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Zimbabwe's refugee population to rise to 18,000 by year-end
Zimbabwe's refugee population is projected to reach 18,000 by December 2025, driven by the country's continued political stability and peaceful environment, government officials have revealed....Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:17hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Sanyatwe infurirates Chamisa's lawyer again
A storm of outrage has erupted after former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander and current Minister of Sports, Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe, declared during a church service that the ruling Zanu-PF part...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:19hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Rwandan refugees in Zimbabwe accused of fuelling anti-Kagame agenda
Zimbabwe is harbouring a covert network of Rwandan refugees opposed to President Paul Kagame's government who are accused of engaging in clandestine operations aimed at sabotaging diplomatic ties betw...Published: 21 May 2025 at 11:16hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Gold sinks as trade talks, easing tensions impact haven demand
Gold fell as its haven status was impacted by signs of progress in trade talks between the US and China, along with some relief to geopolitical tensions.Bullion fell as much as 1,8 percent in ...Published: 13 May 2025 at 09:54hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banker, SA banks implicated in R2 billion electoral scandal
A top Zimbabwean banker is at the centre of the nearly R2 billion Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) tender scandal involving a South African printing company paid R1.2 billion by the Harare governme...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:58hrs | 2454 | by Roland Mpofu I iol
It's high time foreign governments took the lead in investigating Zimbabwe's corrupt elite
The Zimbabwe ruling elite clearly won't act against high-level corruption.There is something profoundly disturbing about the silence of Zimbabwean authorities in the wake of the damning exposÃ...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:48hrs | 631 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MRP Appeals to CICC Over Zanu PF's Crimes Against Humanity in Matabeleland
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) Leader Mqondisi Moyo has intensified his party's efforts by engaging the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) to intervene in what he describes as the Z...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 16:22hrs | 666 | by Stephen Jakes
Openly gay Islamic priest shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa.The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 10:57hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Turf wars among Bulawayo's street kids highlight struggle for survival
As the sun dips below the horizon in Bulawayo, known as the City of Kings and Queens, the city's lively streets transform into tense battlegrounds. Once places of laughter and connection, the pavement...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:38hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a CIO Project: Blue Movement a Zanu-PF creation
In CCC we have a very safe haven under the leadership of Professor Welshman Ncube and those waiting for yet to be launched political groups can wait as we move forward. The struggle is still on and fr...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 11:59hrs | 1917 | by Gugugu Magorira
Mafia Tactics? Chinese family hounded by convicted Italian mafia boss as deportation mystery deepens
In a chilling escalation of legal and criminal misconduct, convicted Italian mafia boss Francesco Marconati has become the focal point of an international...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 18:37hrs | 1511 | by Staff Reporter
Cowards must stop quacking, come out of the closet and fight like man! - VAAZ
While known state functionaries and regime enablers have been waging a protracted onslaught on the persona of Advocate Nelson Chamisa, we the advocates of change have unmasked the grand plot by regime...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 19:24hrs | 1135 | by Mandava Blessing - Veterans Activists Association Zimbabwe (VAAZ) National Spokespers on
ZiG needs to be backed by RBZ discipline
According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), a structured currency is a currency that is pegged to a specific exchange rate or currency basket and backed by a bundle of foreign exchange assets lik...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 18:04hrs | 2 | by Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development
Half ZiG and coins to start circulating on April 30
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in the 2024 Monetary Policy Statement introduced a new "structured currency" termed ZiG (Zimbabwe Gold) on April 5. A "structured currency" is a currency tha...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:08hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Calls for Sadc anti-graft court
AN ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdog has called on Southern African Development Community (Sadc) member States to up the fight against graft by setting up a regional anti-corruption court.In a petition...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar worse off since 2022
THE local currency, the Zimbabwean dollar, has continued to depreciate against the United States dollar on an unrestrained trajectory, despite various measures implemented by the Reserve Bank of Zimba...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 19:20hrs | 12 | by Tinashe Duma
Urgent Call for adoption of Regional Counter-Terrorism Strategy by member states
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region has long been considered a safe haven from the threat of terrorism. However, recent developments, particularly the insurgency in Mozambique, ha...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 21:13hrs | 2 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zimbabwe partners AU countries to shut safe havens for illicit financial flows
ZIMBABWE has reportedly made tremendous progress in combating corruption, having recorded numerous cases of forfeiture of assets derived from illicit financial flows.Over the last five years, ...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Life of refugees at Zimbabwe's Tongogara Refugee Camp
"Before Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) came into this camp, I was always full of stress and anger," claimed Elina (26), a refugee staying at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge."There was no pl...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs to introspect on tobacco
A FORTNIGHT ago on May 31, the world marked No Tobacco Day, a day which virtually went unnoticed in Zimbabwe obviously because the southern African nation is a tobacco-producing country which has reli...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Ruto asks Africans to ditch the US Dollar
President William Ruto has asked African leaders to take first steps towards ditching the globally-bullish US dollar by signing up to a pan-African payments system to facilitate trade within the conti...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:32hrs | 3 | by Erick Matotoba
Villagers unmask mysterious life of 'businessman by day, robber by night'
WHEN Limukani Khupe reportedly stumbled into Homestead Rural Health Clinic, two months back with a hole in his hand from what seemed like a gunshot wound, staff at the institution were at a loss about...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Why RBZ introduced the Gold-backed digital currency
With the local currency on a free-fall and Zimbabwe already a digital economy, ninety six percent of our transactions traded on digital platforms. The digital currency was long overdue. Zimbabwe is on...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:07hrs | 3 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
US Afghanistan spies enter Zimbabwe to fight for asylum in South Africa
THE group of 22 Afghan nationals, who worked closely with United States military and security agencies after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack on Americ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SA faces largest exodus of Zimbabweans
A country which was once looked at as a place of refuge and possible safe haven for Zimbabwean nationals, is gearing up for what is expected to be one of the largest exoduses of Zimbabweans this year....Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
POLICE WARNING: Private security firms potential criminals
POLICE have warned Bulawayo residents against hiring private security companies to patrol in their suburbs as that could expose them to criminals.The officer Commanding Bulawayo Province Commi...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 23:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Bring back Bulawayo council parks' glory
FOR most parents in Bulawayo, council parks were safe places where they knew their children could innocently play and have fun.During Christmas time, parks like Centenary Park along Leopold Ta...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Small gold coins will further anchor stability'
The introduction of small gold coins last week is expected to further stabilise the exchange rate, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Dr John Mangudya has said.Large-denomination bullion ...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe black market rates tumble
A raft of robust economic measures put forward by President Mnangagwa and his administration have proved to have a stabilising effect on the national economy as they managed to arrest the parallel mar...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Gold coins safer than Zimdollar'
THE resilience of gold as a store of value pushed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to introduce gold coins last month, a central bank official said yesterday.Azvinandava Saburi, director of ...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - SA relations turn frosty in the wake of an immigration crisis
POST-2000, millions of Zimbabweans have migrated to the United Kingdom, Australia or the United States, but estimated millions more have trooped to South Africa in search of greener pastures and safet...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to release smaller gold coins
Smaller Zimbabwean gold coins, as small as a tenth of an ounce, are expected to go on sale in November from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe so ordinary people can invest in them and store value for their...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Investors talk up Zimbabwe gold coins
Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins, which were released into the market by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on July 25, are an alternative investment option to US dollars, stocks and the property market, and ...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Binga hot springs dry out
THERE are more than 30 hot springs in Zimbabwe where warm water gushes from the ground.Geologists believe natural hot springs are found where water seeps into areas of volcanic activity in the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
More light must be shed on gold coins to instil confidence
Consumer and investor confidence will likely be a game changer as the nation waits patiently for gold coins, which will be available beginning July 25 this year.The coins will be available thr...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'RBZ risks litigation over rates'
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) violated the in duplum rule by increasing the bank interest rate to 200% from 80% with indications that the market could be bracing for more economic shocks and liti...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ to introduce gold coins, hikes interest rates
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will be introducing gold coins as part of measures to ensure investors and the general public have alternative means to preserve value, cushioning them from the ...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 19:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe a safe haven for wanted genocidists
The Zimbabwe government is known for deploying the Zimbabwe National Army 5th Brigade in Matabeleland to commit genocide in which over 40 000 Matabele civilians including women and children were dasta...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 11:54hrs | 12 | by Israel Dube
Biti takes Mnangagwa to task
HARARE east legislator, Tendai Biti, has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration for knowingly harbouring Rwanda's most wanted genocide fugitive, Protais Mpiranya.It recently eme...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
IMF notes show no appetite for reform
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its Article IV Consultation with Zimbabwe on 21 March 2022. The press release noted that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose b...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 16:50hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
Naysayers will be buried in own ignorance
For Bishop Lazi and his ilk, today - Palm Sunday - marks the beginning of Holy Week.It is a sacred period that commemorates Jesus Christ's ‘triumphal entry' into Jerusalem for the Passover w...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi
Chamisa's friends jostle for safe seats
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) heavyweights are reportedly jockeying for "safe" seats in the cities ahead of the 2023 general elections after the Nelson Chamisa-led party scored big in...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets 40 tonnes of gold
Gold deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), the country's sole authorised buyer of the mineral, jumped 137 percent in the first two months of 2022 to 5,1 tonnes from 2,17 tonnes in the sa...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
IMF notes show no appetite for reform
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its Article IV Consultation with Zimbabwe on 21 March 2022. The press release noted that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose b...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
US 'demystifies' Zimbabwe sanctions
THE United States says its sanctions are only targeted at a few Zimbabwean companies and individuals who are dabbling in corruption and undermining human rights, emphasising that it is untrue the rest...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mining sector key to Zim economy: Zimcodd
The mining sector is a key sector for Zimbabwe as it contributes about 60% to annual export receipts and at least 14% to Gross Domestic Product (GDP).This was revealed by the Zimbabwe Coalitio...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 11:30hrs | 41 | by Stephen Jakes
'Bidenism' has killed dollar dominance?
Time will tell whether Putin wins the sweepstakes of expansionism or the cost of economic distress eventually overwhelms Russia and him. However, some interesting shifts in geo-strategy are discernibl...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 16:09hrs | 11 | by Vaishali Basu Sharma
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich slapped with heavy sanctions
Roman billionaire Russian oligarch and Chelsea football club owner Arkadyevich Abramovich is a and politician has seen his assets frozen, a prohibition on transactions with United Kingdom individuals ...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 10:19hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
We are not punishing anyone in Zimbabwe; US govt claims
THE US government says it has no intentions of punishing anyone in Zimbabwe through sanctions but to restore democracy, rule of law and curb corruption among individuals practicing nefarious activitie...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Create safe haven's for boys; society urged
SOCIETY has been urged to consider the plight of the boy child at a time when an increasing number of them have become victims of sexual violence.Sexual violence against boys is an emerging pr...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 20:27hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
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