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The government is to allow civil servants to import vehicles duty free and is to give loans of up to $7 000 to senior civil servants to buy vehicles, reports…

President Robert Mugabe today said he was not in control of the mechanism for elections. Though he wanted the elections next year, he said he cannot make that happen. Mugabe…

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said Zimbabwe's economy will grow at a slower pace in 2012 than this year as politics puts a drag on full recovery and inflation should…

Prosecutors went on strike today to press for higher pay, bringing courts across the country to a halt. The 230 prosecutors want their salaries increased from an average of $260…

South African President Jacob Zuma today said that South Africa would not see land grabs like those undertaken in Zimbabwe. He also said that his African National Congress was 'in…

President Robert Mugabe today brushed off reports that he was in poor health. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation said Mugabe flew back to Zimbabwe from Singapore today and was "in a…

Reports today President Robert Mugabe had flown to Singapore to seek treatment. Information Minister Webster Shamu was quoted as saying Mugabe had gone for a review on the cataract operation…

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said he will convene inter-ministerial talks on indigenisation which he says is discouraging foreign investment. He told business and labour leaders at an economic stakeholders…

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said that the government was on target to raise $2.7 billion in revenues but was struggling to put brakes on spending. "It is the expenditure…

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said calls for indigenisation were hurting investor confidence and stalling recovery. "The warped indigenisation policy has eroded investor confidence and created a sceptical international business…