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...
Vol 47 No 16 | ZIMBABWE Bredenkamp busted 4th August 2006 Who wants tycoon John Arnold Bredenkamp out of the way? On 21 July, Zimbabwean police arrested Bredenkamp on charges of illegally using a foreign passport and remanded him...
Vol 47 No 13 | ZIMBABWE Ndebele intrigue 23rd June 2006 When Themba Ncube, leader of Bulawayo's 'war veterans', was assaulted in his office on 30 May, the media wrongly reported it as a battle for control of the...
Vol 47 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICAZIMBABWEBRITAIN Hard talk at No.10 26th May 2006 The main disagreement, over policy on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, has been fudged; both sides now back United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's initiative to offer support for...