Tag: Zimbabwe
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Scores of Zim girls ‘trapped’ in Russia
By Tatenda Chitagu HARARE-When Sylvester Moyo* heard his 21-year-old daughter, Lingani got a job in Russia, he felt over the moon. It was a dream come true as the opportunity would help the family escape biting poverty, the 66-year-old pensioner was convinced. And this was understandable for him, given the high unemployment and harsh economic…
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Water shortages sour cane out-growers’ sugar prospects
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 water spawned by the El Niño induced drought, farmers have said. This has ignited fears of sugar shortages for both domestic and international markets. El Niño is a natural climate…
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How an old sewage pump station is a threat to Zimbabwe’s second largest inland dam
By Tatenda Chitagu MASVINGO-It is now like the proverbial black sheep in the family. This sums up the Masvingo City Council (MCC)’s old Rujeko sewage pump station, which is now not only a nuisance to the residents or the environment, but to the local authority as well. While the city is lauded in other areas…