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‘Writing is about revelations and reversals’

Article Yvonne Vera - 24 Jan 2020

In this essay novelist Yvonne Vera let us in on her writing process

What exile means to creatives

Article Tinashe Mushakavanhu - 24 Jan 2020

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

Zimbabwe’s civic services on the edge

Africa Kudzai Mashininga - 15 Nov 2019

Doctors warn of ‘silent genocide’ as strike enters tenth week

The day the dollar died, the music also crashed

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Feb 2019

Bulawayo’s cool jazz scene has been destroyed by the disastrous economy

Zimbabwe fire brigade on frontline after protests

Africa Staff Reporter - 28 Jan 2019

Bulawayo's fire brigade should have 320 employees but is 70 people short because of budget cuts

Five dead, dozens injured as protests prompt brutal crackdown in Zimbabwe

Africa Kudzai Mashininga - 16 Jan 2019

The protests began on Monday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa had announced a hike in fuel prices by up to 150%

Zimbabwe union leaders arrested before planned march — lawyers

Africa Agency - 12 Oct 2018

Peter Mutasa, president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) — the country's largest trade union — was among those detained

Meet Zimbabwe’s superhero who may have been inspired by #ThisFlag’s Evan Mawarire

Africa Lungelo Shezi Htxt - 27 Jul 2016

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

[From our archives] Industrial empire Bulawayo reduced to a ghost town

Africa Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2014

Bulawayo turns 120 this year but the city has little to celebrate after its once-thriving economic sector has all but crumbled.

Top Zim official caught up in land dispute

Africa Staff Reporter - 7 Feb 2014

A functionary's murky claim to a neighbour's farm has jeopardised a gold mine on the property.

Hundreds hoodwinked by pyramid scheme in Zimbabwe

Africa Staff Reporter - 26 Apr 2013

Businesspeople and civil servants in Bulawayo are in a bind after their investments, worth millions, disappeared in a possible pyramid scheme.

Bulawayo’s taps tightened as water shortage bites

Africa Staff Reporter - 12 Oct 2012

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 orders ‘big flush’ amid water rationing

Africa Staff Reporter - 23 Sep 2012

Bulawayo has ordered its residents to flush toilets at the same time once a week to prevent blockages during frequent periods of water rationing.

Youths target empty buildings in Bulawayo

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Oct 2011

Zanu-PF youths in collaboration with senior party bigwigs are spearheading the illegal invasion of buildings and properties in Bulawayo.

Bulawayo business in peril

Article Staff Reporter - 30 May 2011

At Bulawayo's posh Rainbow Hotel, Saviour Kasukuwere, shares a guffaw with the business executives sitting next to him.

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‘Writing is about revelations and reversals’

What exile means to creatives

Zimbabwe’s civic services on the edge

The day the dollar died, the music also crashed

Zimbabwe fire brigade on frontline after protests

Five dead, dozens injured as protests prompt brutal crackdown in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe union leaders arrested before planned march — lawyers

Meet Zimbabwe’s superhero who may have been inspired by #ThisFlag’s Evan Mawarire

[From our archives] Industrial empire Bulawayo reduced to a ghost town

Top Zim official caught up in land dispute

Hundreds hoodwinked by pyramid scheme in Zimbabwe

Bulawayo’s taps tightened as water shortage bites

Bulawayo orders ‘big flush’ amid water rationing

Youths target empty buildings in Bulawayo

Bulawayo business in peril

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