Zimbabwe Insider - Part 1570

  • Joice Mujuru behind Murambatsvina!

    Vice- President Joyce Mujuru was behind Operation Murambatsvina, a clean-up exercise that left more than 700 000 people homeless a few months after the 2005...

  • Diamond activist barred

    Lawyers for Farai Maguwu today said he had been prevented from leaving the country to attend the Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders scheduled for...

  • Tsvangirai on elections

    Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said it would be illegal for President Robert Mugabe to hold elections in March. “Mugabe says he wants an election...

  • No Western observers

    President Robert Mugabe today said he will not allow observers from Europe to monitor proposed elections as long as their nations enforced economic sanctions on...

  • At risk

    More than 50 foreign-owned mining firms risk losing their licences after failing to submit acceptable indigenisation and empowerment plans as directed by government, reports said...

  • Implats threat

    Indigenization minister Saviour Kasukuwere today threatened to cancel the license of South African-owned platinum mining giant Zimplats because the firm is refusing to hand over...

  • Preach peace

    President Robert Mugabe today urged lawmakers to preach messages of peace across the nation ahead of proposed elections. Speaking at the official opening of a...

  • Still targets

    The Commercial Farmers Union today said its remaining 300 members continue to be targeted by violence without protection as political tensions rise ahead of proposed...

  • Mugabe has cancer

    The media was awash with news today that President Robert Mugabe has cancer and has two more years to live. The news was from a...