'The highest level'Sakunda's deals are cut ‘at the highest level' of government with the involvement of President Robert Mugabe's office industry sources have told Africa Confidential...
It took President Robert Mugabe and his advisors the best part of a month to name a cabinet that mainly redistributes the top jobs to the old political elite sidelines some of the more bumptious elements but brings in a younger and more business-savvy generation of junior ministers...
Opposition reactions after President Robert Mugabe's re-election and inauguration have lacked drama...
Vol 54 No 18 |
- ZAMBIA
- ZIMBABWE
The Movement for Democratic Change's application to the Constitutional Court to void the elections created uncertainty over the timetable for the inauguration of President Robert Mugabe and with it any hope that the pageantry could emulate the much-admired rituals of the Vatican or British royalty...
Former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's triumphalist eve-of-poll rally had convinced the capital that a change of regime was at hand so it was unprepared for President Robert Mugabe's win with 61% of the national vote with the Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) taking three quarters of the 210 parliamentary seats...
President Robert Mugabe's victory in the 31 July elections has not settled the uncertainties surrounding Zimbabwe's political and economic future...
President Robert Mugabe would retain the presidency by a margin of ‘1%-2%'...
Vol 54 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Baba Jukwa the title of an anonymous Facebook page claims to be a disillusioned whistleblower from President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front...
It was uncharacteristically foolish of President Robert Mugabe to fast-track the election date to 31 July in the face of protests from some in his own party and the opposition and pleas from the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...
The problems were mainly logistical stemming from President Robert Mugabe's decision to fast-track the election...