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Mugabe unedited

The Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation recently seized all unedited tapes of President Robert Mugabe’s exclusive birthday interview with state broadcaster ZBC after…

Telecommunication troubles rife in Zimbabwe

A day without an internet connection does not contribute to the balance sheet of a corporate trying to compete in the global village. No telephone line means no access to…

‘We beat beneath the foot’

In an interview with the Associated Press recently, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe blamed last week’s severe torture of 15 arrested members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade…

‘Lift sanctions before talks’

A belligerent President Robert Mugabe is placing conditions for the lifting of international sanctions first, before any dialogue or planned visit by United Nations Secretary…

It’s over to Annan

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has emerged as the new hope to resolve the hitherto intractable Zimbabwean political and economic impasse. After numerous failed…

Mzi’s never-ending woes

Mining magnate Mzi Khumalo has lost what is reportedly the largest damages claim in Zimbabwe’s history. This is after his company, Pemberton International Investments, the…

Bob’s lift doesn’t reach the top floor

It is official — Zanu-PF’s financial crisis does not go right to the top. The party has not held its weekly politburo meeting since the beginning of the year because it cannot…

Not the season to be jolly

Christmas lights on Harare’s First Street provide splendour to an otherwise dull festive season. Shops are decorated with interchanging colours beaming across supermarkets,…

A fight from the get-go

Zimbabwe’s notorious Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) is running amok in the Midlands province, allegedly terrorising supporters of the yet to be launched United People’s…

Senate? What’s that?

Zimbabwe’s Senate poll is scheduled for this weekend, but there is little sign of the customary heated political activity. Incidents of violence hardly register on the radar…

Mbeki’s MDC migraine

Infighting over the Senate elections in Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change could scupper President Thabo Mbeki’s plans to broker multi-party talks with the…

LRA rebels cause political conflict

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has slammed an incursion by Ugandan rebels, the Lord’s Resistance Army into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but warned Kampala…

Farm evictions all over again

A new wave of land invasions has rocked Zimbabwe, with at least five farmers being forced off their proper-ties in the past week. Armed militiamen, accompanied by the police,…

Deciding Zim’s destiny

Extra-parliamentary groups in Zimbabwe have signalled their intention to "fight the expropriation of the Constitution" by the ruling Zanu-PF. In a move seen as showing…

RMB linked to SA loan package

Johannesburg-based Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has emerged as a key player in a potential South African loan to Zimbabwe. The bank was reluctant to provide details but its head of…

Absa named in Zim media scandal

South Africa’s banking giant Absa has been roped into Zimbabwe’s biggest media scandal in 25 years, which erupted recently with revelations that the country’s state security…

Zim reduced to begging

President Robert Mugabe hurriedly rescheduled a planned visit to China after he choked on the tough conditions that South Africa slapped on its R6-billion credit line to Zimbabwe…

Orphan’s dreams bulldozed

The wind blows, sucking little particles from the earth’s surface, throwing them up as dust. On a gentle slope at Caledonia farm, 35km east of Harare, 500 families are tucked…

Shortage fuels Zim crisis

Zimbabwean doctors are threatening to down tools. They don’t want money but fuel. About 300 junior doctors countrywide face this predicament. They are classified as special…

Zim opposition finally acts on election dispute

Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has filed petitions with the electoral court challenging the results of 13 of the 78 constituencies won by Zanu-PF in…