Zimbabwe

SACP Second Deputy General Secretary Solly Mapaila addressing the Cape Town Press Club. (Jan Gerber, News24) The SACP calls out Zimbabwean government for its "growing authoritarianism". It said while Zanu-PF was denying the nation was in a crisis, many Zimbabweans were running away from their country. This, after the ANC visited Zimbabwe recently as reports of human…

A family of elephants march in a straight line across the landscape of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is facing a public outcry, with a court battle looming after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government granted exploratory rights for coal to two Chinese companies in one of the country's iconic nature reserves, Hwange National Park. The move…

Senior doctors in Zimbabwe's public health service have threatened to walk out over low pay and lack of coronavirus protective gear, in the latest dispute to plague the country's battered health system.Some 15 000 nurses have been on strike for two weeks over wages that have been hit by galloping inflation.Coronavirus infections are rising rapidly,…

Two workers in an underground mine. A rights group in Zimbabwe has accused Chinese bosses of worker abuse Two workers were shot and wounded by their Chinese bosses in the southern African country This came after the Chinese bosses reneged on a promise to pay wages in US dollars instead of the local currencyA Zimbabwean…

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has issued a bleak warning about SA's future if reforms aren't instituted as soon as possible.The debt crises of Greece, Argentina, Zimbabwe and post-World War I Germany are some of the scenarios he sketched. Analysts agree with his views - but worry his reforms won't be supported.Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is well…