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Zimbabweans bracing for fresh unrest as Chamisa plan protests
Zimbabweans are bracing for fresh unrest after the main opposition party unveiled plans for a series of major rallies starting this week and unions called for strike action.Any demonstrations ...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 17:06hrs | | by The Guardian
Zimbabwe lawyers blast £118 000 outlay on judges' wigs
LAWYERS have hit out at government's decision to spend thousands of pounds on wigs made in England for local judges, saying the tradition evokes a colonial past that should not exist in modern Zimbabw...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:17hrs | 7 | by The Guardian
'UK accelerates deportations of failed Zimbabwe asylum seekers'
The Home Office has been condemned for working with the Zimbabwean government to accelerate the deportation of asylum seekers despite high-profile human rights abuses in the country.Asylum law...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 20:28hrs | 1 | by The Guardian
Zimbabwean police files implicate army in widespread abuses
Internal Zimbabwean police documents passed to the Guardian suggest the army has been responsible for murder, rape and armed robbery during the ongoing brutal crackdown in the southern African country...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | | by The Guardian
Zanu-PF warns that Zimbabwe's economic crisis will deepen without aid
Zimbabwe will plunge further into economic crisis unless international lenders provide aid to the heavily indebted former British colony, senior officials from the Zanu-PF ruling party have said....Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:26hrs | 1 | by The Guardian
Zimbabwe economic collapse looms again
Zimbabwe faces a deepening economic crisis as hopes fade of a new wave of international investment and aid, following historic elections in July.Locals say conditions have deteriorated since J...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:33hrs | | by The Guardian
More Zimbabwe political activists go into hiding
Hundreds more activists have gone into hiding in Zimbabwe as security agencies intensify a crackdown launched shortly after the election 10 days ago.Millions of people cast votes in the poll, ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 09:29hrs | | by The Guardian
Chamisa vs Mnangagwa: 'It is a David - Goliath affair'
Nelson Chamisa steps down from the podium. The crowd is still cheering.Promises have been made, slogans shouted, jokes cracked and prayers said.The campaign is drawing to an end. The r...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:28hrs | | by The Guardian
Mugabe coup brings Mbare back to life
Like many ordinary Zimbabweans right now, Joy Mviro is adamant that things have changed for the better."We can now talk openly," she tells me confidently, as we stand outside the Edith Opperma...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:20hrs | 2 | by The Guardian
Zim comedians getting away with satirising Mugabe's govt
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation is notorious for several reasons. First, as a mouthpiece for the Zanu-PF party, whose 91-year-old president Robert Mugabe recently fell over at a press conference...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 08:59hrs | | by The Guardian
Grace Mugabe degree raises eyebrows
FEW guessed that the First Lady of Zimbabwe was quite so multi-talented. Last week, Grace Mugabe graduated with a PhD at the University of Zimbabwe.Her thesis, according to The Herald newspape...Published: 16 Sep 2014 at 09:17hrs | | by The Guardian
Tsvangirai warns of uprising
Fast running out of options, the MDC-T has given the biggest hint yet that popular uprising could be the only option it is left with to unseat President Robert Mugabe, who last week won a seventh mand...Published: 06 Aug 2013 at 09:10hrs | | by The Guardian
Zanu-PF dismiss Zuma assassination plot claims
ZANU-PF has dismissed as "hogwash" and a "typical set-up" an apparently secret document said to be from intelligence sources that alleges an outlandish plot by President Robert Mugabe to hire a Lebane...Published: 13 Jul 2013 at 06:41hrs | | by The Guardian (UK)
Mugabes give rare glimpse into home life
FLOWERS, silver cutlery, and a box of tissues adorn the spotless white tablecloth. The family says grace and "bon appetit!" before tucking into their vegetables. Sitting at the head of the table, dad ...Published: 25 May 2013 at 11:58hrs | | by The Guardian
The rehabilitation of Robert Mugabe
HE has been a schoolteacher, freedom fighter and political prisoner. He has gone from admired independence leader to despised autocrat. Now a life that spans nine decades could be about to add its l...Published: 11 May 2013 at 21:45hrs | | by The Guardian
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