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Britain supports Mnangagwa bid
London grand plan sparks off uproar BRITAIN has reportedly come up with a grand plan to steer Zimbabwe through its turbulent political transition centred on Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding...
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Chinamasa presents gloomy review
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday delivered his mid-term fiscal policy statement, painting a dreary picture of an economy choked by dwindling revenues amid runaway expenditure that has...
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Zanu PF infighting sinks Lima Plan
ZANU PF’s succession power struggles — coupled with lack of meaningful political and economic reforms and a strong opposition lobby — are scuttling government’s re-engagement process with the...
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Simon Mann demands his cash back
CONVICTED British mercenary Simon Mann has instructed his Zimbabwean lawyer Jonathan Samukange to sue the state to recover the US$188 000 he paid for firearms from the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI)...
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Broke ZRP splurges on vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police, buttressing its capacity to respond swiftly to political protests which have stretched the security establishment to the limit, has taken delivery of dozens of brand new...
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‘Army can only be sent on the streets as a last resort’
Zimbabwean military commanders say it is not their job to crush growing political dissent and social unrest against President Robert Mugabe’s regime unless the constitutional order is under threat, it...
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Goba job saga deepens
…Acting Prosecutor-General’s appointment stinks GOVERNMENT deliberately disregarded Acting Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba’s criminal record and recently appointed him to the post despite a clear...
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Vice-President ducks China visit
VICE-President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week reportedly ducked a trip to China where government wants to revive inoperative economic deals which President Robert Mugabe and his Chinese counterpart Xi...
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Zimbabwe military fractures amid ruling party splits
ZIMBABWE’S military is fracturing along generational lines in a potentially dangerous turn for the southern African nation as President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party splits over who will succeed him....
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China shells out US$5bn for Zim
THE Chinese government has come up with a US$5 billion financial rescue package for Zimbabwe to fund agriculture and housing projects ahead of the 2018 general elections in a bid to counter the West’s...
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Zim squabbles rock IMF
Fierce behind-the-scenes battles have erupted in and around the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ensure Zimbabwe is not discussed at the annual meetings of the boards of governors of the IMF and...
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G40 blocks Chinamasa on austerity measures
THE Zanu PF faction linked to First Lady Grace Mugabe, G40, on Monday stopped Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa in his tracks and threw out his cocktail of austerity measures which included civil...
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Corrupt Dema project escalates to US$250m
The cost of the corrupt Dema Power Plant project — which has raised controversy — has escalated to US$250 million over three years as the country faces power cuts over a US$734 million debt to...
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Methodist Church in Zim condemns police brutality
THE Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ) yesterday called on the government to address deep structural defects in the economy, engage stakeholders to solve problems bedevilling the country and clampdown...
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Govt fears US backlash over illicit financial transactions
ZIMBABWE fears that money laundering, externalisation, illicit financial flows and lax anti-terrorism funding laws could prompt the United States to bar the country from using the greenback as its...
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‘Zim faces deeper economic crisis’
CHATHAM House, a leading independent think-tank close to the British establishment, says it is vital to strike a balance between re-engagement and reform in Zimbabwe as President Robert Mugabe’s regime...
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‘Zim the Venezuela of Africa’
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will come face-to-face with the devastating consequences of misrule and economic mismanagement when he participates in the 17th Domestic Non-Aligned Summit in Venezuela this...
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Maduro’s ‘Biggest Event’ plays to handfuls of anti-imperialists
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro played to a sympathetic audience on familiar turf in slamming abuses by “imperialist” nations and seeking support against a “global onslaught” from his foes at home...
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Time for Mugabe to go, says Botswana President Khama
ZIMBABWE’S 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe should step aside without delay and allow new leadership of a country whose political and economic implosion since 2000 is dragging down the whole of...
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Police fire teargas at student protesters in Johannesburg
SOUTH African police fired stun grenades and teargas on Wednesday to disperse students marching near a Johannesburg university to protest against higher tuition fees, in the second straight day of...
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