Rautenbach named in Sudanese oil deal

July 14, 2012

Businessman Billy Rautenbach, who has been linked with several businesses involving top politicians in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front,…

New senators-few guiding lights

July 14, 2012

Most of the new senators elected when the upper house was reintroduced were ruling party hacks in office only to…

Coltart said the goal was to unseat ZANU-PF

July 14, 2012

Movement for Democratic Change legislator David Coltart told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that though he favoured enacting…

Mugabe asked why agricultural season catches government by surprise every year

July 14, 2012

President Robert Mugabe is reported to have asked delegates to the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front why the agricultural season…

Waiting for Mugabe to die an imperfect solution

July 14, 2012

Waiting for President Robert Mugabe to die was an imperfect solution but both the United States and the Dutch had…

Where Gono got the money to pay the IMF

July 14, 2012

Bulawayo business consultant Eric Bloch told United States embassy officials that central bank governor Gideon Gono sourced the US$120 million…

Did Renaissance Bank rescue the country in 2005?

July 13, 2012

Renaissance Bank, which almost collapsed last year and was rescued by the National Social Security Authority, may have rescued the…

US says no carrots for Gono

July 13, 2012

The United States embassy said it had no carrots to offer to central bank governor Gideon Gono. The only grounds…

Dell said Zimbabwe’s ties to China were a marriage of convenience

July 13, 2012

Former United States ambassador to Harare Christopher Dell said Zimbabwe’s ties to China were a marriage of convenience founded on…

Biti said Coltart would always be an outsider

July 13, 2012

Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Tendai Biti said Bulawayo legislator David Coltart was more concerned about international audiences than local…