Zimbabwe Insider - Part 1564

  • Prosecutors on strike

    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...

  • The Grace Mugabe Wikileaks dossier

    First Lady Grace Mugabe always makes good copy. This even applied to the Wikileaks cables. Though our initial search indicated that she was cited in...

  • No Zimbabwe-style land grabs

    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...

  • Mugabe brushes off health reports

    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...

  • Mugabe sick again!

    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...

  • Mobile phone bosses arrested for externalisation.

    At least eight business persons affiliated with mobile phone operators Econet and Telecel were arrested in one week in November allegedly for externalising foreign currency....

  • First Lady eyes farm with 27-room mansion!

    First Lady Grace Mugabe was reportedly one of the more high-profile beneficiaries of the fast-track resettlement effort. According to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks...

  • Tsvangirai to convene session on indigenisation

    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...