City of Harare

Born on the 21st of February 1924, Robert Gabriel Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe for nearly three decades. He played a key role in Zimbabwe’s independence struggle and bringing an end to British colonial rule.He came into power in 1980 as the prime minister of a newly formed Zimbabwe whose independence was internationally recognized on April 18, 1980. In 1987 he went on to become the President of Zimbabwe and has been at the helm since them. Some of his re-election campaigns were not without...Read Full Story

Air Zimbabwe Expected resuming flights The 50 days long pilots strike to get their salaries has finally ended and the airline has announced that it will resume flights now. The pilots reported back to work on Friday, however as there were no reservations, the airline was forced to cancel its flights till it got more bookings. Being the only direct airline flying to Zimbabwe, Air Zimbabwe will definitely pull passengers agian. But since the news was so sudden that nobody outside the airline...Read Full Story

Just the other day, these Zimbabwean women didn’t just hold up these placards for the fun of it. They held them up hoping that you would see them and actually have a heart to do what is right. They are suffering like most of the people in Zimbabwe. They are fast running out of options and are taking whatever steps they can to try and make sure that they and their families get the basics they need in order to survive. You signed the power sharing agreement with MDC more than a month ago and...Read Full Story

This overview provides highlights of the industrial, retail, office, and residential real estate markets in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. Office market The take-up of office space has been sluggish for some time due to the scaling down of business operations as a result of the liquidity crisis in the economy. Vacancy rates in the [...] [[Click title to access full text.]]Read Full Story

After a decade of lying almost dormant, business and leisure tourism are bouncing back in Zimbabwe’s capital alongside the rest of the country’s economy. Tourism grew 2.8% in the first half of 2009 and authorities predict 100,000 new tourism jobs will be created before the end of the year, and the 2010 Soccer World Cup [...] [[Click title to access full text.]]Read Full Story

Emirates is ready to fly into Zimbabwe Zimbabwe’s indigenous aviation industry has been uncertain at best, underscored by Air Zimbabwe grounding its entire fleet last month. Even if the carrier resumes services, its future is not guaranteed. On 1st February 2012 Emirates plans to operate schedule flights five times weekly service via Lusaka, Zambia on Airbus A330-200s operating Dubai-Lusaka-Harare-Lusaka-Dubai. The entry into Zimbabwe by international carrier Emirates and the increased...Read Full Story

The four star ranking United Arab Emirates carrier boost up its network to Africa by making up an announcement to launch its flights to new destinations Lusaka and Harare. Lusaka is the capital of Zambia whereas Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe which offers a wide variety of attractions for people belonging to all age [...]Read Full Story

Wednesday 13th October 2010 This will be my last day of being able to record what is happening.  There is no broadband here in Zimbabwe, electricity sometimes goes off so we cannot rely on all the infrastructure we are used to. Today, we visited two Harare hospitals and took as gifts some blood pressuer machines and some stethoscopes with us from my husband Ian (who is accompanying us).  We were shown round by a cardiologist, a friend of Ernest Mupunga (Regional Director). The hospitals were...Read Full Story

Ruth McNeil and Helena Moylneux are on a visit to Zimbabwe, the first Trustee visit to Practical Action, Southern Africa.  The visit is taking place in Zimbabwe which is the largest of the countries (the others being Mozambique and Zambia) and starts in Harare where the Southern Africa Regional Office is based.  Apparently, the tenth day of the tenth month of the tenth year is an auspicious one. Sunday 10th October 2010 We arrived along with my husband, Ian McNeil, at Harare having flown via...Read Full Story