Zimbabwe:   Zanu-PF Members Defect to MDC-T

Zimbabwe Standard, 29 April 2012

DISGRUNTLED Zanu PF supporters have defected to the MDC-T in protest against the manner in which the district coordinating committee (DCC) elections were held, further causing more… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Military Tighten Grip on Ruling Party

Zimbabwe Independent, 27 April 2012

SECUROCRATS are increasingly tightening their grip on Zanu PF amid further indications several members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), police and retired army… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Tsvangirai On Alliance With Mujuru Faction

Financial Gazette, 27 April 2012

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has spoken for the first time on his alleged association with a ZANU-PF faction linked to Vice-President Joice Mujuru. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Mugabe in a Fix

Financial Gazette, 27 April 2012

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is caught up in a catch-22 situation following widespread infighting within ZANU-PF which threatens his re-election chances as divisions widen in the… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Factionalism Crippling Mugabe Reelection Bid

Zimbabwe Independent, 26 April 2012

FACTIONALISM and infighting within Zanu PF, which has ruled Zimbabwe for over three decades, is now reaching boiling point as President Robert Mugabe battles to keep the centre… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   War Vets Threaten to Deal With Faction Leaders

Zimbabwe Independent, 27 April 2012

CONTROVERSIAL war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda has warned Zanu PF bigwigs, whom he accuses of fanning factionalism, they would soon be confronted and dealt with head on for… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Jostling for Posts Rocks MDC-T

Financial Gazette, 27 April 2012

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's formation of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has been rattled by allegations of rampant imposition of candidates in Mashonaland West… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Mugabe's Succession Headache

Financial Gazette, 27 April 2012

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successor, but has kept his choice of an heir close to his chest, leaving the matter to… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Zanu-PF Power Struggle Debate Shifts

Zimbabwe Independent, 27 April 2012

ZANU PF power struggles and President Robert Mugabe's intensifying succession debate is now taking a new twist as senior party officials begin to interrogate the character and… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Zanu-PF Factional Tendencies

Financial Gazette, 27 April 2012

ON April 17 at a Midlands State University Public lecture, the Minister of Defence, Emmerson Mnangagwa, denied the media speculation that he had been anointed the successor to… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Complications of Military Involvement in Politics

Financial Gazette, 27 April 2012

THE deployment of soldiers to ZANU-PF "political hotspots" across the country has drawn widespread criticism from analysts and civic groups who say military personnel should be… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Principals Delay Zuma Visit

Financial Gazette, 27 April 2012

ZIMBABWE'S principals to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) are delaying South African President Jacob Zuma's visit intended to break the political impasse in Harare, The… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   GNU Can Only Go So Far - PM

Zimbabwe Independent, 26 April 2012

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says the coalition government is not capable of adequately addressing "massive unemployment and poverty" currently plaguing the country. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Taylor Conviction Lesson to Our Leaders

Zimbabwe Independent, 27 April 2012

THE conviction of former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes and crimes against humanity by a special tribunal in The Hague yesterday must serve as a lesson to African… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Proposal to Have Extra 90 MP's Slammed

SW Radio, 27 April 2012

A proposal by political parties in Zimbabwe to increase the number of legislators in parliament by an extra 90 individuals has been slammed as another attempt to increase the… Read more »