Zimbabweans are turning to solar energy for survival after the government began to cut the power supply for long periods of time amid severe fuel and electricity shortages. As Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare, the country's new energy minister is asking Zimbabweans to offer the government long-term solutions to solve the country's chronic energy problems.
Zimbabweans grappling with poverty as their country's economy continues to struggle are using every chance they get to vent their anger at the government
Zimbabwe’s economy continues to struggle, especially in the farm sector, which continues to feel the effects of former president Robert Mugabe’s land reform program in the early 2000s. Frustrated farmers expressed that frustration Saturday in Chinhoyi, Mugabe's hometown - a place where the ruling ZANU-PF party can usually count on rock-solid support. Columbus Mavhunga was there and filed this report.
Many villagers are against the $500 million Chinese quarry mining project
Some Zimbabweans are resisting a move by a Chinese investor to open a quarry mine in a village just outside the capital, Harare. Opponents say the project will displace about 20,000 people who live in the area. But as Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare, a representative of the Chinese company denies the claim.
The Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage is home to 25 animal species, some endangered, some rescued from poachers
An animal orphanage in Zimbabwe is one of the organizations leading efforts to ensure poaching and other factors do not entirely destroy wildlife in the southern African nation. Columbus Mavhunga reports from near Zimbabwe’s second largest city Bulawayo.
Zimbabweans affected by Gukurahundi in the 1980s say talk, reburials not enough, want compensation
As Zimbabwe observed its 39th anniversary of independence, Zimbabweans in the southern part of the country are hoping to obtain closure to the 1980s state-sanctioned massacres that human rights group say left more than 20,000 people dead. On Wednesday, Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said people are now free to talk about the massacres during the rule of Robert Mugabe. Columbus Mavhunga reports from Tsholotsho in southern Zimbabwe, one of the places most affected by the repression.
This Thursday, Zimbabwe's president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, will preside over the country's 39th independence celebrations, an event that comes as his government is promising to partially compensate white commercial farmers whose lands were confiscated and redistributed to blacks during the decades-long rule of Robert Mugabe. Columbus Mavhunga reports for VOA News from Harare.
Most white farmers lost land under redistribution program of President Robert Mugabe
Survivors of Cyclone Idai hope to find the bodies of their loved ones and give them a proper burial
South African police sniffer dogs have been sent to parts of Zimbabwe hit by Cyclone Idai to help look for those who are missing and presumed dead. Survivors of the storm hope to find the bodies of their loved ones and give them a proper burial. Columbus Mavhunga reports from Chimanimani, about 500 kilometers southeast of the capital, Harare.
Zimbabwean government says the situation will improve once damaged roads are repaired
((INTRO)): The United Nations is assessing the Cyclone Idai humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe as calls for the government to provide aid more quickly grow louder. Columbus Mavhunga reports from the hard hit district of Chimanimani, about 500 kilometers south east of Harare.
Situation made worse by power outages, which have hampered communication, and flooding that cut off streets and highways
Emergency workers call the flooding the region's most destructive in 20 years
Victims of Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe are calling on the government to expedite relief aid. As Columbus Mavhunga reports from the hard-hit city of Chimanimani, the government is appealing to the international community for help with medicine, food and infrastructure.
Zimbabweans have started raising funds and donating goods to help those affected by Cyclone Idai. The Red Cross says the storm killed more than 100, with many others still missing. Columbus Mavhunga in Harare reports.
Emergency workers have described flooding as the region's most destructive in 20 years
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