2024 in Zimbabwe
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Incumbents
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[edit]- 6–18 January – Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2023–24[1]
- 3 April – President Emmerson Mnangagwa declares a state of national disaster due to a drought that wipes out half the country's maize crop.[2]
- 5 April – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe introduces the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as the country's new currency to replace the Zimbabwean dollar as from 8 April.[3]
- 17 August – The Southern African Development Community holds its first summit in Harare in a decade.[4][5]
- 14 October – The first two cases of mpox in Zimbabwe are recorded in a child in Harare who had travelled to South Africa and a 24-year old patient in Mberengwa who had travelled to Tanzania.[6]
- 16 October – The government announces compensation payments for white farmers displaced by the expropriation program of former president Robert Mugabe in the 2000s.[7]
Holidays
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- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 21 February - National Youth Day
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 30 March – Holy Saturday
- 31 March - Easter Sunday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 18 April – Independence Day
- 1 May - Labour Day
- 25 May - Africa Day
- 12 August - Heroes' Day
- 13 August - Defence Forces Day
- 22 December – National Unity Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
References
[edit]- ^ "Zimbabwe to tour Sri Lanka for white-ball series in January 2024". The Papare. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa declares national disaster over drought". BBC. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Zimbabwe introduces new currency as depreciation and rising inflation stoke economic turmoil". Associated Press. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "'SADC should speak out': Zimbabwe activists face crackdown ahead of summit". Al Jazeera. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "SADC summit in Harare as the region faces multiple challenges". Africanews. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Zimbabwe reports first two mpox cases, after Zambia week before". RFI. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers 20 years after land seizures". RFI. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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