Vol 48 No 17 | ZIMBABWE Neighbours undercover 24th August 2007 Zimbabwe's highly effective Central Intelligence Organisation worked to ensure the Lusaka discussions on Zimbabwe went its way. Four days before the 16-17 August Southern African Development Community summit,...
Vol 48 No 16 | ZIMBABWE Death of a general 3rd August 2007 The military is losing out in its power struggle with the intelligence services, and President Mugabe is the beneficiary More than 15 senior officers have been purged from the Zimbabwe Defence Force following investigations into plots to oust President Robert Mugabe, a group of military officers told...
Vol 48 No 16 | ZIMBABWE More blood, more cash 3rd August 2007 The market principle of ‘'buy when there’s blood on the streets’ has drawn new investors to Zimbabwe Africa Confidential reported early this year on highly lucrative British banking operations in Harare and the Botswana-based Imara Capital's recovery fund (AC Vol 48 Nos 2 & 6)....
Vol 48 No 14 | ZIMBABWE Good week, bad year 6th July 2007 While President Mugabe has been glad-handing his counterparts in Accra, political and security problems proliferate at home It's been a good week for President Robert Mugabe in Ghana at the African Union summit. Away from the economic and political meltdown back home, he played elder...
Vol 48 No 7 | ZIMBABWE Trouble in the neighbourhood 30th March 2007 Most countries in the region now want to see President Mugabe's early departure and will start to say so loudly The timing could hardly be better or the message clearer. Just as President Robert Mugabe touched down at Dar es Salaam airport for the Extraordinary Summit of...
Vol 48 No 7 | ZIMBABWE How to put it together again - as the Mugabe regime totters 30th March 2007 When the reign of President Mugabe and his henchmen comes to an end, Zimbabwe will have much to do to recover from the damage to its economy – and to its people Change is in the air and people are starting to think hard about how Zimbabwe can recover its wasted political and economic impetus. If the transition after President...
Vol 48 No 6 | ZIMBABWE Beware the Ides of March 16th March 2007 Some of President Robert Mugabe's oldest allies want him to leave – but who will play Brutus? By overreacting to an opposition demonstration and savagely beating its leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the police in Harare served their master badly. President Robert Mugabe was already under stiff...
Vol 48 No 6 | ZIMBABWE Cash and blood on the streets 16th March 2007 The lack of serious diplomatic pressure for change in Zimbabwe goes together with an almost total lack of planning for the aftermath of President Robert Mugabe's exit from...
Vol 48 No 4 | ZIMBABWE Shuffling the deckchairs 16th February 2007 Ministers may change but economic policy still defies reality, as the currency crashes A 'fusion of new and old blood' to reinvigorate the economy was President Robert Mugabe's hopeful description of his cabinet reshuffle on 6 February. His real economy chief,...
Vol 48 No 2 | ZIMBABWE Bailing out President Mugabe 19th January 2007 Despite its cold war with Whitehall, Harare's biggest financiers are London-based banks and insurance companies British and South African banks have provided a more than US$400 million financial lifeline to President Robert Mugabe's government over the last two years, much of it targeted...