Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe - 11 June 2015
Amos Midzi found dead Zanu PF Harare provincial chairman, Amos Midzi was on Tuesday morning found dead in a suspected case of suicide. The Epworth legislator was found in his vehicle at his farm in Marirangwe near Harare. Details …
Zimbabwe - 3 June 2015
UN says to raise $1.6bn for Zimbabwe development The United Nations plans to raise $1.6bn from donors to improve agriculture, food security, health and governance in Zimbabwe between 2016-2020, its representative in the southern African …
Zimbabwe - 26 May 2015
Mugabe not on ‘awful’ list of Zim’s richest A list of Zimbabwe’s 50 richest people circulating in the country is “garbage”, Information Minister Jonathan Moyo said Monday, after his former deputy was included in the rankings. Longtime …
Zimbabwe - 13 April 2015
Ousted Mujuru starting splinter party Sources said ousted vice-president Joice Mujuru was set to lead a new Zanu-PF splinter group, which identifies itself as the “original Zanu-PF. Zimbabwe’s ousted vice-president Joice Mujuru is …
Dialogue Online No. 7/2015: "Zimbabwe’s Politics of Despair" By Professor Brian Raftopoulos
In an insightful commentary on the current state of Zimbabwe politics, Joost Fontein writes about the prevalence of despondency in which a ‘new timescale of hope and aspiration’ has emerged ‘that makes both the present and any immediate …
Dialogue Online: No. 6/2015: "Zimbabwe’s Re-Engagement by the Western Community: A Call for a Calibrated Approach." By Tamuka Charles Chirimambowa
Post 31st of July 2013; the Western Community has signalled or started engaging and normalising relations with Zimbabwe after close to two decades of contested leadership and disputed electoral outcomes. The signing of a bilateral grant …
Zimbabwe - 6 March 2015
400 Zimbos die in SA every month AN estimated 400 bodies of dead Zimbabweans are repatriated into the country every month from South Africa, with most of the deaths being a result of murder, the Financial Gazette has reported. New Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe - 27 February 2015
Robert Mugabe assumes African Union helm with familiar rallying cry Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old president, has assumed the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) with a call for members to improve infrastructure and tackle climate …
Zimbabwe - 28 Jan 2015
Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate is 5.42 percent, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Unemployment rates in Zimbabwe are often reported to be between 80 and 90 percent, but these rates did not take into account the vast numbers of people in …
Zimbabwe - 5 December 2014
Mujuru faces jail: President Vice President Joice Mujuru will be prosecuted if the allegations of corruption and abuse of office levelled against her are proved, President Mugabe has said. VP Mujuru and her cabal- Cdes Didymus Mutasa and …
Zimbabwe - 29th November 2014
Democratic Union Formed in Zimbabwe Two breakaway factions of Zimbabwe’s main Movement for Democratic Change party officially signed a unity pact on Wednesday, coming together under a new movement dubbed the Democratic Union. The two …
Zimbabwe - 18 November 2014
Purging in ZANU PF THE ruling ZANU PF party’s highest decision making body outside congress – the politburo – converged on November 13 at its national headquarters to deliberate on various issues affecting the organisation. The explosive …
Zimbabwe - 31 Oct 2014
EU, Zim Smoke Peace Pipe THE European Union has finally lifted economic sanctions against Zimbabwe, ending more than a decade of sour relations with Harare. Addressing the media in the capital Harare on Thursday, the EU Head of Mission, …
Zimbabwe - 18 Oct 2014
Grace to Take On Mujuru At Congress? VICE-PRESIDENT Joice Mujuru is set to be challenged at the forthcoming Zanu PF elective congress in December amid suggestions First Lady Grace Mugabe could be encouraged to run for the post. …
Zimbabwe - 26 September 2014
Parliamentary democracy should make sense in Zimbabwe The strategy to screen live the parliamentary debates is noble and it reflects a true sense of democracy at its best. The public is afforded an opportunity to have proper insight into …
Zimbabwe - 5 September 2014
Zanu-PF succession battle: Mugabe ditches neutrality. The president has all but broken with his impartial stance on who will succeed him. President Robert Mugabe has reportedly aligned himself to the Zanu-PF faction of Emmerson Mnangagwa. …
Zimbabwe - 22 August 2014
Minister spares 97 death row inmates Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will not sign death warrants for 97 murder convicts on death row because the sentence is too harsh and must be done away …
RAU's latest opinion paper on Women's experiences with elections in Zimbabwe
Below please find RAU’s latest opinion paper on Women’s experiences with elections in Zimbabwe: Women and Elections in Zimbabwe Insights from the Afrobarometer
Zimbabwe - 15 August 2014
SADC summit should address mineral resource question SADC Summit should address where the bloc’s gold and other valuable minerals are - and who really owns them? Southern Africa Development Corporation (SADC) should use its Victoria Falls …
Zimbabwe - 10 August 2014
Dabengwa farm invasion, Zanu-PF denies responsibility PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has denied sanctioning the shock invasion of former home affairs minister Dumiso Dabengwa’s Nyamandlovu farm by hordes of its supporters over the …