The MDC has been stung by the ANC’s public endorsement of President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party last weekend.
The never-say-die leader claims God has given him a longer life than most so he won’t let Zimbabweans down. Besides, they can’t be left on their own.
The bum-kissing pledge by Gwede Mantashe to support Zanu-PF during Zimbabwe’s polls next year has justifiably raised the ire of everyone.
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’.
Zanu-PF kicked off its 12th annual people’s conference amid efforts to pull in big business to participate in a concurrent exhibition.
A media rights activist has been detained by police in Zimbabwe, pointing to a crackdown on Zanu-PF dissenters ahead of elections next year.
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/ 5 December 2011
Global Witness has left the Kimberley Process after a series of disagreements, including the resumption of sales of Zimbabwe’s Marange diamonds.
Kimberley Process-approved diamonds from Chinese-Zimbabwean venture Anjin will be put on sale on Friday, despite criticism from Human Rights Watch.
The rooster has long been Robert Mugabe’s party symbol and it perches proudly atop the Zanu-PF headquarters.
Denials by opposition leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai that he paid $36 000 to marry his pregnant girlfriend have ignited a media storm.
Although Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s grip on power at the Zanu-PF people’s conference is a foregone conclusion uncertainty continues to grow.
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.
Young supporters of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe have stoned and beaten backers of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, blocking an MDC rally.
Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe should consider stepping down as old age and health worries catch up with the 87-year-old.
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe has stoked fresh controversy over its shortlisting of government-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers.
Zimbabwe’s politicians are scrambling to gain control of trusts being set up for local communities to take up stakes in large foreign mining companies
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/ 21 October 2011
Vusi Mavimbela, South Africa’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, has attacked Zanu-PF over its continued invasion of South African-owned farms.
The MDC is opposed to a new law giving local blacks majority shares in foreign companies and plans its own project to lure foreign investment.
There is reportedly much "panic" and trembling in the eurozone over the news that Zimbabwe will sue it for imposing "illegal" sanctions.
Zanu-PF youths in collaboration with senior party bigwigs are spearheading the illegal invasion of buildings and properties in Bulawayo.
A local privately-owned newspaper has reported that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe went to Singapore for a medical check-up last week.
In an attempt to garner votes ahead of elections expected before March next year, Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party is using the churches to build support
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/ 16 September 2011
WikiLeaks’s exposure which includes revelations that top Zanu-PF officials have been secretly corresponding with US diplomats have stoked tension.
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/ 9 September 2011
The sacking of Tracey Mutinhiri has fuelled speculation that party moderates seen as being too close to the opposition MDC are to be purged.
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe on Tuesday urged lawmakers in the troubled coalition government to preach messages of peace ahead of proposed elections.
Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe will hold elections by early 2011 and raised concerns on the delay of the state’s Constitutional programme, reports say.
Solomon Mujuru was seen as the power broker who could hold hardliners in Zanu-PF at bay.