Zimbabwean nurses’ unions called on their members to go on strike next week to protest low pay and demand better working conditions. “Our members will not be able to turn up for duty starting on Monday June 20,” Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union president Robert Chiduku said. The government and health …
Read More »Zimbabwe: Ruling party supporter arrested for murder of opposition activist
Police in Zimbabwe announced the arrest of Pius Jamba, on suspicion of murdering an opposition activist whose mutilated body was found in a well, three weeks after she was reported missing. Pius Jamba described as an ex-lover of Moreblessing Ali, an activist close to the opposition party Citizens Coalition for …
Read More »Zimbabwe: Opposition MPs arrested after weekend protests
Zimbabwean police confirmed the arrest of two opposition MPs following violent protests over the killing of an opposition activist in Chitungwiza near the capital, Harare. The tension was sparked by the discovery of activist Moreblessing Ali’s body in a well, three weeks after she was reported missing. She was reported …
Read More »Zimbabwe: New York Times reporter sentenced for fake accreditation
A Zimbabwean freelance reporter working for the New York Times was on Tuesday convicted and fined after he was accused of obtaining fake accreditation documents for two of the U.S. newspaper’s journalists on a visit. Jeffrey Moyo, a 37-year-old Zimbabwean, spent three weeks in jail last year and his trial …
Read More »Zimbabwe: missing opposition activist found dead
Missing Zimbabwean opposition activist Moreblessing Ali has been found in a well in the country’s capital, Harare, ending a widely publicized search, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said. She was reported missing following an argument with a former boyfriend, Pius Jambo. Mr Jambo, described by the CCC as …
Read More »Zimbabwe: Selling toes was just a joke in bad taste
Report that some Zimbabweans were selling their toes for millions in order to cope with the financial crisis was actually just a joke, local media reported. The author of the joke identified as David Kaseke said: “#SAD: In Zimbabwe, to cope with the cost of living, which has become too …
Read More »Zimbabwe: Elephants have killed 60 people this year, officials said
Elephants have killed at least 60 people and injured 50 others in Zimbabwe so far this year, according to government spokesman Nick Mangwana. “The issue of Human/Wildlife Conflict has become quite emotive. This year alone 60 Zimbabweans have lost their lives to elephants and 50 injured. In 2021, 72 lost …
Read More »Zimbabwe suspends bank lending in bid to arrest currency decline
Zimbabwean government on Saturday ordered banks to stop lending with immediate effect in a move Harare said was designed to stop speculation against the Zimbabwean dollar and was part of a raft of measures to arrest its rapid devaluation on the black market, Reuters reported. The southern African country reintroduced …
Read More »“Mind your own business,” Zimbabwean leader told Britain
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa told British government to stop meddling on the country’s affairs, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports quoting the president’s spokesman. It follows criticism to a proposed law, the Private and Voluntary Organisation Bill, that critics say will give government more control over civil society groups. The government …
Read More »Zimbabwe: 118 students evacuated from Ukraine
The Zimbabwean government has evacuated 118 students from Ukraine to neighbouring countries, state-owned Herald website reports. The students have been relocated to Romania (28), Hungary (15), Slovakia (26) and Poland (49) with the help of the country’s embassies in Russia and Germany. “They will be provided with air tickets to …
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