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Banks next

Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has warned that government will soon be moving to target foreign-owned banks, reports said today. Kasukuwere told industrialists that if foreign banks did not…
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Activists released

Thirteen members of a group calling itself Restoration of Human Rights who were arrested on Wednesday for protesting the detention of activists from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party were released…
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Referendum by January

Zimbabwe's referendum for a new constitution is likely to be held in January, Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee co-chairman Paul Mangwana said today. "We will report to Parliament by October 15…
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Nkomo ill

Vice-President John Nkomo has been admitted to a South African hospital with a “life threatening” cancer-related illness, reports said today. Nkomo is reported to have collapsed at home in Harare…
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Protesters arrested

Police today arrested at least 13 members of a rights group protesting the detention of activists from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party. The protesters from Restoration of Human Rights had…
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Politics and growth

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said Zimbabwe will achieve a 9.3 percent growth this year but added that political instability was keeping the nation from potential double-digit growth. He warned…
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Disgrace

Suspected ZANU-PF supporters today allegedly disrupted the proceedings of a parliamentary committee receiving submissions on a proposed human rights law and assaulted an MDC legislator Brian Tshuma. Some journalists were…
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No Violence

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said his party will not use violence to achieve political change in the country. "I want to tell foreigners who have been saying the MDC…