Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe - 11 March 2016
Zimbabwe plans to compensate farmers for seized land Zimbabwe plans to start compensating mainly white farmers who lost their land and livelihoods during state- backed farm invasions that began in 2000 and triggered a near decade-long …
Dialogue Online No. 1/2016: Succession Politics in Zimbabwe: Grace Mugabe and the End of Patriotic History By Tamuka Charles Chirimambowa
9 March 2016 In this piece, University of Johannesburg PhD student, Tamuka Charles Chirimambowa, examines the possible permutations of the ongoing factional fights within Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party to succeed the aging party and …
Zimbabwe - 4 March 2016
Zimbabwe takes over diamond operations Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday that his government would take possession of all diamond operations because existing miners had robbed the country of its wealth. Mugabe’s comments …
Zimbabwe - 12 February 2016
‘Millions flee’ Zimbabwe conflict More than three million Zimbabweans, double the population of neighbouring Botswana, have fled direct and structural violence in their country, a member of the National Transitional Justice Working Group in …
Zimbabwe - 2 February 2016
ZIMBABWE’S CHIEF PROSECUTOR ARRESTED, TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY Zimbabwe’s chief prosecutor has been arrested and is expected to appear in court today. It’s being claimed that Johannes Tomana was arrested over the state’s withdrawal of …
An Ode in Memory of Chimusoro Sam Moyo - By Bella Matambanadzo
An unimaginable loss has happened. Our phenomenal intellectual Pan African giant on land issues, Professor Sam Moyo, has died following injuries sustained during a terrible car accident in New Delhi, India. We are in disbelief. We are …
Zimbabwe - 10 November 2015
Japan avails $15-million grant to Zimbabwe The Japan International Cooperation Agency has extended a $15 million grand to Zimbabwe, the first substantial commitment in 15 years, for the development of the 674 hectares Nyakomba irrigation …
Zimbabwe - 27 October 2015
Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe will be chaotic - politician A Zimbabwean opposition leader has reportedly warned of total collapse the day President Robert Mugabe “does not wake up”. Former finance minister Tendai Biti, who is the People’s Democratic …
Zimbabwe - 20 October 2015
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe warms to West as economy wobbles Robert Mugabe’s anti-Western rhetoric has been conspicuous by its absence of late, a sign the 91-year-old leader has mellowed or realised that Zimbabwe may need financial help. A year ago, …
Zimbabwe - 13 October 2015
UN appeals for $86M in food aid for Zimbabwe The UN has issued an urgent appeal for $86m in food aid for Zimbabwe. The country’s debilitating economic downturn has made food supplies unstable. The government earlier this year began …
Zimbabwe - 30 September 2015
Zimbabwe launches solar policy Zimbabwe’s government launched a solar energy policy on Wednesday as it attempts to reduce a major power shortage in the country. A drought affecting the country’s hydro plant at the Kariba Dam and the …
Zimbabwe - 16 September 2016
Minister says he quit social media over Zanu PF’s unfulfilled 2m jobs promise NEWLY appointed youth and indigenisation minister, Patrick Zhuwao, has revealed that he quit social media after failing to provide answers over the missing two …
Zimbabwe - 1 September 2015
Africa’s richest man Dangote plans Zimbabwe investments Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, said on Monday that he planned mining and power generation projects in investment-starved Zimbabwe as well as to set up a large cement factory. …
Zimbabwe - 25 August 2015
Sanlam eyes move into Zimbabwe SANLAM Emerging Markets says it is looking to expand into Zimbabwe in the next year or two after its Kenyan subsidiary made an acquisition in a short-term insurance business in the east African country. Sanlam …
Zimbabwe - 19 August 2015
Zimbabwe ain’t China, says Jonathan Moyo “ZIMBABWE ain’t China!,” Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo said Tuesday in comments thought to have been directed at Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s allies in the ruling Zanu PF party. …
Zimbabwe - 29 July 2015
We should stop being myopic: Makarau Zimbabwe’s electoral processes have come under scrutiny since the turn of the century, but chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Justice Rita Makarau thinks Zimbabweans need to look …
Zimbabwe - 16 July 2015
Zimbabwe govt, municipalities have $3mln locked up in collapsed Allied Bank Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government is set to lose nearly $600,000 which is locked up in Allied Bank — majority owned by transport minister Obert Mpofu — while …
Zimbabwe - 2 July 2015
Obama snubs Mugabe States President Barack Obama will not be meeting President Robert Mugabe on his last official visit to Africa this month despite his itinerary including a visit to the African Union (AU) headquarters. Mugabe is the AU …
Zimbabwe - 25 June 2015
Mutasa ready to spill ‘rigging’ beans in court FORMER Zanu PF stalwart and axed Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa yesterday said he was ready to stand in court and give evidence on how the ruling Zanu PF party rigged the 2008 …
Zimbabwe - 18 June 2015
Zimbabwe: Regional, International Companies Court Zim Regional and international companies are willing to work with Zimbabwe to boost agricultural production in crop and livestock sectors, a senior Government official has said. Addressing a …