Zimbabwe

With 3rd term of 2025 school year beginning on 9 September, educators and teachers are bound to struggle with salaries around USD270, well below the real cost of living, as Government hinted that no increments are planned

A ban on the import and sale of second-hand clothing and on street and night vending has been announced as informal trading practices have harmed formal businesses in Harare

Parirenyatwa, Zimbabwe's largest referral hospital is operating with a single intensive care unit serving all wards in the facility, amid a need of surgeries, including those for the 4500 children born each year with congenital hearts diseases

An electricity failure hit the whole of Zimbabwe last week, as a system failure resulted in loss of generation at its two power stations and electricity import from South Africa,, Zambia and Mozambique was also interrupted

25 years after the land reform program that seized land from white Zimbabwean farmers provoking international uprising and internal chaos, some of them have accepted a compensation deal that many think unfair while other social groups find it too generous

The New Zimbabwe Media Policy was launched to address pressing industry issues: concern over sustainability, disinformation and misinformation, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies; media advocacy groups lamented the lack of confrontation

The University of Zimbabwe, the country’s oldest university, has voiced plans to hire experts to replace lecturers on strike in a further attempt to bring back normalcy for students

Bulawayo, second largest city in Zimbabwe, has refuted claims on social media alleging a bedbug infestation in four of its suburbs; city authorities declared the messages as false and malicious, urging residents not to panic or spread misinformation

As Zimbabwe’s cities expand, local councils are formalizing land ownership often not following traditional land distribution systems: land previously passed down through generations is now being reallocated for new developments without clear consultation

Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe have announced an indefinite strike starting Monday, 24 March 2025, after years of unresolved salary disputes with the university administration