# Forty-two people, including seven children, were killed when a passenger bus overturned outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo on Sunday. According to preliminary reports, the bus believed to have been transporting passengers from Zimbabwe and Malawi, who were travelling from the Eastern Cape to their home countries, veered off the road along a steep mountain […]
# Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Leon Schreiber, het die Zimbabwiese vrystellingspermit tot 28 Mei 2027 verleng, wat sowat 180-duisend permithouers in Suid-Afrika sal bevoordeel. Die verlenging beskerm permithouers teen deportasie, laat binnekoms en uitgang onder voorwaardes toe, en vereenvoudig visumaansoeke. Dit volg na ‘n uitspraak deur die Hooggeregshof in 2023 wat die vorige permitbeëindiging […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber has extended the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit until 28 May 2027, benefiting around 180-thousand holders in South Africa. The extension protects holders from deportation, allows entry and exit under conditions, and simplifies visa applications. This follows a 2023 High Court ruling declaring the earlier permit termination unlawful. Consultations with permit […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê die VN se Algemene Vergadering se sentrale rol in globale bestuur moet versterk word om lidstate te bemagtig. Lamola het tydens die 22ste Vergadering van Nordies-Afrika-ministers van Buitelandse Sake by die Victoria-waterval in Zimbabwe, die behoefte aan die hervorming van die Veiligheidsraad in lyn […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola says the UN General Assembly’s central role in global governance must be strengthened to empower member states. Speaking at the 22nd Nordic-Africa Foreign Ministers Meeting in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Lamola emphasised the need for reform of the Security Council in line with the Ezulwini Consensus. He also called […]
# ‘n Nuwe studie waarsku dat Afrika-stede nie genoeg doen om by klimaatsverandering aan te pas nie, met Durban en Harare wat as belangrike lesse uitgewys word. Kwesbare gemeenskappe word bedreig deur stygende temperature, reënval wat afneem, langdurige droogtes, en ernstige oorstromings. Navorsers waarsku dat klein veranderings soos die verbetering van dreineringstelsels nie die ernstiger […]
# A new study warns that African cities are not doing enough to adapt to climate change, with Durban and Harare highlighted as key lessons. Rising temperatures, declining rainfall, prolonged droughts, and severe flooding threaten vulnerable communities. Researchers caution that small fixes like drainage upgrades fail to address deep inequalities. Experts call for transformative adaptation […]
# Zimbabwe het sy ekonomiese groeivoorspelling vir 2025 opwaarts hersien na 6,6-persent, vanaf ‘n vorige ses-persent. Die minister van Finansies, Mthuli Ncube, sê die verbeterde vooruitsigte word gedryf deur ‘n sterker as verwagte tabak-oes en ‘n wêreldwye styging in die goudprys wat mynbou-inkomste verhoog. Groei het verlede jaar verlangsaam tot slegs twee-persent nadat El Niño […]
# Zimbabwe has revised its 2025 economic growth forecast upward to 6.6-percent, from an earlier six-percent. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube says the improved outlook is driven by a stronger-than-expected tobacco harvest and a global gold price rally boosting mining revenues. Last year, growth slowed to just two-percent after an El Niño-induced drought hit crop yields […]
