Zimbabwe: Government freezes bank loans
Zimbabwe’s government came under fire last Saturday for imposing a freeze on bank lending, a move that will encourage the development of a shadow banking […]
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Zimbabwe: Opposition leader Tendai Biti, briefly detained
An opposition figure in Zimbabwe, former Finance minister Tendai Biti, was detained Monday for several hours while campaigning for parliamentary by-elections in Harare, a spokeswoman […]
Zimbabwe: Main opposition party denounces attack on its leader, Nelson Chamisa
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party on Wednesday denounced a new attack on its leader, Nelson Chamisa, who escaped unharmed after being shot at in his car […]
Will the remains of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe be exhumed?
That’s what the children of the former Zimbabwean president who died in September 2019 fear. Three of his sons are challenging in court the verdict […]
Zimbabwe: President vows to ‘flush out’ opponents
“The bad apples that tried to divide our people and weaken our system will be eliminated,” the Zimbabwean President promised in a speech to the […]
Zimbabwe: Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga appointed Minister of Health
Zimbabwe has not had a real Minister of Health since the dismissal of Obadiah Moyo, 66, accused of illegally awarding a $20 million contract to […]
Zimbabwe: $3.5 billion in compensation to White farmers expropriated in 2000
Twenty years after Robert Mugabe’s forced expropriation of white farmers, the country is preparing to pay them compensation. The government has announced that it will […]
COVID-19 : Zimbabwe to face mass starvation—UN
The United Nations food agency said on Wednesday it needed $130 million to fund emergency operations in Zimbabwe. “With most Zimbabweans already struggling to put […]
Zimbabwe lays off over 3,000 civil servants
zimbabThe government of Zimbabwe has laid off over 3000 workers, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa tries to make good on its promise to cut the bloated […]
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa secures re-election bid for 2023
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa the go ahead to run for a second five-year term in 2023. ZANU-PF held the first […]