Help us create more content like this
Already a member? Sign in.
zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s ZANU-PF seeks to keep Mnangagwa in power until 2030 as party pushes constitutional change
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has revealed plans to keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa in office beyond his current mandate, moving to extend his rule by two more years. This change could see the 83-year-old leader remain in power until 2030. Although the Constitution limits presidents to two five-year terms, Mnangagwa’s supporters are pushing for an amendment…
-
U.S. halts routine visas for Zimbabwe as Trump administration expands African travel restrictions
The United States has suspended all routine visa processing for Zimbabwean citizens, marking...
-
Zimbabwe truck-minibus crash kills 17
Seventeen people, including pedestrians, lost their lives in a devastating collision between...
-
Scotland: Man charged in death of scientist Dr Fortune Gomo originally from Zimbabwe
Authorities in Scotland have charged a man over the death of a 39-year-old scientist who was...
-
Zimbabwe to become first country to suspend tariffs on U.S. goods after Trump tariffs
Zimbabwe has responded to the U.S.’s newly announced global tariffs, with the country becoming the first to pledge to suspend taxes on American goods. The move, following President Donald Trump’s...
-
Zimbabwe: Boy survives after getting lost for 5 days in game park home to lions
A member of parliament in Zimbabwe announced a young boy had been found alive after he spent five days in a game park occupied by lions and elephants. Per BBC, Mashonaland West MP Mutsa Murombedzi...
-
Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty two decades after last execution
Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty, marking a significant shift for a nation that last carried out an execution nearly 20 years ago. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who once faced a death...
-
Woman returns to Wales hospital where career started for 80th birthday: ‘I was the first black nurse to come here from Rhodesia’
A woman celebrated her 80th birthday by revisiting the hospital where she began her nursing career nearly 60 years ago. Agnes Musikavanhu, one of the first overseas nurses to help address staffing shortages...
-
How Praise Matemavi endured teenage pregnancy, 2 divorces to become Zimbabwe’s 1st female transplant surgeon
As early as age 4, Praise Matemavi had aspirations of being a medical practitioner. At the age of 10, she told her family that she would like to be a cardiothoracic surgeon, inspired by a group of cardiac...
-
The Bible, tradition draw swords against Zimbabwean women who prefer having two husbands
Polyandry is an individual choice, but, those who express that choice live in chains of fear, stigma and harassment in the South East Africa nation of Zimbabwe. The anti-polyandry campaigners in Zimbabwe...
-
South Africans Stand in Solidarity with Fellow Africans To Protest #XenophobicSA
On Thursday, both South Africans and immigrants marched together in anti-xenophobic protests in Johannesburg (pictured) and Port Elizabeth, demanding for an end to the targeting of “foreigners,”...
-
South Africa Sends Army To Stamp Out Violence, Africa Reacts to #XenophobicSA
With seven people being killed by South Africans in a rash of xenophobic violence in recent weeks, on Tuesday, the government sent the army to a number of hostels (pictured) in order to deter further violence,...
