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Privilege Musvanhiri

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Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. (Reuters)
BOTSWANA

Botswana extends credit line to Zimbabwe

Diamond-rich Botswana has offered to lend neighbouring Zimbabwe $95m in private sector loans to help ease its economic crisis

  • Privilege Musvanhiri
3 min read
The government considers the strike to be illegal. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)
DOCTORS STRIKE

Doctors’ strike exacerbates Zim health sector crisis

A monthlong nationwide strike by doctors in Zimbabwe has left thousands of patients without adequate treatment and many beds empty

  • Privilege Musvanhiri
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3 min read
Bond notes, a currency Zimbabwe started printing about two years ago to ease cash shortages and help fight hyperinflation, have been losing value lately. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)
BOND NOTES

Zimbabwe’s economic crisis deepens

Zimbabwe’s economy is in dire straits. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to stabilise the economy ‘soon’ but not everyone is optimistic

  • Privilege Musvanhiri
3 min read
Kaylites litter most parts of Zimbabwe as authorities do not frequently collect refuse. That has resulted in water drains being blocked resulting in floods in some parts of the capital.
GREEN REVOLUTION

Cleaning up Zimbabwe with a Styrofoam ban

The Zimbabwean government is set to ban Styrofoam food containers in order to promote greener alternatives but not everyone is happy with the move

  • Privilege Musvanhiri
4 min read