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Editor 4 February 2025 No Comment

Rituals, rites and rumours: how women claim power in Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines

By Jabulani Shaba, University of Groningen and Sandra Swart, Stellenbosch University In Zimbabwe they say, Hanzi bhande rinonzvenga vakadzi vakapinda
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Editor 2 February 2025 No Comment

DIASPORA? They earn more money, but some migrant health workers say it’s not worth it

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa – Global Press Journal HARARE: When Tanya moved to Ireland for care work in 2022, she was
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Kirsty Coventry
Editor 30 January 2025 No Comment

Kirsty Coventry hopes to make waves in Olympic Committee Presidential race; ‘Ubuntu’ her campaign slogan

By AFP Former swimming great Kirsty Coventry says she sees no problem in being a candidate to become the most
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Loveness Madangawa using firewood to cook lunch for her family, in Mutare
Editor 28 January 2025 No Comment

Dry Zimbabwe hit by blackouts but renewables still underfunded

By Context News Scheduled power cuts hit Zimbabwe homes, businesses Power cuts meant to ease pressure on overwhelmed grid Drought
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Editor 13 January 2025 No Comment

UK: Maswanhise on Motherwell’s Zimbabwean fan club, and lofty ambition

By The Scotland Herald UNITED KINGDOM: Motherwell fans know by now to enjoy any special talents in the claret and
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Editor 13 January 2025 No Comment

A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa’s problem of urbanizing while poor

By Associated Press KIAMBU: Turn into Tatu City on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, and it feels like entering a
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Editor 31 December 2024 No Comment

Zimbabwe’s new currency woes hit traditional stores while illegal night street-side shops flourish

By Associated Press HARARE: Batsirai Pabwe picked detergents, toothpaste, snacks and some pasta among several grocery items spread on the
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Karen Paolillo, founder of Turgwe Hippo Trust, with a wild female hippo just behind her
Editor 23 December 2024 No Comment

How an English woman ended up becoming ‘the Hippo Lady’ of Zimbabwe

By metro.co.uk Karen is founder of the Turgwe Hippo Trust based in the south east of Zimbabwe. She has spent decades
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Editor 14 December 2024 No Comment

In Zimbabwe, women are leading the battle against climate change

By Farai Shawn Matiashe For IPS MAFAURE, Zimbabwe: When Susan Chinyengetere started to focus on farming in her home village in
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Headman Malindi Kwinda of Tshirundu village alongside the Limpopo River outside Musina
Editor 12 December 2024 No Comment

BORDER FEATURE: Inside the SA-Zimbabwe smuggling network

By Rudzani Tshivhase and Lerato Mutsila I The Daily Maverick Zimbabweans on the other side of the river receive smuggled goods
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