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Zimbabwe: Activists worry as Mnangagwa builds an imperial presidency

“[President Emmerson] Mnangagwa is a true student of Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa’s administration has introduced a lot of legislation including ... the Constitutional Amendment Bill and the Patriotic Bill which reflect the consolidation of power by an authoritarian leader and a continuation of Mugabe’s legacy,” Bhekezela Gumbo, a Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) researcher tells The Africa Report.

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Zimbabwe: When Bob Marley and Robert Mugabe celebrated independence

Zimbabwe attained its independence after more than 10 years of armed struggle. On the day that the former Southern Rhodesia gained national sovereignty, ... Bob Marley performed in front of an audience that included Robert Mugabe, who would go on to serve as the country's first prime minister.

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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa undoing some of Mugabe’s land and empowerment reforms

Against popular outcries, the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is removing Black Zimbabweans from the land in Chilonga to make room ... for a white-owned dairy farm. His policies have strong differences from his successor, authoritarian Robert Mugabe, who took land from white farmers and gave it to Black Zimbabweans and his cronies.

Digital transformation

Econet’s Zimbabwean CEO Strive Masiyiwa to invest in data centres on the continent

Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, who has raised more than $1bn to ensure the growth of his group Econet, has ranked first in our exclusive ... Africa Digital ranking.

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Kenya Pandora Papers

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Pandora papers: From Congo to Zimbabwe, the implicated African leaders

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Zimbabwe: Prolonged power cuts will hurt the already struggling economy

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Zimbabwe: Is Mnangagwa using Covid-19 restrictions to consolidate power?

Kenya Pandora Papers

box is open

Pandora papers: From Congo to Zimbabwe, the implicated African leaders

lights on

Zimbabwe: Prolonged power cuts will hurt the already struggling economy

safety or power?

Zimbabwe: Is Mnangagwa using Covid-19 restrictions to consolidate power?

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Zimbabwe’s illegal urban settlements: A blessing or curse for government?

In Zimbabwe, over 20,000 families are facing displacement from urban areas following a crackdown on land barons by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ... government. Many of these residential settlements were created under Mugabe, when the ruling party Zanu-PF used land in urban areas to lure voters.

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AFTER PARTY

Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC implodes – thanks to Zanu-PF

What is in a name? The rumbling dispute over the proprietary rights to the name – Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) – looks set to blow ... Zimbabwe’s opposition out of the political water.

Zimbabwe Virus Outbreak

Still Vulnerable

Zimbabwe’s slower inflation may be the calm before the storm

Zimbabwe’s inflation slowdown in February may reflect the impact of COVID-19 restrictions imposed in January rather than a genuine downward ... trend. But prospects of a good harvest and improving confidence from business leaders points to relief down the road.

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KOMPROMAT CONUNDRUM

Zimbabwe: Who gains from the public shaming of VP Kembo Mohadi?

Zimabwe's second Vice President Kembo Mohadi was caught in a kompromat trap. Recordings of phone calls full of lurid sexual banter, thanks to ... intercepts that were almost certainly the work of a state intelligence agency, were faithfully reproduced on the Zimlive online news site in a series of salacious stories.

Lose-lose cooperation?

Zimbabwe: Who wins and who loses in the rush for diamonds?

The list of hardships and suffering linked to Zimbabwe's diamond mines is growing longer by the day. ...

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Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s business empire, the death of a dynasty

Barely five years after the demise of Zimbabwe's former ruler Robert Mugabe, the vast wealth he owned and accumulated throughout the 37 years ... of his reign is disappearing.

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