Meanwhile, the Mugabe family was rising. Mugabe’s wife Grace Ntombizodwa Marufu, 41 years Mugabe’s junior; his one-time secretary who he allegedly picked from a typing pool at the office and ...

How mishandling of land reform evicted many white farmers, ‘enriched elites’ and left Black Zimbabweans in poverty.

Grace Mugabe is a wild card. As the drama within the ZANU-PF plays out, President Mugabe will continue to play the dominant role, but the parts played by the current and former vice presidents ...

Political philosopher Karl Marx once said, “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” ...

More than 20 years since they suffered on Jimmy Anderson’s famous Test debut, the Africans are back aiming to be more than ...

“Tyrants are for toppling,” writes Simon Tisdall of The Guardian, “Their downfall is a saving grace.” However, some dictators ...

“Their downfall is a saving grace.” However, some dictators grow so old they no longer have the power to cling to power. This is exactly what happened to the late Robert Mugabe. After ruling ...

Haiti Under the Duvalier’s, comprising “Papa Doc” and his son “Baby Doc”, ruled Haiti from 1957 to 1986 after Papa Doc won a ...

Mugabe Maase, a popular broadcaster affiliated with the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticised the government for sidelining journalists from media houses sympathetic to the ...

After his arrest in Harare, Mann was put through a mock execution by Robert Mugabe's thuggish security and threatened with being fed alive to crocodiles. To keep both mind and body active he ...