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Succession debate resumes after Mugabe’s health scare
Robert Mugabe has returned to Zimbabwe after a trip to Singapore fuelled rumours of his ailing health, reviving concerns about who would succeed him.
Summit on Zimbabwe to set course toward elections
Southern African leaders are due to meet to lay out a plan to guide Zimbabwe toward elections, which could settle a debate within Zanu-PF.
Moonlighting now a way of life for Zim workers
Watson Chimbira mingles with mourners at the Chitungwiza cemetery outside Zimbabwe’s capital, where he digs graves and paints epitaphs.
Zim unity govt marks two years in power
Zimbabwe’s shaky unity government on Friday marks two years in power, but President Robert Mugabe’s call for early polls has sparked fears violence.
Christmas an ordinary day for Zim’s rural poor
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.
Mugabe’s party ready to bury ‘western NGO, the MDC’
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party was on Saturday set to back his push for elections in the country early next year.
Mugabe to urge early elections at party conference
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will use his party’s annual conference on Friday to demand new elections, despite warnings against this.
Zim power woes spoil World Cup party
Erratic power supplies have long been an accepted part of life in Zimbabwe, but football fans had hoped the World Cup in SA would provide respite.
Rats pose new health threat in Zim towns
A stray cat paws through a heap of refuse between blocks of flats in Harare’s upmarket Avenues area, sending rats squealing and scurrying for cover.
Luxurious black granite draws envy of poor Zimbabweans
The stone prized by designers is found in one of Zimbabwe’s poorest districts, where residents look with envy on the granite.
One year on, feuds stall Zim unity govt
President Robert Mugabe’s grip on power was pried open one year ago on Thursday, but mistrust and bickering are hampering Zimbabwe’s recovery.
Private schools sprout in Zim as public system struggles
"No disruption to learning" touts a newspaper ad for a new private Zimbabwean school, one of many springing up in living rooms across Zimbabwe.
Zim accuses US envoy of sneaking across border
Diplomatic ties between Zimbabwe and the United States came under further strain on Wednesday when authorities in Harare accused Washington’s envoy to South Africa of sneaking…
Zim opposition furious at run-off delay
Zimbabwe’s opposition reacted furiously on Thursday to the prospect of a run-off poll being delayed until the end of July, accusing authorities of flouting the law to help…
More arrests in Zim as Tsvangirai prepares return
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s government intensified a crackdown against its political opponents on Monday, as the leader of the opposition prepared to return home to…