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8 Dec 2020 2 minute read

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The assault on journalists is an assault on democracy

Chin’ono’s crime was using Twitter to criticize Zimbabwe’s government, writes Nanjala Nyabola.

Health workers in action at the Mpilo Central Hospital Covid19 Testing laboratory. Bulawayo, 25 April 2020. Credit: KB Mpofu / ILO

12 Oct 2020 2 minute read

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Doctors priced out

Joylean M Baro on how Zimbabwean doctors on the frontlines of Covid-19 care have been priced out of...

5 Feb 2019 4 minute read

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Was Mugabe better?

In Zimbabwe, a deteriorating economic situation, coupled with renewed repression, is tempting ordinary citizens to think...

31 Mar 2018 1 minute read

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Introducing... Emmerson Mnangagwa

The record of Zimbabwe's new President is not re-assuring for Zimbabweans interested in human rights discovers ...

Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, attends the 12th African Union Summit Feb. 2, 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mugabe Legacy

21 Nov 2017 4 minute read

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What is Robert Mugabe’s legacy?

Reporting from Zimbabwe, Nhau Mangirazi examines the legacy of nearly four decades of Mugabe rule.

The end for Robert Mugabe? A look at the Zimbabwe coup. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt/Released

17 Nov 2017 3 minute read

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Zimbabwe’s coup that isn’t a coup

With tanks on the streets and rumours in newspapers, Nhau Mangirazi reports from Zimbabwe.

1 Mar 2017 2 minute read

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Mixed Media: Music reviews

El Callegüeso y su Mala Maña by La Mambanegra; Luyando by Mokoomba.

28 Jun 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Disability stigma driving cosmetic surgery ‘treatment’

Barney Cullum looks at how tolerance trails behind technological advances for an amputee artist in Zimbabwe...

19 Jun 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Netty Musanhu: taking on gender-based violence in Zimbabwe

The director of women’s rights organization Musasa talks to Lydia James about laws, community action and...

1 Aug 2013 2 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Rebel woman, sister-fire: in memory of Chiwoniso

Zimbabwean songwriter Chiwoniso Maraire, who died on 24 July, is remembered by her friend Shailja Patel.

29 Jul 2013 3 minute read

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The battle for the news: Zimbabwe and beyond

Virgil Hawkins considers the role of the media in Africa as Zimbabweans prepare to vote on 31 July.

We deserve the chance to be the best we can be

5 Dec 2012 3 minute read

This article is almost 11 years old.

We deserve the chance to be the best we can be

Yet our leaders are too focused on self-enrichment to help. Mgcini Nyoni is not impressed.

The grass is not greener in South Africa

8 Nov 2012 3 minute read

This article is almost 11 years old.

The grass is not greener in South Africa

The wealth gap between rich and poor, white and black, is growing in this so-called model African country. Mgcini...

Do we really have to go with Tsvangirai?

17 Oct 2012 3 minute read

This article is almost 11 years old.

Do we really have to go with Tsvangirai?

The least bad option for Zimbabwe really isn’t good enough, says Mgcini Nyoni. So who should be the next...

Liberators, step aside! Let the administrators in

9 Aug 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Liberators, step aside! Let the administrators in

Mgcini Nyoni explains why revolutionary leaders make poor presidents.

Zimbabwe: the curse of fabrication and exaggeration

11 May 2012 4 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Zimbabwe: the curse of fabrication and exaggeration

Massaging the truth for a good story doesn’t help reshape reality, argues Mgcini Nyoni.

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