Source: Zimbabwe Insists on Retaining Spurned Local Currency – Bloomberg To buy a loaf of bread in the local currency of Zimbabwe, you need to count out 100 bills of the highest denomination. Grocery shopping in the southern African nation invokes painful memories of 2008, when hyperinflation prompted the central bank to issue a 100 […]
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Three Months in a Zimbabwean Prison Couldn’t Stop Me from Reporting on Corruption
Source: Three Months in a Zimbabwean Prison Couldn’t Stop Me from Reporting on Corruption – Nieman Reports Political elites were looting Covid relief funds, but that was just the first part of the story ARTICLE BY HOPEWELL CHIN’ONO Hopewell Chin’ono, arrives at court in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 2020, after his arrest the previous month. Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters […]
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Children’s home boss in court accused of raping 13-year-old girl
Victim threatened with eviction from the orphanage if she reported the abuse, court hears …
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1,569 thefts of power infrastructure reported in 2023, says ZETDC
‘Vandalism has become a menace, and the utility is battling to keep up with the replacement of stolen power lines and transformers’ …
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Aspiring nurses lose US$8,000 to bogus employment agencies
The court told of how suspects connived to defraud unsuspecting clients …
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Man stuns inquiry after admitting starting Johannesburg fire that killed 76
29-year-old says he killed another man in basement of building and then used petrol to burn his body – starting the fire …
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Zambia rescuers pump mud from Chinese-owned mine where 7 workers trapped
‘For now, we are still hopeful that they are still alive’ …
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Zimbabwe sees surge in mining investment
Nqobile Bhebhe, nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S mining sector has huge potential for rapid growth given its scope for bulk mining with major mining houses in the country planning to spend big on exploration projects this year with an aggregate budget of about US$50 million. The increase in investment is attributed to several factors, including the Government’s supportive policies, […] …
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Rains bring hope to Bulilima
Nqobile Tshili, nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw WHEN Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Dr Anxious Masuka visited Ngwana Village in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, in December last year the community was in despair and counting losses. The visit was aimed at acquiring first-hand information on the drought situation that had resulted in hundreds of cattle succumbing to drought. Ngwana […] …
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Zimbabwe to further promote engagement, re-engagement drive
Nqobile Bhebhe, nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw Zimbabwe will take advantage of the prestigious fifty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Conference of Africa Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development set for Victoria Falls in late February to further promote the engagement and re-engagement drive. The conference is scheduled to run from 28 February to 5 March. […] …
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