Vol 3 (AAC) No 2 | ZIMBABWECHINABRIEFING All that glitters is mine 15th December 2009 The details of the US$8 billion China Sonangol/China International Fund are becoming more apparent as subsidiary deals are signed. On 7 December, Zimbabwe's Transport and Mining Ministries signed mining and construction...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 1 | ZIMBABWECHINA China Sonangol targets Harare’s gold and oil 26th November 2009 The China International Fund and China Sonangol are being used to bail out troubled regimes when international pressure on them is at its highest. First, there was the...
Vol 50 No 24 | ZIMBABWE Faint heart never beat stout lady in the ruling party 4th December 2009 Joice Mujuru’s victory in ZANU-PF’s leadership election could encourage more pragmatism as pressure mounts for Mugabe’s exit Emmerson Mnangagwa is nicknamed 'the Crocodile' partly for his ability to snap after long periods of log-like but watchful inertia. In November's election for the Praesidium of the...
Vol 50 No 24 | ZIMBABWE Didymus Mutasa dithers 4th December 2009 Joice Mujuru's victory in ZANU-PF's leadership election could encourage more pragmatism as pressure mounts for Mugabe's exit In the hierarchy of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, the Politburo Secretary for Administration ranks fifth, running the Secretariat that sets dates and agendas for the political...
Vol 50 No 22 | ZIMBABWE 'Too many enemies' 6th November 2009 When arms disappeared from Pomona Barracks, north of Harare, last month, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front barons again blamed the Movement for Democratic Change but military intelligence...
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 -...