Five parties are contesting the elections, but only the Zimbabwe
African National Union-Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic
Change have candidates in all 120 seats. The Zimbabwe African
National Union (ZANU), formerly led by the late Ndaban...
A former business ally of the Mugabe government accuses it
of corruption and hypocrisy
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). The officer, whom Pretoria has declined to name, was lured across
th...
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 awkwardly, a nephew of President Robert Mugabe. Chiyangwa
is...
By suppressing dissent in his party, the President puts at risk
its ethnic balance
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 persons that Mugabe has positioned to take
...
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
Front party has already scuppered the succession hopes of bookies'...
Parliamentary Speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa stakes a claim to the succession
Now the MDC must decide whether to fight next year's elections on Mugabe's terms
The MDC's election boycott is badly timed and sends the wrong signals
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