Zimbabwean
18 Jun 2021
Jeffrey Moyo, a Zimbabwean freelance reporter for the New York Times, walks out of prison after he was granted bail three weeks following his arrest over claims he helped two foreign colleagues enter the country fraudulently. The New York Times had said at the time of Moyo's detention that the paper was "deeply concerned" by his arrest. "Jeffrey is a widely respected journalist with many years of reporting experience in Zimbabwe and his detainment raises troubling questions about the state of press freedom in Zimbabwe," it had added in a statement.
25 Feb 2021
Hopewell Chin'ono didn't set out to become an internet sensation when he made a song about corruption in Zimbabwe, but that's exactly what happened when he uploaded 'Dem Loot' to Twitter. The outspoken Zimbabwean journalist has been arrested three times in six months for tweets protesting graft. In a video that has gone viral, Chin'ono has released a short free-styled reggae dance-hall track, titled Dem Loot -- "They Loot" -- in which he chastises rampant state corruption in the southern African country.
30 Dec 2020
In Zimbabwean towns, food tastes have become westernised, but in the countryside, there remains a time-honoured tradition of eating insects. The chafer beetle, also called the Christmas beetle, is a dark-red bug which proliferates in the southern hemisphere country at this time of year.
20 Dec 2019
The wife of Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was charged with trying to kill her husband when she appeared in court on Monday.
2 Nov 2019
A senior Zimbabwean government official has been slapped by US sanctions for gross human rights violations. This came shortly after thousands of pro-government supporters marched in an anti-sanctions demonstration.
23 Mar 2019
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his government has secured enough food aid to cater to all the people affected by Cyclone Idai on a tour of the flood-hit Eastern Highlands region on Wednesday.
6 Aug 2018
Zimbabwean's waited for the next steps on Sunday (August 5) after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner of a disputed election and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa challenged the result.
30 Jul 2018
Zimbabweans began voting in Harare on Monday (July 30) in the first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe.
30 Nov 2017
After 37 years of undivided power, Robert Mugabe resigned in Harare on Nov. 21. It marked a brand new chapter for the millions of Zimbabweans who had lived under his repressive regime.
15 Nov 2017
We take a look Zimbabwean newspapers as political turmoil breaks out in the country.
10 Jul 2017
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for medical treatment, in his third such visit this year, a newspaper reported on Sunday.