Vol 47 No 23 | ZIMBABWE Surreal succession 17th November 2006 Party factions jostle for power, fearing that Mugabe's departure will be worse than his presidency Robert Mugabe's government has presided for the past five years over the world's fastest shrinking economy - and achieved the world's worst mortality rates. Yet the main argument...
Vol 47 No 23 | ZIMBABWE The Mujuru political network 17th November 2006 Solomon Mujuru remains a key party kingmaker and a leading member of the 'inner cabinet' or Committee of 26. Its primacy is resented, particularly in Matebeleland. Enos Nkala,...
Vol 47 No 17 | ZIMBABWEECONOMY Zapping the zeroes 25th August 2006 Despite a chaotic currency change, its architect Gideon Gono remains the President's close ally Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono has decided to slash three zeroes from the amount printed on currency notes and issue new notes in a bid to tackle the...
Vol 47 No 16 | ZIMBABWE Bredenkamp busted 4th August 2006 Who wants tycoon John Arnold Bredenkamp out of the way? On 21 July, Zimbabwean police arrested Bredenkamp on charges of illegally using a foreign passport and remanded him...
Vol 47 No 13 | ZIMBABWE Ndebele intrigue 23rd June 2006 When Themba Ncube, leader of Bulawayo's 'war veterans', was assaulted in his office on 30 May, the media wrongly reported it as a battle for control of the...
Vol 47 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICAZIMBABWEBRITAIN Hard talk at No.10 26th May 2006 The main disagreement, over policy on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, has been fudged; both sides now back United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's initiative to offer support for...
Vol 47 No 10 | ZIMBABWE The Spill Blood succession 12th May 2006 After Mugabe, the country may be run by a female president and a retired soldiers' club With the nom de guerre Teurai Ropa ('Spill Blood'), Vice-President Comrade Joyce Mujuru Chimurenga (née Runaida Mugari) has been consecrated as front-line successor to President Robert Gabriel Mugabe,...
Vol 47 No 10 | ZIMBABWE Brass at the top 12th May 2006 Soldiers and ex-soldiers hold top jobs in agriculture, industry, government and the diplomatic corps. Now they are trying to run the economy, with orders to turn Zimbabwe's fortunes...
Vol 47 No 5 | ZIMBABWE Man with a plan? 3rd March 2006 The would-be opposition leader must unite his own side before tackling Mugabe The new leader of half of the Movement for Democratic Change, Arthur Mutambara, is a man with a plan. His short-term aim is to end the pointless split...
Vol 47 No 2 | ZIMBABWE Stout party splits 20th January 2006 The opposition has split, strengthening Mugabe's power but not his policies Political and economic paralysis has overtaken Zimbabwe. The government does not know what to do with its two election victories of last year, apart from aiming blows at...