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Zimbabwe: Caught Between the Pandemic and an Incapable State
Africa In Fact, 12 August 2020
The Zimbabwean government's plans to pay ZW$300 a month to a million households were screamed in a headline in the state-controlled Sunday Mail edition of 26 July. The article also… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Softens Up, Calls for Peace
263Chat, 10 August 2020
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Monday called for peace in the country after weeks of high political and social tensions which has seen the government coming in hard on its critics… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa's Two-Year Rule - the Verdict Is 'Total Disaster'
Zimbabwe Independent, 7 August 2020
Two years after winning the disputed 2018 poll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has performed dismally towards implementing political and economic reforms perceived… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Prison Authorities Starving Chin'ono and Ngarivhume, Says Lawyers Group
New Zimbabwe, 10 August 2020
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) reports that incarcerated top journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume were being denied access to food and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Watchdog Blasts Govt for Sitting On Motlanthe Commission Recommendations
New Zimbabwe, 6 August 2020
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has slammed government for apparent failure to implement recommendations made by a post-election violence probe team once headed… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Here's How and Why VP Chiwenga Became Health Minister
Zimbabwe Standard, 8 August 2020
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga opted to take over the Health and Child Care portfolio following differences with President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the sacked Obadiah… Read more »
Mnangagwa Has Squandered His Goodwill, But is It Too Late?
Two years after winning Zimbabwe's disputed 2018 election, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has performed dismally towards implementing political and economic reforms perceived as key to ending the country's multifaceted crisis. In November 2017, Mnangagwa stormed to power through a military intervention that toppled the late former president Robert Mugabe, garnering international goodwill and overwhelming support at home after decades of misrule by his predecessor.
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Over a hundred African writers are calling on the AU and SADC to end their silence and suspend Zimbabwe, accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of being violent and ... Read more »
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a stern warning to his critics, saying he will flush out "bad apples" that are weakening his administration. This comes after thousands of ... Read more »
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The U.S. government has slapped targeted sanctions on Sakunda Holdings CEO Kudakwashe Tagwirei, accusing the business mogul of being part of a closely-knit ring of elites stuntin Read more »
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The government has signed the agreement to pay back white farmers who were evicted during the land redistribution programme in the early 2000s under Robert Mugabe. President ... Read more »
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Zimbabwe's Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been appointed the health minister, a month after his predecessor Obadiah Moyo was fired over corruption allegations related to ... Read more »
