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gold trail

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Uebert Angel, the man of God accused of money laundering

Uebert Angel, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s envoy and ambassador at large to Europe and the Americas, is portrayed as a central figure among powerful...

© Zimbabwe Vice President and Health Minister General Constantino Chiwenga, who recently passed a controversial procurement bill in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s absence. (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo)

party struggle

Premium badgeZimbabwe: President Mnangagwa bows to pressure, rescinds controversial procurement law Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has distanced himself from a new law meant to conceal how taxpayers’ money is used to procure assets and equip...
© Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during a handover ceremony where he received medical emergency and police helicopters from Sergey Chemezov the Director General of the Russian State Corporation “Rostec” at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

sabotage claims

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Mnangagwa blames business for currency chaos President Mnangagwa has blamed the recent local currency devaluation on businesses taking advantage of cheap foreign currency and sabotaging the gover...
© Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during a handover ceremony where he received medical emergency and police helicopters from Sergey Chemezov the Director General of the Russian State Corporation “Rostec” at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

parallel control

Premium badgeZimbabwe: How intelligence and military are running the upcoming general polls Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has created a parallel structure run by the State’s Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to run internal po...

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© Uebert Angel (photo twitter: @UebertAngel)

gold trail

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Uebert Angel, the man of God accused of money laundering Uebert Angel, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s envoy and ambassador at large to Europe and the Americas, is portrayed as a central figure among powerful...
© Zimbabwe Vice President and Health Minister General Constantino Chiwenga, who recently passed a controversial procurement bill in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s absence. (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo)

party struggle

Premium badgeZimbabwe: President Mnangagwa bows to pressure, rescinds controversial procurement law Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has distanced himself from a new law meant to conceal how taxpayers’ money is used to procure assets and equip...
© Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during a handover ceremony where he received medical emergency and police helicopters from Sergey Chemezov the Director General of the Russian State Corporation “Rostec” at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

sabotage claims

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Mnangagwa blames business for currency chaos President Mnangagwa has blamed the recent local currency devaluation on businesses taking advantage of cheap foreign currency and sabotaging the gover...

Zimbabwe top stories

© Uebert Angel (photo twitter: @UebertAngel)

gold trail

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Uebert Angel, the man of God accused of money laundering Uebert Angel, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s envoy and ambassador at large to Europe and the Americas, is portrayed as a central figure among powerful...
© Zimbabwe Vice President and Health Minister General Constantino Chiwenga, who recently passed a controversial procurement bill in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s absence. (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo)

party struggle

Premium badgeZimbabwe: President Mnangagwa bows to pressure, rescinds controversial procurement law Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has distanced himself from a new law meant to conceal how taxpayers’ money is used to procure assets and equip...
© Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during a handover ceremony where he received medical emergency and police helicopters from Sergey Chemezov the Director General of the Russian State Corporation “Rostec” at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

sabotage claims

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Mnangagwa blames business for currency chaos President Mnangagwa has blamed the recent local currency devaluation on businesses taking advantage of cheap foreign currency and sabotaging the gover...

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Beauty Contest

Premium badgeZimbabwe is world’s most miserable country, economist’s index claims The competition is stiff in a post-Covid world of inflation and supply chain disruptions, but there is a clear winner for the title of the planet’s mo...
© A smelter plant at Anglo American Platinum’s Unki mine in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe, May 16, 2019. The country needs better power supply to support mining. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Deep Drill

Premium badgeZimbabwe’s first oil-gas well signals new era for foreign investment, says Invictus Energy CEO Successful drilling for oil, gas and helium in northeast Zimbabwe shows that the country is open for business, Invictus Energy CEO Scott Macmillan tel...
© File photo of pylons that carry electricity from a coal fired power station in Hwange, Zimbabwe. (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo)

unenlightened

Premium badgeSouth Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe: Blackouts to total darkness? To observers, it’s incomprehensible that countries with active perennial waterways – via Zambezi River – teeter on the verge of energy poverty.
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pulling all stops

Zimbabwe: A strategic presidential pardon? With less than three months left to the general elections, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decided to grant clemency to nearly one-fifth o...
© Zimbabwe opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume, the leader of Transform Zimbabwe, speaks to the press after his release on bail from Chikurubi Maximum Prison in Harare, on September 2, 2020. – Opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume and award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono were granted bail on September 2, 2020 at their fourth attempt after being detained in July for calling for protests. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

Invite spite

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Continued incarceration of opposition leaders could affect Commonwealth bid Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government regards the continued invitations to attend state functions in the United Kingdom as a sign that it...
© File photo of Douglas Mwonzora, leader of oppsotion party MDC-T(AFP photo/Jekesai Njikizana).

stalling plot

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Opposition MDC-T tries to delay the polls Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has attempted to delay the country’s polls by challenging the delimitation report at the courts on...