The single greatest failure of current punditry is the refusal to recognise that context matters.

The minister of information has initiated a purge at the Zimbabwe broadcaster but staff say he must also stop it from acting as a Zanu-PF mouthpiece.

­Jonathan Moyo, the ZBC’s new information and publicity minister has sparked hope in employees that the station can be turned around.

An American citizen arrested by police in Zimbabwe and charged with smuggling was free to leave the country after paying a fine, a US embassy official said on Tuesday. Leslie…