‘confident’ of victory after his party backed him to contest a likely election next year.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party was on Saturday set to back his push for elections in the country early next year.
Zimbabwe’s president vowed on Friday to avenge Western economic curbs imposed on his ruling party.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe told his party on Friday that the country’s uneasy power-sharing government "can’t be allowed to continue".
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will use his party’s annual conference on Friday to demand new elections, despite warnings against this.
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/ 14 December 2010
Zimbabwe faces a new political storm with President Robert Mugabe pushing for an early election opposed by rivals.
Declaring loyalty and funding Mugabe’s party is good for business — or so it would have executives believe.
Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai says that elections cannot take place in his country without reforms and a constitutional review.
The latest revelations could mean the end of Zim’s unity government
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/ 1 December 2010
Zimbabwean political parties on Tuesday dismissed WikiLeaks revelations that a power sharing deal between them is doomed because of acute differences.
Thabo Mbeki had a bias for Zanu-PF during his time as mediator between Zimbabwe’s ruling party and opposition MDC, US embassy documents have revealed.
South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday met with leaders in Zimbabwe’s power-sharing government to try to smooth over disputes.
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/ 19 November 2010
Zimbabwe government minister’s estranged wife embarrasses him with claims on his vast estate. He has denied owning 90% of the listed properties.
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/ 29 October 2010
A Zimbabwean white farmers’ organisation said they had seen a "renewed onslaught" of farm seizures and attacks.
Zimbabwe hopes to have clear plans by the end of the year on turning around 10 struggling state firms.
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/ 23 October 2010
Mugabe sees elections as a way to rid himself of Tsvangirai, who is trying to rally weary opposition voters