Reports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 18 July (IRIN) - Amid news reports that Zimbabwe is seeking a massive loan from South Africa to offset chronic food and fuel shortages, political analysts say…

HARARE -- Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono last Friday met his South African Reserve Bank counterpart, Tito Mboweni, in Pretoria to hammer out details of a possible US$1 billion rescue package for Zimbabwe. The visit by Gono was…

Johannesburg (dpa) - South Africa plans to throw a financial lifeline to Zimbabwe, its ailing northern neighbour, according to a newspaper report in the wake of a meeting between representatives from the two countries. South Africa's national Business Day on Monday…

Executive Summary On 19 May 2005, with little or no warning, the Government of Zimbabwe embarked on an operation to "clean-up" its cities. It was a "crash"operation known as "Operation Murambatsvina", referred to in this report as Operation Restore Order.…

By Tendai Maphosa Harare - 16 July 2005: The Zimbabwean government has announced a temporary halt to the demolition of unapproved residential structures and informal business premises. Homeowners in Zimbabwe's high income residential areas have been given 10 days to regularize…

JOHANNESBURG - President Thabo Mbeki has pledged to throw his weight behind efforts by South Africa's church leaders to mobilise support for a relief effort for Zimbabweans displaced during the clean-up blitz. Speaking after meeting Mbeki in Pretoria yesterday, the South…

JOHANNESBURG - A top Zimbabwean trade unionist accused Africa of complacency in the face of a deteriorating crisis in Zimbabwe saying continental leaders will only wake up to act if the situation degenerates into a Rwandan-type genocide or the…

President Robert Mugabe has handed to local authorities the responsibility for building homes for those whose dwellings were destroyed by state agents in Operation Murambatsvina. He said that the government reconstruction program called Operation Garikai or Hlalani Kuhle should bring…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 15 July (IRIN) - Experts in Zimbabwe have cast serious doubts on claims by the government that it is able to secure 1.2 million mt of maize…

Christian Aid partner - the South African Council of Churches - has just sent an observer team to Zimbabwe, where thousands of homes have been destroyed in 'Operation Murambatsvina'. Their conclusion: this destruction must stop. The South African Council of…