Don't mess with Grace Mugabe

During a state banquet in Pretoria, South Africa, in April 2015, I had a brief encounter with Grace Mugabe, the first lady of Zimbabwe. I was asking her husband, Robert Mugabe, about the question of ...

But how fit is Robert Mugabe?

When Robert Mugabe came a cropper last week, stumbling at an airport and falling on his hands and knees, many saw it as evidence that Zimbabwe's nonagenarian president should quit and end the uncertai...

Mugabe's planned lavish 90th birthday celebrations criticised

Plans for a lavish $1m celebration of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's 90th birthday have been condemned as the country lurches towards another financial crisis.The tribute to Africa's old...

Mugabe defies age and rivals, guns for victory

"One was entering his eighth week in hospital, still in a critical condition. The other was on the campaign trail, his thirst for power unquenched, speaking for more than two hours despite blistering...

'South Africans are backward'

One of the most colourful men in African politics happens to be white. Guy Scott is the vice-president of Zambia but his race is probably the least exceptional thing about him.On a recent aft...

Zimbabwe's tourism revival lies in Victoria Falls paradise

The poster on the wall had an evocative black and white photograph of a man driving a locomotive. "Zimbabwe", it said, "Africa's paradise". Handing over an American $20 bill to the ticket seller, I as...

WikiLeaks: SA based

A BLOODLESS coup was planned to remove Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president with the help of pressure from the UN secretary general, according to classified US documents.A group of e...