Zimbabwe Insider - Part 1740

  • SADC : does it still have a role to play?

    The creation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has caused quite a stir in the region not so much because of the role the...

  • UN cautious on Mozambique

    After bungling in Angola, the United Nations has adopted a more cautions approach towards the Mozambique ceasefire which should ultimately lead to the first multi-party...

  • Can Smith really be a saviour?

    Former rebel leader, Ian Smith seems to be slowly weaving his way back into politics, thanks to the current discontent which is increasingly leading most...

  • Chidzero, down but not out

    Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister, Bernard Chidzero, may have lost the post of secretary-general for the United Nations but the international community has not yet completely forgotten...

  • Financial fiddling

    The country’s major newspaper publisher, Zimbabwe Newspapers, may not only have the recently launched Daily Gazette to worry about. Reports say there could have been...

  • Balancing the army!

    The recent promotions of army and air force commanders seems to be aimed more at tribally balancing the army than anything else. The appointment of...

  • Sithole’s double talk

    ZANU (Ndonga) leader Ndabaningi, who on his return from self-exile in the United States promised to give every Zimbabwean $600 a month and a 15-acre...

  • Dying city

    Despite pleas for almost the greater part of 1991 and 1992, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city and the country’s major industrial base, is slowly dying...

  • ZCTU to become more militant

    After realising that quiet diplomacy had not taken it anywhere and that it was not being taken seriously, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade unions has...

  • Mengistu again!

    Reports that four of former Ethiopian President, Mengistu Haile Mariam’s five body guards have deserted him should be a cause of great concern to the...