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An MDC-T supporter at the party’s congress in Harare last weekend. The congress went along with Morgan Tsvangirai’s bid to consolidate power under him.

All-powerful Morgan Tsvangirai draws fire

Opponents of Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader say they have been vindicated by his now overweening control of the MDC-T party.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said there is a “jostling” for power within his ruling Zanu-PF party.

Mugabe tests SADC’s power

As the new chairperson, he is already trying to further his own agenda in the region.

Zim hospital has to beg for donor cash

The government cannot sustain Mpilo Central Hospital and has now opened its doors to donors.

The planned biofuel plant in the Mwenezi district owned by Billy Rautenbach has been met with opposition from Masvingo governor Kudakwashe Bhasikiti.

Zim may lose $500-million

Billy Rautenbach is tangled in a spat over land use and is said to be ready to move a multimillion ethanol project to Zambia.

Food aid is needed in the rural areas and maize is imported from Zambia

Zim: Has Simba found his roar?

The former Zanu-PF leader is playing coy on plans to lead a grand coalition against President Robert Mugabe.

Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe

SA cools on Zim’s reform

Zanu-PF says its land reform programme has been a major success and is not bothered by criticism from ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.

To the point: David Chapfika heads the budget

Zanu-PF MPs face the failing state

Some Zimbabwean parliamentarians are being unusually critical about their own government’s failures.

Rugare Gumbo says Zanu-PF has not made a decision about the revelations

Zim: The politics of ‘salary-gate’

Expectations that government would act on corruption are fast fading as the matter has become part of Zanu-PF’s divisive succession battle.

Poison pen: MDC-T deputy treasurer general Elton Mangoma

Tsvangirai’s moment of truth

Officials fed up with the MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s liaisons are calling for a congress to contest his position.

The political squabbles took their toll on the economy

Zimbabwe – prepare for the fallout from 2013

Despite all the political developments, the major bombshell facing the Zimbabwe is still the economy, writes Takudzwa Munyaka.

A powerful  Zimbabwean parliamentary committee raised the alarm about the lack of accountability for the sale and smuggling of diamonds from Marange.

Zim’s civil society wants to bring glitter to diamond sector

A seminar to interrogate issues in Zimbabwe’s diamond mining sector is to be held in South Africa.

Invader: Joseph Chinotimba talks to journalists after visiting the then chief justice, Anthony Gubbay, at the Supreme Court in 2001. (AP)

Zanu-PF’s Chinotimba gets a makeover

A land invader-turned-member of parliament is pulling out all the stops to impress his constituents.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, seen here with his South African counterpart, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, complained he had been subjected to an unfair search by United States authorities. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)

EU unmoved by Zim’s objections

The European Union has said sanctions on Zimbabwe will remain in place until the election observers’ final reports are released.

How the MDC can remain relevant

After a bruising electoral defeat, analysts say the MDC party must come out of denial and rebuild itself.

Zanu-PF says it won’t abuse parly

Party chief whip says Constitution won’t be changed without a referendum.

Mugabe rewards his loyalists

Analysts say Zanu-PF’s Robert Mugabe’s "thank you" Cabinet has little capacity to solve any of Zimbabwe’s problems.

Army pallbearers carry Enos Nkala’s coffin ahead of his burial this week. (Aaron Ufumeli)

Reviled in life and death

People have not forgotten nor forgiven Nkala’s role in the Gukurahundi massacre.

Zanu-PF has refused to reform the security sector, which is invested in it staying in power. (Aaron Ufumeli)

MDC braced for a coup if it wins

The party has an ‘action plan’ for such a scenario, based on the violence of the military in the past.

Undercover: People sport Zanu-PF gear

Zanu-PF’s presence visible

The popularity of the party’s regalia might be an indicator of expediency and fear, not popularity.

Profiting: The Zimbabwe army has interests in diamond mining, retail and energy. (Shepherd Tozvireva)

Zim army gets down to business

The military’s increasing involvement in private enterprise has raised concern that it is preparing to back up a parallel government.