By law, powers and functions are devolved to local government but the ruling Zanu-PF’s ideology is to control municipalities
In Zimbabwe, cellphone penetration is over 97% but the government has conceded that connectivity is difficult in rural areas
Power shortages across the country are fuelling deforestation through the illegal charcoal trade
A new book explores a Zimbabwean author’s life and work through her love of gardens and nature
Examining the wave of musical migration in post-independence Zimbabwe
Congregation coffers attract desperate thieves as churches are known not to bank their donations
Plan to get inhabitants of Zimbabwe’s second city to cycle to reduce pollution faces hurdles, including that two-wheelers are spurned by the upwardly mobile
The policy is to cremate deceased infants but Bulawayo Hospital’s incinerators are not working
Syndicates in Zimbabwe traffic Africans fleeing the strife in their countries to South Africa
The police have warned commuters about using these pirate taxis but people have no choice but to use them
The city’s youth turned scripts about gangster and the stories told by their uncles of life in Jozi into their own daily experiences
Well before Zimbabwe’s economy took a hit in the late 1990s, spurring world-record inflation, usury was a part of the daily lives of working-class households in South Africa’s…
Eight months ago, the Zimbabwean government arrested Jeffrey Moyo after he worked with colleagues from The New York Times reporting on Zimbabwe. His next court date is 14 February
In this essay novelist Yvonne Vera let us in on her writing process
Clockwise from top left: Maurice T Nyagumbo, Ruth Nomonde Chinamano, Josiah Tongogara, Jason Ziyaphapha Manyika, Johanna Nkomo and Robson Manyika. The stamps appear in the book…
Doctors warn of ‘silent genocide’ as strike enters tenth week
Bulawayo’s cool jazz scene has been destroyed by the disastrous economy
Bulawayo’s fire brigade should have 320 employees but is 70 people short because of budget cuts
The protests began on Monday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa had announced a hike in fuel prices by up to 150%
Peter Mutasa, president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) — the country’s largest trade union — was among those detained
