By Peta Thornycroft Harare 27 March 2008 For the first time, many people in Zimbabwe's rural areas have dropped their long-standing support of President Robert Mugabe and the ruling ZANU-PF, which has depended on the rural vote for victory. Peta Thor...
By Loirdham Moyo Mutare, Zimbabwe 25 March 2008 Zimbabwean political parties are using innovative methods of attracting prospective voters for the March 29 presidential elections.For example, they providethe undecided with text messages about their p...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 24 March 2008 Campaigning in Zimbabwe is peaking as voters prepare to go to the polls Saturdayto elect a president, national assembly, senate, and local leaders. Correspondent Scott Bobb takes a look at the candidates and s...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 23 March 2008 Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai held his last election rally in Harare Sunday and promised that a new Zimbabwe, driven by love and not fear, is on the horizon. Mr. Tsvangirai, enjoying a huge surge of popu...
By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 March 2008 The Zimbabwe state media has been accused of bias in favor of the ruling ZANU-PF party by media monitors observing the run up to national elections on March 29. And as Peta Thornycroft reports, monito...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 29 February 2008 Presidential hopeful Simba Makoni, who spent all of his adult life in the ruling ZANU-PF party, blames the party and its leaders, not the West, for the current suffering experienced by Zimbabweans. In an ex...
By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 22 February 2008 President Robert Mugabe has spoken out for the first time on the new presidential challenger, former finance minister Simba Makoni. Peta Thornycroft reports that Mr. Mugabe has accused Mr. Makoni o...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 18 February 2008 There is growing uncertainty in Zimbabwe as politicians and analysts realize that President Robert Mugabe is likely to face a run off after the March 29 elections. For VOA, Peta Thornycroft in Harare report...
By Scott Stearns White House 14 February 2008 President Bush says he is disappointed that South African mediation has failed to ease Zimbabwe's political divisions. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush spoke to radio reporter...
By Peta Thornycroft 13 February 2008 Zimbabwe's former finance minister Simba Makoni, who was expelled from the ruling ZANU-PF Tuesday after announcing his candidacy in next months presidential election, has spelled out elements of his election manif...