Details from the Suisse Secrets leak cast new light on Credit Suisse’s role in a controversial platinum mine sale that helped finance a wave of violence around Zimbabwe’s 2008 election. The bank helped provide funds for the mine purchase, which eventually earned over $100 million for the Mugabe crony who set up the deal.
As Zimbabweans faced the economic consequences of a crashing currency, well-connected businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei skirted the rules to convert government-backed securities into scarce U.S. dollars —which he used to acquire shares in a lucrative platinum mine.
Zimbabwe recorded 6,177 neonatal deaths and 563 maternal deaths in 2025, with Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora citing birth asphyxia, infections and postpartum haemorrhage as the leading causes.
Capital markets analyst Kennedy Ndoro has raised corporate governance concerns after Meikles moved to sell its remaining hospitality assets only months after resolving to keep the Victoria Falls Hotel.
Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi has scored a major legal victory after a US judge dismissed Lebo M's US$27 million defamation lawsuit over his viral Lion King joke.
Zimbabwe's Murowa Diamond Mine has entered corporate rescue, freezing legal action by creditors as authorities race to stabilise one of the country's key diamond producers.
