Permanent year factsheet

Zimbabwe in 2006

Historical records for Zimbabwe in 2006, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
5Events
2Named people
1Places
1Categories

Historical records

May

May 2006Hyperinflation AcceleratesRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe experiences accelerating hyperinflation and severe currency instability.

May 2006Inflation Exceeds One Thousand PercentRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Official inflation rises above one thousand percent.

August

1 August 2006Currency RedenominationGideon Gono

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Gono introduces a redenominated currency that removes three zeros.

1 August 2006Currency RedenominationRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe removes three zeros from its currency during continuing inflation.

September

September 2006Trade Union Protest SuppressedRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Police break up a union protest and detain its leaders.

December

December 2006Election Timetable ProposalRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

ZANU-PF considers delaying the next presidential election.

Names involved

Gideon GonoRobert 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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.