Zimbabwe Insider - Part 1565

  • What the hell is this?

    In one of the vaguest cables released by Wikileaks, the United States embassy in Harare sent out a list of names under a cable entitled:...

  • Chombo announces ultra fast-track land reform

    Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo announced at the beginning of May 2001 that the government was introducing an ultra fast-track land reform programme that would...

  • StanChart plan rejected

    The government was today reported to have rejected Standard Chartered’s ownership plan for its Zimbabwean unit because it falls below the required 51 percent local...

  • Fast-track land reform divides white farmers

    The concerted fast-track land reform that the government had embarked on since 2000 had divided white farmers by February 2001 with some arguing that they...

  • ZANU-PF broke

    The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front is broke, reports said today. A South African paper said the party will have to rely on donations from...

  • The Ignatius Chombo Wikileaks dossier

    Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo, who was exposed by his former wife in an acrimonious divorce as one of the richest politicians in Zimbabwe has...

  • MDC challenges Mugabe presidential decree

    There was keen interest from diplomats and other political watchers when the Movement for Democratic Change challenged a decree issued by President Robert Mugabe prohibiting...

  • No constituency funds

    Legislators are not getting the US$50 000 Constituency Development Funds this year because of the unbudgeted rise in civil servants salaries in June, reports said...