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South Africa's green ID books to be phased out
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in South Africa is significantly delayed in its plan to replace green ID books with smart ID cards. Initially intended to be completed by 2022, the slow adoption r...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 17:02hrs | 74 | by Reuters
South Africa's white party suspends MP over anti-Black videos
South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) suspended on Thursday a newly sworn-in member of parliament after an old video of him calling for the killing of Black people resurfaced on social media....Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 16:03hrs | 8 | by Reuters
Russia and China are lifting sanctions against North Korea?
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday the geopolitical climate had changed completely since the United Nations imposed sanctions on North Korea, and he accused the West of breaking ...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 18:19hrs | | by Reuters
A Celebration of Life, Rest in Power Mrs Zodwa Dabengwa
When a person passes, we take stock. We look at what they achieved or lament at what they didn't achieve. We sum up the value of that persons life on the gap they leave in society. Depending on what y...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 09:14hrs | 8 | by Duke Maplanka (Zapu Europe Chairman)
Russia's re-engagement with Africa pays off
ON March 2, the United Nations General Assembly in New York was asked to vote on a resolution, calling for Russian troops to withdraw from Ukraine "immediately, completely and unconditionally."...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Deutsche Welle
Zimbabwe, South Africa rush to contain potential Covid-19 surge
As summer winds down in Cape Town, South Africans take advantage of the empty beaches on the white sands at Camps Bay. "I'm glad to be free again, to visit the beach and have fun," says one lady....Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 19:01hrs | 12 | by Deutsche Welle
US supermarket shooter kills 10, including cop
BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, killing 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive on the scene, before the bloodied susp...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 07:23hrs | | by Reuters
Encounter with the Selous Scouts: A former guerilla shares personal experience
IN mid-1979 I left Lupane and Nkayi areas operations where I had been deployed to in 1977 and joined the furthest platoon in Bubi District. Most of the comrades I found there had been trained in Angol...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:48hrs | | by Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Stanford Moyo
South Africa halts 'useless' AstraZeneca vaccinations
South Africa will suspend use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot in its vaccination programme after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild to moderate infection caused by the country's domina...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 22:02hrs | 25 | by Reuters
China introduces anal swabs to screen COVID-19 infections
BEIJING - Some Chinese cities are using samples taken from the anus to detect potential COVID-19 infections as China steps up screening to make sure no potential carrier of the new coronavirus is miss...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 10:11hrs | | by Reuters
Uganda retaliates against Facebook blocking some pro-government accounts
Uganda ordered internet service providers to block all social media platforms and messaging apps on Tuesday until further notice, a letter from the country's communications regulator seen by Reuters s...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:34hrs | 4 | by Reuters
Zimbabwe will be a shell by 2023
THE late Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith was slapped with United Nations sanctions from 1965 until 1979, but the country remained one of Africa's richest nations.Zimbabwe was slapped with t...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:50hrs | | by Farai Cheuka
Zimbabwe plans to send dead elephants' brain tissue to US for toxin tests
Zimbabwe plans to send brain tissue samples from dead elephants to the United States to test for toxic micro-organisms blamed for hundreds of elephant deaths in neighbouring Botswana, the parks author...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:57hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe divorce law spurs women's fight for property
When Smangele Tshuma got divorced after five years of marriage, her in-laws forced her out of the home that she had been living in with her husband in southwestern Zimbabwe and took the three donkeys ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:28hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe plans talks on foreign debt arrears in early 2020, says Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabwe plans to start talks in early 2020 on clearing arrears on its international debt, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said, as it seeks to rebuild confidence in an economy ravaged by high inflation...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Reuters
Pope Francis begin Southern Africa visit this week, not coming to Zimbabwe though
Pope Francis arrived late for his weekly address in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, explaining that he had been stuck in an elevator in the Vatican for 25 minutes and had to be freed by firefighters....Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Reuters
Shumba Energy plans coal-to-liquid
Botswana's Shumba Energy has formed a joint venture with two Chinese companies to build a coal-to-liquids plant at a cost of between $1,5 billion and $2 billion, CEO Mashale Phumaphi said.Bots...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:02hrs | | by Reuters
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa 'We will remain in the streets'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that a protest called off by the police on Friday was only a "teaser", as he vowed: "We will remain in the streets....Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 19:31hrs | | by Reuters
Mnangagwa 1 - 0 Chamisa - handeyi tione
The MDC succumbed on Friday to pressure from what it labeled a fascist government, calling off a street protest as armed police set up roadblocks and barred access to its Harare offices.Friday...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 13:43hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe secures more electricity imports to ease outages
Zimbabwe will ramp up its electricity imports over the next few weeks, potentially easing rolling power cuts, after it agreed to make payments to clear its debt to a regional power utility, a treasury...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 19:10hrs | | by Reuters
Mthuli Ncube's T-Bill auction oversubscribed
ZIMBABWE'S central bank said on Friday its first Treasury Bill auction in seven years, aimed at raising $3,25 million, was oversubscribed more than four times as the government started open market bor...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Reuters
Power crisis turns night into day for Zimbabweans
Around 9 p.m., a siren pierces the pitch-black night at the Willowvale industrial park in Zimbabwe, signalling that power has been restored after a day-long outage.Moments later, eight men in ...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 16:38hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe's economy to contract in 2019
Zimbabwe's economy is expected to contract this year due to a drought and severe power cuts, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday, without providing a figure.The country had initiall...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Zimbabweans can't afford to drown their sorrows in a pint anymore
Zimbabweans can no longer afford to drown their sorrows in beer as the product is now priced beyond their reach, the country's biggest alcohol brewer Delta said on Wednesday.Delta, which has A...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:05hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe removes barriers to solar energy expansion
Power-short Zimbabwe has removed import duties on solar-energy-related products, from batteries to cables, and mandated that all new construction in the country include solar systems, government offic...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:18hrs | | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Zimbabwe civil servants accept pay deal, avert strike
Zimbabwe's public sector workers said on Thursday they had accepted a government pay offer, averting a potentially damaging strike in a country facing its worst economic crisis in a decade.The...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 22:50hrs | | by Reuters
Mthuli Ncube doing everything by the book
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube seems to be doing everything by the book as he pursues orthodox economic policy often prescribed by the global "Bretton Woods" lending institutions to try and ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 16:48hrs | | by Reuters
Mthuli Ncube could hike rates over 50% to deal with speculators
Zimbabwe won't hesitate to raise interest rates above their current level of 50 percent to deal with speculative borrowers, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Monday.As inflation soared, th...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 21:57hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe civil servants reject $21 million pay rise - union
Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday offered its workers 180 million Zimbabwe dollars ($21 million) in additional pay for the July-December period, which unions rejected as inadequate in the face of soari...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Reuters
Batoka power plant construction set for next year
Zambia and Zimbabwe will start building the 2 400MW Batoka Gorge hydropower plant next year, a company jointly owned by the two governments said yesterday. The Batoka project involves construc...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Reuters
Mnangagwa's RTGS$ hits new low
Zimbabwe's interim currency fell to a new low on the black market on Thursday and local firms were demanding payment in U.S. dollars as a hedge against inflation, which is running at its highest in a ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 14:46hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Hope emerges in Zimbabwe
Nearly two decades after the European Union imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, a thaw in relations is palpable, following praise by the EU ambassador and head of the EU-Zimbabwe Delegation Timo Olkkonen....Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 08:29hrs | | by EU Today
Zimbabwe owes foreign fuel suppliers $200 million
Zimbabwe owes foreign fuel suppliers, including Glencore, Total and Trafigura $200 million, which has made new imports difficult as companies require cash upfront, the energy minister and central bank...Published: 30 May 2019 at 18:47hrs | | by Reuters
RTGS$ slides by 31% on interbank market
Traders at three commercial banks said the RTGS$ had weakened to a low of 4.6 against the greenback compared to 3.5 at the opening of trading on Tuesday, its biggest drop in a day since the interbank ...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:29hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe to rebase economy after adopting new currency
Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, announced the rebasing of the economy on Wednesday, following the adoption of a new currency earlier this year, and said growth would be slowed this year by a drought a...Published: 15 May 2019 at 22:02hrs | | by Reuters
South Africa moves to tighten job terms, expats fear expulsion
Foreign workers in South Africa with expertise deemed vital to the economy are worried that authorities will reduce the number of critical skills eligible for work permits, a move they say could force...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:53hrs | | by Reuters
Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa
Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East - a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and beyond - a Reu...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Zimbabwe attracts 2 new investors to develop platinum mining projects
Zimbabwe will in coming weeks name two new investors who will develop separate platinum mining projects west of the capital as the country ramps up mining output in an attempt to ease a severe dollar ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:23hrs | 3 | by Reuters
Zimbabwe's GDP grew by 4% in 2018
Zimbabwe's economy grew by 4 percent last year, below an initial target of 4.5 percent, treasury said on Thursday, as the country struggles with a severe shortage of dollars and surging inflation....Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:33hrs | | by Reuters
Mthuli Ncube hammers businesses for linking prices to exchange rate
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday accused local businesses of profiteering for linking price increases of basic goods to exchange rate movements of a new transitional currency.Since t...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | | by Reuters
Cholera complicates Cyclone Idai emergency in Mozambique
The first cases of cholera have been reported in the cyclone-ravaged Mozambican city of Beira, complicating an already massive and complex emergency in the southern African country. The announ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:47hrs | | by Reuters.
Here's how Zimbabwe plans to raise $350 million
Zimbabwe expects to raise $350 million from selling shares in five state-owned telecommunications companies and a bank, as part of economic reforms being pursued by the government, Finance Minister Mt...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:30hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe cyclone Idai death toll climbs to 89
At least 89 people have died in Zimbabwe after Cyclone Idai tore across the eastern and southern parts of the country, a government official said on Monday, creating a humanitarian crisis in a nation ...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 11:13hrs | | by Reuters
Heatwave threatens to slash harvests in drought-hit Zimbabwe
Despite a dry year, Sazini Moyo's maize crop had been pushing up tassels and she anticipated a decent harvest -- until her farm outside Bulawayo sweltered through a record five-day heatwave in late Fe...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 16:53hrs | | by Reuters
SA vows to help Zimbabwe revive economy
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday South Africa was ready to help Zimbabwe revive its economy, but within its means, while the two neighbours consider options that could see Harare receiving so...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 14:13hrs | | by Reuters
RTGS dollar to devalue before tobacco auction - Mangudya
Reserve Bank governor John Mangudya on Monday said the exchange rate for the new transitional currency is unlikely to remain at 2.5 per U.S. dollar by the time tobacco auctions open next week, suggest...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Zimbabwe limits U.S. dollar sales to foreign payments only
Zimbabwe's commercial banks are under orders to restrict U.S. dollar transactions to companies and individuals with foreign payments to make, according to a central bank directive that demonstrates th...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:24hrs | | by Reuters
RBZ sets rate of 2.50 for devalued RTGS dollars
Zimbabwe's new currency is expected to begin trading at around 2.5 to the U.S. dollar, Central Bank Governor John Mangudya said on Friday, a significant devaluation as the regulator attempts to stem c...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 16:05hrs | | by Reuters
The panacea for future hydro-political conflicts: You-Me-Us!
You, me and us, saving water! The old adage is clear that prevention is better than cure, and indeed saving is better than expending to beg tomorrow. You care, I care and we care, but our care is litt...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:05hrs | | by Eugine Makaya (PhD)
WATCH: 8 miners pulled out alive after 5 days in flooded tunnel
Rescuers pulled out eight illegal gold miners alive at Cricket Mine on Saturday, five days after they were trapped in flooded shafts.Rescue efforts were continuing to find about 60 others whos...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:21hrs | | by Reuters/ZimLive
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