By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on NewsDay
Zimbabwean Vice-President Kembo Mohadi launched the Great Dyke Smart City project, which plans to build 6,000 homes in Kadoma, Mashonaland West province. The project is intended to help meet housing needs through a partnership between the state and the private sector, NewsDay reports.
The Zimbabwean government has called for an urgent assessment of mine ventilation to tackle rising cases of silicosis, an incurable lung disease linked to inhaling silica dust. The audit is to cover the mining sector nationwide, the Daily News reports, noting that prolonged exposure makes dust control and adequate ventilation essential.
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Zimbabwean company Amalgamated Brands plans to list on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange on 7 December 2026, after its initial public offering closes on 30 November. The move is expected to open a new five-year development phase, NewsDay reports.
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Zimbabwe’s political victims’ collective has given Minister Daniel Garwe seven days to resign, accusing him of overseeing demolitions of homes and stalls without resettlement solutions or suitable commercial spaces. The organisation threatens to ask President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remove him, reports ZimEye.
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Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is acting head of state while President Emmerson Mnangagwa travels to Moscow for the Russia-Africa summit. Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana announced the temporary transition, amid tensions within ZANU-PF over the presidential succession, ZimEye reports.
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Tornado tears roof off hospital in Siakobvu, ZimbabweA violent gust tore the roof off Siakobvu Hospital in Zimbabwe on Sunday afternoon. The phenomenon swept through the Siakobvu area, NewsDay reports.
Malawi has no accounting for 15.56 billion kwacha in carbon taxAn assessment by Malawi’s National Youth Network on Climate Change estimates that 15.56 billion kwacha in carbon tax has not been accounted for over five years. The study covers management of the revenue from the 2019-2020 financial year to 31 March 2026, and the organisation is calling for greater transparency over its use, according to Maravi Post.The week in Africa
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