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The Latest Breaking News from Zimbabwe

South Africa to investigate gold mafia uncovered by Al Jazeera

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that authorities are looking at several individuals mentioned in Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera

Windies recall Paul and Motie for World Cup qualifiers

Miami (AFP) - West Indies have recalled all-rounder Keemo Paul and left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie for the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe in June and July.

AFP

A Zimbabwe Native Brings A Flavor Of Ice Cream To South Africa

Tapiwa Guhza mixes ice cream with different flavors from unique local ingredients in South Africa reminding him of home.

Zenger

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Invictus Energy makes major gas find in northeastern Zimbabwe

An Australian oil and gas exploration company says it has found high quality natural gas deposits in northeastern Zimbabwe, after months of exploration.

Radio France Internationale

Rain ends Ireland’s automatic World Cup hopes

A no-result against Bangladesh at Chelmsford left the Irish facing a qualifying competition in Zimbabwe.

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe’s new gold-backed digital currency: All you need to know

Zimbabwe’s gold-backed digital currency comes a year after it launched gold coins to stabilise its devaluing currency.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe author Tsitsi Dangarembga has conviction for protest overturned

Harare high court quashes suspended sentence and fine handed down to Booker-longlisted writer last year

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Zimbabwe prize-winning novelist acquitted over anti-government protest

Acclaimed Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga was acquitted on Monday by the country's High Court for staging an anti-government protest in 2020, for which she had initially received a six-month suspended jail sentence and a fine.

Reuters

David Attenborough, weed and ‘American apartheid’: the awesome mind of rapper Billy Woods

After absorbing the culture shock of moving to the US from Zimbabwe, and spending two decades toiling in obscurity, Woods has become America’s most feted underground MC

The Guardian - UK

Yellen warns of 'constitutional crisis' in US debt ceiling showdown

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has urged lawmakers to find common ground and raise the country's borrowing limit. Speaking to ABC News, she also warned that the idea of invoking the 14th amendment to raise the debt ceiling could lead to a "constitutional crisis". Also, the Financial Times reports that…

France 24

Colonialism and controversial guests inform Africa’s reaction to Charles’s coronation

While some paid tribute to the British monarch, the presence in London of certain guests proved less than welcome

The Guardian - UK

Bona Mugabe’s $8m home, assets exposed in divorce angers Zimbabwe

Revelations about multiple assets linked to the Mugabe family have triggered outrage weeks after an Al Jazeera exposé.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe opposition figure fined for slain activist comments

A prominent opposition leader and lawmaker in Zimbabwe who has been detained for nearly 10 months was convicted Wednesday of obstructing the course of justice for recording a video of himself accusing ruling party supporters of killing and dismembering an activist

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe firebrand opposition MP convicted ahead of vote

Harare (AFP) - A popular opposition politician in Zimbabwe was convicted of obstruction of justice in a high-profile trial on Wednesday, a move that bars him from contesting upcoming elections.

AFP

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Raza helps Punjab down Chennai in last-ball IPL thriller

Chennai (India) (AFP) - Zimbabwe batsman Sikandar Raza helped Punjab Kings pull off a stunning chase to edge out Chennai Super Kings by four wickets in a last-ball Indian Premier League thriller on Sunday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Bank: Lebanon Tops World’s Food Price Inflation Rate

In its latest reports on food security around the world, the World Bank said that Lebanon recorded the highest nominal food price inflation rate in the world during the February 2022 – February 2023 period. The country registered 261% annual change in the food Consumer Price Index (CPI), followed by…

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe plans to launch digital currency backed by gold

Zimbabwe has announced the launch of a gold-backed digital currency in a bid to stabilize its faltering dollar

The Conversation

Ruth Weiss, journalist who fought apartheid, finally honoured in South Africa

A prophet has no honour in their homeland, goes the biblical adage. But of the many places that journalist, author and activist Ruth Weiss has lived – Germany (where she was born), South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Britain, Zambia and Denmark – which is her home? On 28 April,…

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Reuters

Farmers say Zimbabwe government compensation deal comes up short

Ben Gilpin is one of hundreds of commercial farmers who has been offered government compensation for being evicted from their land and farms two decades ago, and found the plan has come up short.

The Conversation

South Africa is scrapping special work permits for Zimbabweans -- migrants will be left exposed

Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have flocked to South Africa to escape economic hardship since the 1990s. The South African government has, since 2010, granted the migrants a special permit to live and work in the country. It’s latest iteration is the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit. Now the government says the…

Reuters

Zimbabwe clamps down on 'backyard brewers' as fake booze booms

Inside a grimy, poorly lit room in Mbare, one of Zimbabwe's most populous townships, a 45-year-old man sits on a makeshift stool as he pours a brownish liquid into small bottles.

The Conversation

Zimbabwe's ruling party vilifies the opposition as American puppets. But the party itself had strong ties to the US

The Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF), which has governed Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, is well known for denouncing the United States’ role as a superpower that polices the world.

AFP

England and Zimbabwe international Ballance retires from cricket

London (AFP) - Former England Test batter Gary Ballance has announced his retirement from cricket, just three months after resuming his international career with Zimbabwe.

The Independent UK

Former England batter Gary Ballance retires from cricket

Ballance played 23 Tests and 16 ODIs for England.

Daily Mirror

Gary Ballance retires from cricket in wake of Azeem Rafiq racism scandal

Former Yorkshire and England star Gary Ballance has called time on his cricket career, retiring from all forms of the game with immediate effect following the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal

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