Zimbabwe

© Zimbabwe’s new two dollar banknotes and coins are shown outside a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 12, 2019. REUTERS

rampant black market

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Currency crisis may be compounded as election looms The Zimbabwe dollar (ZWL) continues to depreciate uncontrollably, with the parallel market rate double that of the central bank amid severely dwindled...
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Jump Start

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Marula Mining plans value-added lithium announcement this month African battery metals producer Marula Mining plans an announcement on a value-added lithium project in Zimbabwe this month, CEO Jason Brewer tells Th...
In December 2022, Chinese company Huayou acquired the Arcadia lithium mine in Zimbabwe for $422 million

bright spark

Premium badgeLithium: EU and US play catch up to China mining headstart Already dominant in the cobalt and copper sectors in Africa, China is also several steps ahead in terms of investment in African lithium. As the West ...

unstoppable forces

Zimbabwe: Cassava Republic presents ‘Avenues by Train’ by Farai Mudzingwa Each week, we will bring you an excerpt from a book to be published by the Nigeria-based Cassava Republic, a renowned publisher on the continent leadi...

Zimbabwe top stories

© A smelter plant at Anglo American Platinum’s Unki mine in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe, May 16, 2019. The country needs better power supply to support mining. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Deep Drill

Premium badgeZimbabwe’s first oil-gas well signals new era for foreign investment, says Invictus Energy CEO Successful drilling for oil, gas and helium in northeast Zimbabwe shows that the country is open for business, Invictus Energy CEO Scott Macmillan tel...
© File photo of pylons that carry electricity from a coal fired power station in Hwange, Zimbabwe. (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo)

unenlightened

Premium badgeSouth Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe: Blackouts to total darkness? To observers, it’s incomprehensible that countries with active perennial waterways – via Zambezi River – teeter on the verge of energy poverty.
© Zimbabwe opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume, the leader of Transform Zimbabwe, speaks to the press after his release on bail from Chikurubi Maximum Prison in Harare, on September 2, 2020. – Opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume and award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono were granted bail on September 2, 2020 at their fourth attempt after being detained in July for calling for protests. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

Invite spite

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Continued incarceration of opposition leaders could affect Commonwealth bid Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government regards the continued invitations to attend state functions in the United Kingdom as a sign that it...

Zimbabwe top stories

© A smelter plant at Anglo American Platinum’s Unki mine in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe, May 16, 2019. The country needs better power supply to support mining. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Deep Drill

Premium badgeZimbabwe’s first oil-gas well signals new era for foreign investment, says Invictus Energy CEO Successful drilling for oil, gas and helium in northeast Zimbabwe shows that the country is open for business, Invictus Energy CEO Scott Macmillan tel...
© File photo of pylons that carry electricity from a coal fired power station in Hwange, Zimbabwe. (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo)

unenlightened

Premium badgeSouth Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe: Blackouts to total darkness? To observers, it’s incomprehensible that countries with active perennial waterways – via Zambezi River – teeter on the verge of energy poverty.
© Zimbabwe opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume, the leader of Transform Zimbabwe, speaks to the press after his release on bail from Chikurubi Maximum Prison in Harare, on September 2, 2020. – Opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume and award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono were granted bail on September 2, 2020 at their fourth attempt after being detained in July for calling for protests. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

Invite spite

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Continued incarceration of opposition leaders could affect Commonwealth bid Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government regards the continued invitations to attend state functions in the United Kingdom as a sign that it...

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© A woman walks past an old election banner in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 20, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo – RC16A726D6C0

staying away

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Apathy derails young prospective voters While there was a large turnout of Zimbabwean youth to register to vote in the final registration drive for the upcoming presidential and parliamentar...
Cooling towers are seen at a coal fired power station in Hwange

Coal hole

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Desperate for electricity, Mnangagwa invests in coal with Chinese help Despite promises to invest in clean energy, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is working with the Chinese to invest in coal-fired power plants t...
© Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

hard sell

Zimbabwe: Electoral board accused of ‘leaking’ voter data Civic activists in Zimbabwe said on Tuesday they would take legal action after voters’ phone numbers were apparently leaked, with many claiming to hav...
© File photo of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his wife Auxillia. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

winning formula

Premium badgeZimbabwe/Belarus: Mnangagwa’s wife plays politics as Lukashenko looking for Ukraine support The trip to Minsk by Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs Minister Frederick Shava last month was apparently a mere complimentary to President Alexander Lukashe...
© Stockbrokers trade on the floor of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in Harare, February 24, 2015. ZSE on Monday lifted the suspension of hotel group Meikles Africa after the company threatened to take court action, shelve new investment and a possible listing of a subsidiary. Meikles, which owns two premier hotels in the capital Harare and the resort town of Victoria Falls, was suspended last week to allow for an investigation on whether it overstated a debt owed by the central bank. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

pulling out

Premium badgeZimbabwe: ZSE sees mass exodus as firms move to Victoria Falls Stock Exchange The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) has witnessed a torrent of listings in recent months, with several companies parting ways with the main Zimba...
© Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba arrives at the courts on 22 August 2018.

Sneaky sneaky

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Opposition takes electoral commission to court over flawed boundaries report Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) has taken the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to court over its poor d...