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Tagwirei riles ruling party rivals

As Harare’s top oligarch edges into politics, senior ZANU-PF cadres push back – and opposition chief Chamisa prepares a comeback

The president’s favourite oligarch, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, is rapidly transitioning from shadowy financier to top public figure – usually wearing the signature striped scarf in national colours introduced by...


Chakwera in trouble as election looms

The IMF cancelled its programme in May, topping a bad news week for the president as the opposition looks confidently at September’s poll

The breach between the International Monetary Fund and the government over the ending of the US$175 million Extended Credit Facility (ECF) halfway through its economic reform programme could...


$50m corruption trial rocks Lilongwe

Zuneth Sattar goes to court in London accused of bribing Malawi’s top officials and politicians but neither they nor he face prosecution back home

Preliminary hearings have begun in the trial for bribery of Malawian/British business owner and Malawi government contractor Zuneth Sattar, 44, who is charged with 18 counts of bribing...


HH tries to take Lungu out of the game

The President is so fearful for his re-election prospects that he is using threats and inducements to persuade his former foe to leave politics

Although he beat ex-President Edgar Lungu by a landslide in the 2021 election, President Hakainde Hichilema believes his old enemy is an obstacle to his hopes of re-election...


Auxillia courts the London crowd

Under sanctions for grand corruption, Zimbabwe’s First Lady is due to address a conference in London where Labour MPs are expected

Despite accusations of electoral fraud and massive corruption against the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wife, Auxillia, has been invited to a summit in...


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