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Low-cost airline Fly Africa takes to the skies against Air Zimbabwe

Low-cost airline Fly Africa opens one route in September and looks into more, which may upset Air Zimbabwe’s popular Harare-Bulawayo route.

Border crossing: An estimated three million Zimbabweans are in South Africa.

Zim braced for wave of deportees

South Africa and Botswana want to limit the number of Zimbabweans in their countries.

Former Zimbabwe finance minister Tendai Biti. (AFP)

Fast forward to a new Zimbabwe: Q&A with Tendai Biti

A new generation won’t settle for more of the same and is talking deep-rooted change.

Movement for Democratic Change supporters

Mugabe versus Tsvangirai – again

The two leaders have been slugging it out since 2002 – and they will be at it again come the elections in 2018.

In a press briefing on Thursday, Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa (above) said that the party was unhappy with Hopewell Chin’ono’s reporting.

Zim: Resentment simmers in civil servant wage delay

The delay in pay dates for civil servants is likely to continue as the cash-strapped state has to wait for money collected from Zimra to pay salaries.

Zimbabwean farmworker Lovemore Dzapasi harvests tobacco on Lobernvale Farm near Harare. Experts say that poor crop quality could lead to a price decrease.

Zim: High prices draw farmers to tobacco, but for how long?

Agriculture experts warn about the hype around tobacco and the high prices that the crop is fetching.

It is difficult for residents of informal settlements to follow guidelines to prevent Covid-19 transmission, such as hand-washing, in the absence of access to water. It is governments’ responsibility to provide these basic services. (Lucky Tshuma)

Bulawayo denies disease risk as rationing remains in place

The city has had to decommission its major supply dams as water levels fall to drastic levels.

Question of numbers: The full strength of the country’s army is not known. (Alexander Joe/AFP)

Why Zimbabwe can’t invade Mozambique

Zimbabwe’s warnings of military action in Mozambique have raised questions about the Zimbabwean army’s abilities.

Hard times: The Redcliff plant has been idle for years as a result of squabbling over the price of the acquisition, leaving workers destitute. (Aaron Ufumeli)

Zim: Stalled deal shafts steel workers

The deadlocked buyout of Ziscosteel by a foreign investor has left its workers living hand to mouth.

Out in the cold: Welshman Ncube. (Aaron Ufumeli)

Ncube MDC official who quit says voters were myopic

Qhubani Moyo’s departure adds to the cocktail of troubles that is plaguing the opposition parties since their shock defeat at the hands of Zanu-PF.

Zanu-PF’s attempt to create an urban foothold

Battle lines have been drawn between Zanu-PF and the MDC as the ruling party pushes to gain control of city councils.

Outsider: Emmerson ­Mnangagwa (left) with ­President Robert Mugabe. (Alexander Joe/AFP)

Who will be number three in Zimbabwe?

Analysts have spelled out the arguments for three likely contenders for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s second vice-president.

Ignatius Chombo’s ex-wife Marian will stand against him as an independent candidate. (Shepherd Tozvireva)

Disgruntled Zanu-PF rebels stand their ground

Disgruntled Zanu-PF members who lost in primary elections are abandoning the party and ­opting to go to the polls as independent candidates.

Bishop Nolbert Kunonga.

Mugabe bishop gets the boot

Zanu-PF’s bid to make inroads into the church to garner votes for next year’s election has suffered a major setback.

Rumours that Morgan Tsvangirai paid his former lover a substantial amount of money in damages have fuelled questions about the source of the funds and could dent his image among his supporters.

Tsvangirai’s pay-off to former lover raises eyebrows

Zimbabweans, weary of mounting economic troubles, are lapping up the latest instalment in the private life of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere.

Zim targets Tongaat Hulett in indigenisation scheme

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.

Robert Mugabe’s old house will soon be a tourist attraction.

Milking Mugabe as a tourism drawcard

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.

Finance Minister Tendai Biti must make tough calls.

Tendai Biti’s budget becomes a time bomb

Tendai Biti is facing his toughest test as finance minister in the fragile three-year-old unity government in Zimbabwe, writes Ray Ndlovu.

It is critical for private companies and government to work together to avert a crisis.

Bulawayo’s taps tightened as water shortage bites

Bulawayo’s water woes are set to mount, with its city council indicating that it will be extending water restrictions from three days a week to four.

General secretary of the South African Communist Party Blade Nzimande has described media articles about President Jacob Zuma and Nkandla as ‘white people’s lies’.

Zim’s ‘other’ MDC finds more ears

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.