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Zimbabwe in 1997

Historical records for Zimbabwe in 1997, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

3Records
3Events
1Named people
1Places
1Categories

Historical records

August

August 1997War Veterans Compensation ApprovedRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mugabe authorises unbudgeted compensation payments for liberation war veterans.

November

14 November 1997Black Friday Currency CollapseRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe dollar falls sharply after major unbudgeted government commitments.

Other Events

1997State Enterprise PrivatisationRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mugabe's government begins privatising selected state enterprises.

Names involved

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Places involved

Harare

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.