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The following lists events that happened during 2005 in the Republic of Zimbabwe.
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editJanuary
edit- 17–19 January - Robert Mugabe and the Iranian President Mohammed Khatami hold talks.
March
edit- 31 March - The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front wins the parliamentary elections.[1]
May
edit- 25 May - Operation Murambatsvina or Operation Drive Out Trash is started.
July
edit- 22 July - The United Nations releases a report to the public stating Operation Murambatsvina has left 700,000 people without homes or jobs, violated international law and created a grave humanitarian crisis.
- Operation Murambatsvina ends.
August
edit- 4 August - Amnesty International films in secret the aftermath of Operation Murambatsvina at Hopley Farm on the outskirts of Harare.
- 30 August - Parliament passes the controversial 17th Amendment bill.
September
edit- 9 September - The International Monetary Fund gives Zimbabwe a 6-month reprieve to settle their US$175 million debt.
- 10 September - Robert Mugabe arrives in Cuba on a 3-day state visit.
October
edit- 3 October - The exchange rate of the Zimbabwe dollar collapses to 100,000 to 1 against the US dollar.
November
edit- 6 November - The National Constitutional Assembly civic alliance stage protests in Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare and Masvingo.
- 7 November - Police arrest Percy Ncijo, Reason Ngwenya and Dzavamwe Shambare of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in Bulawayo to thwart demonstrations.
- 8 November - The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions stage protests in Harare and Bulawayo. Police arrests the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions' president Lovemore Matombo and the secretary general Wellington Chibhebhe together with 150 other union members in Harare.
- 20 November - Robert Mugabe announces on Zimbabwe state television that uranium deposits have been discovered.
- 24 November - The United States of America freezes the assets of 128 Zimbabweans including Robert Mugabe and 33 Zimbabwe institutions for hindering democratic reform in Zimbabwe.
- 26 November - Elections for Zimbabwe's first senate takes place which Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front wins majority seats.
December
edit- 15 December - Police raid the offices of the Voice of the People in Harare.
Births
editDeaths
edit- August 25 - Josiah Tungamirai, politician, (born 1948)
References
edit- ^ "Zimbabwe votes in peaceful poll". 31 March 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2015.