Solar power in rural Zimbabwe hasn’t reduced women’s unpaid work: can policy do better?

Some women in Zimbabwe are being left behind in the move to green energy because they can’t afford solar systems that can power electric stoves....

Zimbabwe’s economy crashed – so how do citizens still cling to myths of urban and economic success?

Today, over 32% of Zimbabweans live in urban areas....

The price of going home: Christmas boxes and the final return from South Africa to Zimbabwe

Each December, long-distance buses, minibus taxis and private cars stream northwards from South Africa as Bulawayo,...

Zimbabwe’s forest and energy projects reveal the downside of carbon credits

What carbon offset projects are happening in Zimbabwe?...

Cannabis boom in South Africa and Zimbabwe is good for wealthy investors, bad for small farmers

The cannabis industry in Zimbabwe and South Africa is about to become a huge earner for...

NoViolet Bulawayo wins the best of 25 years of the Caine Prize. Why she deserves it

She experiments with form while capturing the hopes and contradictions of our times....

Zimbabwe’s lithium is in demand for making batteries: how to make sure benefits flow to the local economy

I research resource extraction and environmental change caused by mining in southern Africa....

Mbare Art Space: a colonial beer hall in Zimbabwe has become a vibrant arts centre

Mbare Art Space has transformed an oppressive colonial building with a vision for the future that’s...

Zimbabwe’s house of stone: the gallery that showcases a famous sculpture tradition

Zimbabwe is named after an ancient stone city and its stone sculpture is world famous....

Kirsty Coventry and whiteness in Zimbabwe: how sport can rewrite the political rules

Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows...

Colonial powers tried to stifle traditional healing in Zimbabwe. They failed and today it’s a powerful force for treating mental illness

Korekore people in the Rushinga district have not wavered in their beliefs about and ways of...

Zimbabwe’s ZiG: devaluations won’t fix a currency that’s in trouble because of government overspending

To stabilise the new currency the government must address its habit of printing money, overspending on...

Colonial white boys in Zimbabwe: John Eppel’s autobiography is a welcome book, but a difficult read

A Colonial Boy is a welcome book for Eppel scholars, but some readers may be put...

Zimbabwe’s new dinosaur discovery: inside the find

Musankwa is only the fourth dinosaur to be named from Zimbabwe....

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