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Covid strikes Mnangagwa's VPs, cabinet ministers
THE Covid-19 pandemic has paralysed government amid reports that Vice-Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi are unwell, while President Emmerson Mnangagwa spent 14 days in self-isolation in...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa signs Africa Factbook
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday signed copies of The Africa Factbook and accompanying letters, which will be distributed to the heads of state and government of the other 54 African Union countries. ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in its own league
Readers had a lot to chew last week. So much to chew that if one was not perceptive, he or she could have ended up in a maze. Let's dissect events of last week one by one and assess their impa...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch Africa Factbook
President Mnangagwa is expected to officially launch the Africa Factbook in Harare today. In July, the President endorsed the production of the Africa Factbook, which captures the liberation s...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga pledges credible polls
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday reiterated the government's commitment to holding free, fair, credible, transparent and peaceful elections, as the country hopes the polls will speed re-e...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga opens Africa Factbook conference
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga will today officially open the one-day Africa Factbook Stakeholders Consultative Conference organised by local publishing company, Book of African Records (BAR) in ...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hoax story of Eritrean government forcing men to marry at least 2 wives goes viral
A hoax story originally posted by a Somali website reported that unnamed "activists" posted a memo on a social media site allegedly from the Eritrean government asking men to marry at least two wives ...Published: 27 Jan 2016 at 20:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's military strength vs the world
A new index has ranked countries by the size of their armies and armed forces, with the USA, Russia and China predictably dominating in terms of raw military power.This is according to ...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 15:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Africa looking to Mugabe?
Pity Africa!On the eve of his 91st birthday, Robert Mugabe has been selected to head the African Union, the 54-nation organization designed to promote unity, economic cooperation, and social d...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 21:52hrs | 1 | by Robin Wright
Is Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate 4%, 60% or 95%? - Why the data is unreliable
Estimates of Zimbabwe's unemployment rate range wildly from 4% to 95%. Why is the data so unreliable? We dissected it.Zimbabwe's unemployment rate "of ...Published: 01 Oct 2014 at 10:47hrs | | by Sintha Chiumia and edited by Anim van Wyk
Does Zimbabwe really 'Yearn for the Yuan'
Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's proposal in November to peg a new Zimbabwean dollar to the Chinese yuan made a splash of headlines.The Asia Times, for example, announced "Zimbabwe's yearn...Published: 05 Mar 2012 at 15:43hrs | | by Andrew C. Miller
Lesotho's economy catches flu — from South Africa's sneeze
For decades the mountain kingdom of Lesotho has relied heavily on South Africa to advance — until now. South Africa's economic difficulties are placing Lesotho...Published: 24 Jan 2012 at 14:37hrs | | by Masimba Tafirenyika
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