No water from the tap. They're asked to pay a tax anyway

HARARE, ZIMBABWE - The cholera outbreak that swept through Zimbabwe in 2008-2009 killed more than 4,000 people and sickened nearly 100,000. Parts of Harare and its surrounding suburbs were especially ...

Zimbabwe's health system profits from the dead

Blessing Mucharambei's uncle was just having lunch when he stood up, then collapsed. "[He] started bleeding from the nose," she says, "and died on the spot."As far as his family knew, he had no he...

Voters sceptical as key election nears

TAPIWA Gumbo, a 25-year-old unemployed university graduate from Harare, does not plan to vote in Zimbabwe's elections, which will be held sometime in August this year, although the exact date has not ...

Ritual killings leave Zimbabweans reeling

TEARS run down Michael Benza's face as he recalls the recent deaths of his son Dylan and nephew's daughter, Melissa. They were both seven."I was away from home, and when I came back, there was...

Traders face uncertain future as demolitions surge

AROUND mid-day at a shopping strip called Gazaland in Harare's Highfield high-density suburb, a mustard yellow tractor roars through a warren of small businesses, razing everything in its path....

Paying for access in Zimbabwe

As Zimbabwe's economy craters and salaries lose their value, everything - including free basic services - has a price.Many residents have a story of a back-door, or "grease," payment they made...

'ED will win elections because opposition disarray and will rig vote,' say panellists - which one matters!

"Some Zimbabweans and political observers say it is likely that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will win the forthcoming presidential election, to be held between July and August this year, as the countr...