Farai Matiashe

De­spite dom­i­nat­ing the vot­er pop­u­la­tion, women have been re­duced to most­ly cheer­lead­ers in Zim­bab­we’s pol­i­tics.

Eco­nom­ic woes wors­ened by COVID-19 pan­dem­ic and Rus­sia-Ukraine war have led to a dead­lock be­tween teach­ers and gov’t.

The mar­tial art is a wel­come refuge for teenage girls hop­ing to es­cape the wide­spread prac­tice of child mar­riage.

Ex­pen­sive per­mits and fish­ing in­dus­try reg­u­la­tions are im­ped­ing Ba­Ton­ga tribe’s way of life.

Amid COVID surge that has also left many of­fi­cials dead, au­thor­i­ties come face to face with re­al­i­ty long faced by poor.

In 1980, the Ja­maican reg­gae su­per­star was in­vit­ed to per­form at the fes­tiv­i­ties for the birth of in­de­pen­dent Zim­bab­we.

A chron­ic short­age of Zim­bab­wean dol­lar notes and US dol­lars keeps mon­ey-chang­ing ser­vices in high de­mand.

Hav­ing suf­fered poor har­vests due to drought, Lu­pane small-scale farm­ers find so­lu­tions in cli­mate-smart agri­cul­ture.

Ex­perts cite dire con­di­tions at ma­ter­ni­ty wards amid load shed­ding. Can so­lar pow­er tech­nol­o­gy help?