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News :: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 

A taste of things to come

04:25 GMT 26th April 2012

Implats caved in but many dismiss Zimbabwe's indigenisation drive as populist vote catching. By Bill Corcoran, Cape Town
 

Harare

01:44 GMT 25th April 2012

Zimbabwe has shortlisted eleven bidders for the expansion of its Hwange and Kariba South power plants, with a winner expect ed to be announced in the third quarter of this year, its energy minister said late March.
 

Harare

02:31 GMT 30th March 2012

Impala Platinum (Implats) has come to an agreement with the government of Zimbabwe to hand over a 51 per cent stake in the company's local unit Zimplats to black investors.
 

Strange Bedfellows

01:23 GMT 30th March 2012

With relations between the UK and Zimbabwe plunging to an all time low under the Blair government, there are signs that the Conservatives will be taking a softer line. By Chofamba Sithole
 

Zimbabwe

05:14 GMT 29th March 2012

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president and Africa's oldest leader, celebrated his 88th birthday last month, denying reports he has prostrate cancer.
 

Harare

05:03 GMT 9th March 2012

Zimbabwe is having to bolster its $4bn 2012 budget with $110m from a 2009 emergency IMF fund, a measure of the extent of an acute foreign exchange shortage in the southern African nation.
 

Zimbabwe

01:38 GMT 9th March 2012

An inquest into the suspicious death of retired army General Solomon Mujuru has begun in Harare.
 

Alarm Over Gems Deal

12:07 GMT 31st January 2012

Zimbabwe has at last got the go-ahead to export its diamonds, but there are fears that the expected bumper revenues will be squandered. By Earnest Mudzengi
 

Stalled transition

02:45 GMT 21st December 2011

The country is being rushed into elections but with political normalcy far from being restored the prospects for a free and fair poll look slim. By Earnest Mudzengi, Harare
 

Harare

03:37 GMT 8th November 2011

Gold miner Mwana Africa's Zimbabwe mine output has risen to a monthly average of 4,500 ounces, outstripping its targeted annual production rate, company executives said in September.
 

Local Law Backfires

03:07 GMT 8th November 2011

Zimbabwe's new indigenisation drive is alarming foreign investors and could harm the fragile economic recovery, say critics. By Chofamba Sithole
 

Zimbabwe

01:34 GMT 8th November 2011

Press watchdog Reporters Without Borders has condemned former information minister Jonathan Moyo for harassing the independent newspaper Daily News after it published Wikileaks cables revealing his support for western sanctions against President Robert Mugabe.
 

Zuma stays, Mugabe told

11:26 GMT 28th September 2011

Having been rebuked by his SADC colleagues earlier this year, Mugabe has found himself isolated again. By Chofamba Sithole
 

SADC gets tough

02:04 GMT 15th July 2011

Mugabe faces setback in bid to hold elections this year and get rid of rickety unity government. By Chofamba Sithole
 

A strange intransigence

04:20 GMT 14th June 2011

'Why is the UK still refusing to speak to speak to Mugabe? It is time to start talking.'