May 25

• Zimbabwe: Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Election Date Petition

  On Friday the Supreme Court reserved judgement in the case in which a Harare man was seeking an order to force President Mugabe to announce the date for elections. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: ZEC Urged to Get Organised Ahead of Fresh Registration Exercise

  Zimbabwe took another step towards holding elections when President Mugabe signed the country's new constitution on Wednesday. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Pension Payments Increased Ahead of Elections

  With the government's election bill continuing to stretch into the multimillion dollar bracket, the nation will be required to pay more in pension contributions to try to fund it. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Reads Riot Act to Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates

  The MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday read the riot act to aspiring parliamentarians from his party, warning them against polluting the primary elections with vote... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Hot Seat - Interview Tendai Biti On MDC-T Policies (part 1) [interview]

  SW Radio Africa's Violet Gonda brings you the first in a two-part interview with Finance Minister and MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti. He outlines how an MDC-T government will... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Govt Urged to Intervene in Illegal Hunting At Hwange

  The government has been urged to put a stop to illegal hunting taking place in the protected Hwange National Park, where the Environment Ministry has been accused of granting... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Veteran Nationalists Among Honorees At AU Golden Jubilee

  The African Union turns 50 on Saturday and several Zimbabwean veteran nationalists, including the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo and the late former Zanu national chairman... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Mangoma Acquitted for 'Wishing Mugabe Dead'

  Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma has been acquitted in a case where the state was accusing him of insulting President Robert Mugabe and 'wishing him dead.' Read more »

• Zimbabwe: One of Mugabe's Top Spies Dies

  Elias Kanengoni, the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), who was once convicted for attempted murder and accused of election violence, collapsed and... Read more »

May 24

• Zimbabwe: The Zimbabwean Launches Viral 'Hope' Campaign

  The Zimbabwean newspaper has launched a new campaign that urges Zim nationals around the world to unite and share their views and hopes for the future of their country. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: June Election 'Unlawful' in Terms of New Constitution

  The new Constitution that was formally gazetted by Robert Mugabe on Wednesday makes his desired June election date technically unlawful, with months worth of preparations... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Why Zimbabweans Must Cast a Spoilt Vote in the Elections [opinion]

  It was Mugabe and his Zanu PF dictatorship that landed the nation in this political and economic hell-hole in which millions now live in abject poverty. With unemployment sitting... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Pleads for Funding

  The dysfunctional Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has approached parliament in a bid to get funding for its operations, a few months before the end of its tenure. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: HIV Test Case Heard By Zimbabwe's New Constitutional Court

  A rights activist, who is living with HIV, filed a test case in the newly constituted Constitutional Court on Thursday to highlight the challenges and ill treatment facing people... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: President Mugabe Makes Two Safe Appointments to the Supreme Court

  Two more judges have been appointed to the Supreme Court bench in line with the country's new constitution which was gazetted this week. Read more »

May 23

• Zimbabwe: Police Thwart Simba Makoni's Meeting With Business Community

  Efforts by Dr Simba Makoni's political party to hold discussions with the Norton community a fortnight ago were thwarted, after police went back on their word and withdrew... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: China Strengthens Zim Ties With VP Visit

  China has continued to strengthen its ties with Zimbabwe with a visit this week by that country's Vice Premier, Wang Yang. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Detained Police Officers Deny 'Crime' of Attending MDC Rally

  Three police officers, who have been detained over their alleged attendance at an MDC-T rally last month, have denied they are guilty of this 'crime'. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Mawere Told to Renounce SA Citizenship to Receive Zim ID

  A well known Zimbabwean businessman with South African citizenship was last week told by the Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede that he had to renounce his foreign citizenship first,... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Mugabe Signs New Constitution Into Law

  President Robert Mugabe has signed into law a new constitution, which was approved by a large majority in a referendum in March this year. Read more »

May 22

• Zimbabwe: MDC-T Primary Elections Kick Off This Saturday

  MDC-T voters will this weekend begin their internal process to choose the makeup of the team to contest the harmonized elections, the party's deputy national organizing secretary... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Mudede's Office to Be Overhauled Under MDC-T Government

  Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party has said when it gets into power it will overhaul the registrar-general's office, a key government department long blighted by accusations... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Civic Groups Call for Decentralised and Inclusive Electoral Process

  Civic groups in Zimbabwe Tuesday called for a new decentralised voter registration exercise, saying the just ended one was fraught with anomalies. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Playwright Seeks Legal Intervention Over Banning of Peace Play

  An award winning playwright in Zimbabwe is seeking legal intervention after his play, whose central theme is peace, was banned last year. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: SA, Zanu-PF Relations 'Strained' Ahead of Poll

  Relations between the South African government and Robert Mugabe's ZANU PF are said to be under severe strain, with the former ruling party in Zimbabwe intensifying its anti-SA... Read more »