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☆ Zimbabwe cuts policy rate to 150% after inflation falls
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

HARARE, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's central bank has cut its policy rate by 50 percentage points to 150%, it said in a statement on Thursday, driven by a downward trend in inflation since late last year. Monthly inflation fell to 1.1% in January from 2.4% in December, while yearly inflation dipped to 229.8% from 243.8%. "The moderation in interest rates is important and necessitated by the downward trend in the month-on-month inflation since the last quarter of 2022," said the bank, adding it expects the trend to continue into 2023. "The Bank will continue its tight monetary policy stance," it added. Reporting by Nellie Peyton and Nyasha Chingono Editing by Alexander WinningOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Zimbabwe police arrest 25 opposition members ahead of presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HARARE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police on Saturday fired teargas at an opposition party gathering in Harare and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said. The arrests come after a wave of politically motivated violence against opposition supporters in rural Zimbabwe, raising fears of repression ahead of the presidential election this year. Police confirmed the arrests of members of the Citizens Coalition for Change, Zimbabwe's main opposition political party, and said a detailed statement would be released following investigations. Police allegedly fired teargas at the gathering, and beat up several opposition members before they were bundled into a police truck, she added. The opposition party, born out of the old Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), enjoys massive urban support and is seen as a threat to ZANU-PF's 43-year-old stranglehold on power.

☆ Zimbabwe health workers could face jail for striking under new law
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HARARE, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe on Tuesday signed a bill into law that outlawed organised protests by healthcare workers who could now face a fine or an imprisonment of up to six months. The signing by President Emmerson Mnangagwa comes after health workers were locked in a protracted fight with the government over poor salaries last year. An exodus of doctors and nurses has left Zimbabwean hospitals understaffed, with over 4,000 health workers leaving the country since 2021, the country's Health Services Board said in November. Many nurses in Zimbabwe earn less than $100 a month. Reporting by Nyasha Chingono; Writing by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Alexander Winning and Conor HumphriesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Zimbabwe's night markets cushion crisis-weary citizens from inflation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Nyasha Chingono | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Clothes and shoes are displayed for sale at a roadside night market in central Harare, Zimbabwe December 12, 2022. Tinotenda Taruberekera, a 21-year-old clothing vendor, says he makes more money selling at night than during the day. "In the afternoon, there are constant battles with police so selling at night helps," said Taruberekera. The street traders often undercut prices in mainstream shops, which have costly overheads, and this can eat into the retailers' market share. For college student Obert Chinganyama, street vendors offer bargains he cannot get in stores.

☆ Zimbabwe bans raw lithium exports to curb artisanal mining
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The southern African country holds some of the world's largest reserves of hard rock lithium, a vital mineral in the production of clean energy technologies. London-listed Premier African Minerals (PREM.L) says it will start shipping spodumene concentrate from its Zimbabwe lithium mine to China from March 2023, after signing an offtake deal with Suzhou TA&A Ultra Clean Technology Co (300390.SZ). "No lithium bearing ores, or unbeneficiated lithium whatsoever, shall be exported from Zimbabwe to another country," read the regulation published in a government notice issued by Mines Minister Winston Chitando. The notice said the ban does not apply to the export of lithium concentrates, which all the major lithium miners in the country plan to produce. Mnangagwa said the raw lithium was being exported through neighbouring countries.

☆ IMF sees Zimbabwe's 2022 real GDP growth slowing to about 3.5%
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's real GDP growth is expected to slow to about 3.5% in 2022 from 8.5% last year, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday as it concluded its mission to Harare. Multiple shocks such as a surge in inflation, erratic rainfall and electricity shortages will continue to weigh on Zimbabwe’s growth prospects, it said in a statement. Zimbabwe is engaging with the World Bank and IMF over how to clear its debts with international financial institutions, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said in October. Uncertainty remains high, however, and the economic outlook will depend on the implementation of key policies and the evolution of external shocks, the IMF said. It has not received funding from lenders like the IMF and World Bank for more than two decades as a result.

[1/2] Zambia's Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane attends the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, U.S., October 15, 2022. Zambia's Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane told Reuters that China had sought clarification from the Zambian government and the IMF on their debt agreement, he said. At the end of 2021, Chinese creditors accounted for almost $6 billion of Zambia's external debt, which was then $17.27 billion. The Export-Import Bank of China is representing all Chinese creditors in their restructuring negotiations with Zambia, Musokotwane said. These include commercial banks, the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (601398.SS), Jiangxi Bank (1916.HK) and China Minsheng Bank (600016.SS).

☆ Cemetery workouts help Zimbabwe township residents feel alive
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Nyasha Chingono | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/6] People take a break during an early morning exercise inside Warren Hills cemetery in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 24, 2022. But due to lack of facilities in the townships, residents have had to improvise and the leafy, multi-faith Warren Hills cemetery is proving a popular venue for some, if a bit worrying for others. A few paces from where Madubeko is training, footballer Tichaona Macheka, 19, is holding an aerobics class. "The Muslim section of the cemetery was gracious to let us train here and I am glad more people are joining the class." Reporting by Nyasha Chingono; Editing by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Zimbabwe power shortage to worsen as hydro plant halts generation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A motorist drives on top of the Kariba Dam wall in Kariba, Zimbabwe, February 19, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File PhotoHARARE, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's prolonged power shortage is set to worsen after the entity that manages southern Africa's biggest dam ordered suspension of electricity generation at its main hydro plant because of a water shortage. The ZRA manages the Kariba Dam on behalf of the Zimbabwean and Zambian governments. Zimbabwe has suffered acute power shortages for several years, as successive droughts have resulted in poor inflows into the Kariba Dam and as ageing coal-fired power stations have repeatedly broken down. Kariba South has an installed capacity of 1,050 megawatts but has been producing well below that due to low water levels in the dam.

☆ Over 4,000 Zimbabwean doctors and nurses left the country in 2021
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

HARARE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean health workers have left the country in droves over the past year, a senior official at the Health Services Board (HSB) revealed on Sunday. More than 4,000 health workers have left since 2021, HSB chairperson Dr Paulinus Sikosana told Reuters. This includes more than 1,700 registered nurses who resigned last year and more than 900 who left this year. Health workers went on strike in June demanding to be paid in U.S. dollars as inflation further weakened the local currency. Doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe have found work mainly in Britain, leaving the country's health sector in dire straits and local hospitals understaffed.

☆ Zimbabwe: Author Tsitsi Dangarembga convicted for staging solo protest
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Nyasha Chingono | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Harare, Zimbabwe CNN —Award-winning Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga has been found guilty of staging a protest with the intent of inciting public violence, a court in the capital Harare ruled Thursday. Dangarembga, a fierce critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government was arrested in 2020 for marching while holding a placard demanding reforms. Inside the Harare courtroom, Dangarembga and Barnes held hands as magistrate Barbara Mateko handed down her judgment. PEN International, an association of writers, which awarded Dangarembga a Pinter Prize in 2021, also condemned the sentence in a statement. “The conviction today of award-winning writer, filmmaker, and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga and her co-accused, Julie Barnes, by a Zimbabwe Court is a travesty of justice.

☆ Fact Check-Letter rejecting Zimbabwean president’s alleged request to attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth is fake
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A letter rejecting an alleged request from Zimbabwe’s president to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral has been circulating on social media. However, the British Embassy in Harare said the letter is fake and that Mnangagwa had indeed been invited to the funeral. “President Mnangagwa has been invited to attend the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Monday,” the embassy added (here ). He was pictured on Sept. 16 signing a book of condolence for the queen at the British Embassy (here ) and (here ). Shava, meanwhile, attended the funeral on the president’s behalf and was pictured in London the night before (here ).

☆ Pandemia a schimbat semnificativ topul anual al orașelor din lume în care se trăiește cel mai bine
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: colliers.co.nzPandemia a schimbat semnificativ topul anual al orașelor din lume în care se trăiește cel mai bineOpt orașe din regiunea Asia-Pacific au ajuns în top zece al orașelor din lume în care se trăiește cel mai bine, datorită răspunsului eficient la pandemie, în timp ce orașele europene au scăzut în clasament. Pe primul loc în topul anual al orașelor cu cel mai ridicat nivel de trai realizat de Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) a urcat Auckland din Noua Zeelandă. Germania a înregistrat cele mai mari scăderi, în special orașul Hamburg, care a căzut 34 de locuri, ajungând pe 47. Analiștii apreciază că Australia și Noua Zeelandă, ajutate și de poziția geografică, au luat măsuri din timp pentru a controla numărul de cazuri și au reușit să țină sub control focarele. Australia a înregistrat mai puțin de o mie de decese asociate Covid, iar Noua Zeelandă doar 26, potrivit Universității Johns Hopkins.

Persons: Wellington, Universității Johns Hopkins Organizations: Economist Intelligence Unit, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Universității Locations: Asia - Pacific, Auckland, Noua Zeelandă, Osaka, Adelaide, Tokyo, Wellington, Viena, Germania, Hamburg, Elveția, Zurich, Geneva, Australia, Europa, Damasc, Siria, Lagos, Nigeria, Port Moresby, Papua Noua Guinee, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Alger, Algeria, Tripoli, Libia, Karachi, Pakistan, Harare, Zimbabwe, Douala, Camerun, Caracas, Venezuela

☆ Rămășițele fostului președinte din Zimbabwe vor fi dezgropate și înhumate; Văduva sa, amendată cu cinci vaci și o capră
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-25 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: sowetanlive.co.zaRămășițele fostului președinte din Zimbabwe vor fi dezgropate și înhumate; Văduva sa, amendată cu cinci vaci și o caprăRămășițele fostului președinte din Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, vor fi dezgropate și reînhumate la monumentul eroilor naționali din Harare, capitala țării, după un ordin al unui șef tradițional de district, relatează The Guardian. Decizia a fost luată de liderul din Zvimba, regiunea în care a fost înmormântat inițial Mugabe. Acesta o acuză pe văduva fostului președinte, Grace Mugabe, că nu a respectat tradiția atunci când a luat decizia ca Robert Mugabe să fie înmormântat în curtea casei sale din regiune. În timpul unui tribunal sătesc, liderul din Zvimba a dat verdictul prin care Grace Mugabe a fost găsită vinovată de încălcarea tradiției și a amendat-o cu cinci vaci și o capră. Purtătorul de cuvânt al familie Mugabe a respins decizia și a spus că șeful Zvimba nu are drept să ia decizii pentru zona Kutama.

Persons: Robert Mugabe, Guardian, Grace Mugabe, Mugabe Locations: Zimbabwe, Harare, Zvimba

☆ Un elicopter al Forţelor Aeriene din Zimbabwe s-a prăbuşit pe o casă. Un copil, printre morți
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Un elicopter al Forţelor Aeriene din Zimbabwe s-a prăbuşit, vineri, pe o casă. Aparatul de zbor s-a prăbuşit pe o casă din Arcturus, o zonă agricolă, la aproximativ 30 de kilometri est de capitala Harare, au spus Forţele Aeriene într-un comunicat, informează Reuters, citată de Mediafax. Elicopterul se afla într-o misiune de antrenament, cu doi piloţi şi un tehnician, când a dispărut pe radar. Pe reţelele sociale au apărut videoclipuri cu părţi carbonizate ale elicopterului şi forţele de securitate care investigau zona. Forţele aeriene din Zimbabwe se plâng că elicopterele şi avioanele de luptă sunt vechi, dar nu au reuşit să cumpere altele noi din cauza sancţiunilor impuse de ţările occidentale.

Persons: Mediafax . Organizations: Aeriene, Reuters, Mediafax Locations: Zimbabwe, Arcturus, Harare

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