Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s top court throws out case against Mugabe

Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court dismissed a case against President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday lodged by an activist who accused the aging leader of violating the southern African country’s supreme law during protests last year. The case was the first time a private citizen has asked the court to decide whether actions[…]

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SA on high alert for typhoid

South Africa remains on high alert following the recent outbreak of highly infectious typhoid in neighbouring Zimbabwe. But the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says this is only a precautionary measure because the chance of an outbreak in our country is slim. Kerrigan McCarthy, head of outbreak response at[…]

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Zimbabwe court to decide on opposition march

Zimbabwe’s High Court will on Friday decide whether President Robert Mugabe’s opponents can proceed with a planned march calling for electoral reform after police chiefs suggested they present a petition instead, an opposition official said. Leaders from 18 political parties, including Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai and[…]

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Child hunger and death rising in Zimbabwe

Child hunger and deaths are rising in Zimbabwe due to the worst drought in two decades, with thousands facing starvation by the end of the year without additional aid, an international charity said on Thursday. Southern Africa has been hard hit over the past year by drought exacerbated by El[…]

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SA wants Zim ban binned

South African Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies wants Zimbabwe to reverse a decision to ban imports of goods from the continent’s most-industrialised economy. “The minister is engaging through SADC structures and in his capacity with his counterparts,” Sidwell Medupe, a spokesman for the department, said by phone on Monday,[…]

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Mugabe challenged by former deputy, Mujuru

Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwe’s former vice-president, launched a new party on Tuesday to challenge Robert Mugabe, promising to revive the economy and repair strained relations with the west. Mugabe, 92, has been president since 1987. Mujuru, 60, was his deputy for a decade, and was seen as his likely successor until[…]

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Zimbabwe to adopt Chinese yuan currency

Zimbabwe plans to adopt the Chinese yuan as legal tender in return for debt cancellation worth about $40m – a move one economist predicted “has no future at all”. China has become the largest investor in Zimbabwe, which has been shunned by the West over its human rights record and[…]

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SA companies not pulling out of Africa amid xeno threats

SA mining companies in Zimbabwe and several other Africa operations have not been targeted by the wave of retaliatory action over the recent xenophobic attacks in Durban and Johannesburg. Officials and sources at most mining companies in Zimbabwe and executives from the chamber of mines said as of Monday, no[…]

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