The Harare City Council and Masimba Construction are at the centre of a storm over a controversial and opaque redevelopment deal at Mbare Musika, sparking public outrage and fears that vulnerable vendors are being fleeced under the guise of post-fire reconstruction. At the heart of the outcry is the absence of a Memorandum of Understanding…
Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. ZVISHAVANE, ZIMBABWE — Morning light slants through the window as Eneles Zhou inspects two of her children. They’re wrapped in blankets. Despite March’s typically warm days, in this home in the Midlands province, Zhou’s children struggle with temperatures their bodies cannot regulate….
Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe and Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. Darlington Mutakura struggled with the Goromonzi district’s housing system for almost 20 years. With a dream of owning a house someday in this semi-urban area near Harare, he faithfully paid his US$13 annual fee on the Rural…
MACHIPISA Bus Terminus in Highfield, Harare, has become an underground market where smuggled goods are sold. An undercover investigation revealed how cross-border buses are now arteries through which contraband — from premium whiskey to canned beans — flow unchecked into the capital. Every evening, especially after sunset, the rank comes alive — not with passengers,…
On a sunny April afternoon, 41-year-old Tawanda Zvamaida sat with four friends at an outdoor bar. They were discussing recent antigovernment protests where police arrested about half of the 200 protesters. On March 31, protesters gathered following a call for demonstrations by a former member of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s party. Zvamaida lives in Chitungwiza,…
Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. A political party card, not cash, got Alice Nasiyaya her first plot of land. In 2014, her brother-in-law tipped her off about a group that was distributing residential land in Harare, but their methods weren’t by the book. All Nasiyaya had to…
Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. Agnes Tauzeni stands on her parched field. She is a mother to two children, and is expecting another. But now, in a time that might otherwise have been joyful, her hopes wither like the struggling crops before her. Three times she’s gambled…
Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. It’s possible to buy pretty much anything at the market in Hopley, an informal settlement south of this capital city: rat poison, mops — even medicine. That medicine is sold without prescriptions, to buyers who don’t have a diagnosis from a doctor…
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