wheelbarrow economics Zimbabwe: Can the central bank hold rate as inflation soars? It is economic déjà vu for Zimbabwe as the central bank battles spiralling inflation. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is attempting to introduce ... ever-higher denomination notes; but inflation still approaches 400%.
election season is open, let the games begin Africa’s growing criminalization of the opposition As I sat down to write this month’s column opposition leader Bobi Wine was casting his ballot in the Ugandan presidential election. ... Article 5/5 of "Political Capital"
Fend for yourselves Zimbabwe: Lockdown amid Covid surge has no support for people A rise in coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe has prompted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to put the nation on a 30 day strict ... lockdown.
2021 resolutions Zimbabwe: Will a divided MDC opposition keep the country safe from a one-party state? While the year 2020 will undoubtedly play an integral part in history - bringing the world to a halt as a result of the pandemic - Zimbabwe’s ... politics will go down as an historic year for the Movement for Democratic Change, once a united front, now split into two: MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, and MDC-T, led initially by Thokozani Khupe and now by Douglas Mwonzora.
probably not Can Zimbabwe take advantage of Africa’s new free trade zone? Many African countries - including Zimbabwe - have pinned their hopes for economic renewal on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ... agreement that came into force on 1 January 2021.
Pushed out of parliament Zimbabwe: Supreme Court decision leaves Thokozani Khupe’s MDC in disarray Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), is being weakened by leadership tensions and political ... wrangles.
second arrest Zimbabwe: Arrest of Harare mayor Mafume, incompetence or corruption? Jacob Mafume, the mayor of Zimbabwe's capital was arrested in November and released on bail on 8 December by a High Court judge. His arrest comes ... just months after his predecessor was also incarcerated.
TALKING AFRICA PODCAST Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines: violence, criminals and chaos A surge of attacks linked to Zimbabwe's growing artisanal mining sector, has killed hundreds of miners. ...
leaking money Zimbabwe: Losing millions from illicit gold mining trade In Zimbabwe, the majority of the working population can be found in the informal sector. And in mineral-rich areas of the country, people are ... continuously risking their lives digging underground in search of gold, hoping to make enough money to take them out of poverty.
missing ingredient Zimbabwe awards new TV licences, but only to regime-linked players The Zimbabwean government under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has awarded new television licenses that would end decades of monopoly by the only ... State-controlled broadcaster ZTV (ZBC TV). But experts fear it is merely a ploy for Mnangagwa to tighten his grip on power
