Veronica Gwaze IT is a sunny workday, and prison officers and inmates at the Harare Central Prison are busy with their daily activities. The date is May 31, 2002, and what starts as a normal day for virtually everyone at the facility suddenly takes a nasty twist. A prison officer, who cannot be named for…
Regina Pasipanodya THE secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions, David Dzatsunga, has urged policymakers to go beyond lip service if the country is to decisively combat the corruption scourge. Speaking at the Accountability Lab Zimbabwe’s integrity summit held last Thursday, Dzatsunga said corruption was very rife in the public sector “starting…
Linda Mujuru, Global Press Journal Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. Early this year, Sekuru Shumba, a traditional healer, had an altercation with a client that led to a fistfight. Shumba, who has been practicing his trade for over five years, says the client owed him about 300 United States dollars,…
Kudakwashe Emma Zihonye “It takes me an hour to go to the cemetery to get a bucket of water, and another hour to come back home just to get water, which is a basic necessity but is scarce here in Hopely,” explains Nora Mugomba, 36 (pictured), while sitting at her front door, dressing and cutting…
Evidence Chenjerai, Global Press Journal Zimbabwe ANDREW Ngondonga paces up and down the cramped office in his metal fabrication shop at Murahwa Green Market in Mutare. Outside, groups of men clad in work suits mill around the yard. Normally the din of machinery from the shop and others nearby is so loud you can’t hear…
Kudakwashe Emma Zihonye In a world where communication is key, 20-year-old Nomatter Amos has faced tremendous challenges in communicating from an early age as she was born deaf. Her parents discovered she was deaf at the tender age of two, changing the course of her life forever. Tambudzai, Nomatter’s mother, has tirelessly fought to provide…
Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, Global Press Journal Zimbabwe Inside a scruffy room, Blessed Garimoto sits on an old single bed. On the floor are dirty pots strewn about and a plate with a few dried vegetables stashed in a corner. Outside, only a small portion of the yard is neatly cleared. Long dried grass and blackjack thorns…
The NewsHawks THE 23 August general elections have come and gone, but the fallout from the sham elections condemned by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and the African Union-Comesa observer missions persists despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa being inaugurated at the National Sports Stadium last Monday. Only three heads of state — South African President…
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