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…
Mary Mundeya In a continent where borders often define limitations, a new generation of African content creators is challenging these constraints, weaving narratives that transcend lines on a map. One of them is Nigerian travel storyteller Esther Okorougo, whose bold lens and heartfelt narratives are carving a space for African women to imagine mobility differently….
Linda Mujuru and Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — The vendors rarely see it coming. The municipal police, some in plainclothes and others in uniform, move through the crowd silent and unnoticed. When they finally strike, panic erupts. Vendors scatter, trampling their goods and grabbing…
Linda Mujuru and Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ Zimbabwe HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Eliza Mandove was a child when her brother was killed during Zimbabwe’s war for independence. She was beaten during the same attack and sustained injuries to her hands and legs. Now 46, Mandove has no motor function in her left hand and struggles to walk…
Emma Batha LONDON – Thousands of overseas workers hired by care companies across Britain have been left broke and desperate after losing their jobs in what campaigners say is a national crisis. In 2022, Britain launched a visa scheme to encourage migrant workers to bolster its ailing care sector. About 150,000 have arrived from countries including India,…
Emma Batha LONDON – When Zimbabwean sales rep Zola landed a job in Britain as a care worker she was excited about forging a new career, but the mother-of-three is now homeless, jobless and trapped in debt. Labour rights experts say Zola is among tens of thousands of victims in an emerging national scandal that they…
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