2014 in Zimbabwe explained
The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Zimbabwe.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 20 January - President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe makes his first public appearance in several weeks.[1]
February
- 18 February - Former United States congressman Melvin Jay Reynolds is arrested in Zimbabwe for possession of pornography.[2]
May
- 12 May - Sharon Pincott gave up her 13 year battle monitoring, recording and helping to protect Zimbabwe's flagship herd of elephants which bear the President's identity, after land grabs in Presidential Elephant areas in Hwange, unethical practices and heightened attempts at intimidation became overwhelming.[3]
November
- 21 November - A stampede in Kwekwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.[4]
December
- 18 December - Zimbabwean Bond Coins for 1 Cent, 5, 10, and 25 Cents were released into circulation in an attempt to ease the shortage of small change.
Notes and References
- Web site: Zimbabwe's Mugabe appears in public, ending death rumors . 20 January 2014 . 10 January 2015.
- Web site: Former US congressman Melvin Jay Reynolds arrested in Zimbabwe . 18 February 2014 . 10 January 2015.
- Web site: The fate of the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe: A Conversation with Sharon Pincott . https://web.archive.org/web/20141208003017/http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/12/the-fate-of-the-presidential-elephants-of-zimbabwe-a-conversation-with-sharon-pincott/ . dead . December 8, 2014 . 12 May 2014 . 23 February 2017.
- Web site: 11 killed in Zimbabwe stadium stampede . 21 November 2014 . 10 January 2015.