Regina Pasipanodya On a November night in 2023, Mercy Matovera* escaped from the relentless brutality within the walls of her own home. For far too long, she had endured her husband’s frequent fits of rage, with physical blows that came two or three times a week. But on this fateful night, Matovera reached her breaking point. The…
Mary Mundeya / Regina Pasipanodya Panganai Mukombe (64), a senior ranger at Manjirenji Recreational Park in Chiredzi threw his entire employment life down the drain because of a cow and a few dollars, just as he was about to retire. Mukombe, worked for Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) for more than 40 years but…
Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, Global Press Zimbabwe At five months pregnant with her second child, Vimbai started bleeding. She suspected a miscarriage and rushed to a public clinic for help. The attending midwife didn’t examine her, says Vimbai, who chose to use her middle name for fear of stigma. “The only thing they did was [give] me…
Mary Mundeya Muchaneta Munodya of Mapfumo village in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo province was nursing her two-week-old infant when she heard her husband Robert Maroyi screaming in pain and begging for his life. She rushed outside to discover a hyena brutalising her husband, biting off five fingers on both hands. When the animal spotted her, she became…
Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. In the high-density suburb of Hopley, Tatenda Mangwanya, 16, admires her 2-week-old baby girl to whom she gave birth with the assistance of a self-trained midwife. She stands by her decision to give birth at home, which she says was the safest…
Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. Wards bustling with highly motivated health care workers, readily available medication, decent salaries, a thriving teaching hospital network — this defined Zimbabwe’s health care system in the 1980s. Back then, it was considered a model of efficiency and effectiveness in Africa. Today,…
Linda Mujuru, Evidence Chenjerai, Global Press Zimbabwe One winter night in June 2022, Lynet Mhizha’s husband, Clever Kapange, failed to return home as usual. Around midnight, Mhizha got a call from her brother-in-law. Her husband was being held at a local police station on suspicion of stealing cash and a cellphone. That day marked the…
Gamuchirayi Masiyiwa, Global Press Zimbabwe UNTIL February 2020, Didymus Mhuru worked as a researcher at Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care, a job he held for nine years. It was a decent government job with perks like health insurance, and a salary equivalent to 300 United States dollars per month. It was also in…
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