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Zimbabwe

Neighbourly despatch

Repression in Zimbabwe exposes South Africa’s weakness

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa’s despatch of envoys to Zimbabwe in a bid to defuse the latest crisis, in which the government has ... engaged in a vicious crackdown on opponents, journalists and the freedoms of speech, association and protest, has been widely welcomed.

Best of Talking Africa

Replay: Zimbabwe on the brink: Inflation, currency, clashes – what next?

In this week's pick of some our favourite podcasts, we take a hard look at the growing instability in Zimbabwe. ...

Clicks and Mortar

Fintech is key to Zimbabwe’s banking digitalisation, Nedbank says

The Covid-19 pandemic is speeding up the pace of digitalisation of financial services, Nedbank Zimbabwe managing director Sibongile Moyo tells ... The Africa Report.

Borrower beware

Zimbabwe’s ill-advised plan to raise money through a sovereign bond

The Zimbabwean government recently signed an agreement to pay 4,500 white farmers $3.5bn for infrastructure improvements on the land expropriated ... by the government during the chaotic land reform programme of 1997/8.

Zimbabwe top stories

bridging the corridor

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

Zimbabwe Virus Outbreak

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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: Mother, whore, or witch – the battle for women in politics

The political arena in Zimbabwe is a de facto male space in which women play very peripheral and insignificant roles. ...

Zimbabwe Daily Life

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Zimbabwe: Mobile phone apps are changing talk radio

In Africa, radio still has wider geographical reach and higher audiences than any other information and communication technology, including television ... and newspapers.

ZIMBABWE PROTESTS

Zimbabwe: Joint statement on arrest of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono

The arrest and detention by the Zimbabwean authorities of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and activist Jacob Ngarivhume on charges of inciting ... violence against Emmerson Mnangagwa’s presidency have ratcheted up tensions in the country ahead of a planned demonstration against government corruption on 31 July.

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PERFORMANCE BOOST

South Africa: PPC hails lack of cheap imports for surge in cement sales

South Africa’s closed borders have helped lift cement producer PPC’s sales because no cheap imports are coming into the country. ...

Zimbabwe Health Minster Arrested

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Zimbabwe: Covid-19 drugs scandal lays bare the rot in the system

A picture that went viral on social media in Zimbabwe at the end of last week reminded many of an equally famous picture from 2007 of a young ... boy smiling as he carried wads of notes at the height of the country’s hyperinflation.

TALKING AFRICA PODCAST

Zimbabwe on the brink: Inflation, currency, clashes – what next?

Today, many compare the political confrontation and economic meltdown in Zimbabwe with the position of the country a decade ago. ...

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