Mary Mundeya When Zanu PF held its star rally in Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East province on 5 August, a man with long white beard almost took the limelight from party leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was the guest of honor. Adorned in an all-white apostolic sect outfit, he interacted with the party’s supporters, including top officials…
Mary Mundeya As nightfall descends on the dimly lit central business district of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare,Tawanda Chipere takes stock of what he sold for the day and prepares to go home. “Today was a great day, zvanga zvakadirwa shuga (I had very good sales),” he chuckles.Tawanda is one of Harare’s downtown businesses owners, otherwise known…
Michelle Chifamba Chirundu Border Post, located on the banks of the Zambezi River, divides the Zimbabwe and Zambia border and is regarded as the gateway to North – allowing trade between southern Africa as well as central and East Africa. It’s not a coincidence that it is ranked second among the busiest ports of entry…
António Munguambe* going about his daily vending business in CBD Harare
Mary Mundeya THE absence of statutes aimed at managing the procurement of goods and services and their issuance in times of emergency in Zimbabwe led to the country not getting value for the funds it invested towards the sprucing up and reconstruction of its fragile and collapsed healthcare system at the height of the Covid-19…
SCANTLY clad and mucky, Kudzai Mwenje* (4) goes through his daily gold-panning routine, separating the mineral from river sand on Odzi River, in Zimbabwe’s eastern province of Manicaland. He seems like an expert of sorts at what he does, adroitly using a thick piece of cloth and a disfigured metal bowl to make sure that…
HARARE, ZIMBABWE — When a friend offered her a place to stay, Pamela said yes impulsively, without asking any questions. This was months after she left her home in rural Masvingo in southeastern Zimbabwe, escaping her abusive stepmother. She initially worked as a domestic helper in Harare, but within six months, her employer let her…
Regina Pasipanodya / Mary Mundeya THE distribution of basic farming essentials under the Presidential Input Scheme — also known as Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme — has come under scrutiny amid allegations that Grain Marketing Board (GMB) managers are conniving with Agricultural, Technical and Extension (Agritex) officers to milk communal farmers. The farmers are losing money every year…
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