Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has urged the world to stop Robert Mugabe from stealing elections but says his country is open for business.
Analysts say Zimbabwe’s forcing of foreign firms to hand over a 51% stake will scare away much-needed investment despite assurances to the contrary.
Zimbabwe has rejected a request by platinum miner Zimplats to extend a deadline to hand over a nearly 30% stake under a contentious equity law.
Zanu-PF says elections could be held this year even if political reforms, including a new Constitution, requested by meditators are not ready in time.
Robert Mugabe marked his 88<sup>th</sup> birthday with a trademark attack on gays and foreigners at a mass rally to celebrate the occasion.
Thousands of people gathered at a stadium in Zimbabwe’s town of Mutare for celebrations to mark veteran President Robert Mugabe’s 88th birthday.
Robert Mugabe has threatened to reject President Jacob Zuma as a power-sharing facilitator for the tense power-sharing government in Zimbabwe.
President Robert Mugabe says elections will "definitely" happen this year, calling politicians who say polls should be held in 2013 "cowards".
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/ 17 February 2012
Zimbabwe’s unity government was formed as a stepping stone to new elections, but these seem far off as political parties continue to argue.
Robert Mugabe will be using his lavish and costly 88th birthday party to drum up support for Zanu-PF.
Several top SA papers, including the <i>Sunday Times</i> may be banned from Zimbabwe, along with the UK’s The <i>Zimbabwean</i>.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe’s health is the cause of Zanu-PF’s push for early elections in Zimbabwe.
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/ 27 January 2012
A number of Zanu-PF supporters have invaded one of Harare’s wealthiest suburbs, building illegal makeshift homes.
President Robert Mugabe’s plans to keep loyal and long-serving security force chiefs on is fanning new disputes within Zimbabwe’s unity government.
Zanu-PF and Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC have sent delegations to the ANC’s centenary bash but there has been no confirmation if Robert Mugabe will attend.
Gwede Mantashe has promised Zanu-PF delegates that the ANC would assist the party in retaining its power at the next national elections in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said that he has no intention of retiring as he feels that doing so would be an act of ‘cowardice’.
A media rights activist has been detained by police in Zimbabwe, pointing to a crackdown on Zanu-PF dissenters ahead of elections next year.
Kimberley Process-approved diamonds from Chinese-Zimbabwean venture Anjin will be put on sale on Friday, despite criticism from Human Rights Watch.
Denials by opposition leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai that he paid $36 000 to marry his pregnant girlfriend have ignited a media storm.
Zimbabwe’s opposition party claims that illegal trading is costing the country billions.
In decaying hostels in Mbare, Harare’s poorest township, Zanu-PF has been raising Chipangano, its feared urban militia.
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/ 11 November 2011
The arrest of three Zimbabwean businessmen last month on espionage charges has intensified speculation about a witch-hunt in Zanu-PF.
Zanu-PF militia appears to be out of control, ignoring President Robert Mugabe’s pleas.
Following a series of attacks on the MDC, President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have called for peace in Zimbabwe.
On the 46th anniversary of Ian Smith’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, <b>Percy Zvomuya</b> surveys three books about Zimbabwe.
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/ 8 November 2011
Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai has accused Saviour Kasukuwere, a top minister in Robert Mugabe’s party, of orchestrating an attack on an MDC rally.
Young supporters of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe have stoned and beaten backers of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, blocking an MDC rally.
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is cutting a lone figure after comments he made in Europe over his support for gay rights.
Morgan Tsvangirai says agents loyal to Robert Mugabe are disrupting government programmes and assaulting civilians with impunity.
Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe should consider stepping down as old age and health worries catch up with the 87-year-old.
Six arrested in MDC headquarters riot that cops say was sparked when they chased pirate CD vendors inside and had no choice but to teargas everyone.