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  • Amon Kunda polishes a sculpture in his stall at the Sinathankawu arts and crafts market in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Credit: Fortune Moyo/Global Press Journal.
    EconomyGPJZimbabwe

    “Hotels have stolen our business”: Zim crafts vendors fear loss of lifeline

    By Fortune Moyo
    September 8, 2022
    Hotels in Victoria Falls began selling curios directly to visitors during the pandemic. Local vendors fear it will jeopardise their way of life. Inside ...
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  • Mauritius oil spill. Credit: Vel Moonien.
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    Mauritius: A class action lawsuit bubbles two years after the oil spill

    By Vel Moonien
    August 26, 2022
    1,800 people have filed a motion demanding to be heard in a court case regarding the MV Wakashio’s liability for the devastating spill. On ...
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  • President Hakainde Hichilema giving a speech at the European Parliament in June 2022. Credit: European Parliament.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsZambia

    An assessment of President Hichilema’s first year in Zambia

    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    August 24, 2022
    The new president came to power promising widespread change. A year on, his supporters see him as a saviour, his critics as an abject ...
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  • Michelle Maisvoreva says she has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder and has attempted to take her own life several times. Credit: Linda Mujuru/Global Press Journal.
    GPJSocietyZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe struggles to provide mental health support amid rising demand

    By Linda Mujuru
    August 17, 2022
    As people abandon traditional beliefs, more are seeking mental health services, overwhelming an already underfunded and understaffed system. When Michelle Maisvoreva was an adolescent, ...
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  • Fans at the ChillSpot tenth anniversary celebration. Credit: Kennedy Nyavaya.
    CultureEditor's PicksPoliticsZimbabwe

    “Zimdancehall is dead”: Critics say ghetto sound was sold for a song

    By Kennedy Nyavaya
    July 21, 2022
    Zimdancehall was once known for its revolutionary lyrics. Now its singers are hyping up businessmen in songs and performing at Zanu-PF rallies. What started ...
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  • Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro leads the fifth government in Lesotho in ten years. Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA.
    LesothoPolitics

    Lesotho: Governments: 5; Reforms: 0

    By Hoolo 'Nyane
    July 5, 2022
    Despite almost a decade of successive governments pushing constitutional reforms, the country is set to hold elections under its old system. Lesotho is due ...
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  • President João Lourenço of Angola at the AU summit in 2018. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    AngolaBook reviewPoliticsTop story

    How power in Angola is wielded by one man

    By Cláudio Silva
    July 4, 2022
    Roque’s new book shows how the regime came to be ruled by, and came to rule through, fear and paranoia – still does so ...
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  • Charity Nyoni, one of the growing number of women in Zimbabwe’s construction industry, tests paint on a board in a Victoria Falls showroom. Credit: Fortune Moyo/Global Press Journal.
    EconomyGPJZimbabwe

    Building houses while knocking down gender barriers in Zimbabwe

    By Fortune Moyo
    July 1, 2022
    The pandemic has accelerated generational shifts as more women join the once male-dominated construction industry. Last year, Charity Nyoni walked by a group of ...
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  • SocietyTop storyZimbabwe

    “Too much propaganda”: Zimbabwe’s pirates of the airwaves look to SA

    By Derick Matsengarwodzi
    June 28, 2022
    The state-owned ZBC no longer has a monopoly, but that doesn’t mean free-to-air TV in Zimbabwe is any more diverse or varied. For the last ...
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  • Monica Geingos has been the First Lady of Namibia since 2015. Credit: Grant Miller/George W. Bush Presidential Center.
    NamibiaPolitics

    Believing in gender equality isn’t enough. Men must join the fight

    By Monica Geingos
    June 22, 2022
    The key to achieving greater female political representation lies with those occupying most leadership positions worldwide: men. Women form more than half of Africa’s ...
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