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IN what has been described largely as a campaign budget aimed at boosting the fortunes of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi as the country heads towards a multi-party system, Tanzania’s…

PROSPECTS for peace in Mozambique are getting brighter by the day as it is increasingly becoming evident that neither the FRELIMO government nor the rebel RENAMO movement can win control…

Home Affairs deputy Minister, Dumiso Dabengwa, seems to have developed a knack for opening lids that his bosses and compatriots would want to see remain closed. He has been at…

The effects of ESAP and the drought are beginning to take their toll. It appears everyone -except perhaps those who work for reputable and very "considerate" companies that offer a…

The local press seems to have a deliberate tendency to make everything regarding senior government officials sound so noble. Information Minister Victoria Chitepo retired nobly becoming the first minister in…

While news of the ban of the planned peaceful demonstration by workers organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, and the expulsion of students at the University of Zimbabwe…

News that Peugeot and TA Holdings are planning to assemble vehicles here is good news indeed because despite the limitations, cars assembled in Zimbabwe -on a dollar-for-dollar basis- are much…

Conflicting signals about investment in Zimbabwe have been flashed by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), which represents the manufacturing sector of the country, and the International Finance corporation (IFC),…

Illegal gold panners may be causing untold damage to the country's rivers but illegal buyers are cashing in on these desperate villagers who are now selling the precious metal at…

The immediate image associated with democracy in Africa is of men dressed in tatters, pleading to remain alive. The state of power and powerlessness on the African continent tends to…