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Well after a hectic few days President Robert Mugabe has resigned, after his own once loyal party, ZANU-PF, disowned him and impeachment by parliament was in prospect.
The BBC has multiple...

I have just listened to Robert Mugabe's TV broadcast, where he did not resign; so one must wonder why the saviours of the nation / party let him do this. Everyone knows he is an old man and has had...

Yes the competition for power appears to be over who sits in the chair and nearby - within ZANU-PF - and somehow party branches, including the Women's League (previously Grace Mugabe's fiefdom) have...

Below is a link to mainly academic community outlet 'The Conversation' with a number of new SME articles and few from the archive.

Professor Chan comments on the PRC link:...

It has been a long time since Zimbabwe has been on the front page of UK papers, even the free ones and often the lead item on TV news. So looking around I found these articles that help to explain...

A curious event in Harare, the army say we have moved, Robert Mugabe and family are safe and sounds of artillery fire in the north of the city. This is not a coup, a bloodless transition and the...

So far we have reports on a few APC moving along a traditional route and one broke down. If this was a coup it is hardly significant, as a signal it might resonate.

The ZNA are very unlikely IMHO...

Last week's post was surprising enough, with war veterans once again showing their opposition to Robert Mugabe. now a potentially more dangerous "shot across the bows" and the BBC's headline:So what...

This thread in the Historian arena sadly explains much of what has happened in Zimbabwe:Mugabe-style COIN: Gukurahundi

From the author, Stuart Doran of a book on that theme cited there:

An interesting commentary on two issues: the situation in Zimbabwe and the potential for social media to educate and mobilize the "masses".

A stinging sentence on the regime:Here is a SM...

There is a podcast and a transcript:http://www.violetgonda.com/hot-seat/hot-seat-interview-with-war-vet-leader-douglas-mahiya/

In Post 365 I cited Professor Stephen Chan and today's email contained a link to a very pessimistic Q&A with him:https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2016/08/10/change-will-come-from-zanu-pf

I missed the reporting last week that the veterans of the liberation struggle, who were used to often violently evict 'commercial' or white farmers a few years ago, had issued a statement against...

A week ago I asked:

According to this report:
Link:http://nehandaradio.com/2016/07/16/zimbabwe-fails-pay-army-2nd-month/

They appear to be a Zimbabwe based radio station.

Two articles, one an analysis and the second a tale of high-level antics.

The first, in a South African blog and I noted these two points:Then following "family first" for President...

Professor Stephen Chan is a SME on Zimbabwe and has an article on the visit to the City of London this week by Zimbabwe's Finance...

Firn,

I would agree, but this report suggests that this time could be different and the key point is in bold:...

Via a newsletter on Zimbabwe:

The majority of Zimbabweans still live in the countryside, even though large numbers have moved to the cities.

Is this a pre-revolutionary time?

A good explanation of the power struggle in Zimbabwe:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/13/old-rivals-new-threats-how-will-zimbabwe-fare-post-mugabe

Interesting that the release of...

A rather dense article by a Zimbabwe watcher on a previously unknown interview last month of President Robert Mugabe, only partly cited:In brief by the author:Link to the story published 14th March...

Classic, sad report; the title is followed by a sub-title:
Link:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/28/robert-mugabe-eats-giant-cake-92nd-birthday-party-in-drought-zone
...

Incredible and not what either Zimbabwe, or Zambia needs now:Link:http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/one-of-africas-biggest-dams-is-falling-apart?

A drought emergency in...

Well, well a reformed crocodile:
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/12100022/Zimbabwes-Mnangagwa-reveals-secret-support-for-white-farmers.html

A reminder...

Via a Zimbabwean emailing:

I had missed this announcement, as had my usual sources of news on Zimbabwe:The Zim $ has a really bad record see:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_dollar

For some African farmers their...