2024 in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe-related events during 2024

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Events of 2024 in Zimbabwe.

## Incumbents

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* President: Emmerson Mnangagwa
* Vice President
* Constantino Chiwenga

## Events

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* 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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Further information: Public holidays in Zimbabwe

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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

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1. ^ "Zimbabwe to tour Sri Lanka for white-ball series in January 2024". The Papare. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
2. ^ "Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa declares national disaster over drought". BBC. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
3. ^ "Zimbabwe introduces new currency as depreciation and rising inflation stoke economic turmoil". Associated Press. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
4. ^ "'SADC should speak out': Zimbabwe activists face crackdown ahead of summit". Al Jazeera. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
5. ^ "SADC summit in Harare as the region faces multiple challenges". Africanews. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
6. ^ "Zimbabwe reports first two mpox cases, after Zambia week before". RFI. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
7. ^ "Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers 20 years after land seizures". RFI. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
8. ^ "Zimbabwe Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

## External links

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