Vol 42 No 23 | ZIMBABWE The killing of Cain 23rd November 2001 ZANU-PF targets the MDC after the unsolved murder of a war veteran A cartoon in the state-owned daily Herald on 19 November showed the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, glad-handing his backers - the independent press, the European Union, Britain and...
Vol 42 No 20 | ZIMBABWE The road to ruin 12th October 2001 Mugabe needs to win the presidency again, even if he wrecks the country International eyes are off Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe is having a good anti-terror war. The Commonwealth summit scheduled to have opened in Australia on 6 October would...
Vol 42 No 16 | ZIMBABWE Hanging in there 10th August 2001 The ruling party is stronger at home than it looks from abroad The strategy to win President Robert Mugabe six more years in power claimed victory at Bindura, a mining town 60 kilometres north of the capital, in a by-election...
Vol 42 No 12 | ZIMBABWE The hand of Lucifer 15th June 2001 Three sudden deaths transform the political scene and President Mugabe's election campaign To lose one lieutenant may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose two looks like carelessness, to lose three could spark a political crisis. Whether or not President...
Vol 42 No 12 | ZIMBABWE The military-financial complex 15th June 2001 Zimbabwe's soldiers will not soon pull out of Congo-Kinshasa. Their commanders are committed to President Robert Mugabe's government through a web of business ventures there. The links run...
Vol 42 No 8 | ZIMBABWE More of Mugabe 20th April 2001 The President's insistence that he will fight the next election surprises few and worries almost everyone The President's indecision is final. President Robert Mugabe's announcement on 17 April that he will contest the next presidential election as his party's flagbearer has resolved nothing (AC...
Vol 41 No 25 | ZIMBABWE Still the boss 22nd December 2000 President Robert Mugabe held onto the party presidency at the special congress of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front on 13-15 December.
Vol 41 No 22 | ZIMBABWE Morgan versus Mugabe 10th November 2000 Oppositionists take to the streets to chase the President from power but his own party may beat them to it The more opponents urge President Robert Mugabe to quit, the more he wants to stay put. His backers insist that he will be running again in the 2002...
Vol 41 No 22 | ZIMBABWE Military minders 10th November 2000 The stance of Zimbabwe's 40,000-strong armed forces will be critical in the coming months. At the senior officer level, there is still tremendous loyalty to the ruling Zimbabwe...
Vol 41 No 21 | ZIMBABWE Bobodan's battles 27th October 2000 Two weeks of mass opposition protests and clashes with the army and police have further weakened President Robert Mugabe and his opponents draw parallels with the overthrow of...