Vol 50 No 21 | ZIMBABWE Tsvangirai's walkout puts Mugabe on the backfoot 23rd October 2009 The MDC sees some success in its efforts to push a divided ZANU-PF into talks by appealing to regional leaders to pressure President Mugabe For once, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change appear to have scored a palpable hit against President Robert Mugabe and his allies. Following a...
Vol 50 No 21 | ZIMBABWE Matebeleland fallout 23rd October 2009 The hoped-for seamless assumption of the late Vice-President Joseph Msika's positions by John Nkomo is teetering on the brink of farce. Thanks to Didymus Mutasa, the Secretary for...
Vol 50 No 20 | ZIMBABWE In and out 8th October 2009 The return of the mercurial Jonathan Moyo to full membership of the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) could prompt further splinters in the party. Several...
Vol 50 No 19 | ZIMBABWE Women at war 25th September 2009 The fifth congress of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front in December will shape the party's leadership and policies for the next five years. National delegates are...
Vol 50 No 18 | ZIMBABWE Sodom and tomorrow 11th September 2009 The death of Vice-President Joseph Msika has wrecked the succession strategy of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. The plan had been to hold a party congress -...
Vol 50 No 17 | ZIMBABWE Greed, gold and grit 28th August 2009 Mugabe and his party find new ways to thwart the MDC as both sides prepare for a month of by-elections More arrests, more vexatious court verdicts against the Movement for Democratic Change, thanks to President Robert Mugabe's loyalists in the judiciary. The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front is...
Vol 50 No 17 | ZIMBABWE After Msika - a new pecking order 28th August 2009 Following the death on 4 August of Joseph Msika, the new Second Vice-President is likely to be the Chairman of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, John Nkomo....
Vol 50 No 17 | ZIMBABWE Shiri salutes, sort of 28th August 2009 The military parades and razzamatazz over the Heroes and Defence Forces weekend in August dovetailed with Vice-President Joseph Msika's state funeral and saw the junta on its best...
Vol 50 No 16 | ZIMBABWE Parliamentary prosecutions 7th August 2009 A rowdy session is in prospect following parliament's return after the winter recess and President Robert Mugabe's determination to regain control of it. His strategy - and that...
Vol 50 No 15 | ZIMBABWE Coalition chaos 24th July 2009 Ructions in the Movement for Democratic Change's factions are threatening its grip on parliament. After last March's elections, Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC faction won 100 seats, and Arthur Mutambara's...