Smugglers and migrants: How SA’s border became a hot election issue
Musina – As night falls, a handful of South African soldiers slouch under a tent near a crocodile-infested pond... Read more
3 May, 2024
Little joy for Zimbabweans as new currency starts circulating
Harare — Zimbabwe’s new gold-backed currency started circulating on Tuesday amid government hopes it could help stabilise the economy... Read more
1 May, 2024
23 foreigners caught, homemade step ladder, donkey carts seized
Cape Town –The South African Police Service (SAPS) Border Policing Team, through Operation Vala Umgodi, arrested 23 foreigners for... Read more
23 Apr, 2024
El Nino, not climate change, driving southern Africa drought – study
Johannesburg — A drought that pushed millions of people into hunger across southern Africa has been driven mostly by... Read more
18 Apr, 2024
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
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
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
Zimbabwean migration to SA: how technology helps keep families together
Maria Marchetti-Mercer, University of the Witwatersrand and Sonto Madonsela, University of the Witwatersrand Political instability and economic decline in... Read more
31 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
