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Zimbabwe starts rolling power cuts, hitting mines, industry
The power cuts will add to mounting public anger against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government as Zimbabweans grapple with an economic crisis that has seen shortages of US dollars, fuel, food and medicines.
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Zim central bank sees official, black market exchange rates converging
The country in February ditched its discredited 1:1 official peg to the US dollar, and merged bond notes and electronic dollars into a transitional currency called the RTGS dollar.
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ANALYSIS: Air Zim: If it's not safe for the president, it’s not safe for anyone
Oliver Matthews says it hasn't escaped the attention of locals that President Emmerson Mnangagwa himself doesn't fly Air Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe acquits 7 unionists arrested ahead of protests
The seven Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions leaders were arrested before an October protest march over the country's economic woes.
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Inflation nightmare returns to haunt Zimbabwe
After the central bank unveiled a new monetary policy in February, introducing a new local currency, prices of goods and services have skyrocketed at rates unseen in a decade.
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Zimbabwe to start paying white farmers compensation after April
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government sees the paying of compensation to white farmers as key to mend ties with the West, and set aside $17.5 million in this year’s budget to that end.
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Zimbabwe finmin criticises 'profiteering' price hikes as new currency falls
Since the RTGS dollar was introduced in February, prices of staples including sugar, cooking oil and rice have risen as much as 60%, squeezing already hard-pressed consumers.
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Zim journo who ‘carried weapon’ to Mnangagwa meeting due in court
The journalist well-known Zenzele Ndebele was arrested after police found a used tear gas canister in his car.
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Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa declares 2 days of mourning for Cyclone Idai victims
Zimbabwe’s latest death toll from the cyclone is 139, but many more people remain missing one week after the cyclone struck the country.
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'Babies are dying'. When will Mnangagwa act on Zimbabwe's death trap hospitals?
Oliver Matthews asks if a weeping doctor will finally make President Emmerson Mnangagwa see the massive problems facing Zimbabwe's healthcare system.
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Ramaphosa, Mnangagwa discuss increasing SA’s credit facility in Zimbabwe
Earlier on Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa stood willing to support Zimbabwe, but only within its means.
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Ramaphosa & Mnangagwa get down to business at binational commission
Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Emmerson Mnangagwa will co-chair the third session of the meeting; the commission seeks to strengthen cooperation between Pretoria and Harare.
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Ramaphosa: Zimbabwe deserves support of international community
President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa were speaking on the final day of a Bi-National Commission, the first held since 2017 when President Robert Mugabe and President Jacob Zuma were still in power.
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MDC calls on Ramaphosa to stop arrest of opposition officials during Zim visit
On Monday, the MDC’s national spokesman Jacob Mafume was detained and questioned in connection with the riots that rocked the country in January.
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US says Zimbabwe failed to make needed political, economic changes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for US sanctions to be lifted against the Zanu-PF ruling party, top military figures and some government-owned firms.
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Zimbabwe govt hires top Washington firm to improve its relations with US
The US renewed targeted sanctions for another year this week, accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government of undermining democracy.
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Zimbabwe says rapprochement with West still on despite US sanctions
US President Donald Trump on Monday extended by one year sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government’s policies still posed an 'unusual and extraordinary' threat to US foreign policy.
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Zimbabwe allows mines, others to import own fuel as shortages bite
Supplies of fuel in the southern African nation have been intermittent since September, which has seen motorists spending hours in queues at service stations.
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Trump extends US sanctions against Zimbabwe by a year
The sanctions are expected to remain in place until the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa changes Zimbabwe’s laws restricting media freedom and allowing protests.
