Zimbabwe Insider - Part 1573

  • Air Zimbabwe buys Airbus planes

    Air Zimbabwe has bought two new A340-200 Airbus passenger planes from France in a deal bankrolled by Mbada Diamonds, one of the mining firms licensed...

  • Mugabe calls for tolerance, peace

    President Robert Mugabe today appealed for tolerance and peace between Zimbabwe’s leading political parties. Speaking at the burial of Gen. Solomon Mujuru, Mugabe said: “We...

  • Mugabe appoints anti-corruption team

    President Robert Mugabe today appointed a nine-member Anti-Corruption Commission headed by Denford Chirindo, who previously worked in the ministries of defence and justice and legal...

  • Empowerment ultimatum

    Zimbabwe today gave foreign firms, including mines and banks, a 14-day ultimatum to submit “acceptable” plans on how they propose to transfer majority stakes to...

  • No progress on Zimbabwe

    Southern African leaders ended two-day talks today with no major progress announced in resolving leadership battles in Zimbabwe and Madagascar that have topped the regional...

  • Police probe Mujuru’s death

    Police today said they are investigating the death in a house fire of powerful former army commander Solomon Mujuru. Details of Mujuru’s death were sparse,...

  • Mujuru dies

    Solomon Mujuru one of the two leading forces in President Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African Union- Patriotic Front died in a mysterious fire today. Mujuru was...

  • Payback

    Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said Zimbabwe will use US$140 million of a US$500 million Special Drawings Rights facility to pay part of its debt...

  • Moyo raises gukurahundi

    ZANU-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo today raised the controversial issue of Gukurahundi in which an estimated 20 000 people, mostly Ndebele, were killed in the...

  • MPs face prosecution

    Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga today threatened to take legal action against legislators refusing to explain how the used their $50000 constituency grants....