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Zanu-PF plagued by infighting

Serious tribal jockeying for President Robert Mugabe’s post has rocked the party since it became apparent that he might leave office before the end of the year.

Mugabe’s exit plan takes shape

The December congress of Zimbabwe’s ruling party is likely to take a crucial first step towards President Robert Mugabe’s exit from power, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has learned.

‘PW’ Mugabe’s total onslaught

In the dying days of his reign PW Botha became increasingly defiant of world opinion. But the more brutal he became, the more militant and defiant did the people become. And the…

Tsvangirai back in the dock

The treason trial of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai resumed in the Harare High Court this week amid reports that the governing Zanu-PF…

It’s hands-on diplomacy

Fears that the United States, backed by Britain, may be plotting to create a climate for "regime change" in Zimbabwe goaded the South African government into a more "hands-on"…

Double blow for Bob

The retirements — one after the other — of two of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s key civil servants during the past two weeks, are testimony to the fact that many of the…

A taste of things to come

It all started from the most unlikely source: supporters of President Robert Mugabe at the weekend besieged a supermarket and a grain depot to fire the first warning shots that…

An express train to the border

Every week, South Africa deports hundreds of refugees. David Masunda reports.