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Zimbabwe’s attempt to ease a dollar shortage and stop its currency from plunging in the black market is showing little sign of working. The southern African nation’s currency, known as…

Zimbabwe today released a further RTGS$50 million to resuscitate infrastructure destroyed by Cyclone Idai as well as to provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by the devastating cyclone. Almost 200…

Britain said yesterday it was the largest donor to Cyclone Idai after it made £22 million available to the three countries affected, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It said 114 000…

South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says a weak Zimbabwe is bad news for South Africa because if Zimbabwe has a meltdown large numbers of people will find…

Zimbabwe opposition MP and constitutional lawyer Tendai Biti told a Durban audience this evening that his country had invented state capture and South Africans had merely refined it. “I come…

Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa today said he was in Botswana as part of his regional engagements as he seeks an “urgent solution to our challenges as Zimbabweans”.…

Two popular but toxic slogans dominating Zimbabwean politics are: “ED 2023” and “Chamisa chete chete”. They are chanted, sometimes innocently, at every rally or political gathering but they are toxic…

The number of people known to have died in Zimbabwe after Cyclone Idai has risen to 172 but a staggering 327 are missing, according to the latest figures from the…

The directors of the National Aids Council, which is funded entirely by taxpayers through a 3 percent aids levy, were sold Toyota Fortuners for $1 but were then paid $2…

The Mozambique-Zimbabwe pipeline which was shut down on 15 March as a precautionary measure following Cyclone Idai was re-opened last night way ahead of schedule. It had been anticipated that…