VP urges Zimbabweans to go traditional

Zimbabwe: Mugabe enacts law to spy on phones, 'net, mail

"In the southern African nation of Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe has enacted a law granting state security agents full authority to surveil landline and mobile phones, postal mail and what little internet is available anyway, according to a government notice published on...

Zimbabwe: The Hollow State

"Three weeks ago Tama Muru from the BBC asked me if I thought Zimbabwe would explode. At the time I said, "No." Was I wrong?"

Web 2.0 to the Rescue! Beating Shortages in Africa

The beep-beep of a received text on a mobile phone is now becoming a much-needed lifeline to Africans. Zimbabweans, who continue to struggle every day with inflation that has shot to 3,731 percent (Zimbabwe Central Statistical Office), have used African ingenuity and 21st...

Zimbabwe: Recovering the irrecoverable

"Anti-capitalist demonstrators around the world should be celebrating. Robert Mugabe's government has taken those against free markets at their word. Over 1,300 business owners have been arrested across Zimbabwe. Their crime? Raising prices..."

Mugabe Targets Zimbabwe Mines

Apparently not grasping the concept of inflation, Zimbabwe's president threatened the mining industry:"Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe threatened on Wednesday to seize mining firms and other companies if they persist with "dirty tricks" and keep raising prices in the face of...