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Mugabe’s US$100m ‘bag’ of tricks

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s henchmen have escalated a plan to discredit and malign the octogenarian leader’s political enemies, including South African president Jacob Zuma, through a series of dirty tricks.

We are tired of this political posturing

Last week South African president Jacob Zuma, the SADC appointed facilitator in the GPA, dispatched his facilitation team to among other issues, break the so-called impasse in the constitution making process writes Blessing Vava.

Mugabe flies into Sadc storm

President Robert Mugabe walks into a storm at a Sadc summit that begins in Maputo Friday, as mediator South African President Jacob Zuma presents a report to the regional organ showing that a new constitution is being stalled by sharp differences in Zanu PF.

Zuma holds talks with Zimbabwe leaders

HARARE – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma was last night locked in crucial talks with President Robert Mugabe and other “unity” government leaders, as Sadc gets jittery over a restive military and deadlock on a new constitution.

Zimbabwe army generals anger SADC leaders

SADC leaders are reportedly disturbed by state security service chiefs’ brazen meddling in local politics ahead of watershed elections and are pressing the facilitator, South African President Jacob Zuma, to tackle the issue at his next meeting with GPA principals.

Zuma gets tough with Mugabe

HARARE – South African President Jacob Zuma says elections in Zimbabwe can only be held when the security sector is de-politicised, in a move largely viewed as a flexing of muscles amid growing reckless political statements by military generals.

DPM Mutambara on UZ fundraising drive

In Zimbabwe we are aggressively pursuing this principle of Africans giving back to their own institutions starting with the University of Zimbabwe where we are developing a strategic and sustainable fundraising framework which we are launching through a fundraising dinner.

TB Joshua prophecy: Zanu PF say not Mugabe

HARARE – Zanu PF has come out ripping at predictions by Nigerian prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua (TB Joshua) that death of an ageing African leader is imminent, insisting that the famed prophet is not referring to President Robert Mugabe. The powerful TB Joshua has not named the leader he predicts could be nearing death.

US$50 billion exported illegally from Africa

Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, says an estimated 50 billion dollars is exported from Africa illegally every year. Mbeki made the statement in Johannesburg at the inauguration of a UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) investigative panel.