20110813 Reuters HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate quickened to 3.3 percent year-on-year in July from 2.9 percent in June, the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency said on Friday.
20110811 Reuters HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has reduced penalties for foreign companies that violate a government mandate to sell a majority of their shares to locals, according to a government notice obtained on Thursday.
20110624 Reuters KINSHASA (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has been given the green light to sell diamonds from its Marange diamond fields by the industry's leading certification system, but the decision did not have the backing of all members.
20110624 Reuters HARARE (Reuters) - A top Zimbabwe general said Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was a security threat fronting Western interests, which justified military involvement in politics, state media reported on Thursday.
20110623 Reuters HARARE (Reuters) - A top Zimbabwe general said Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was a security threat fronting Western interests, which justified military involvement in politics, state media reported on Thursday.
20110611 allafrica The international community sought on Friday to put concerted pressure on SADC to push parties in the Global Political Agreement to adopt an election roadmap that will guarantee free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.
20110605 allafrica Harare — PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is hoping to bounce back from his recent setbacks on the diplomatic front when regional leaders meet in South Africa at the weekend to discuss Zimbabwe's unending political crisis.
Zimbabwe's central bank said it planned to take punitive measures against foreign-owned banks that resist demands to transfer majority shareholding to local blacks under a controversial empowerment policy.
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma has revealed that Sadc leaders would consider what measures to take against Zimbabwe at its summit in Namibia next week after the government refused to comply with the regional bloc's Tribunal ruling on land reforms in 2008.
20110512 Reuters HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe's party will press for elections in Zimbabwe this year, state media reported on Thursday, in a move set to trigger a fresh dispute with its partners in a fragile unity government.
Harare — South African President Jacob Zuma will soon meet leaders of political parties in Zimbabwe's coalition government to discuss the reform of the security, which has been identified as the major obstacle to a credible election.
Angloplat and Implats, the world's top platinum miners, are cooperating with Zimbabwe on proposals to sell majority shares in their local operations to blacks, a government minister said on Monday.
Harare — Hawks within Zanu PF and securocrats have reportedly demanded that President Robert Mugabe defer elections and immediately appoint a successor, as time was not on his side.
THE Global Political Agreement (GPA)'s tripartite negotiating team's final draft roadmap clarifies that President Robert Mugabe has no power to unilaterally call for elections without consulting and agreeing with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai tried to breathe new life into his floundering MDC party on Friday with plans for a leadership shake-up and a rousing speech in which he called his rivals "oppressors".
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe is considering legislation to force miners to fund development in local communities, the state-owned Herald newspaper said on Tuesday, citing Ministry of Mines and Mining Development officials.
Harare — MINISTERS have continued to defy President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over their expenditures resulting in government incurring a deficit in the first two months of the year, with local travel expenses overshooting budget by 100 percent in February.
