Zimbabwe

© 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...
© Employees charge lithium ion batteries for a Hamba electric motorcycle at a solar-powered recharging station in Wedza, Zimbabwe, 22 May 2020. Picture taken May 22, 2020. REUTERS

Compromise?

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Is the raw lithium export ban backfiring? Mining players in Zimbabwe are calling on the government to lift an export ban imposed on raw lithium since last year, citing stockpiling of the white...

international intrigue

Premium badgeBurkina Faso, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire… Ari Ben-Menashe, lobbyist for countries in crisis Lieutenant Colonel Damiba, Nabil Karoui, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Laurent Gbagbo, General Hemetti, etc. These are some of the clients of this effective I...
© The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced they have educators sharing information on the mobile voter registration exercise (Photo: @ZECzim)

bloated roll

Zimbabwe: Errors in voters’ roll could derail the election Zimbabwe will hold harmonised elections in four months even though the country’s electoral commission (ZEC) has not released an electronic voters’ rol...

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People walk past a money-changers sign at a market in Harare

Beauty Contest

Premium badgeZimbabwe is world’s most miserable country, economist’s index claims The competition is stiff in a post-Covid world of inflation and supply chain disruptions, but there is a clear winner for the title of the planet’s mo...
© 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.

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People walk past a money-changers sign at a market in Harare

Beauty Contest

Premium badgeZimbabwe is world’s most miserable country, economist’s index claims The competition is stiff in a post-Covid world of inflation and supply chain disruptions, but there is a clear winner for the title of the planet’s mo...
© 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.

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© Screenshot of Winky D’s 2020 video, Ijipita.

Vote notes

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Crackdown on politically conscious musicians With just a few months from the presidential and parliamentary elections, the Zimbabwe government is increasingly unleashing law enforcement to quell ...
© File photo of Zimbabwe President and ZANU-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa in Esigodini Matebeleland South. (Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

Cracking down

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF stifles civil society ahead of elections Zimbabwe’s government says its pending bill restricting non-governmental organisations aims to combat money laundering and threats to the state. Criti...
© President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2022. REUTERS

multiple accusations

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Can Mnangagwa use corruption-plagued projects as electoral leverage? Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government often hail infrastructure development as one of their biggest achievements. With the 2023 g...
© Nelson Chamisa’s Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) is keeping strategy under wraps ahead of the presidential election this year. (Reuters -Philimon Bulawayo)

guarded secret

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Opposition CCC cagey about electoral strategy Five months remain until Zimbabwe’s harmonised elections and President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s biggest contender is Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the opp...
© African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina attends a meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe February 23, 2023. REUTERS

Murky deals

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Government in hot water over external, domestic debt Zimbabwe’s debt clearance strategy with international creditors will not be an easy feat to achieve as the Africa Development Bank Group (AfDB) and di...
© FILE PHOTO: Zimbabwe Mines Minister Winston Chitando speaks to Reuters at the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2023 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, February 8, 2023. REUTERS

White gold

Premium badgeChina dominates scramble for Zimbabwe’s lithium China and other eastern nations that enjoy cordial relations with Zimbabwe are rushing for lithium as the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government ...