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“Revolutions do not tend to arise from abject poverty, but rather from deteriorating economic conditions. Those on the verge of starvation make unlikely ‘true believers’ and followers of populist movements,…

When Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the leadership of Zimbabwe from Robert Mugabe in November 2017, he promised to revive the moribund economy and adopted a mantra he's repeated regularly ever…

Zimbabwe’s mining sector was subdued in the first quarter due to a severe dollar crunch that affected production, with gold the worst hit, the mining chamber said, adding some bullion…

This past weekend, Zimbabwe took a dramatic step towards national reconciliation. In an effort to improve the country’s difficult economic situation and bring about unity among its confrontational politicians, President…

Authorities in Zimbabwe have detained four human rights campaigners on their return home from a foreign trip and seized their cellphones and laptops, lawyers said today. "They were detained upon…

Zimbabwe has hiked the price of petrol to $4.97 a litre and that of diesel to $4.89 a litre from today. Speculation had been rife that the price of fuel…

Oil companies in Zimbabwe will from tomorrow buy dollars to import fuel on the interbank market after the central bank ended the1:1 peg to the dollar that the firms were…

The vice-president of the Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai, Obert Gutu, has described this week’s congress of the Nelson Chamisa led MDC as “kindergarten gibberish”. Chamisa says the congress will set…

Zimbabwe’s central bank has secured a US$500 million loan from unspecified international banks to support interbank currency trading from tomorrow and ease a dollar crunch that has brought fuel and…

Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general, Douglas Mwonzora, who dropped out of the race to contest party leader Nelson Chamisa for presidency but is now seeking re-election as secretary-general at the…