CHINHOYI – It is mid-morning and a five-year-old Tamai routinely joins his age mates to make a plastic ball to toss around. The routine turns smelly when he grabs a black plastic bag dripping with human waste. The disgusting picture of kids picking up plastics with human waste or used pampers is a sad reality…
MASVINGO – Women in rural Masvingo have taken the bull by the horns and are leading the way in fighting poverty. With their men out in the towns or having crossed into South Africa in search of elusive employment, women here have been forced not only to put food on the table, but to take…
HARARE – From farm labourers and mine workers to the clock watchers who spend the day at government offices and privately-owned firms, misery seems to be the word that aptly describes the worker’s situation in Zimbabwe. Three years into a coalition government that promised much and has delivered so little, impoverished workers can only watch…
HARARE – World leaders and heads of state are always in the public eye. We watch them on TV and see their photos in newspapers and magazines. But when New Yorker staff photographer Platon Antoniou — who uses just his first name professionally — embarked on a journey to capture images of world leaders, he…
HARARE – China’s new ambassador to Zimbabwe Lin Lin would have been impressed had he chosen to use the toilets at Harare International Airport when he touched down on his new mission last month. His country’s strong presence in Zimbabwe would not have been lost on him as the toilets are labelled in Mandarin. Not…
HARARE – A drought that ravaged the country in 2002 and wiped out livestock has become a strong weapon to fight starvation. Situated about 50 kms west of Karoi town, Chiwore Irrigation Scheme under Chief Dendera is transforming the lives of villagers here. Scheme chairperson Gibson Guvi said the scheme was started…
HARARE – Harare’s premier arts hub, Book Café, is now on a roll after regularising its licence papers which had temporarily put all artistic programmes on halt. The Book Café this year relocated from the Five Avenue shopping centre to a new venue along Samora Machael Avenue, but closed down again after operating for a…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti’s decision to slash economic growth forecasts as well as the budget tells the story of how a 123 000-hectare stretch of diamond rich land has failed to put the sparkle to Zimbabwe’s struggling economy. Mines minister Obert Mpofu says Marange diamond fields have enough reserves and are so rich…
BULAWAYO – Among an assortment of black homeless figures that huddle for warmth on a row on the rough floor of a railway station waiting room is a blot that breaks the monotony. At first encounter, one is forgiven for mistaking the bushy-bearded face for an adventurous white tourist bidding to get first- hand experience…
HARARE – Harare city is battling to supply clean water to its residents as the population continues to balloon owing to high poverty levels in the rural areas where desperate villagers are flooding urban centres in search of better economic opportunities and better social living conditions. Water is erratic in most Harare suburbs with others…
