A conference on Zimbabwe’s diamonds has showed widening divisions in the Kimberley Process, the global diamond certification group.
Cash-strapped Zimbabwe is selling its diamonds to few takers at give-away prices as most foreign buyers shun the isolated country.
Zimbabweans, weary of mounting economic troubles, are lapping up the latest instalment in the private life of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Zanu-PF hopes the mining company’s concession to empowerment will help the party score political points in the country.
Police in Zimbabwe have detained three staffers from a human rights group in a crackdown on non-governmental organisations, say lawyers.
Zanu-PF’s tactic of allowing illegal settlements in a bid for votes has come back to haunt the party, writes Jason Moyo.
Mandebvu, in central Durban, is home to 55 Zimbabwean men who pay R30 a day in rent to live there, sharing five bathrooms and seven toilets.
The opening of Parliament, which marks the start of a new session, is a chance to remind Zimbabweans of the imperialist and his odd ways.
Amplats has agreed to transfer majority of its Unki mine in Zimbabwe to locals, following pressure from President Robert Mugabe’s government.
Zimbabwe has turned up the heat on its indigenisation programme and issued a 14-day ultimatum to Tongaat Hulett’s unit in the country, Triangle.
A surprisingly peaceful constitutional conference means that a national referendum is imminent, writes Jason Moyo.
The bright-blue guttering is the only thing that stands out in Robert Mugabe’s former house in Highfield township, south west of Harare’s city centre.
Rooti dolls claim to be the first fashion dolls to speak languages from countries ranging from Ghana to Zimbabwe.
VIDEO Footage obtained by the M&G has revealed the dire state of Zimbabwe’s education system, which was once among the best on the continent.
At the party’s office in Bulawayo, it is evident that the Movement for Democratic Change is keen to distinguish itself through its green emblem.
The police and party seem powerless to act against violent youth militias demanding protection money from citizens and businesses.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has set out plans for a constitutional referendum in November and March elections after months of uncertainty.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe says the death of Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi was as tragic as that of US ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens.
After two years of high growth, Zimbabwe’s economy is set to slow to 5% amid a poor farming season, blamed on erratic rainfall, and election concerns.
Bulawayo has ordered its residents to flush toilets at the same time once a week to prevent blockages during frequent periods of water rationing.
Forget the economy or politics. The biggest thing on Zimbabweans’ minds is their prime minister’s love life.
Analysts fear a recently opened defence college, army recruitment, and arms imported from South Africa are part of Zanu-PF’s election preparations.
Morgan Tsvangirai has circumvented an order brought forward by his ex-lover canceling his marriage licence by marrying under customary law.
Zimbabwe’s appeal for financial assistance puts South Africa in a position to make requests for political change in the cash-strapped country.
SA recently sold defence force weapons worth R2.25-million to Zimbabwe, despite a pledge in 2011 not to permit such sales to the country.
The battle for a slice in the hunting industry is at the centre of a damaging row over control of one of the country’s largest wildlife conservancies.
Zanu-PF has vowed not to give in to pressure to endorse a draft constitution produced two months ago by the constitutional parliamentary committee.
Econet agrees to reconnect its rival as NetOne goes to court to dispute a $20-million debt.
The Zimbabwe government is opening up the airwaves but broadcasters seem too timid to surf.
Zimbabwe’s 10-yearly national population census has been launched a few days after thousands of soldiers threatened to take over the task by force.
Zimbabwe’s central bank has been accused of making it difficult for locals to buy into the sector by raising the minimum capital requirements.
Zimbabwe’s acting Finance Minister Gorden Moyo says the government is concerned with the issue of high lending rates and bank charges.