Mary Mundeya and Kudzai Chikiwa MAKONI DISTRICT, Zimbabwe — The notebook is Anashe’s (name changed for ethical reasons) secret archive of a dream that only lasted one school term. Its pages, filled with notes on English grammar and a carefully drawn map of Africa, are all that remain of her time with DREAMS. From 2016, the DREAMS…
Mary Mundeya Tendai’s Story – The exile at the border The relentless does little to stop the hassle, bustle and chaos that is the norm at Beitbridge border post. For Tendai (name changed for ethical reasons), 28, like other travelers this place was meant to be a gateway to a better livelihood, but instead, his experience…
Mary Mundeya The first sign of trouble in Prudence Hanyani’s Mabvuku home is one she has known for nearly three decades. The 47-year-old resident of Ward 21 last saw council water flow from her taps almost 30 years ago. “We’ve become water beggars,” she says, staring at the army of plastic buckets lining her wall….
Linda Mujuru This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector was once on the brink of collapse. Now, it’s booming again. Last year alone, it earned the country close to US$1 billion in revenue. But though the crop is one of the country’s top exports and production has…
Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal HARARE, ZIMBABWE — The cholera outbreak that swept through Zimbabwe in 2008-2009 killed more than 4,000 people and sickened nearly 100,000. Parts of Harare and its surrounding suburbs were especially hard hit, and in the aftermath, attention fell on the unreliability of…
Mary Mundeya When Zimbabwe’s 2013 constitution introduced a gender quota to reserve 60 parliamentary seats for women through proportional representation, it was celebrated as a long-overdue victory. For a country where women’s voices were historically muffled in governance, the move felt revolutionary. But over a decade later, reality is much bleaker. As the 2023 elections…
Gamuchirai Masiyiwa This story was originally published by Global Press Journal HARARE, ZIMBABWE — A few days after giving birth to her youngest daughter in May 2024, Shirley Celebrate Mkono, a 34-year-old mother of four, went to her local clinic to seek help for persistent headaches. Nursing staff worried she could have uncontrolled hypertension, recalls…
Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — A year ago, all 16 checkout lanes were packed at OK Zimbabwe supermarket in Harare, one of the major retailers in the country. Customers queued shoulder to shoulder, their carts filled with Zimbabwe’s pantry essentials. Today, just two tills…
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