Zimbabwe Situation

Zimbabwe boasts a highly diversified mineral resource base, with the mining industry contributing approximately 12% to the country’s GDP. Source: Top 5 Minerals Produced in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe boasts a highly diversified mineral resource base, featuring close to 40 exploitable minerals that include platinum group metals (PGMs), chromium, gold, coal, diamonds, lithium, manganese, iron ore, copper, […] …
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Source: UNESCO laureate helps a young woman continue her studies in Zimbabwe | UNESCO © The Female Students Network Trust Speaking out “I was a first year student at university and was thrown out of school. I did not live up to society’s expectations of how a girl should live,” said Audrey. Audrey was suspended […] …
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Zanu-PF’s anti-American rhetoric is not only deployed to win friends abroad. As elections approach, it is also a prominent campaign tactic at home. Source: Zimbabwe’s ruling party vilifies the opposition as American puppets. But the party itself had strong ties to the US Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressing a rally in Bulawayo recently. Zinyange Auntony/AFP […] …
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Source: ZRP undertakes to fix illegal bus rank menace after ZLHR’s protest THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has undertaken to dismantle a chaotic and illegal bus rank in Harare and bring sanity and order following a complaint lodged by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). ZRP assured ZLHR that it is working towards bringing sanity […] …
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Source: ‘Middlemen milk women smallholder farmers’ -Newsday Zimbabwe THE majority of women smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe are getting less than 15% of the value of their produce while middlemen, transporters, processors, wholesalers and retailers get the lion’s share, a recent survey has revealed. The survey conducted by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) […] …
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Source: Charumbira threatens ‘sex attack victim’ –Newsday Zimbabwe CHIEFS Council president Fortune Charumbira CHIEFS Council president Fortune Charumbira, who has been reported for allegedly sexually abusing his married niece on two occasions, has threatened to sue the victim for defamation, claiming the charges were baseless. Charumbira, is who is also president of the Pan-African Parliament […] …
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Source: ‘ED copying Smith’s colonial handbook’ -Newsday Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of copying the late colonial leader Ian Smith’s system of weaponising the law against critics. “In fact, the methods used by the Smith regime on the black majority population to stifle their rights such as the use of […] …
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Source: Govt ramps up anti-human trafficking efforts –Newsday Zimbabwe Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga addressing guests at an anti-human trafficking event last week What seemed to be a good escape from poverty back home in Zimbabwe quickly turned into a nightmare for Chipo* when she landed in Oman in 2022. Like many economically impoverished citizens, Chipo could […] …
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Source: Gold Mafia: RBZ under sharp scrutiny –Newsday Zimbabwe Al Jazeera exposed high ranking officials involved in smuggling and money laundering. THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has come under renewed pressure to deal with allegations of gold smuggling and money laundering after a leading think-tank said the central bank’s operations should be audited following […] …
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Source: Man steals pills worth US$3 000 –Newsday Zimbabwe Pills A 23-YEAR-OLD Harare man has appeared in court on allegations of defrauding a drug supplier of pills worth US$3 000. The State opposed bail for Simbarashe Kaminga saying he was a flight risk. The matter was deferred to tomorrow for bail ruling. Allegations were that […] …
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