Vol 46 No 4 | ZIMBABWE Friends fall out 18th February 2005 A former business ally of the Mugabe government accuses it of corruption and hypocrisy The last shreds of credibility of President Robert Mugabe's government are at stake in a war of words between businessman Mutumwa Mawere and Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono....
Vol 46 No 4 | ZIMBABWE Spies and counter-spies 18th February 2005 South African President Thabo Mbeki's position on Zimbabwe has toughened considerably since the arrest of a South African counterintelligence officer in December 2004 (AC Vol 46 No 2)....
Vol 46 No 2 | ZIMBABWE Southern spookery 21st January 2005 Centre-stage in the latest spy saga is Philip Chiyangwa, the zealous MP for Chinhoyi, Chairman of Mashonaland West's branch of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, and...
Vol 45 No 25 | ZIMBABWE A heartbeat away 17th December 2004 By suppressing dissent in his party, the President puts at risk its ethnic balance The struggle for the succession to President Robert Mugabe gets sharper every day. His latest purge of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front puts his loyalists into...
Vol 45 No 25 | ZIMBABWE Morgan's method 17th December 2004 The opposition Movement for Democratic Change will benefit from the factional rivalries in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has told Africa Confidential. 'The...
Vol 45 No 24 | ZIMBABWE Bye-bye, Moyo 3rd December 2004 A purge is coming, in preparation for the 2005 elections and, one day, the departure of President Robert Mugabe. The President's faction of his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic...
Vol 45 No 23 | ZIMBABWE Gunning for Number 2 19th November 2004 Parliamentary Speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa stakes a claim to the succession Feared and unpopular he may be but Parliamentary Speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa has now revealed himself to be a serious contender for the vacant vice-presidency. What is most remarkable...
Vol 45 No 21 | ZIMBABWE Tsvangirai half free 22nd October 2004 Now the MDC must decide whether to fight next year's elections on Mugabe's terms Morgan Tsvangirai will be back in the High Court on 2 November to face more treason charges, this time for planning a mass action campaign against the government...
Vol 45 No 18 | ZIMBABWE Mistake in the Movement 10th September 2004 The MDC's election boycott is badly timed and sends the wrong signals Just as an independent poll showed a solid gain in popularity by President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, the leaders of the opposition Movement for Democratic...
Vol 45 No 18 | ZIMBABWE Don't criticise it, nationalise it! 10th September 2004 The Zimbabwe government has taken powers to nationalise the assets of people it regards as enemies of the state. It works like this. A statutory instrument (part of...