On 4 July President Emmerson Mnangagwa indicated that if the ZiG remains stable the country will de-dollarise and switch from the multi-currency system to a ZiG economy by 2030 – he has hinted that it could be as early as 2026 – when the Statutory Instrument 218 of 2023 expires...
Such was the ferocity of the government's assault on civil society activists and oppositionists ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Harare on 17 August that it had the opposite of its intended effect – instead drawing still more attention to Zimbabwe's economic and political chaos amid reports of a schism within the ruling party over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's plan for an unconstitutional third term...
Vol 65 No 16 |
- RUSSIA
- AFRICA
The most loyal attendees of Moscow's events are military-ruled states with which Russia has security agreements or sanctioned and diplomatically isolated states such as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe...
Shortly after his victory in last year's disputed elections President Emmerson Mnangagwa reconstituted the country's Sovereign Wealth Fund bringing 66 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) under the control of his office and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube...
When Tsvangirai was ill in early 2018 President Emmerson Mnangagwa offered to give him the house (AC Vol 59 No 4 After Tsvangirai)...
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But it was enough for President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to suggest on 4 July that the country would bar use of the US dollar and enforce the use of the ZiG as the sole legal tender by 2030...
One source reported that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had fired the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance George Guvamatanga...
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Vol 65 No 13 |
- ZIMBABWE
- RUSSIA
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's remarks on Friday captured on camera that accused the United States of financing Zambia's security sector in order to isolate Zimbabwe look like the latest salvo in an increasingly ugly battle for geopolitical influence...
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rewarded some familiar faces after approving the licensing of tech billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink system in Zimbabwe ‘through its sole and exclusive local partner IMC Communications (Pvt) Ltd'...
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Vol 65 No 10 |
- KENYA
- ZIMBABWE
Quid pro quo appears to have been the name of the game in Kenyan President William Ruto's talks with Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the weekend...
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That was the slogan that Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa used to burnish his credentials with diplomats and companies in the aftermath of the coup d'etat that ousted Robert Gabriel Mugabe in November 2017...
President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa appointed Mushayavanhu as governor of the RBZ on 28 March cutting short John Mangudya's second term as governor by a month...
ECONOMIC POLICY UNDER MNANGAGWA'S BANNER John Mushayavanhu's appointment as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on 28 March further consolidates power for President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's inner circle...