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Silas Masindi was not entirely surprised by his HIV test results. The dapper garment trader, who discovered earlier this year that he was infected with the Aids virus, admits to…
Living and playing in the city, as he puts it, was such an appealing idea that two years ago Khabo Baloyi decided to buy an apartment in downtown Johannesburg. Labelling this a…
Black women in South Africa are no strangers to photography. In years gone by, however, they have typically found themselves in front of the lens — often portrayed as ”’mother of…
The topic of campaign finance is rarely far from the minds of politicians or pundits in the run-up to elections — and Zimbabwe is no exception to this rule. With the country in…
And so, another year in Zimbabwe — and in less than three months’ time, another election. It is a prospect that few seem to welcome. Compare the political environment in the…
Zimbabwe’s clothing manufacturers understand all too well why Asian economies are often referred to as "tigers". With feline swiftness, low-priced imports from the East have cut…
Food and politics, as Zimbabweans are finding out, are not always mutually exclusive. If they were, what would explain official claims of a bumper harvest when independent…
Fuelled by a burgeoning Aids problem, tuberculosis (TB) is experiencing a resurgence in Southern Africa where health officials are beginning to talk of integrating programmes to…
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), celebrated its fifth anniversary over the weekend. However, ceremonies to mark the event were…
Two years after Zimbabwean troops returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zimbabwe’s public remains largely unaware of the activities of the mission. The government…
A proposed new law that is set to curtail the activities of NGOs in Zimbabwe has grabbed the attention of many among Southern Africa’s human-rights defenders. The NGO Bill of…
A recent crackdown on men who frequent prostitutes in Zimbabwe has left human-rights activists there a little confused. Is the new approach a victory for those who claim that it…
As the third annual summit of the African Union draws closer, the spotlight is falling on the organisation’s newest branch: the Peace and Security Council, and its proposed…
It wasn’t an instance where absence made the heart grow fonder. A three-day regional conference on improving access to Aids treatments held in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, in…
”Worse than dogs and pigs” is how Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe described homosexuals almost a decade ago, when the gay community attempted to highlight widespread…
Even within its own ranks, Zimbabwe’s ruling party has shown it is intolerant of ambitions hinting at expansion of the country’s tiny independent press. It counts for very little…
Education for all was the policy Zimbabwean authorities pursued diligently for much of the first decade after independence. The goal was to extend education to the previously…
”Deliver us from evil”, a simple prayer from the Book of Matthew in the New Testament — yet one that resonated powerfully in Zimbabwe this weekend. Shaking off…
With few obvious hassles, a local pressure group, Bulawayo Agenda, kicked off a string of public meetings late last year. Twenty-nine gatherings, held as part of its "township…
Since its inception in 2000, Zimbabwe’s national youth training programme has been dogged by a welter of criticism and demands for its disbandment. The main complaint is that it…
