Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's anti-product police unit, set up in 2018, has recovered about 40 boxes of thousands of dollars worth of COVID-19 test packages stolen from a hospital in the country's second largest city, Bulawayo. The test, a donation from UNICEF, had been stored in a building opposite the central bank in the capital Harare, intended for the black market. It was one of the latest cases of pandemic-related transplantation that took place a year after the corona virus appeared in the country. Zimbabwe…

From driving trucks and fixing cars to encouraging girls living with disabilities to find their place in society, women in Zimbabwe refuse to be defined by their gender or circumstances, even though the global COVID-19 pandemic hits them hardest and imposes extra burdens. . There are very few female truck drivers in Zimbabwe, but Molly Manatse does not like being singled out for her gender. "It has always been known as a male job, but do not say I am a female driver. We are just drivers, we do the same…

London-based Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa, thought of the nation's first billionaire, was named Netflix's new director final week.

The World Meals Program (WFP), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has issued a brand new enchantment to lift emergency funds to assist 4 million hungry Zimbabweans inside the subsequent six months. The financial disaster that the nation has skilled over the previous twenty years has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 epidemic, and residents are already struggling to feed themselves when the lean season…

Tsitsi Dangaermbga is the great lady in Zimbabwean letters. She became famous by publishing in 1988 her first novel "Nervous conditions". "The book we have been waiting for so long and which we should all read," said Doris Lessing about this first novel by the Zimbabwean novelist. Tsitsi Dangarembga is also a filmmaker and feminist and political activist.…

Aid operations continue in Zimbabwe after a gold mine collapsed on Wednesday night in Bindura. At least 40 illegal miners have been caught and the chances of finding them alive are declining. A crane truck and a local rescue team continue to work on the site of the Ran gold mine in Bindura, northeast of Zimbabwe, under the…

Algeria left Zimbabwe on Monday 16 November (2-2). The African champions nonetheless qualify for the ultimate stage and be part of Senegal, the vice champions of Africa, who're already certified. Dove wing, double hook and proper cross strike. As soon as once more, Fennec's captain Riyad Mahrez confirmed all his expertise in…

Together with her new novel "This Mournable Physique", the Zimbabwean Tsitsi Dangarembga is taking part this yr for the distinguished Booker Prize, the English equal of the Goncourt Prize. It's a highly effective novel that tells the story of the descent into postcolonial Zimbabwe. The announcement in July of the primary collection of works listed for the prize coincided with the writer accused by the police of getting inspired rebel and…

In Zimbabwe, the coronavirus disaster has additional depressed an economic system that had already been on its knees for many years. Harare is now investing in gold to begin popping out of the disaster. However even when the yellow steel has gained worth because the pandemic started, it alone will not be sufficient to set off an upward curve in development over time.…

In tonight's edition: Zimbabwe's main opposition party dismisses the government's allegations that they are trying to smuggle weapons into the country. Rent control means that thousands of people in Cairo only pay a few euros a year for large apartments, but with landlords paying money, the buildings are overdue. And in Cameroon, the long-promised Yaounde-Douala motorway remains in its first phase.…