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Mnangagwa running out of options - and time

ZIMBABWE'S political chaos is a function of its economic crisis â€“ and the economy is only getting worse. To all intents and purposes, Zimbabwe is broke.The government has so little income that it is struggling to keep the lights on in mi…

Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 4362 | by Simon Allison

Old crocodile fails to change its spots

It's been exactly a year since former President Robert Mugabe resigned, but Zimbabwe is still the house that Bob built â€” and the new President (Emmerson Mnangagwa) has done little more than paper over the cracks.It is still difficult to …

Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:06hrs | | by Simon Allison

If Mnangagwa gets away with it, then Kabila can too

WE knew, even before the first vote was cast, that Zimbabwe's election was marred by serious irregularities. These included, but were certainly not limited to: a partisan electoral commission; 250 000 suspicious entries on the voters roll,…

Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:10hrs | 3 | by Simon Allison

Pastor Mawarire's difficult second act

I spent most of Thursday wandering in circles around the Harare Magistrates' Court, aptly-named Rotten Row, waiting for police to bring Evan Mawarire to court. He never came.After arresting him at the airport on his return to Zimbabwe on W…

Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:57hrs | 1419 | by Simon Allison

Zimbabwe braces for the worst as bond notes introduced

Zimbabwe's cash-starved economy needs a quick fix, and the government has come up with a solution: bond notes. Due to be introduced on Monday, the new legal tender is supposed to solve the liquidity crisis. But Zimbabweans are nervous, and…

Published: 28 Nov 2016 at 10:12hrs | 4 | by Simon Allison

Can the South African Rand rescue Zimbabwe's economy?

TENDAI Biti sits in his office in a leafy Harare suburb, contemplating another collapse of the Zimbabwean economy.Thanks to a chronic shortage of United States dollars, the country is running out of cash. There are long queues outside ever…

Published: 24 Nov 2016 at 08:22hrs | 12 | by Simon Allison

Reports of Mugabe's decline have been greatly exaggerated

The Daily Maverick write that the year 2014 has been a tough one so far for Zimbabwe. The Movement for Democratic Change, for so long the only real opposition to Comrade Bob's autocracy, has self-combusted into irrelevance; the economy has…

Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 08:51hrs | 17 | by Simon Allison

One way or another, Tsvangirai must go, he looks weaker than ever

Pity Morgan Tsvangirai. The veteran Zimbabwean opposition leader is facing a little opposition of his own, and he's not coping too well. His party looks certain to split yet again, destroying in the process one of the few remaining challen…

Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 20:33hrs | | by Simon Allison

Who really rescued the Zim economy? Biti or Chinamasa

In the last decade, good governance and sensible policy-making have been in short supply in Harare. But in 2009, at least one good decision was made: to scrap the failed Zimbabwean dollar in favour of foreign currencies, including the US d…

Published: 18 Sep 2013 at 05:35hrs | | by Simon Allison

After Mugabe: Zanu-PF infighting begins now

With the presidency in the bag and parliament in their pocket, Zanu-PF can relax in the certainty that they will dictate Zimbabwe's foreseeable future. But who will dictate to Zanu-PF? Botox or no Botox, Robert Mugabe's not getting any you…

Published: 06 Aug 2013 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by Simon Allison

Mugabe, the hot favourite

It's election season in Zimbabwe, and no one seems ready except Comrade Bob - who, despite his advanced years, is always ready for everything, at least in politics. SIMON ALLISON explains that, once again, he's holding all the cards. This …

Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 08:02hrs | 4 | by SIMON ALLISON

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