Zimbabwean economy
In Zimbabwe's crisis, surviving means improvising, and some luck
Filling a tank used to require just a few minutes. Now it takes a day of patience and some ingenuity at the gas station. Even then, success is not guaranteed.
One 20-year-old man was shot dead on the street in Rimuka by soldiers firing live ammunition, according to locals and the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum.
Mnangagwa told the mostly-white crowd in Harare’s upmarket Borrowdale suburb that there shouldn’t be white farmers or black farmers, but Zimbabwean farmers.
Many will be watching Patrick Chinamasa, to see whether his budget statement will signal policy changes to make Zim more investor-friendly under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.
Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was sworn in as president on 24 November after a de facto military coup ended Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule.
Despite ongoing talks between President Robert Mugabe and the army, Zimbabweans say he should leave office immediately.
Mugabe says Zimbabwe’s economy is slowly rebounding, driven by gains in agriculture and mining, especially diamonds.
The meeting comes after retailers warned this week that foreign currency shortages will soon cause food shortages and empty shop shelves.
The Robert Gabriel Mugabe University is set to focus on science and have an institute focusing 'transformative and revolutionary leadership.'