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In a fix: Services in the capital Harare are stretched or broken. Transfers of funds from the national government are low and revenue collection by local government is curtailed. (Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Harare’s fiscal paradox: A devolved city starved of resources

By law, powers and functions are devolved to local government but the ruling Zanu-PF’s ideology is to control municipalities

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
An organisation says the devices reduce children’s ability to concentrate and learn effectively. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Hamstrung by lack of connectivity

In Zimbabwe, cellphone penetration is over 97% but the government has conceded that connectivity is difficult in rural areas

4 min read
Burning briquettes: Brenda Sibanda, a firewood and charcoal vendor, is one of many local residents who supply to households across Bulawayo. Photo: Nqobile Tshili
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The dark light: Zimbabwe’s energy nightmare

Power shortages across the country are fuelling deforestation through the illegal charcoal trade

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Rock garden: Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera would go into the wilds of Matabeleland to meditate. Photo: Sylvain Cordier/Getty Images

Yvonne Vera: Collage of place and space

A new book explores a Zimbabwean author’s life and work through her love of gardens and nature

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
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Happy feet, empty pockets

Examining the wave of musical migration in post-independence Zimbabwe

  • Eyaaz
8 min read