Vol 49 No 7 | ZIMBABWE Marking ballots, selling shares 28th March 2008 Companies are watching the elections with a particular focus - the implementation of the Indigenisation and Empowerment Act. Announced by President Robert Mugabe on 7 March, the Act...
Vol 49 No 6 | ZIMBABWE Elections within elections 14th March 2008 The presidential contest attracts most attention but the battle for Parliament may decide the outcome There are four elections in Zimbabwe on 29 March and none of them are going according to plan for President Robert Gabriel Mugabe. The old mixture of coercion...
Vol 49 No 5 | ZIMBABWE A birthday at Beitbridge 29th February 2008 Economic hardship and growing divisions in the ruling party give the opposition candidates a better chance in the coming elections President Robert Mugabe, sure of victory in the presidential election on 29 March, chose to hold his 84th birthday party in Beitbridge. The party overlooked the border post...
Vol 49 No 5 | ZIMBABWE Constituency carve-ups 29th February 2008 Whatever may happen in the presidential poll, the legislative elections are crucial and independent candidates likely to swing behind Simba Makoni are thin on the ground. A total...
Vol 49 No 4 | ZIMBABWE In the lion's den 15th February 2008 Simba Makoni's decision to challenge President Robert Mugabe has surprised those who suspected he lacked the courage to see it through. The odds could hardly be higher for...
Vol 49 No 4 | ZIMBABWE The real Makoni stands up 15th February 2008 Voters are eagerly waiting to see how many ZANU-PF dissidents back the latest challenge to President Mugabe This may prove to be the week that Simba Makoni and his backers started to turn the tide in Zimbabwe's politics. On 13 February, Makoni launched his independent...
Vol 49 No 4 | EQUATORIAL GUINEAZIMBABWE From Chikurubi to Blackbeach 15th February 2008 Simon Mann, former Special Air Service officer and mercenary, was extradited on 1 February from Zimbabwe to Equatorial Guinea, where he is to face charges of coup plotting...
Vol 49 No 3 | ZIMBABWE Makoni's mouth 1st February 2008 Only former Finance Minister Simba Makoni can resolve the issue of whether he is going to challenge President Robert Mugabe for the Presidency in the elections now set...
Vol 49 No 2 | ZIMBABWE Jumping ship 16th January 2008 Time is running out for the ZANU-PF defectors to show their hand and challenge Mugabe ahead of the elections Plots abound ahead of Zimbabwe's election season. The leading plotter is President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, who is determined to win by pressing ahead regardless of the breakdown...
Vol 49 No 2 | ZIMBABWEBRITAIN Accounting problems 16th January 2008 Investigations into the relations between Zimbabwean ministers and Britain’s Barclays Bank may reopen following the admission by several ruling party politicians that they operate accounts with the bank...