FACT CHECK: Has RBZ banned forex cash withdrawals from FCAs?
CLAIM: On June 25, the website The Tabloid Zim reported that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) had ordered an end to withdrawals from Foreign Currency Accounts (FCAs). According to…
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Is Zimbabwe the only country in the world that doesn’t have its own currency?
CLAIM: On June 22, 2019, the Twitter account @AfricaFactsZone tweeted that “Zimbabwe is the only country in the world, that doesn’t have its own currency”. VERDICT: False By ZimFact Staff…
FACTSHEET: Corporal punishment, pregnancy and the new Education Bill
The Education Amendment Bill reached the committee stage this week, edging closer to becoming law. Some of the proposed law’s provisions, such as clauses seeking to outlaw corporal punishment as…
Do the majority of young women think it is acceptable for women to be beaten up by their intimate partners? Yes, they do
CLAIM: In Zimbabwe, about 1 in 3 women aged 15 to 49 have experienced physical violence and about 1 in 4 women have experienced sexual violence since the age of…
100 day cycle: Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development promises
Zimbabwe’s government says it is implementing its programmes in 100-day cycles. Here, we look at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development’s targets for the first cycle, which began on…
