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Zimbabweans have for a change said life is getting better according to a poll by the international polling agency, Gallup, which was released today. And they are a rare exception…

Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma today came under fire over the ongoing diesel shortage that threatens to cripple industry and has resulted in an increase in the prices…

A London-based organisation, Legatum Institute, says Zimbabwe is the least prosperous country in the world, reports said today. The institute ranked 110 countries by prosperity but it said:  “Most people…

President Robert Mugabe has vowed to forge ahead with elections if parties in the country's shaky power-sharing government fail to agree on a new constitution, state radio reported today. "President…

Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara was today redeployed to the Ministry of Regional Integration and International Co-operation paving way for newly-elected MDC-M president Welshman Ncube to take over as Deputy…

Finance Minister and Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Tendai Biti today said his party needs US$5 million for its congress that will be held in May. "We expect that this…

ZANU-PF spokesman, Rugare Gumbo, has called on party members to stop electioneering because President Robert Mugabe has not yet called for an election in 2011, reports said today.  "Only after…

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said there was no money to pay civil servants who are demanding a salary increase of up to 200 percent.  “For the month of January…

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today warned that there could be a bloodbath in Zimbabwe if elections were held this year.  Biti warned of "disastrous, debilitating consequences" if there is a…

Zimbabwe's inflation declined from 4.2 percent in November to 3.2 percent in December, the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency said today.  Finance Minister Tendai Biti had expected inflation at year end…