Global News by Tag: zimbabwe
MBERENGWA, ZIMBABWE – Phineas Moyo, 31, works in a small mine and as a farmer in Mberengwa, a district in southern Zimbabwe. He is married and has two children.
His wife is pregnant with their third child. She is a housewife and also takes care of the family vegetable garden for household consumption.
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Stella, 43, works as a vendor in the high-density suburbs of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. She sells fruits and vegetables under a tree, along with another female vendor.
But without a license to operate as a trader, she says it’s becoming increasingly difficult to earn a living. Keeping her eye on her table as she speaks, she says the vendors must be on the alert for constant raids by authorities.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE – Nozipho Moyo, 23, calls herself a combative artist. She says authorities are employing extrajudicial measures to silence vocal artists like her in Zimbabwe.
Despite being shy, Moyo is a radical spirit. She sports trendy dreadlocks, tight jeans and a T-shirt. She says a number of artists have been followed to their homes and arrested after their performances.
Reporting Rape: Part Five in a Global Series
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE – Dorcas Mbvuto, 32, was raped by a spiritual leader in her church in April 2010 on the outskirts of Queens Park West, a Bulawayo suburb. Three months later, the quiet woman was shocked when she discovered that she was pregnant with his baby, says one of her sisters, who declined to be named.
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Legendary comedian Edgar Langeveldt, 42, performed at the final comedy night at the Book Café, a cultural landmark in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, before it closed on the last day of 2011.
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – At 23, Tafadzwa Tarumbwa, has already made a name for himself in Zimbabwe’s animation industry.
His eyes shine with passion, and his enthusiasm is infectious. He says his day consists of three activities: eating, sleeping and animating. Like most of his peers in the Zimbabwean animation industry, he started off with no formal training, armed with only a burning desire to create animation.
Reporting Rape: Part One in a Global Series
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Rutendo Tapiwa Chigudu, 28, says that her 16-year-old neighbor came to her one day in September and told her she had been raped by the caretaker of their block of flats in Harare, the capital.