Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe Smugglers Bring Mixed Blessings as Prices Triple at Home
Jan 2, 2019By Ray Mwareya Chimanimani, Zimbabwe – Mozambique´s vast porous border with east Zimbabwe is now a boon for beverages, medicines, used car tyres, and combustible fuel smugglers who are out to dodge Zimbabwe´s punishing prices and... -
Free Maternity Waiting Homes – A Relief For Zimbabwe’s Poor Pregnant Women
Sep 18, 2017By Ray Mwareya Expensive maternity fees in Zimbabwe are a nightmare for pregnant women. In state or church clinics, where the majority of the poor give birth, charges can rise to $50 (USD) per month... -
Zimbabwe: Street Vendors Turn To Comedy To Lure Cashless Customers
Jul 24, 2017By Ray Mwareya Zimbabwe´s cities have some of the highest numbers of street vendors in Africa´s urban areas. A blistering competition to attract dwindling customers means vendors are adopting bizarre tactics to sell toothpaste, bathing... -
In Zimbabwe, Rural Women Fight Climate Change with Livelihood Projects
Apr 24, 2017By Andrew Mambondiyani MAKONI WEST, ZIMBABWE – Amid the country’s deepening climate change induced poverty, women in rural Makoni district, eastern Zimbabwe are now fully participating in various income-generating projects to fight adverse impacts of... -
Small Scale Farmers Empowered to Produce Own Seed
Mar 26, 2017By Wellington Zimbowa ZIMBABWE –Over 4,000 small-scale rural farmers have been relieved of the huge cost of seeds through a seed multiplication initiative. The Zimbabwe Super Seeds (ZSS) co-operative, a community-based seed company, is empowering small... -
Women cultivate their way out of Zimbabwe’s grinding rural poverty
Jan 31, 2017By Andrew Mambondiyani Bernadette Sithole beamed with joy as she picked some vegetables from the local community garden, which had various crops ranging from okra to maize and butternut – a new crop growing in... -
Rural Farmers In Zimbabwe Bemoan Experience With Indian “Paprika” Spice Agents
Nov 29, 2016By Tichaona Jongwe Chimanimani district is renowned for tea production, a practice that has transcend many generations. Located in the “Eastern Highlands” of Zimbabwe – the country’s richest belt of coffee, citrus and flower soil... -
Not Mozambican, Not Zimbabwean: What Will Become Of The Babies Born In No-man’s Land?
Nov 28, 2016By Ray Mwareya “Dozens of women give birth in this mountain, more get miscarriages, too much dirty soil and messy food. The nearest clinic is 70km away, west in Zimbabwe, over seven river crossings. In... -
Climate change education, awareness and communication as bedrock to a climate-resilient Zimbabwe
Nov 25, 2016Key messages There are legal and constitutional provisions which allow for creativity and imagination in climate-resilience issues in Zimbabwe. Communicators have a role to play in conveying climate messages to various audiences/readers. The country’s leadership needs... -
Zimbabwean Veterinarian Develops Feed-mix App to Benefit Livestock Farmers
Sep 19, 2016By Wallace Mawire A young local veterinarian surgeon, Maxwell Munyangani, has developed a mobile application to calculate feed mix ratios set to benefit local farmers and from other parts of the world. Munyangani, who is Vice...