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Hearings into deadly Zim post-election violence get underway
Tuesday’s public hearing comes after the seven-member commission spent the last few weeks receiving submissions from people into the violence on 1 August.
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Zimbabwe to ban jerry can use at petrol stations
Petrol ran out in many service stations last week, re-igniting fears of a return to a similar crisis 10 years ago.
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Zimbabwe says VP in SA to treat blast injuries
A grenade blast at an election rally in the second city Bulawayo killed two people and narrowly missed President Emmerson Mnangagwa while leaving Chiwenga with apparently superficial injuries.
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Zimbabwe needs #MeToo moment, says acclaimed author
Tsitsi Dangarembga says little has changed for women in Zimbabwe since 1988 when her book ‘Nervous Conditions’ was published.
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Zimbabwe court grants bail to trade unionists - lawyers
The activists were arrested in a nationwide police crackdown after the president of the ZCTU called for protests, despite a police ban on public gatherings.
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KFC shuts down outlets in Zimbabwe amid economic uncertainty
KFC says as a result of the pressure on Zimbabwe’s economy, it’s had to temporarily close its restaurants.
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ZCTU calls on Zimbabweans to join march against money transfers tax
ZCTU President Peter Mutasa says his organisation is pushing for a reversal of a 2% tax on money transfers.
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Mnangagwa on new tax: 'No need to panic'
The statement comes more than a week after the unpopular new tax was imposed by the government on money transfers, causing panic buying and public outcry.
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Marches planned across Zim against electronic transaction tax
Many Zimbabweans and organisations say the tax on electronic money transfers is illegal and they've called on the government to reverse it.
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Zimbabwe launches cholera vaccination drive after 49 deaths: WHO
The cholera outbreak, first detected outside Harare on September 5, prompted the health ministry to declare an emergency in the capital.
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Tortured Zimbabwe activist awarded $150,000 damages
Jestina Mukoko sought damages after she was abducted, beaten, tortured and held in solitary confinement for weeks by state agents after elections in 2008.
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'Electronic transaction tax will help Zimbabwe economy'
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube says the unpopular new tax introduced this week is a necessary pain and he has promised the government will tighten its own belt.
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Zimbabwe vaccinates 1.4 million to combat worst cholera outbreak in a decade
In September, Zimbabwe appealed locally for help to raise $35 million to buy vaccines and medicines and to repair water and sewer pipes.
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Zim health officials to begin cholera vaccinations
The disease broke out early last month and has so far killed 49 people, and made thousands more ill.
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MDC slams Zimbabwe tax on electronic money transactions
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced the new tax on Monday. It’s one of several measures he says will be used to stabilise the economy.
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Tourist injured in Zim after trying to photograph elephants
The latest attack comes just days after a German tourist was killed by an elephant in Mana Pools National Park in the north of the country.
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S.Africa send Zimbabwe in to bat in first one-day international
JP Duminy, standing in as South African captain for the injured Faf du Plessis, said the record favoured teams batting second in Kimberley.
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Gay Zimbabwe teacher resigns after death threats
Neal Hovelmeier announced his sexuality at a school assembly last week after a local newspaper had threatened to publish a story about him.
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German tourist trampled to death by elephant in Zimbabwe
The attack happened on Wednesday at the Mana Pools game reserve after the woman apparently left the protection of the vehicle she had been travelling in.
