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Month: November 2020

Zimbabwe: Three years after Mugabe’s removal in 500 words

Zimbabwe’s late former leader Robert Mugabe stepped down on November 21, 2017, bringing an end to nearly 40 years of iron-fisted rule.

Desperate Bulawayo residents harvesting water

Desperate Bulawayo residents have resorted to harvesting rain water as the city’s supply dams are yet to receive significant inflows from the current intermittent downpours.

Lightning kills one in Hippo Valley

The 2020-21 farming season started badly in Chiredzi after a 21-year-old Hippo Valley man was struck and killed by lighting on Sunday night this week.

‘All That Glitters is Not Gold – Turmoil in Zimbabwe’s Mining Sector’

What’s new? Zimbabwe has seen a surge of attacks by gangs associated with the burgeoning artisanal mining sector, taking hundreds of miners’ lives. The police operation to counter this violence led to the arrest of thousands, including perpetrators of violence,…

Hurting women, girls hurts us all

During my nearly four years in this beautiful country I have met so many incredible Zimbabweans working to solve inequality and injustice in all its forms.

Latest: Several gold miners feared dead at Bindura Ran Mine

More than 30 gold miners are reportedly trapped underground at Bindura Ran Mine after the shaft collapsed yesterday afternoon.

Post covid-19 era: Zimbabwe needs to re-visit on goals 1 ,2 and 5 to remain sustainable

Three [3] Sustainable Development Goals are on a hang to success before 2030 due to Covid-19 threat since the beginning of this year. The United Nations Development Goals are namely Goal 1 , End poverty in all its forms everywhere…

Selective application of the law now an everyday thing

On Friday afternoon there was drama along Bessemer Road in Graniteside, Harare. Harare City Council officials came to raid vendors who line up the road to sell an assortment of goods from plastic dishes, buckets, throw-overs to underwear. Most of…

Why the youth should register to vote

A mock exercise by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on the use of biometric voter registration in Mabvuku. Youths must register to vote and participate in elections.

Kambuzuma residents swimming in sewerage

AT a community meeting facilitated by Combined Harare Residents Association in (CHRA) Kambuzuma last week, it emerged that res-idents are living with raw sewage due to the failure by the City of Harare to repair burst pipes.