Tonderai Kwidini
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/ 1 August 2007

Water shortage looms in Harare

Taps in Harare are running dry even though the city’s main supply dams are more than 60% full, according to figures from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority. With more than half of Harare’s three million inhabitants now experiencing water shortages, residents are resorting to desperate measures to find supplies.

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/ 18 July 2007

Maternal deaths become a neglected tragedy in Zim

"It is a nasty experience, which I do not want to be reminded of. But if you try to keep it to yourself, it will remain a shock for a long time. I cannot even explain the pain I felt after being told that I was carrying dead bodies in my womb," says Sesedzai Manzanga, a Harare teacher, as she recounts giving birth to a dead set of twins two years ago.

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/ 17 July 2007

Mugabe’s fist comes down on stage

”If I am going to change anything in my script, it will be punctuation marks. I am not changing anything else,” says Cont Mhlanga, a prominent Zimbabwean playwright and founder of Bulawayo-based Amakhosi Theatre Production House, in response to the banning of his play titled The Good President.