Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s priests tell Mugabe to go

Zimbabwe's prominent Christian leaders have joined a growing chorus of influential voices calling for the impeachment of President Robert Mugabe, ... warning that the country could slide into "total collapse" if he continues to rule.

Zimbabwe stops hiring public workers as it struggles to pay

Zimbabwe has stopped hiring new state workers after failing to pay its soldiers and teachers on time, according to an official notice, as President ... Robert Mugabe's government struggles with a big financial squeeze.

Protestors rally against money meltdown

For the second successive day workers and students took to the streets of Harare on 18 August protesting against worsening economic hardship ... and the government's plan to relaunch a local currency in the form of bond notes.

Zimbabwe sets up credit bureau as banks reel from defaults

Zimbabwe's central bank will this month set up a credit reference bureau as it tries to improve credit risk management in the country's financial ... services sector, weighed down by non-performing loans.

Zimbabwe: Draft mining bill compels companies to list locally

Zimbabwe is set to restrict ownership of mining concessions to only firms listed on the local stock exchange, a draft mining bill has ... proposed.

Zimbabwe opposition leaders in joint anti-Mugabe protest agreement

Zimbabwe's opposition parties are planning a 200,000-man march in the capital Harare on August 26, as part of growing measures to force veteran ... ruler President Robert Mugabe to step down.

Zimbabwe sets ambitious economic growth target

Zimbabwe says it plans to grow its economy by 6.6 per cent over the next two years, a huge ask for a country whose economic growth has been on ... a downward spiral in the last two years, only growing by 1.5 per cent last year.

Zimbabwe moves in to clamp online dissent

Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has been accused of working with "cyber terrorists" to issue "subversive and inflammatory ... messages on social media".

Mugabe party ditches liberation war fighters after fallout

Zimbabwe's former liberation war fighters say they 'will now work with ordinary citizens' after the ruling Zanu PF party purged their senior ... leaders for calling on President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe: Decline in diamond production as tobacco earnings drop

Zimbabwe will fail to reach its targeted diamond output for 2016 of 6 million carats, with the government saying this is due to the disruptions ... that characterised the consolidation of mining operations at the vast diamond fields in the eastern part of the country early this year.