Zimbabwe’s new currency suffers chaotic start
Harare – Zimbabwe’s new gold-backed currency got off to a chaotic start with shops accepting only US dollars on... Read more
10 Apr, 2024
More than 90 killed as boat sinks off Mozambique coast
Maputo – More than 90 people died when an overcrowded makeshift ferry sank off the north coast of Mozambique,... Read more
8 Apr, 2024
Zimbabwe launches new gold-backed currency – central bank
Harare – Zimbabwe’s central bank launched a new “structured currency” backed by gold on Friday, as it seeks to... Read more
5 Apr, 2024
Angola’s top court quashes conviction of ex-president’s son
Luanda – Angola’s constitutional court on Thursday quashed a five-year sentence that had been handed to the son of... Read more
5 Apr, 2024
Zimbabweans complain of Home Affairs incompetence
Zimbabweans who are lawfully in the country have complained to GroundUp that Home Affairs errors are jeopardising their employment... Read more
4 Apr, 2024
‘No Zimbabwean must succumb or die from hunger’ – Mnangagwa
Harare – Zimbabwe declared drought a national disaster on Wednesday, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the country needed $2... Read more
3 Apr, 2024
Jihadism in Mozambique: Southern African forces are leaving with mixed results
Thomas Mandrup, Stellenbosch University The Southern African Development Community (SADC) military mission in Mozambique (Samim), which was deployed on... Read more
3 Apr, 2024
Namibia heightens poaching alert after 28 rhinos killed
Windhoek – Namibian authorities stepped up an anti-poaching alert Monday after announcing that 28 rhinoceros had been killed by... Read more
2 Apr, 2024
Eswatini arrests wife of murdered rights activist
Mbabane – The widow of an anti-monarchist opposition activist murdered last year has been arrested and questioned in Eswatini,... Read more
29 Mar, 2024
Zimbabwe farmers buckle under El Nino drought
Kanyemba — Ladias Konje’s maize field in northeastern Zimbabwe is normally green at this time of the year, but... Read more
20 Mar, 2024
