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embezzlement

Zimbabwe: Weak public finance systems expose government graft

Weak implementation of the Public Finance Management Act, currency confusion, corruption, and non-compliance with the Auditor General’s audit ... recommendations have resulted in billions of dollars worth of losses in Zimbabwe’s state entities and local authorities.

double standard

Zimbabwe plans to repatriate fighters’ remains from UK for burial over Gukurahundi victims

Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa’s administration plans to repatriate from the UK the remains of the country’s iconic heroes who were murdered ... during the resistance to colonial rule in the early 1890s and early 1900s are being met with criticism, given he has denied victims of the Gukurahundi massacres in the 1980s, who remain in mass graves, a proper burial.

Payback

Zimbabwe looks to clear its debts as it re-engages with the world

Zimbabwe is working with the World Bank and the IMF to clear its debts as it looks to re-engage with the international community, Finance Minister ... Mthuli Ncube said during a press conference of African finance ministers over the weekend.

"rule by law"

Zimbabwe: Jailing of opposition MPs points to judiciary capture by Mnangagwa’s government

Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, legislators of Zimbabwe's main opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have been locked up at Chikurubi ... Maximum Security Prison in the capital Harare for over 100 days without trial. Many say it’s another move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to silence dissenting voices, and proof of its state capture.

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muddying the waters

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa and Lukashenko’s murky deals

poll chaos

Zimbabwe: Opposition braces for electoral tricks and violence from Zanu PF

Multiple rates

Zimbabwe: Currency sliding as inflation foreseen to hit 400% by year’s end

muddying the waters

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa and Lukashenko’s murky deals

poll chaos

Zimbabwe: Opposition braces for electoral tricks and violence from Zanu PF

Multiple rates

Zimbabwe: Currency sliding as inflation foreseen to hit 400% by year’s end

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at risk

Zimbabwe – Zambia: Is Victoria Falls under threat from development projects?

Zimbabwe’s government is looking to gain $5bn in revenue from the tourism industry by 2025. To achieve this ambitious target, it has been approving ... investors who want to tap into different opportunities in touristic towns around the country, including infrastructure development, particularly in Victoria Falls. However, environmentalists have warned that these projects pose a danger to flora and fauna near the falls and along the mighty Zambezi River.

Open hand

US-Africa summit invites Zimbabwe in from the cold

The Joe Biden administration will use its upcoming Africa summit to try to chart a new path forward with Zimbabwe after almost two decades of ... sanctions against the late President Robert Mugabe and his successor.

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Small Merchant Finance

Standard Bank-backed fintech Nomanini plans Ghana, Zimbabwe, Egypt expansion

Nomanini, a South African fintech supplying digital commerce solutions to informal traders, is planning to expand to Ghana, Zimbabwe and Egypt, ... CEO Vahid Monadjem tells The Africa Report.

glint of growth

Botswana Diamonds seeks funding to revive domestic exploration

Securing funding for Botswana Diamonds projects has the potential to contribute to a revival of domestic exploration as the country’s established ... mines age, the company’s managing director James Campbell tells The Africa Report.

jurassic neighbour

Zimbabwe: Africa’s oldest dinosaur might have been… American

Scientists have just announced the discovery of the skeleton of the oldest dinosaur in Africa, in the Zimbabwean district of Mbire. The remains ... seem to confirm the theory of continental drift.

TROUBLED TAKE-OFF

Will Zimbabwe sell its ailing airline?

With its spectacular landscapes, sultry climate and entrepreneurial people, Zimbabwe’s tourist industry should be booming. However, it is ... struggling having been hobbled by political interference and corruption for decades.

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