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A Zimbabwean court has dismissed an application by a civil society activist to have the country’s top judge arrested for allegedly defying an earlier order barring him from continuing in office after he reached retirement age.
Southern Africa has dominated the list of most influential young Africans under the age of 30 published by Forbes Africa on Tuesday.
The Zimbabwe government has repossessed more than 80 mining concessions from companies that have failed to utilise their claims amid allegations that most of the title holders were using their assets for speculative purposes, Mines Minister Winston Chitando said on Wednesday.
A Zimbabwean traditional chief has ordered that the remains of former president Robert Mugabe be exhumed from his homestead and be reburied at a shrine in the capital Harare that is reserved for the country’s heroes.
The Zimbabwean government has appealed against last week’s court ruling that declared the extension of the chief justice’s tenure by five years unconstitutional.
Zimbabwe’s central bank has approved a US$5.9 million facility to strengthen the participation of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the mainstream economy.
More than 200,000 Zimbabweans have returned home since early 2020 as the economic fallout from COVID-19 took a toll on countries where they have been working, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe has seen a 63 percent drop in the import of second-hand vehicles since the introduction of tougher regulations early this month restricting the bringing into the country of cars more than 10 years old, an official said on Tuesday.
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been slapped with an eight-year ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) over allegations emanating from his role in facilitating efforts to throw away matches by teams he coached.
Zimbabwe is confident of rejoining the Commonwealth of former British colonies, with a senior official saying on Monday that the country’s application now undergoing consultations among the grouping’s 54 member states.