Senior police try to keep their juniors in check

March 3, 2012

Support for the Movement for Democratic Change was growing in the Zimbabwe Republic Police forcing senior police officers to pile…

Biti blasts ZANU-PF

March 3, 2012

Finance Minister and Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Tendai Biti blasted the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front for attempting to…

Only a call to Mugabe by US president can stop violence- ambassador

March 2, 2012

United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald told State department officials at the height of farm invasions in Zimbabwe in…

Tsvangirai criticises US for focussing on DRC and not Zimbabwe

March 2, 2012

Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai criticised the United States for what he perceived to be its emphasis on…

Farmers’ leader complains violence is not being fully reported

March 1, 2012

The head of the Commercial Farmers Union Tim Henwood complained to the United States embassy that the media was not…

Three killed as violence escalates

March 1, 2012

Two members of the Movement for Democratic Change and a white farmer were killed as violence escalated in the run-up…

EU lifted sanctions on Zimbabwe at request of Biti- Wikileaks

February 29, 2012

The European Union last year partially lifted sanctions on Zimbabwe at the request of Finance Minister Tendai Biti who is…

Zimbabwe short of 1000 MW, but exports electricity

February 28, 2012

Zimbabwe was short of 1 000 megawatts of power but was exporting 150 megawatts to Namibia to pay for the…

Mining recovers but

February 28, 2012

Zimbabwe’s mining sector was expected to grow by two percent in 2009 after a decade of steep decline but there…

Biti gains confidence

February 28, 2012

Finance Minister Tendai Biti had gained some confidence after his first year in office and announced a 2010 budget that…