Vol 52 No 6 | ZIMBABWE The Speaker's chair 18th March 2011 Members of Parliament are due to vote for a new Speaker in a contest that could determine the next president should 87-year-old President Robert Mugabe be declared medically unfit for...
Vol 52 No 5 | ZIMBABWE ZANU-PF cries treason 4th March 2011 President Mugabe and his allies take stern action against the growing interest in North Africa’s revolutions After they chose the week of President Robert Gabriel Mugabe’s 87th birthday (21 February) to express solidarity with the democracy movement in North Africa, 45 participants in a Harare discussion...
Vol 52 No 2 | ZIMBABWE The junta gets ready 21st January 2011 Didymus Mutasa, Administration Secretary of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, may have a reputation as a bumbler but he does voice thoughts others would prefer left...
Vol 52 No 1 | ZIMBABWE Getting ready to vote 7th January 2011 But when? President Mugabe wants a delay, his opponents want a road map and SADC does very little about it Zimbabweans will have a chance to vote at least once this year. First will come a constitutional referendum, then – if President Robert Mugabe and his allies have...
Vol 52 No 1 | ZIMBABWE Even ZANU can change 7th January 2011 As the junta got ready to step up its harassment and violence against the opponents of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, ZANU-PF’s rivals for the succession were...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | ZIMBABWEUNITED STATESASIA The wages of Xin 5th October 2011 The award of the ZISCO deal to India’s Essar is only one sign that Chinese companies are losing traction in the government of national unity Chinese companies are finding life in Zimbabwe more difficult under the national unity government, according to United States diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. Ambassador to Zimbabwe Xin Shunkang told US Ambassador...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | ZIMBABWEUNITED STATESASIA Faith, Grace and intervention 5th October 2011 WikiLeaks cables reveal that First Lady Grace Mugabe is an important facilitator for South Korean companies looking for business opportunities in Zimbabwe. Charles A. Ray, the United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe,...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 11 | ZIMBABWECHINA Vanishing truckers 15th September 2011 Key suspects in a fraud case linked to Grace Mugabe have disappeared, as have Buddhist monks behind a charity project on one of her properties Four truck drivers charged as accomplices in a trucking fraud case failed to appear in court in Harare on 25 August and warrants for their arrest were issued.... READ FOR FREE
Vol 4 (AAC) No 11 | ZIMBABWE Zisco deal still kicking 15th September 2011 Just as NewZim Steel, formerly known as the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Corporation (Zisco), is about to hold its first board meeting at the end of September, reports...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 9 | ZIMBABWECHINA Polish to a shine 13th July 2011 Beijing frets over the image of Chinese companies as the Zimbabwean opposition rails against more loans and Chinese diamond miners Unionists and civil society members point to the close ties between the ruling parties of China and Zimbabwe to explain the lack of oversight of Chinese companies operating...