Zimbabwe's worker exodus

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Brenda and John Romero are towering figures in modern game development, creators whose work has shaped how millions of players experience digital worlds. From their base in Galway on Ireland's west coast, the couple continue to push their craft into new territory. Presenter and l ...  Show more

Zimbabwe once sat as a powerhouse alongside Africa’s biggest economies. Over the past two decades though, Zimbabwean’s have been on an economic rollercoaster, experiencing crashes, strikes, hyperinflation and unemployment. Millions of people left the country in search of guarante ...  Show more

Some of Zimbabwe’s teachers are going on strike. They say that inflations means they’re no longer being paid enough to live on. And that conditions in the classroom are making teaching more and more difficult. The government in Zimbabwe denies that schools lack resources and say ...  Show more

“It’s quite challenging, because some people have been here and they were not going home…. And there are no jobs in Zimbabwe.” Yesterday Africa Daily spoke to some of the Zimbabweans affected by a decision to end the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit scheme by December this year. The per ...  Show more

How many bills do you need to buy a loaf of bread? The dollar isn’t taking Zimbabweans as far as it used to: life is getting more and more expensive. The central bank has introduced a new bill worth 50 Zimbabwean dollars, the highest banknote going around. But this alone has brou ...  Show more