Vol 51 No 23 | ZIMBABWEDIAMONDS A multi-faceted business 19th November 2010 Intrigue over the ownership and profits from the rich Marange diamond fields is causing dissension in State House The growing political crisis over the management of the rich Marange diamond fields shows how important this huge new revenue source is for President Robert Mugabe, politically and...
Vol 51 No 23 | ZIMBABWE Old crocodile, younger croc 19th November 2010 Grace Mugabe, widely known as the country’s First Shopper, has, like Marie-Antoinette, a penchant for diamonds and playing at milkmaids. Her model farm, Gushongo Dairy, is so named...
Vol 51 No 22 | ZIMBABWE Lying big, often 5th November 2010 The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front approaches its annual congress in better shape than a year ago and owing much to Jonathan Moyo’s tactical thinking. He will prob...
Vol 51 No 22 | ZIMBABWEBRITAIN Sanctions fraying fast 5th November 2010 As Harare steps up pressure for the European Union to abandon its sanctions on Zimbabwe, it has emerged that a British-based bank has found a legal way to circumvent the ban on loa...
Vol 51 No 21 | ZIMBABWE Everyone wants a vote 22nd October 2010 President Mugabe defies the agreement with the MDC while Morgan Tsvangirai ponders his declining power Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is staying away from cabinet meetings in protest at President Robert Mugabe’s move to extend the tenure of the ten provincial governors without con...
Vol 51 No 20 | ZIMBABWEECUADOR The Quito question 8th October 2010 Arms smuggling, drug trafficking and questionable clergymen all provide clues as to why President Robert Mugabe was planning a foray to Ecuador after his annual trip to the opening...
Vol 51 No 20 | ZIMBABWE Moving statues 8th October 2010 The controversial statue honouring Joshua Nkomo on Main Street in Bulawayo could not wait to be officially unveiled by President Robert Mugabe (AC Vol 51 No 16). One night, the bla...
Vol 51 No 19 | ZIMBABWE The missing election fund 24th September 2010 A chipper-looking President Robert Mugabe arrived in New York for the United Nations summit this week despite the strike by Air Zimbabwe’s pilots. Defying reports of his imminent (...
Vol 51 No 18 | ZIMBABWE Ghostly presences 10th September 2010 As Mugabe’s party declines in Matebeleland, the old alternative resistance movement is climbing out of the grave A black shroud materialised on Bulawayo’s Main Street a month ago in the dead of night and has since been guarded around the clock by uniformed and plainclothes security officers. ...
Vol 51 No 18 | ZIMBABWE Malema loses a friend 10th September 2010 Robert Mugabe’s bid for Kwame Nkrumah’s pan-African kente cloth won mixed reviews at the African National Congress’s Youth Conference near Johannesburg. Tongai Kasukuwere, Zimbabwe...