In an era where polarised views can trump news, the legendary editor’s death is a reminder that facts and evidence matter, writes Alan Rusbridger, former editor of The Guardian, in tribute to the legendary journalist and writer Sir Harold Evans who died this week. He could do it all. Write […]
The Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga almost didn’t get published at all. But even though her debut novel – when it finally came out – attracted international acclaim, publishing the next two still wasn’t easy. Now, while the third part of her trilogy has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Ms […]
A history of Mvurwi area, Zimbabwe By Ian Scoones For some the answer to who are the commercial farmers in Zimbabwe is obvious. The image of the rugged, (male) white farmer in shorts, surveying his family’s land carved out through hard labour and skill from the African bush is etched […]
By Keith Silika One of my earliest memories is of violence and death. It happened in Harare in 1984 when I was about seven years old. I was supposed to meet a friend to play at a dump site together. He got there before me and started playing with what […]
A Zimbabwean writer who was arrested during anti-government protests is among six finalists announced Tuesday for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Tsitsi Dangarembga was nominated for the 50,000-pound ($63,000) award for “This Mournable Body,” which links the breakdown of its central character and turmoil in post-colonial Zimbabwe. Dangarembga was […]
In Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centers, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid. This is the toll that two decades of economic mismanagement have taken on a nation once […]
By Stephen Grootes The ANC declares with depressing regularity that it is in a mortal struggle against corruption. If you listen to the top six, they are determined to turn over a new leaf, draw a line in the sand, punish the corrupt and clean up the party’s ways. If […]
By Nic Cheeseman For the last few years the African political landscape has been dominated by high profile changes of leaders and governments. In Angola (2017), Ethiopia (2018), South Africa (2018), Sudan (2019) and Zimbabwe (2018), leadership change promised to bring about not only a new man at the top, […]
The country is facing an unprecedented public health catastrophe—and action is required to prevent more needless deaths By Chido Dziva Chikwari hile some parts of the world settle into some type of normalcy at the half-year mark of the coronavirus pandemic, Zimbabwe has to cope with a continuing public health […]
By Misheck Mutize The Zimbabwean government recently signed an agreement to pay 4,500 white farmers $3.5 billion for infrastructure improvements on the land expropriated by the government during the chaotic land reform program of 1997/8. The initiative shows commitment to constitutionalism and respect for property rights and restoring the rule of law. The agreement […]