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The European Union has extended its sanctions on President Robert Mugabe, his wife Grace and the Zimbabwe Defence Industries until 20 February 2017. The decision was announced yesterday following the…

Former Midlands governor and veteran politician Cephas Msipa says First Lady Grace Mugabe and her supporters in the so-called G40 are trashing President Robert Mugabe’s legacy in their quest to…

Why is it that droughts always seem to surprise, despite the warnings? The current El Niño drought is no exception, and the patterns of response (and lack of response) are…

Zimbabwe’s consumer inflation stood at -2.19 percent year-on-year in January after gaining 0.29 percentage points on the December 2015 rate of -2.47 percent, the statistical agency Zimstat reported today. On…

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced that it would roll out Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) in preparation of the 2018 election. It is, however, important that we understand what BVR can…

Britain has set aside £10 million pounds for its humanitarian programme and is providing cash to 336 000 Zimbabweans in the worst affected areas a British Minister Baroness Verma told…

Last week, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai sparked controversy in Zimbabwe when he claimed that foreign diplomats he’d spoken to had revealed a preference over who the country’s next president should…

Canadian-listed Caledonia Mining, which owns Blanket Mine in Zimbabwe, today said it had sold forward 15 000 ounces of gold production under a six-month collar and cap arrangement. Caledonia said…

The number of slaughtered pigs increased by 6.5 percent in 2015 due to favourable producer prices that prevailed during the first half of the year, an industry official has said.…

The word first lady is not an official title and should always be in lowercase, says the Associated Press’ 2016 Election Guide for the United States which is preparing for…