Robert Mugabe said the car crash that killed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife was ”the hand of God”, speaking at a funeral service on Tuesday.
Zimbabweans began making their way on Tuesday to a stadium in Harare to bid farewell to Susan Tsvangirai, the popular wife of the country’s premier.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Monday a car crash that injured him and killed his wife was an accident.
Morgan Tsvangirai is expected to return to Zimbabwe on Monday after undergoing tests in Botswana following the accident that killed his wife Susan.
Morgan Tsvangirai, injured in a car crash that killed his wife, has left for medical treatment in Botswana, leaving no word when he will return.
Zimbabwe’s prime minister has left the country for medical treatment after he was injured in a car crash that killed his wife, state media reported.
Morgan Tsvangirai left hospital on Saturday night to join a nation in mourning for his wife, Susan, who died in a car crash on Friday
The MDC called for a probe into the crash that injured Morgan Tsvangirai and killed his wife, but warned Zimbabweans not to jump to conclusions.
Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party will meet on Saturday to discuss its official position on the car crash in which he was hurt and his wife was killed.
Rumours in Harare were quick to raise questions about whether the crash in which Morgan Tsvangirai was injured was another assassination attempt.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who was earlier involved in a car accident that killed his wife, is reported to be fully conscious.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife, Susan, died on Friday in a car accident in which Tsvangirai was also injured.
A judge in Zimbabwe has been arrested for granting bail to a top aide of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a lawyer said on Friday.
More than 4 000 people have died in a cholera epidemic, Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday.
The detention of political prisoners is undermining donor confidence in Zimbabwe’s new unity government, Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday.
Roy Bennett, a top aide to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, will remain behind bars for at least two more weeks.
Leading Zimbabwean human rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko and four other activists were freed on bail on Monday.
South Africa is considering granting credit lines for neighbouring Zimbabwe, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Monday.
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/ 28 February 2009
Robert Mugabe said seizures from white farmers would continue and vowed to press ahead with plans for locals to take majority stakes in companies.
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/ 27 February 2009
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has dismissed as ”nonsense” Western demands that he free up Zimbabwe’s media in order to get sanctions lifted.
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/ 26 February 2009
President Robert Mugabe has rejected demands that he dismiss two discredited officials, while the government asked its neighbours for -billion.
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/ 25 February 2009
The prime minister in Zimbabwe’s new coalition government said on Wednesday that President Robert Mugabe has agreed to free political prisoners.
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/ 24 February 2009
Zimbabwe opposition groups have launched a scathing attack following a decision by their leaders to add more ministers to the government.
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/ 22 February 2009
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called for national reconciliation and forgiveness on Sunday after years of political conflict.
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/ 20 February 2009
Repairing Zimbabwe’s battered economy could cost as much as -billion, said Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday.
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/ 20 February 2009
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is to meet SA President Kgalema Motlanthe to discuss an aid package to revive Zimbabwe’s economy.
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/ 20 February 2009
The MDC leader prepares to meet Zanu-PF securocrats to prevent any further unlawful arrests from taking place, writes Jason Moyo.
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/ 18 February 2009
A few hundred elderly Britons living in Zimbabwe are being offered resettlement back home to protect them from worsening conditions.
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/ 18 February 2009
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called in ministers responsible for security and demanded from them an immediate return to the rule of law.
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/ 17 February 2009
A Zimbabwe politician earmarked to join the new unity government appeared in court on Tuesday to face charges over an alleged terror plot.
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/ 17 February 2009
Zimbabwe’s new unity government began the task of rebuilding the shattered country on Monday but its first day was marred by confusion over terrorism
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/ 16 February 2009
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has bought a -million home in Hong Kong, Britain’s Sunday Times reported.