Vol 41 No 1 | ZIMBABWE They're off - or not 7th January 2000 Confusion mounts over Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections. Last month Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, 53, announced their postponement from March to June so that the poll could be held under...
Vol 40 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICAZIMBABWE Busting Billy 17th December 1999 The South African police investigation into Zimbabwean entrepreneur Billy Rautenbach risks escalating into a diplomatic clash between Pretoria and Harare. Rautenbach is a close associate of Zimbabwe's Justice...
Vol 40 No 22 | CONGO-KINSHASAZIMBABWE Rhodies to the rescue 5th November 1999 Some of Ian Smith's old friends are helping to finance Robert Mugabe's Congo war effort Zimbabwe's war in the Congo gets costlier by the day. As the bill rises, the failure of President Robert Mugabe's government to budget accurately for its intervention has...
Vol 40 No 19 | ZIMBABWE Unmoved movers 24th September 1999 Although dominated by trades unionists, the Movement for Democratic Change, launched on 11 September, is a formidable coalition: lawyers, war veterans, students and activists from the women's movement...
Vol 40 No 18 | ZIMBABWE Chinja maitiro! 10th September 1999 Trades unions are mounting their toughest challenge to ZANU-PF since Independence Zimbabwe's trades unionists cannot expect the landslide that their colleagues in Zambia's Movement for Multi-Party Democracy scored against President Kenneth Kaunda in 1991. Although bad, conditions in Zimbabwe...
Vol 40 No 16 | ZIMBABWE U-turns, screw turns 6th August 1999 The ruling party dreams the IMF could help it win the next election The latest international plan for turning Zimbabwe's economy around looks sound, in narrow economic terms. In narrow political terms, though, it ignores reality, including next year's parliamentary...
Vol 40 No 14 | ZIMBABWE A hard act to follow 9th July 1999 The post-Nkomo era promises a major shake-up in Matabeleland and beyond For a few days, the death of Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo united Zimbabweans. He was 82, a towering figure since the 1950s, when he returned from college in...
Vol 40 No 12 | ZIMBABWE Where's the door? 11th June 1999 Beleaguered President Mugabe is fighting pressure for him to retire President Robert Mugabe may not after all be heading for a speedy retirement, although he was 75 in February and has held power since April 1980. Speculation...
Vol 40 No 10 | CONGO-KINSHASAZIMBABWE Big Wheels 14th May 1999 The news that creditor banks met to discuss the future of well connected Zimbabwean entrepreneur Billy Rautenbach's Hyundai Motor Distributors in Botswana raises questions about his continuing operations...
Vol 40 No 6 | ZIMBABWE Morgan's third way 19th March 1999 Trades unionists are backing a new party to challenge ZANU-PF at next year's elections The party is so new that it has not yet got a name, but its base is in the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions and its leader is...