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More than 50 foreign-owned mining firms risk losing their licences after failing to submit acceptable indigenisation and empowerment plans as directed by government, reports said today. “Up to 45 mining…

Indigenization minister Saviour Kasukuwere today threatened to cancel the license of South African-owned platinum mining giant Zimplats because the firm is refusing to hand over 51 per cent of its…

President Robert Mugabe today urged lawmakers to preach messages of peace across the nation ahead of proposed elections. Speaking at the official opening of a new session of Parliament, Mugabe…

The Commercial Farmers Union today said its remaining 300 members continue to be targeted by violence without protection as political tensions rise ahead of proposed elections. Charles Taffs, head of…

The media was awash with news today that President Robert Mugabe has cancer and has two more years to live. The news was from a Wikileaks cable that cited close…

Zimbabwe's cash-strapped government, which is struggling to pay its workers, will splash money on vehicles for MPs. The 304 legislators including senators are due to receive Toyota vehicles that are…

President Robert Mugabe today said Zimbabwe must hold elections before March next year. The Movement for Democratic Change says they cannot be held before May. The Southern African Development Community…

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today requested Nigeria and the African Union to intervene in Zimbabwe's pre-elections disagreement in order to rescue it from becoming "another Ivory Coast."

The World Bank today said Zimbabwe was still far off from getting bank financing. World Bank country director in Zimbabwe Kundhavi Kadiresan said although growth was 'impressive,' the country was…

Zimbabwe today gave Libya's ambassador to Harare Taher Elmagrahi 72 hours to leave the country. Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said the decision was made after the Libyan embassy declared its…