Makoni was seen as a spoiler

January 6, 2013

Simba Makoni’s entry into the 2008 presidential race generated excitement but soon faded as no heavyweights from the Zimbabwe African…

Tsvangirai surged ahead in poll

January 6, 2013

A poll by the Mass Public Opinion Institute, three weeks before the March 2008 elections, showed that Movement for Democratic…

Biti tells prophets to bail out country

January 6, 2013

Finance Minister Tendai Biti has asked two prophets who claimed that they could make their church followers miraculously receive money…

Did Mugabe use indigenisation to scare business not to vote for Makoni?

January 5, 2013

The signing into law of the Indigenisation Act by President Robert Mugabe, three weeks before the 2008 elections, sent panic…

Gen Mujuru told Mugabe to resign two weeks before 2008 elections!

January 5, 2013

Gen Solomon Mujuru told President Robert Mugabe to step down on 10 March 2008 but Mugabe instead went ahead to…

Mugabe claims Solomon Mujuru’s support

January 5, 2013

President Robert Mugabe declared two weeks before the elections that he had the support of former army commander Solomon Mujuru…

Mugabe led in opinion poll three weeks before elections

January 5, 2013

President Robert Mugabe was still leading in an opinion poll conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute a month before…

Mutsekwa regretted signing Meikles order

January 5, 2013

Giles Mutsekwa, the co-Minister of Home Affairs who had signed an order allowing the government to take control of the…

Mutsekwa signed order to take over Meikles group

January 5, 2013

Co-Home Affairs Minister Giles Mutsekwa signed an order allowing the government to appoint an administrator for blue-chip Zimbabwean firm Kingdom…

Mandaza expected Mujuru to publicly back Makoni before elections

January 5, 2013

Ibbo Mandaza who had become Simba Makoni’s principal supporter in the 2008 presidential campaign was hopeful that former army commander…