Zimbabwean police drove out scores of so-called war veterans after they declared themselves new owners of several tourist resorts, a minister said.
Militants of Mugabe’s party have launched raids on tourism lodges on the shores of the Zimbabwe capital’s main fishing and leisure area.
Put three Zimbabwean politicians in a room and they will come out with four parties.
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti has warned that his country could face a "bloodbath" at elections this year.
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/ 18 January 2011
When Jonathan Moyo was relieved of his cabinet post and booted out of Zanu-PF in 2005, the news was greeted with a cacophony of mirth.
Jonathan Moyo, the controversial spin doctor expelled from Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF, is on the political comeback trail.
Zimbabwe is likely to postpone a parliamentary election that President Robert Mugabe’s party wanted by mid-year.
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/ 25 December 2010
Zimbabwe’s attorney general plans to set up a commission to investigate possible treason charges against locals over briefings 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.
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/ 19 December 2010
The UN offered Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe a retirement package and safe haven if he agreed to stand down, according to a Wikileaks cable.
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.
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/ 10 December 2010
The ripples from the WikiLeaks scandal made a fairly gentle landfall in South Africa last week.
Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai says that elections cannot take place in his country without reforms and a constitutional review.
Mugabe and his allies have seized nearly half Zimbabwe’s commercial farms in a land grab widely blamed for the economic collapse.
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/ 6 December 2010
There is no logic behind rewarding the violence of losers, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
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.
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/ 30 November 2010
Poor Zimbabweans are illegally investing in satellite dishes, to avoid watching endless propaganda released by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation.
Four very different books on Zimbabwe cast diverse perspectives on the country’s past and current issues — besides saying a lot about the authors.