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Mugabe may be gone but the Mugabe state lives on

Zimbabwe’s first executive president Robert Mugabe may be gone, but the Mugabe state lives on, argues Martin Meredith in the March/April 2018 issue of the magazine Foreign Affairs. Here is…

Charles Rukuni February 13, 2018

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Mnangagwa confirms Matanga as new police boss

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Godwin Matanga as the new police boss. Matanga was appointed acting commissioner-general in December when Augustine Chihuri was sent on leave pending retirement. He will…

Charles Rukuni February 12, 2018

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Zimbabwe Parliament told Chivayo is just an employee of Intratek

The drama around the ownership of controversial firm Intratrek, which the government of Zimbabwe awarded energy contracts worth over $600 million, played out in Parliament today with the managing director…

Charles Rukuni February 12, 2018

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Mnangagwa and Khama pledge to restore Zimbabwe-Botswana relations

Zimbabwe and Botswana have pledged to reconstruct relations between the two countries, according to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. The commitments were made by the leaders of the two countries President…

Charles Rukuni February 12, 2018

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Zimbabwe cash crisis shows absence of fresh thinking

The monetary policy statement (MPS) predicated on the fiction that the local bond note currency is worth the same as the international dollar must be interpreted with due circumspection, if…

Charles Rukuni February 12, 2018

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Mnangagwa off to Botswana

President Emmerson Mnangagwa will travel to Botswana today on an official state visit marking the mending of relations between the two countries. Relations between Botswana President Ian Khama and former…

Charles Rukuni February 12, 2018

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Mnangagwa says one-person-one farm coming

President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the land reform programme is irreversible but his administration is soon going carry out a land audit to make sure that one person has one farm.…

Charles Rukuni February 11, 2018

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Man who rescued Mnangagwa when he fled Mugabe convicted of tax fraud

A Zimbabwean businessman based in South Africa who rescued President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he fled from Zimbabwe after being fired from the government was last month convicted of tax fraud.…

Charles Rukuni February 11, 2018

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Zimbabwe still under UK sanctions

Zimbabwe is still under British sanctions because of its record of human rights abuses. Two British ministers for Africa, Rory Stewart and Harriett Baldwin, have visited the country to try…

Charles Rukuni February 11, 2018

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Jonathan Moyo says only a grand coalition of every Tom, Dick, Harry, Jane, Judy and Mary can defeat ZANU-PF

One of the G40 kingpins, Jonathan Moyo, who is back in full swing on his twitter account, says the only assured way to defeat the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front…

Charles Rukuni February 11, 2018