Zimbabwes

When you sit outside during the mystical hours in Zimbabwe’s wild places everything seems new, undiscovered, never seen before. It’s the time when the night sky looks only black, the stars only silver and the yellow moon hangs in the…

In most countries, the currency turning from the world’s worst to best in the space of a month would be good news. Not in the largely dollarised economy of Zimbabwe, where the local dollar has recouped nearly half of its value against the…

Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls Stock Exchange plans to set up trading in carbon credits by September, seeking to capitalise on sweeping changes to how production of the securities will be regulated in the country. The exchange, known as VFEX…

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Festus Nyoni picked out a few items in a supermarket in Zimbabwe’s capital, looked at the prices and knew she was in the wrong place.She…

The combined value of companies traded on Zimbabwe’s alternative, dollar-only stock market has soared 75% this year as investors take shelter from the rapid depreciation of the local currency. The market capitalisation of the Victoria…

The greenback has replaced the Zimbabwean dollar as the most-used currency in the southern African nation for a second time, almost four years after the re-introduction of the local unit. US dollars were utilised for 77% of transactions…

Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube secured the ruling party’s endorsement to stand as a lawmaker in upcoming elections, a possible precursor to his reappointment in the next administration. President Emmerson Mnangagwa tapped Ncube,…

Al Jazeera’s explosive documentary on gold smuggling in Zimbabwe lends credence to the long-held view in Harare and abroad that there are powerful forces profiting from sanctions and that an illegal gold smuggling racket reckoned to be…

On an overcast and stormy day friends and I set out for the ancient monument. We were excited, it was a very long time since we had last seen it. We set out early, none of us sure exactly where to go but there would be signs, wouldn’t…

When Zimbabwe’s finance minister Mthuli Ncube presented the national budget for 2023 to Parliament in November 2022, he placed high emphasis on a raft of initiatives designed to spur strong economic growth and unleash economic…