A new US$1.5 billion Chinese-built iron and steel plant in Zimbabwe has fired up its blast furnace as it begins production of pig iron, a major raw material needed to make steel. There are high hopes that the Mvuma steel plant could see Zimbabwe become one of Africa’s largest producers of iron and steel products. […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The introduction of the world’s newest currency in April inspired a reggae artist to record a song praising the ZiG, or Zimbabwe Gold. The catchy tune, titled “Zig Mari,” received generous play on state television and radio. The musician, Ras Caleb, received a car and $2,000 — ironically paid in greenbacks, […]
Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster on Wednesday over a devastating drought that is sweeping across much of southern Africa, with the country’s president saying it needs two billion dollars (£1.6 billion) for humanitarian assistance. The declaration was widely expected following similar actions by neighbouring Zambia and Malawi, where drought linked to the El Nino […]
A self-proclaimed Apostolic prophet who kept more than 250 children on his property has been arrested in Zimbabwe. Police said that Ishmael Chokurongerwa, 56, led a sect with more than 1,000 members in Harare. The children were allegedly used as cheap labour. Unregistered graves, believed to be of infants, were also found. Police said that […]
Zimbabwe police said they have arrested a man claiming to be a prophet of an apostolic sect at a shrine where believers stay in a compound and authorities found 16 unregistered graves, including those of infants, and more than 250 children used as cheap labour. In a statement, police spokesman Paul Nyathi said Ishmael Chokurongerwa, […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, began its annual tobacco-selling season on Wednesday, with officials and farmers projecting a sharp decline in harvests and quality because of a drought blamed on climate change and worsened by the El Niño weather phenomenon. From a record harvest of 296 million kilograms (326,000 tons) last […]
A Zimbabwe opposition figure who spent nearly two years in pretrial detention is set be freed after a magistrate sentenced him to a suspended prison sentence on Tuesday for inciting violence. Job Sikhala, an outspoken official with the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party and a former member of parliament, was given the suspended […]
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has resigned, saying his party has been “contaminated” and “hijacked” by the government. “I will have nothing to do with sewer politics,” he said in a 13-page statement on Thursday. He won about 44% of the votes in last year’s presidential election which was plagued by allegations of foul play. […]
An estimated four million foreigners live in South Africa where anti-immigrant sentiment has been growing in recent years, with online hostility often directed at those coming from neighbouring Zimbabwe. A social media account that regularly posts this type of inflammatory content shared a photo claiming it showed a repurposed school bus serving as a bridge […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — At least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe’s largest national park in recent weeks because of drought, their carcasses a grisly sign of what wildlife authorities and conservation groups say is the impact of climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon. Authorities warn that more could die as forecasts suggest […]
At least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe’s largest national park in recent weeks because of drought. Their deaths are a sign of what wildlife authorities and conservation groups say is the impact of climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon. Authorities said more could die as forecasts suggest a scarcity of rains and […]