The 31 March protest – in the form of sporadic demonstrations across the country and a national stayaway – unleashed a fresh wave of anger against President Emmerson...

By releasing 4,800 political prisoners and calling off the riot police, Frelimo has admitted defeat, but it can’t negotiate a national unity government. After six months of post-electoral...

Adding to the mixed messages over who is setting economic, monetary and security policy, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) John Mushayavanhu announced on 11...

The choice of the United States’s new Ambassador to Pretoria – Leo Brent Bozell III – dispels any notion that President Donald J Trump’s administration might dial down...

A week of diplomatic spats and foiled negotiations has handed more political weight to the M23 militia and its Rwandan backers to add to their string of victories...

As the new United States administration targets South Africa on policy and the European Union on tariffs, it has triggered an opposite reaction – bringing President Cyril Ramaphosa...

Faced with a weak diamond market but high voter expectations, the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government disregarded business advice and its own economic strategy in its...

When finance minister Enoch Godongwana told the cabinet on 19 February of his plan to raise value added tax to 17% from 15% just hours before he was...

On the morning of 19 February, Zimbabweans awoke to find videos on their social media feed of tanks rolling down the Borrowdale Road, in one of the plushest...

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube’s plan for an IMF deal paving the way for debt restructuring is being frustrated. Following a two-week mission to Harare that concluded on 13...