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Botswana/Zambia’s Kazungula Bridge: Truckers set to dodge Zimbabwe road

On 10 May, the presidents of Botswana and Zambia officially opened the new Kazungula Bridge and one-stop border posts, aimed at ushering in more ... traffic. The bridge is part of the Trans-African Highway Network and the North-South corridor link between the SADC and COMESA free trade areas.

Zimbabwe Virus Outbreak

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Zimbabwe: A who’s who in Mnangagwa’s power network of clansmen

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa time as head of the country has been marred by tyranny and dictatorship while he surrounds himself with ... people from his Midlands Province to keep him in power. A strategy he has been perfecting since assuming the presidency in 2017.

Long haul

Zimbabwe: Activists worry as Mnangagwa builds an imperial presidency

“[President Emmerson] Mnangagwa is a true student of Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa’s administration has introduced a lot of legislation including ... the Constitutional Amendment Bill and the Patriotic Bill which reflect the consolidation of power by an authoritarian leader and a continuation of Mugabe’s legacy,” Bhekezela Gumbo, a Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) researcher tells The Africa Report.

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Zimbabwe: When Bob Marley and Robert Mugabe celebrated independence

Zimbabwe attained its independence after more than 10 years of armed struggle. On the day that the former Southern Rhodesia gained national sovereignty, ... Bob Marley performed in front of an audience that included Robert Mugabe, who would go on to serve as the country's first prime minister.

Zimbabwe top stories

bridging the corridor

Botswana/Zambia’s Kazungula Bridge: Truckers set to dodge Zimbabwe road

Zimbabwe Virus Outbreak

tightly knit system

Zimbabwe: A who’s who in Mnangagwa’s power network of clansmen

Long haul

Zimbabwe: Activists worry as Mnangagwa builds an imperial presidency

bridging the corridor

Botswana/Zambia’s Kazungula Bridge: Truckers set to dodge Zimbabwe road

Zimbabwe Virus Outbreak

tightly knit system

Zimbabwe: A who’s who in Mnangagwa’s power network of clansmen

Long haul

Zimbabwe: Activists worry as Mnangagwa builds an imperial presidency

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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa undoing some of Mugabe’s land and empowerment reforms

Against popular outcries, the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is removing Black Zimbabweans from the land in Chilonga to make room ... for a white-owned dairy farm. His policies have strong differences from his successor, authoritarian Robert Mugabe, who took land from white farmers and gave it to Black Zimbabweans and his cronies.

Digital transformation

Econet’s Zimbabwean CEO Strive Masiyiwa to invest in data centres on the continent

Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, who has raised more than $1bn to ensure the growth of his group Econet, has ranked first in our exclusive ... Africa Digital ranking.

Residents watch as municipal police demolish illegal structures during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Harare

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Zimbabwe’s illegal urban settlements: A blessing or curse for government?

In Zimbabwe, over 20,000 families are facing displacement from urban areas following a crackdown on land barons by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ... government. Many of these residential settlements were created under Mugabe, when the ruling party Zanu-PF used land in urban areas to lure voters.

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AFTER PARTY

Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC implodes – thanks to Zanu-PF

What is in a name? The rumbling dispute over the proprietary rights to the name – Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) – looks set to blow ... Zimbabwe’s opposition out of the political water.

Zimbabwe Virus Outbreak

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Zimbabwe’s slower inflation may be the calm before the storm

Zimbabwe’s inflation slowdown in February may reflect the impact of COVID-19 restrictions imposed in January rather than a genuine downward ... trend. But prospects of a good harvest and improving confidence from business leaders points to relief down the road.

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KOMPROMAT CONUNDRUM

Zimbabwe: Who gains from the public shaming of VP Kembo Mohadi?

Zimabwe's second Vice President Kembo Mohadi was caught in a kompromat trap. Recordings of phone calls full of lurid sexual banter, thanks to ... intercepts that were almost certainly the work of a state intelligence agency, were faithfully reproduced on the Zimlive online news site in a series of salacious stories.

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