By Ranga Mberi
Growing up, I was always fascinated by a church they only called “chechi yemadhirezi marefu”. The church of the long dresses!
I’d see them on their way to...
The stench of decaying rubbish fills the air around
Euphrasia Mangwe’s house in the Zimbabwean capital, attracting hordes of green
flies to the two plastic bins in the corner of her garden.
It is an irritation...
By Ranga Mberi
Zimbabwe’s power utility says the rolling power cuts the country is facing have been caused by low water levels at Kariba. This is true, but it is only part of...
When Godfrey Huggins was prime
minister of Southern Rhodesia between 1933 and 1953, he made sure black workers
would not be allowed to organise as unions.
His reasons: “The European in this country can be likened
to...
A new regime of US sanctions has just been signed into law, opening a fresh front in the increasingly polarised political debate in Zimbabwe.
Critics say they hurt the economy, while supporters say the...
