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FILE: Ivory stockpile. Picture: AFP

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe threatens to withdraw from Cites over ivory trade ban

By Eyewitness News

The country said it has more than 130 tonnes of ivory stored up in high-security vaults in Harare, which could help to fund wildlife conservation.

  • FILE: The outflow of nursing staff is stripping the country of desperately-needed skills. Picture: EWN.

    Zimbabwe healthcare bleeds amid mass nurse exodus

    Zimbabwe's healthcare facilities have been crumbling for more than a decade, tracking the downward spiral of the economy.

    4 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwean flag. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    14 children killed in measles outbreak in Zimbabwe’s Maniculand province

    So far, 72 children have been infected but the outbreak has been confined to Mutasa district.

    8 days ago
  • FILE: Eyewitnesses say police were checking vehicles for weapons on most major roads leading into the city. Picture: AFP

    Riot police deployed in Zimbabwe ahead of planned stayaway

    Reports from towns and cities across the country appear to show that the situation is normal.

    11 days ago
  • Zimbabwean flag. Picture: EWN

    More than 30 people killed in Zimbabwe bus crash

    Preliminary investigations by police suggest that the bus was overloaded.

    35 days ago
  • A boys plays with a kite near a polling station on 26 March 2022 in Amaveni township, Zimbabwe. Picture: Zinyange Auntony/AFP

    As Zimbabwe eyes election, fears grow of a return to dirty tricks

    Despite that, the main opposition, Citizens Coalition for Change, came out of the vote oozing with confidence, saying nothing can stop it from forming the next national government after the 2023 general election.

    51 days ago
  • FILE: Its factory in Bulawayo’s Belmont industrial area was broken into on Sunday night. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Robbers make off with over R16m from biscuit factory in Bulawayo

    It is one of the country's biggest robberies in recent years.

    51 days ago
  • FILE: The party also won 75 of the contested 122 municipal seats. Picture: @Laque_davis/Twitter.

    By-election wins raise Zimbabwe opposition hopes of governing

    "We have done it country-wide," Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Chamisa told a news conference in the capital. 

    52 days ago
  • FILE: In Zimbabwe's turbulent economy, two litres of cooking oil costs $4.50 or R65.58 if he buys it locally. Picture: 123rf.com

    Zimbabwe's high food prices see online shoppers get groceries from abroad

    The groceries are brought by runners known as "malayitsha" - literally "people who carry things" - and they're just one sign of how much of Zimbabwe's economy now takes place beyond its borders.

    55 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    Zimbabwean man killed by pack of hyenas while herding cattle

    State media on Thursday reported that two other men were attacked and injured by hyenas in the same area last week.

    84 days ago
  • Nelson Chamisa has rebranded his MDC Alliance party to the Citizens’ Coalition for Change. Picture: @CCCZimbabwe/Twitter

    Zim opposition slams 'unconstitutional' conditions imposed by police on rally

    This will be the first public rally since Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change rebranded itself last month from the MDC Alliance.

    91 days ago
  • FILE: Some schools were completely abandoned with neither teachers or pupils present. Picture: 123rf.com

    School's out in Zimbabwe after 135,000 teachers suspended

    Many teachers did not report for work when schools opened for the first term of the new year last week, saying they could no longer afford the commute from their home to the classroom.

    95 days ago
  • FILE: Teachers' unions have been pushing for salaries to be restored to 2018 levels when teachers were paid more than $500 a month. Picture: freeimgaes.com

    Zimbabwe raises teachers' salaries after strike

    The government said it would raise civil servants’ salaries by 20%, and then convert part of those salaries to $100 at the official exchange rate.

    99 days ago
  • FILE: The man was arrested on Monday after he approached security officers guarding State House, in central Harare. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Zim man due in court after saying he wants to take over the country

    The 36-year-old former soldier is the fourth person who has tried to gain access to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s official residence in recent months.

    106 days ago
  • In Zimbabwe’s political landscape, the main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, has rebranded his party – the MDC Alliance – as the Citizens’ Coalition for Change. Picture: @Laque_davis/Twitter.

    Zimbabwe opposition upbeat about polls despite crackdown

    Nelson Chamisa told AFP that President Hakainde Hichilema's victory in neighbouring Zambia had brought hope for Zimbabwe, which has been ruled by one party for nearly 42 years.

    112 days ago
  • Nelson Chamisa has rebranded his MDC Alliance party to the Citizens’ Coalition for Change. Picture: @CCCZimbabwe/Twitter

    Zim's Chamisa rebrands MDC Alliance as the Citizens’ Coalition for Change

    The Movement for Democratic Change has split numerous times over its more than 20-year history and strategists will be hoping this signals a new and hopeful break from a fragmented opposition past.

    114 days ago
  • Brendan Taylor. Picture: Twitter.

    Ex-Zimbabwe cricket captain Taylor says faces ban for drugs, bribe

    Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Brendan Taylor revealed on Monday in a tweet he took cocaine, a $15,000 bribe from an Indian businessman to fix matches and that he faces a multiple-year ban from international cricket.

    116 days ago
  • FILE: Senegal beat Zimbabwe 1-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations Group B game on 10 January 2022. Picture: @CAF_Online/Twitter

    Zimbabwe hope to salvage pride despite early Afcon exit

    Zimbabwe only lost to Africa's top-ranked team Senegal in their first Group B match to a Sadio Mane penalty in the seventh minute of injury time.

    122 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: AFP

    Mnangagwa announces measures to curb ‘Omicron-induced fourth wave’

    Zimbabwe has been experiencing a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths, with more than 2,000 cases and 30 deaths reported on Thursday.

    140 days ago
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