Zimbabwe’s hunger crisis turns fatal
January 18, 2025
By Tatenda Chitagu MASVINGO, ZIMBABWE-There is a popular vernacular saying that goes; ‘Kange mbeu kurima kwakona.‘ Loosely translated, it means; ‘Better eat the seeds since
By Tatenda Chitagu MASVINGO, ZIMBABWE-There is a popular vernacular saying that goes; ‘Kange mbeu kurima kwakona.‘ Loosely translated, it means; ‘Better eat the seeds since
By Tatenda Chitagu MASVINGO, ZIMBABWE-There is a popular vernacular saying that goes; ‘Kange mbeu kurima kwakona.‘ Loosely translated, it means; ‘Better eat the seeds since
By Tatenda Chitagu BIKITA, ZIMBABWE-Since childhood, Ellen Mutsinze (55) has planted small, early generation grains to add variety to the family’s staple corn diet. She
By Spanyoge Madziwa CHISHAWASHA-The fiery-dark Cumulonimbus clouds building up in the skies show the heavens are set to open up generously anytime soon, and this
Hazvinei Mwanaka Chiredzi/Sango border post One sunny morning in 2010, Hlengani Mudzikiti decided to look for his herd of cattle that had gone for grazing.
By Tatenda Chitagu MASVINGO-Nothing seems amiss at Tendai Maronge’s rural homestead in Zimbabwe’s southern province of Masvingo. The neatly painted houses, a thriving orchard, lots
Tatenda Chitagu/Hazvinei MwanakaCHIREDZI, ZIMBABWE-Zimbabwe’s prospects for a sweet harvest of sugarcane grown mainly in the Lowveld region have been soured by an acute shortage of
By Spanyoge Madziwa Zimbabwe has of late been plagued by fatal accidents mainly involving public transporters. A number of lives have been lost involving long
By Hazvinei Mwanaka The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure Monkeypox (Mpox) vaccines for crisis hit countries in
By BBC News One of the worst droughts in living memory is sweeping across southern Africa, leaving close to 70 million people without enough food
Hazvinei Mwanaka NAIROBI, KENYA– African countries should increase research in pandemics as they are lagging behind, prompting them to rely on outside studies, experts have
By Tatenda Chitagu ZIMBABWE-Every school holidays, Peter Nyama, from Zimbabwe’s Midlands province, would not miss a chance to visit the Great Zimbabwe Monuments-a world heritage
By Tatenda Chitagu NAIROBI, KENYA-The United Nations has called for the reform of the global financial ecosystem so that multilateral lending institutions support climate action.
By Tatenda Chitagu NAIROBI, KENYA – Kenyan President William Ruto, the host of the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, has urged African leaders to put their
By Tatenda Chitagu NAIROBI, KENYA-The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to launch a US$1 billion fund for African youth-led businesses and startups in the
Hazvinei Mwanaka Government and organizations that deal with adolescents have been urged to include and impart them with the necessary information on Sexual Reproductive and
By Tatenda Chitagu MASVINGO-The ease with which Magret Mapondo, a small-scale farmer from rural Masvingo district, processes her cow-peas harvest, is something to behold. Not
By Tatenda Chitagu BIKITA, MASVINGO-A flock of clucking southern ground hornbill birds roam freely near an unmistakably pristine hill in Bikita district of Masvingo province
Hazvinei Mwanaka MASVINGO- Low COVID 19 vaccine uptake in communities has been attributed to misinformation and religious beliefs in some churches hence the need for
By Tatenda Chitagu MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA– “A friend in need is a friend indeed!” This is the emotional appeal for help by Malawi to fellow
By Tatenda Chitagu MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA-Africa should beneficiate its vast resource endowments as failure to do so entails exporting jobs to Europe and other continents
By Tatenda Chitagu SHASHE, MASVINGO-Elizabeth Mpofu’s homestead resembles an island in sea of poverty. The lush green rapoko, millet, sorghum, orchard and banana plantation on
Hazvinei Mwanaka MASVINGO – It’s often said that it takes a village to raise a child. But for Martha Moyo 17* (not real name), from
Hazvinei Mwanaka MASVINGO – SHE suddenly felt a sharp pain below her abdomen and to her, this was nothing out of the ordinary, or so
Hazvinei Mwanaka. The shocking story of a nine year old Tsholotsho girl who fell pregnant made sad reading. She has since given birth by cesarean