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The last hours of Solomon Mujuru

Zimbabwean General Solomon Mujuru died in suspicious circumstances in August 2011. This is an edited extract from his recently published biography by Blessing-Miles Tendi

Edmund Kudzayi was arrested for allegedly creating a Facebook page called Baba Jukwa run by a faceless operator dedicated to relentlessly attacking and denigrating Robert Mugabe

Zim govt fights over Baba Jukwa

The arrest of Baba Jukwa has triggered sharp divisions among security forces in Zimbabwe.

Hustle and bustle: Shoppers frequent the stores in Jonia City in Harare, but the offices in the mall are standing empty. (Aaron Ufumeli)

Zimbabwe’s changing spaces

Blue chip companies are moving out of Harare’s central business district into outlying suburbs as retailers dominate office space.

Insiders say Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s plan to succeed President Robert Mugabe is being scuppered by another faction through the indigenisation programme.

Zanu-PF succession battle spills to indigenisation probes

Factions in Zanu-PF are using the previously ineffective corruption commission to fight internal battles.

The Anti-Corruption Commission is probing several empowerment deals

Commission probes dodgy Zim deals

Zimbabwe’s controversial indigenisation programme, pummelled by increasing allegations of corruption, has for the first time come under scrutiny.

The Zimplats deals is one of many that the governor of the Reserve Bank has questioned.

Row over Zim indigenisation deals

Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono are locked in a battle over indigenisation policy.

Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere insists that there will be no special favours for investors.

Zim: Chinese ‘not exempt from indigenisation’

The Chinese will not enjoy preferential treatment and will not be exempt from Zimbabwe’s indigenisation policy, says Minister Saviour Kasukuwere.

Zim: Banks face ownership showdown

After the capitulation of the mines, the financial services industry is considering its options.

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.

Indigenisation could win votes for Mugabe

Indigenisation could win votes for Mugabe

The taking of shares from foreign company by the Zimbabwean government could have a positive effect for Robert Mugabe where votes are concerned.

Struggle for Zimplats not over yet

Struggle for Zimplats not over yet

There’s still been no deal set in stone on indigenising Impala’s Zimbabwe operation despite the progress that has been made so far.

Zim’s Kasukuwere threatens Implats with takeover

Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has warned Impala Platinum he will take the mine over if it doesn’t comply with Zimbabwe’s BEE laws.

Zim’s indigenisation minister blasts Implats CEO

Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere says he’s "sick and tired" of David Brown not complying with the country’s black ownership laws.

Parking deal divides Mugabe loyalists

Parking deal divides Mugabe loyalists

South African company may be booted out of a Harare venture to make way for warring ministers, who are also Mugabe loyalists.

Zim violence: Beware Mugabe’s Saviour, warns Tsvangirai

Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai has accused Saviour Kasukuwere, a top minister in Robert Mugabe’s party, of orchestrating an attack on an MDC rally.

Zim police teargas MDC headquarters

Tsvangirai slams Zimbabwe’s equity law

The MDC is opposed to a new law giving local blacks majority shares in foreign companies and plans its own project to lure foreign investment.

Mugabe ill health reports dismissed

RioTinto mine hands over 51% stake in Zim equity deal

Murowa Diamonds has ceded 51% of its equity to Zimbabwe to comply with a new law giving local blacks majority shares in foreign companies.

Youths target empty buildings in Bulawayo

Zanu-PF youths in collaboration with senior party bigwigs are spearheading the illegal invasion of buildings and properties in Bulawayo.

Pressure mounts on foreign firms in Zim

Pressure mounts on foreign firms in Zim

Companies queue to see government as the deadline to sell a 51% share to locals passes

Zim to probe foreign firms over ownership law

Zimbabwe is due to probe firms to establish their level of compliance with a law that forces them to sell at least 51% of shares to Zimbabwe locals.