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Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe to lay off 1,000 employees by August

Agriculture

Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe to lay off 1,000 employees by August

Nyasha Chingono 16 Jan 2025

Wilted maize crops are seen in Mumijo, Buhera district, east of capital Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 March 2024. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Food, Water & Energy Security

Zimbabwe at risk of another dry season after El Nino drought, says WFP

Nyasha Chingono 13 Dec 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Zimbabwe's new currency faces headwinds five months on

Nyasha Chingono 20 Sep 2024

Zimbabwe’s booming blueberry industry faces critical funding challenges

Agro-processing

Zimbabwe’s booming blueberry industry faces critical funding challenges

Nyasha Chingono 12 Sep 2024

Forex rule hampers Zimbabwe's horticulture recovery

Horticulture

Forex rule hampers Zimbabwe's horticulture recovery

Nyasha Chingono 30 Aug 2024

Ivory tusks are displayed after the official start of the destruction of confiscated ivory in Hong Kong, 15 May 2014. Reuters/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Environment & Natural Resources

Southern African states make fresh pitch to trade $1bn ivory stockpile

Nyasha Chingono 30 May 2024

A villager arrives to collect her monthly allocations of food aid provided by the World Food Program (WFP) in Mumijo, Buhera district east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 March 2024. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Food, Water & Energy Security

More than half of Zimbabwean population will need food aid, cabinet says

Nyasha Chingono 17 May 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Banking

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

File photo: President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, 21 September 2023. Reuters/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Legislation

Zimbabwe scraps colonial-era death penalty law

Nyasha Chingono 7 Feb 2024

Food, Water & Energy Security

WFP plans food relief for 270,000 Zimbabweans, poor harvest expected

Nyasha Chingono 5 Jan 2024

Image: Officials inspect the carcass of an elephant in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 7 December 2023, Reuters/Nyasha Chigono

Environment & Natural Resources

Dozens of Zimbabwe elephants die as climate change dries up Hwange park

Nyasha Chingono 8 Dec 2023

Zimbabwe horticulture sees green shoots, targets $1bn exports

Horticulture

Zimbabwe horticulture sees green shoots, targets $1bn exports

Nyasha Chingono 17 Nov 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Zimbabwe to take 30% of carbon credit revenue

Nyasha Chingono 21 Aug 2023

Zimbabwe aims to double power output by 2025 to meet mining demand

Energy

Zimbabwe aims to double power output by 2025 to meet mining demand

Nyasha Chingono 2 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Zimbabwe announces new measures to aid ailing local currency

Nyasha Chingono 30 May 2023

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

Agribusiness

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

Nyasha Chingono 15 May 2023

File photo: Zimbabwean novelist, Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest book "This Mournable Body" has been nominated for a Booker Prize, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Harare, Zimbabwe, 4 August 2020. Reuters/MacDonald Dzirutwe

Criminal Law

Zimbabwe prize-winning novelist acquitted over anti-government protest

Nyasha Chingono 8 May 2023

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

Nyasha Chingono 27 Mar 2023

Zimbabwe's new 300MW coal-fired plant starts feeding into grid

Energy

Zimbabwe's new 300MW coal-fired plant starts feeding into grid

Nyasha Chingono 22 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters. Zimbabwean medical workers sit outside Sally Mugabe Hospital during a strike by state doctors and nurses to press for higher pay, in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 20, 2022.

Healthcare

Over 4,000 Zimbabwean doctors and nurses left the country in 2021

Nyasha Chingono 21 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Zimbabwe measles outbreak blamed on sect gatherings kills 157 children

Nyasha Chingono 17 Aug 2022

Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles

Economy

Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles

Nyasha Chingono 5 Jul 2022

Image source: Maksim Kabakou –

Media & Entertainment Law

Zimbabwe court convicts, fines New York Times freelancer

Nyasha Chingono and Nelson Banya 14 Jun 2022