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 northern neighbour
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 as a way of writing Zimbabwe’s lesser known political figures into the canon
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
The #ThisFlag movement and its founder have enjoyed support online and on the street but a different kind of hero is inspiring Zimbabweans on YouTube
Bulawayo turns 120 this year but the city has little to celebrate after its once-thriving economic sector has all but crumbled.
A functionary’s murky claim to a neighbour’s farm has jeopardised a gold mine on the property.
Businesspeople and civil servants in Bulawayo are in a bind after their investments, worth millions, disappeared in a possible pyramid scheme.
Bulawayo’s water woes are set to mount, with its city council indicating that it will be extending water restrictions from three days a week to four.
Bulawayo has ordered its residents to flush toilets at the same time once a week to prevent blockages during frequent periods of water rationing.
Zanu-PF youths in collaboration with senior party bigwigs are spearheading the illegal invasion of buildings and properties in Bulawayo.
At Bulawayo’s posh Rainbow Hotel, Saviour Kasukuwere, shares a guffaw with the business executives sitting next to him.
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/ 18 November 2010
Zimbabwe authorities arrested a journalist on Wednesday for a story alleging police recruited war veterans to take over senior posts, media reported.
Invitation to the East Asian nation’s football team to train in Bulawayo evokes memories of a massacre.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe celebrates his 86th birthday on Saturday with a lavish party as the economy struggles to recover from crisis.
A working public toilet has become a rare sight in Bulawayo. Across the city of about two million, public toilets have all but stopped functioning.