After years of using the US dollar and the South African rand as the country’s main medium of exchange, Zimbabwe has finally released its own currency. The Southern African country suffered years of economic downtrend caused mainly by sanctions imposed by major Western nations. However, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, reports say Zimbabweans queued up outside banks, eager […]
By Robert Tapfumaneyi RISING Zimbabwe football star Raphael Gomba (14) is set to join other young players for a two week trial stint at English premiership giants Manchester City. The Australia based South Coast Baptist College (SCBC) football academy member is expected in United Kingdom 21 January to start his trials. If he fails to
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived an apparent bomb attack at a rally in the city of Bulawayo. Mr Mnangagwa said an object “exploded a few inches away from me – but it is not my time”. Video footage from White City Stadium shows an explosion happening close to Mr Mnangagwa as he was leaving
By Alina Polianskaya Zimbabwe has made it legal to produce marijuana for medicinal and scientific uses. It follows in the footsteps of Lesotho, the tiny nation which last year became the first in Africa to issue a license for medical marijuana. Zimbabwe has been considering legalizing the drug for a number of months, and will now become one of the few countries able to
A monument to Robert Nesta Marley has been approved by the Marley family and will be erected in Zimbabwe, the only African nation he performed during his brief lifetime. Reportedly permission was granted by the Marley estate to erect a statue in honor of the singer, musician and cultural icon acclaimed to be the
Soldiers have taken over the headquarters of Zimbabwe’s state broadcaster as explosions echoed across the capital Harare, witnesses say, compounding speculation of a military coup against 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe. Witnesses said several state broadcaster ZBC members of staff were manhandled in the early hours of the morning (local time) as the soldiers occupied the
Aug. 7, 2017 (GIN) – As an epidemiologist, Chenai Mathabire is a hard-working researcher, conducting TB screening tests and observing the effects of long-term ARV use on the emergence of non-communicable diseases in HIV patients. But sometimes there is a chance to do more, as when a woman came into the clinic who was very,
Zimbabwe’s First Lady Grace Mugabe said Thursday she was ready to support whoever is chosen by President Robert Mugabe as successor, insisting the veteran leader’s choice would be final. Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube was recently rebuked by Mugabe for making the same suggestion with the veteran leader insisting that his successor was a matter for
Fresh off his East African tour which included multiple stops in Kenya and Tanzania including headlining the esteemed Sauti za Busara Festival on the island of Zanzibar, Rocky Dawuni returns to Africa to headline the HIFA Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe on May 5th, 2017!! This will be Rocky’s first time performing in Zimbabwe as he continues to focus
On March 20, 2017 President Jacob Zuma finally addressed the long-unresolved matter of land reform, a demand of thousands of black landless people whose properties were confiscated in the Apartheid era. In his State of the Nation address, President Zuma pledged to break up white ownership of business and land to reduce inequality. He
