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Zimbabwe power crisis set to continue until Zesa clears debts
Zimbabwe reportedly owed around $80 million to Eskom and Mozambique’s HCB power company.
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Zimbabwe to rebase economy after adopting new currency - finance minister
The economy grew higher than expected in 2018, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube told Parliament.
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Mrs Mugabe the (dis)graceful, moments of controversy
The former first lady of Zimbabwe has often been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, and this week reports emerged that she had beat up her helper with a shoe.
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Zim energy minister gets the boot amid load shedding, fuel shortages
There are still long fuel queues at service stations, and this week the authorities launched a load shedding programme that has seen many suburbs going without power for up to eight hours a day.
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Eskom remains open to aid Zim with electricity supply
Zimbabweans are grappling with the worst rolling blackouts in three years, with households, businesses and industries, including mines, left without electricity for up to eight hours a day.
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Grace Mugabe accused of bloody attack on domestic worker
Papers filed in Zimbabwe's high court by lawyers for Shupikai Chiroodza allege that Mugabe used her fists and then her shoe in a prolonged attack that left Chiroodza's face pouring blood.
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Eskom: Zimbabwe hasn’t approached SA for assistance with power crisis
It has been reported that Zimbabwe would make arrangements to increase power imports from Mozambique and South Africa to help stave off load shedding.
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Anger as Zimbabwe’s electricity situation worsens
Economic commentator Vince Musewe said these power cuts meant that production schedules for struggling companies would not be met.
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Zimbabwe govt raises over R38m for conservation from exporting young elephants
The elephants were controversially captured and exported to safari parks and zoos in China and Dubai between 2012 and 2018.
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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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2 suspected rhino poachers killed in Zimbabwe
The two were intercepted by national parks rangers on Friday morning, and when ordered to surrender, opened fire.
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Zim: Anger mounts over ruling declaring Chamisa's election as MDC leader illegal
The surprise ruling comes just two weeks before an MDC congress, at which Nelson Chamisa was expected to be endorsed as party leader.
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Court rules against MDC’s Nelson Chamisa appointment
The MDC, which has been plagued by infighting, dismissed the ruling and accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF party of being behind it.
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Little to celebrate for Zimbabwe workers on Workers’ Day
May Day commemorations came just over a week after the price of bread almost doubled in Zimbabwe.
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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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Zimbabwe issues alert for increased malaria cases
The spike is being linked to stagnant pools of water left in the wake of Cyclone Idai, which killed at least 344 people in Zimbabwe.
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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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'It's a luxury now': Zimbabwe nearly doubles bread price as economic woes mount
Bread now costs 3.50 RTGS dollars a loaf, up from 1.80 on Monday, according to prices displayed by most shops visited by Reuters in the capital, Harare.
