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Author: Panashe Chigumadzi

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Panashe Chigumadzi

Panashe Chigumadzi is an essayist and novelist, born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa. Her debut novel Sweet Medicine (Blackbird Books, 2015) won the 2016 K. Sello Duiker Literary Award. Her second book, These Bones Will Rise Again, a reflection on Robert Mugabe’s ouster, was published in June 2018 by the Indigo Press.

  • Chin'ono A woman wearing a Covid19 protective mask walks past a group of police officers on patrol in Bulawayo CBD, 1 April 2020. Credit photo : KB Mpofu / ILO
    PoliticsTop storyZimbabwe
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    July 30, 2020
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    In Zimbabwe, no one can breathe

    Most worryingly for the corrupt and clueless government, even the security forces deployed to crush dissent are suffering. On 20 July, police in Zimbabwe arrested and ...
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    Editor's PicksPoliticsSocietySouth Africa
    By Panashe Chigumadzi
    October 8, 2019
    4212
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    Afrophobia is growing in South Africa. Why? Its leaders are feeding it.

    Across virtually all the parties, leaders have stoked anti-immigrant sentiment for political gain. This article was made possible by the generous “supporter” subscribers of the Africa ...
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