Building a Credit Record in South Africa as a Foreign Worker

A reader wrote to us in September with a question we hear in some form every month: does a work permit give you a credit record in South Africa, or does the whole system quietly close itself off? The short answer is no.

As Zimbabwe Expands Solar Power, Women No Longer Have to Give Birth by Candlelight

As Zimbabwe Expands Solar Power, Women No Longer Have to Give Birth by Candlelight

HARARE, Zimbabwe – As she opened and shut the doors of four giant refrigerators inside a dispensary at Budiriro Polyclinic in the capital of Harare, the nurse beamed.

How a 25-year partnership is protecting wildlife and communities in Zimbabwe

How a 25-year partnership is protecting wildlife and communities in Zimbabwe

For more than six years, IFAW and the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) have worked together to protect wildlife, strengthen conservation in Hwange National Park, and support the communities living alongside it. What began as a five-year partnership has grown into a 25-year commitment to conservation across Zimbabwe’s Hwange–Matetsi landscape. 

Zimbabwe begins legislative overhaul to bring effect to constitutional changes

Zimbabwe begins legislative overhaul to bring effect to constitutional changes

The amendment of three key pieces of legislation to give effect to the constitutional changes introduced under Constitutional Amendment Act No. 3 (CAA3) has commenced, with principles for the proposed amendments expected to be tabled before Cabinet within the next two weeks.

UK fugitive wanted for killing wife and daughters returns to court over firearm charges

UK fugitive wanted for killing wife and daughters returns to court over firearm charges

Zimbabwean-born British national Ndodana Tshuma, wanted in the UK for allegedly murdering his wife and two daughters, is expected back in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday over firearm and immigration charges.

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The Youth League of South Africa's governing African National Congress has urged...

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Mugabe in Malaysia?
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Police and army spill beans on voting fraud

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Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Zimbabwe National Army...

Running for their lives

An appeal from Mike Wells

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No country for old men

UK charity helps ease pensioners' suffering
With the country barely able to cope, the vulnerable...

Why I voted for change

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I was born three years after Zimbabwe's independence. I was never witness to...

Gorowa under pressure again

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Pressure is back on Zimbabwean-born coach Ian Gorowa after his side kissed goodbye to...

Soccer great resurfaces but misses out on Celtic

JOHANNESBURG
Former Highlanders and Dynamos defender Sifiso Nketha has resurfaced in South Africa, but failed...

Mugeyi speaks about sending off

JOHANNESBURG
Zimbabwean-born coach Wilfred Mugeyi has for the first time spoken against his recent sending...

Post Election Depression

Following a lambasting of Zimbabwe's elections the country's image has plummeted to new lows.

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No more silent diplomacy

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