Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe?: Tsvangirai backs empowerment law

A newly confident Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, buoyed by recent support from regional leaders, surprised delegates to the World Economic ... Forum on Africa in Cape Town by declaring his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party was fully behind legislation allocating a major share of foreign enterprises to Zimbabweans.

Zimbabwe’s insecure labour force

A quarterly survey released Thursday on Zimbabwe's job market has revealed that job insecurity is alarmingly high as 61 percent of workers fear ... being retrenched.

South Africa a threat to Africa’s Free Trade Area?

A free trade area (FTA) planned for launch between three of Africa's regional economic blocs has been criticised for benefitting big South African ... companies over smaller scale businesses.

Zimbabwe Central Bank sells assets

Zimbabwe's bankrupt central bank is offloading shares in seven of its assets that include manufacturing, energy, and financial companies in a ... desperate bid to clear its huge debts.

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange records improvements

Improved activity on Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has led to an upward value of 23 percent in the first quarter value of firms in which government ... has a stake.

Zimbabwe tobacco auction rakes in $261m

Three tobacco auction floors in Zimbabwe have raked in $261m from sales of the golden leaf since February. ...

End of the line for Air Zimbabwe?

Rising debt of over $108m, industrial action and an aged fleet have grounded Zimbabwe's only national carrier-Air Zimbabwe and left passengers ... stranded for weeks.

Zimbabwe to pull-out of SADC?

A Zimbabwe cabinet minister has claimed that President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party plans to drag the country out of the Southern African Development ... Community (SADC) at an extraordinary summit in South Africa.

Africa’s Emerging Partners: Friend or foe?

Land grabs and exploited workers dominate the headlines, but Africa's relationship with emerging partners is more complex and will boost the ... continent - if states negotiate wisely

Zimbabwe: When only a (R1,000-R2,000) mother will do

Time is up for the thousands of Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa who failed to regularise their status by the end of 2010. What are their ... legal, or not so legal, options to avoid deportation?