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Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi today said Zimbabwe will not allow foreign observers, especially from countries that imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe to observe its elections. This rules out the European Union,…

Deputy Mines Minister Gift Chimanikire has warned that the government might revoke the coal mining licences held by 31 local companies, most of which were holding them for speculation. He…

President Robert Mugabe today denied that his ZANU-PF party had launched a violent campaign to intimidate his rivals in elections which he expected to win. "We are going to win…

Police today, along with officers from the Central Intelligence Organization and Criminal Investigations Department, raided Ingwe Studios, a subsidiary of community station Radio Dialogue in Bulawayo and confiscated 180 radios.…

The application by the National Constitutional Assembly to have the referendum due on 16 March postponed has been dismissed. NCA lawyer Alec Muchadehama today said the judge had said courts…

A public meeting organised to debate whether Zimbabweans were ready for the referendum due on 16 March was cancelled following an order from the police. The panel for the debate…

Movement for Democratic Change treasurer Roy Bennett said the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was using proceeds from diamonds to clean up its image ahead of the 2013 elections. “I…

Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Tendai Biti today said his party will request Southern African Development Community leaders to convene an extraordinary meeting to tackle the recent upsurge in…

Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa was today reported to have told a private radio station that the government had no money for the referendum. He claimed he had been misquoted by…

Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa was today reported to have said that the government had secured funds for the referendum to be held on 16 March. “We can safely say that…