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The Movement for Democratic Change today announced that Senator Sessel Zvidzai would be its secretary for elections. He replaces Seiso Moyo who died last year. The date for the elections…

Members of the Apostolic Church have predicted a landslide victory for President Robert Mugabe in the forthcoming elections. The date for the elections has not been set yet. They said…

Zimbabwe increased foreign direct investment nearly eightfold in four years to $387m in 2011, up from just $51.6m in 2008, according to World Bank statistics, a South African newspaper reported…

Zimbabwe today completed a crushing victory over Bangladesh in a cricket Test match at the Harare Sports Club. Zimbabwe set an unlikely 483 runs to win the match. Bangladesh folded…

Afrikaner interest group, Afriforum, today said the High Court in South Africa had again blocked the “donation” of surplus military helicopters to Zimbabwe’s military. The gift of old Alouette helicopters…

President Robert Mugabe today urged Zimbabweans to vote in peace just like they did in the referendum last month. "I urge all our people to replicate the peaceful and tranquil…

Zimbabwe has withdrawn its application for United Nations funding because it did not want the conditions the world body set. “It was clear that the [UN] team wanted a broader…

Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa today said Zimbabwe will not implement any security sector reforms because they are not provided for in the Global Political Agreement.   "They (western envoys) are obsessed…

Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has given South African sugar company Tongaat Hulett until July to rectify its ownership of its Zimbabwe operations. The company owns Triangle and has a stake…

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said South Africa had approved a $100 million loan to Zimbabwe. The country needs $132 million, down from more than $200 million, to hold its…