ZVIMBA, ZIMBABWE � Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, was buried Saturday in a low-key ceremony in his rural village. The site was chosen after the 95-year-old former leader’s family refused to have him buried at the national shrine in Harare …
Month: September 2019
South Africa gender-based violence: Public servants say “enough is enough!”
PRETORIA, South African government employees descended on the streets of Pretoria on Friday to support government’s call to end gender-based violence.They spoke in one voice calling for government to impose harsher sentences on the perpetrators of viol…
UN, Coast Guard: Boat Carrying 50 Migrants Capsizes off Libya
CAIRO – A boat carrying at least 50 Europe-bound migrants capsized Saturday in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, the U.N. refugee agency and the country’s coast guard said, while an independent support group said another 56 migrants on another boat were…
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff Concludes Visit for the Article IV Consultation and Discussions on the First Review of the Staff-Monitored Program to Zimbabwe
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Gene Leon visited Harare from September 5thto 19th to conduct the Article IV Consultation and review progress under the Zimbabwe’s Staff-Monitored Program (SMP). The discussions covered recent eco…
Auction Results (September 27)
The 7-day BoBC yield went down to 1.39 percent from 1.40 percent for a paper maturing on October 9, 2019. For a 91-day paper maturing on December 31, 2019, the yield went down to 1.50 percent from 1.70 percent.The results of the auction held on Sepremb…
The Pula depreciated against the Rand by 1.1 percent
The Pula depreciated against the rand (-1.1) and British pound (-0.6 percent) but appreciated against the Japanese yen (2 percent); euro (1.8 percent); US dollar (0.6 percent) and Chinese renminbi (0.2 percent), over the one-month period to September 2…