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Zimbabwe’s Monetary Policy Committee has resolved that the country should put in place a formal market-based system of foreign exchange. It also reinstated the 30-day limit of liquidating surplus foreign…

The death of George Floyd on 25 May, ironically Africa Day, has grossly overshadowed one of the United States’ biggest killers at the moment, the coronavirus. The US now has…

The number of new coronavirus cases slowed down yesterday with only three returnees, two from South Africa and one from South Sudan, testing positive raising the number of cases to…

With a population of 97 million, Vietnam has managed to keep its cases to just 329. Strategies such as rapid testing and aggressive contact tracing have kept the infection rate…

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa is using the cover of thecoronavirus restrictions to entrench his rule, analysts have warned amid a fresh crackdown against government critics. A fortnight ago, Mnangagwa extended…

On 15 February 2018, a colleague of mine, dating back to 1996, phoned me and said: “Mukoma tanyudzwa.” I was a bit lost on what he was talking about, so…

Fourteen more people, all returning residents from South Africa, tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday increasing the number of cases to 279. The government also released the list of people…

Zimbabwe has released a list of about 50 people that have escaped from quarantine centres. Reports say more than 100 have escaped and according to the Chronicle, those who harbour…

Movement for Democratic Change Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti, his co-vice-president Lynette Karenyi-Kore, deputy secretary-general David Chimhini, international relations secretary Gladys Hlatywayo, her deputy Lovemore Chinoputsa and Vongai Tome, were today…

Zimbabwe’s grain deficit is expected to widen to 1.17 million tonnes this year despite a small increase in production, the latest official crop report showed, leaving the majority of the…