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  • Poster of the legendary Thomas Mapfumo/Oliver Mtukudzi concerts in 2013. Image courtesy: Diana Jeater.
    CultureEditor's PicksZimbabwe

    Why ZANU-PF still can’t dance to chimurenga music

    By Mwai Daka
    April 19, 2023
    ZANU-PF’s aversion to protest music only confirms the lyrical power of a line of artists from Marley and Mapfumo to Winky D.  Prominent Zimbabwean ...
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  • Trevor Vusumuzi Ncube, founder of Alpha Media Holdings, in 2017. Courtesy: Naeemcoza
    PoliticsTop storyZimbabwe

    In Zimbabwe, a struggling media is a target for capture

    By Derick Matsengarwodzi
    April 11, 2023
    With elections looming, private media, once staunch critics of the ruling party, are increasingly open to elite persuasion. Harare, Zimbabwe – A recent exposé, ...
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  • Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga. Credit: MEAphotogallery.
    PoliticsTop storyZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe: Vice-president’s secret plan to be president stays on schedule

    By Simukai Tinhu
    December 16, 2022
    President Mnangagwa was not seriously challenged at the ZANU-PF congress. But neither was the powerful Vice-President Chiwenga. At ZANU-PF’s elective congress this October, delegates ...
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    Zimbabwe’s education was once the envy of Africa. Not anymore

    By Evidence Chenjerai
    November 2, 2022
    Educators during the country’s post-independence golden age wanted for nothing. Today’s teachers say they barely scrape by. It wasn’t just his well-fitted suit, the ...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • SocietyZimbabwe

    “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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  • CultureGPJZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe: The rise and rise of the wedding before the wedding

    By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
    April 14, 2022
    Once a small family affair, the roora is restyling itself for an age of reality TV and social media. A white tent billowed in ...
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