The topic for the panel discussion was Addressing the Gender Balance Agenda and its Impact on the Global Economy, with a beautiful panel that read like the ‘Who’s Who’ of British business.
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe is on a roll after winning yet another presidential election and now being selected as the next chairperson of SADC.
At the end of a three-month European tour, Abundance Mutori, bass player of the Zimbabwean Afro-fusion band that has caught the imagination of UK and international audiences, talks about the band’s origins and their upcoming gigs.
Lucian Msamati’s directorial debut ‘Nhamo the Manyika Warrior’ is a unique theatre production combining African folklore, Hollywood heroes and hilarious tomfoolery in a fun postmodern epic.
African leaders’ “club of silence” – the refusal to criticise each other or intervene in times of crisis – has kept Robert Mugabe in power up to now. But how has South African president Jacob Zuma gained from support of Mugabe in the face of consistent criticism?
Democratic Alliance condemns President Jacob Zuma for congratulating Robert Mugabe on winning last week’s Zimbabwean presidential election, while international pressure mounts to re-examine results of the ‘farcical’ poll
Atmosphere in Zimbabwe calm ahead of Wednesday’s elections in which more than six million Zimbabweans will go to the polls to choose a president, National Assembly members and local councillors.
Robert Mugabe’s softer narrative is believed to be nothing more than a cunning attempt to soften SADC’s verdict on the upcoming ‘harmonised’ elections in Zimbabwe.
As presidential elections loom, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai accuses Israeli company of tampering with Zimbabwe’s voters’ roll in favour of Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party
Zimbabweans hail “their own Julian Assange”, a Zanu-PF party insider who reveals alleged state secrets on a blog that has become very popular since it was created in March.
Robert Mugabe has allegedly hired a Lebanese murder squad to carry out an assassination of Jacob Zuma and South African diplomat Lindiwe Zulu, to make it look like an accident.
Zimbabwean Lucian Msamati, makes his directorial debut with ‘The Epic Adventure of Nhamo the Manyiko Warrior and his Sexy Wife Chipo’ at The Tricycle Theatre.
As a result of an order by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, the SABC has encrypted its signal in attempt to stop rampant piracy from neighbouring countries. According to political analysts, Mugabe and state-controlled ZBC are unquestionably the biggest winners.
Zimbabwe and Cuba are reportedly the most realistic asylum prospects for US document leaker Edward Snowden.
As Zimbabwe approaches general elections, a newly-released documentary on fearless attorney Beatrice Mtetwa and her defendants shows what happens when rulers place themselves above the law.
Key players in Zimbabwe’s cultural landscape discussed important issues about the role of art, literature, religion and film in Zimbabwe’s future at the annual Britain Zimbabwe Society’s 2013 Research Day in Oxford.
37,294 South Africans visited Zimbabwe during the first quarter in 2013 – a 6% increase on the previous comparative period – and which can be attributed to a resurgence in strong trade ties between the two countries.
IMF approves a staff-monitored programme that will oversee Zimbabwe authorities’ economic reforms this year. The programme, if successful, would “be an important stepping stone toward helping Zimbabwe re-engage with the international community”
The cat and mouse game that is Zimbabwean politics has reached a new level: Mugabe has made an executive decision to hold the elections on 31 July and opposition leader Tsvangirai is crying foul.
Zimbabwean Caine prize winner NoViolet Bulawayo is back with her debut novel, a work of outstanding quality from an exceptional talent.
The documentary opens with Beatrice Mtetwa saying, “People who do things under the cover of darkness are afraid of light. So, if you come at midnight I’ll be there with my headlights glaring…”
London-based rocker Ryan Koriya will be playing Zambezi Fest in Northampton this weekend. We talk to him about his passion for flying, his new EP and being Zimbabwe’s answer to Seal…
The two charities ZANE and HIZ have just merged and they held their first joint event in leafy Belgravia to share insight into Zimbabwe and the challenges Zimbabweans face daily.