Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Busani Bafana GWANDA, Zimbabwe, Jun 28, 2011 (IPS) – Earth mounds running across her field hold back the water that Caroline Ndlovu uses to grow maize, pumpkins, beans and watermelons long after the short rainy season in this arid part of Zimbabwe. Ndlovu, a mother of three [...]
ZIMBABWE: Rural Women Voting With Their Feet
May 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, May 26, 2011 (IPS) – At independence in 1980, Loyce Tshuma (55), a villager in rural Tsholotsho in Matebeleland North, was a loyal believer in politics as a powerful vehicle to change and better lives. Since then she never missed an opportunity to cast [...]
ZIMBABWE: Cross-Border Traders Don’t Trust Banks With Their Money
May 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, May 25, 2011 (IPS) – A newly available electronic banking service has received a lukewarm reception from cross-border traders in Zimbabwe’s second largest city Bulawayo, despite it alleviating the need to move around with large sums of cash. Cross-border electronic card services in [...]
ZIMBABWE: Fears for Next Generation of Women Leaders
April 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Mar 31, 2011 (IPS) – Zimbabwe’s veteran women politicians fear there are no younger women coming up through the ranks to replace them. Measures to improve women’s representation have achieved little and young women are absent from the traditional entry points into politics. [...]
Hundreds of Bodies Removed From Zimbabwe Mass Grave
March 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Tariro Madzongwe HARARE, Mar 25, 2011 (IPS) – The identity of as many as a thousand decomposing bodies in an abandoned mine in Mount Darwin, 100 kilometres north of Harare, may never be known. "War veterans" associated with the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party are [...]
ZIMBABWE: Fighting Past Fear to Treat TB
March 24, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Mar 24, 2011 (IPS) – In the dusty streets of Bulawayo’s densely populated townships, Susan Nkiwane is making house calls today. She is one of a group of twelve women who form a fragile web of support for TB sufferers in her community. The [...]
A Revolution That Failed in Zimbabwe
March 9, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By John Masuku* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint HARARE (IDN) – Zimbabwe witnessed a fierce psychological battle at the beginning of March 2011. Inspired by their new role models in the Arab world, political activists and civic society organisations tried to mobilise people for mass protests to demand a change [...]
ZIMBABWE: Failing to Address Schoolgirl Pregnancies
October 25, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Oct 25, 2010 (IPS) – Concern over reports of growing numbers of pupils dropping out of school due to pregnancy has rekindled debate over the link between intergenerational sex and HIV infection among Zimbabwe’s youth. While accurate data on the number of schoolgirls who [...]
ZIMBABWE: Woman Metal Worker Breaking the Mould
October 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 20, 2010 (IPS) – At a time when more and more women around the world are taking up jobs in male-dominated domains, 41-year-old Sithabile Ruswa is also making her mark, albeit far from the air-conditioned boardrooms usually reported on. Like millions of [...]
ZIMBABWE: Debt Crowds Out Essential Spending on Health
October 18, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Stanley Kwenda HARARE, Oct 18, 2010 (IPS) – Zimbabwe’s debt burden of about 8,3 billion dollars, owed to internal and external institutions, is crowding out essential national budget items such as health and basic services, with detrimental effects for particularly women. Indications are that many Zimbabwean women [...]
