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Pressure mounts on Zim govt

This week’s arrest of two senior Zimbabwean journalists has underlined just how far the unity government has to go before it can restore confidence.

New farm invasions block aid

Donors want the Zimbabwe government to stop land seizures, writes Jason Moyo.

Zim’s blueprint for recovery

The rand would be used to measure progress, but would not become Zimbabwe’s official currency.

No relief for Zim until debt’s paid up

In meetings with government and central bank officials an IMF delegation made repeated demands for Zimbabwe to honour its debts.

‘Hear us, we have suffered enough’

Southern African leaders have failed miserably in saving Zimbabweans from a government that has lost all legitimacy, Graça Machel says.

Tsvangirai back in Zim for unity talks

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday returned to Zimbabwe for the first time in more than two months, ahead of a new meeting with Robert Mugabe.

Zim judge blasts SADC court over white farmer ruling

A top Zimbabwe judge has said a regional court had no jurisdiction to rule that 78 white farmers could keep land lost to Harare’s land-reform scheme.

WHO: Zimbabwe cholera death toll tops 1 700

Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic is picking up speed, with a total of 1 732 deaths out of 34 306 cases, the WHO said on Tuesday.

Red Cross deploys teams to fight cholera in Zim

The Red Cross has deployed seven emergency teams normally reserved for major global disasters to fight Zimbabwe’s worsening cholera epidemic.

Desperate Zimbabweans pour into Musina

In the blazing midday sun, Fungai Lindlela watches as her baby pushes a sticky ball of maize meal into her mouth in a makeshift refugee camp.

Zim cholera outbreak ‘not yet under control’

The United Nations says the cholera death toll in Zimbabwe has risen to over 1 500 and case fatality rates are increasing.

Zim appeals against release of activists

Zimbabwe has appealed against a court ruling ordering the release of Jestina Mukoko and several others accused of plotting against the government.

Activist under lock and key at notorious prison

A Zimbabwean peace activist has been traced to a notorious maximum security prison despite a court order that she be taken to hospital.

Zim has ‘no intention’ of releasing activists

The regime of Robert Mugabe has ”no intention” of releasing a rights activist accused of recruiting anti-government plotters, a lawyer said on Friday.

Zimbabwe court orders release of activists

Zimbabwe’s high court ordered on Wednesday that a top rights activist, who was seized weeks ago, be released to hospital.

Looking forward to looking back

We will count those who threw it in and left the country this year. Bloody cowards, we will lie to ourselves for comfort.

Zimbabwe activist to appear in court on plot charge

A former Zimbabwean newscaster is expected to appear in court on Wednesday on charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe’s government.

Zimbabwe faces bleak Christmas amid food crisis

At overflowing dumpsters in Zimbabwe’s capital, desperate vagrants pounced on garbage bags and fought over chicken bones and scraps of discarded food.

I had a farm in Africa … a young man’s journey

Sean Christie gets on his bike and returns to what used to be his grandfather’s farm outside Harare.

The lights of my life

With his son now three months old, Chief K Masimba Biriwasha reflects that the unpredictable journey of parenthood mirrors his country’s uncertainties