About 100 Zimbabweans are illegally crossing into South Africa daily in search of jobs despite intensified police patrols along the Limpopo River and the dangers of drowning, possible arrests and deportations. A visa to South Africa is free but prospective visitors to that country are supposed to produce 1 000 rand which is equivalent to about $16 million and that money is converted to traveller’s cheques to ensure they do not get stranded there.

 
DDT: Weapon of mass survival?
By Tawanda Kanhema in Harare
News of the United Nations World Health Oganisation’s endorsement of DDT as a relatively safe and reliable weapon against the global malaria epidemic, which kills three million children under the age of five annually, has met with mixed reactions in Africa, where extensive use of the chemical [...]

Zimbabwe’s tourism industry is bracing itself for anticipated growth in business, though it continues to face many challenges, especially in the areas of regulation, access to foreign currency and low turnout of high-spending travellers from traditional tourism markets like Europe, North America and the Middle East.
The industry has been in steady decline in the [...]

Constant police raids along the highway have not significantly dented the illicit trade as locals continue to advertise and sell their diamonds to motorists at growth points and on the streets in Mutare.