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...
Vol 47 No 25 | ZIMBABWE An economic fairy tale 15th December 2006 Goverment data on the economy reads like fiction Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa's 4.3 trillion Zimbabwe dollar (officially US$17.2 million) budget for 2007 passed through Parliament on 7 December with no debate about its untenable assumptions. It...
Vol 47 No 25 | ZIMBABWE Annual Conference 15th December 2006 Special reports from the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front's annual conference, 14-17 December 2006. This article is free to all users in Special Reports.
Vol 47 No 25 | ZIMBABWE Law wars 15th December 2006 The ruling party's barons are getting ready for the national conference this week - by suing each other. The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front's National Chairman John Nkomo,...
Vol 47 No 24 | ZIMBABWE Grafters' gridlock 1st December 2006 Rival factions are ramping up corruption claims against each other in the run-up to the annual conference on 14-17 December of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front....
Vol 47 No 23 | ZIMBABWE Surreal succession 17th November 2006 Party factions jostle for power, fearing that Mugabe's departure will be worse than his presidency Robert Mugabe's government has presided for the past five years over the world's fastest shrinking economy - and achieved the world's worst mortality rates. Yet the main argument...
Vol 47 No 23 | ZIMBABWE The Mujuru political network 17th November 2006 Solomon Mujuru remains a key party kingmaker and a leading member of the 'inner cabinet' or Committee of 26. Its primacy is resented, particularly in Matebeleland. Enos Nkala,...
Vol 47 No 17 | ZIMBABWEECONOMY Zapping the zeroes 25th August 2006 Despite a chaotic currency change, its architect Gideon Gono remains the President's close ally Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono has decided to slash three zeroes from the amount printed on currency notes and issue new notes in a bid to tackle the...