Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mufudzi Moyo HARARE, Aug 9, 2010 (IPS) – The memories of Zimbabwe’s 2008-2009 cholera outbreak are fresh in the minds of everyone except the people who have the safety of the country’s water in their hands. Two years ago this month, a deadly cholera epidemic took hold [...]
ZIMBABWE: Veggies Dried and Tasted
July 15, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Jul 15 (IPS) – A resurgence of interest in dried traditional vegetables has opened up a market opportunity for women entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo. Urban consumers, who previously shunned dried vegetables as a culinary preference of unsophisticated rural people now view them as [...]
EU Using Soft Power in Zimbabwe
July 6, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BRUSSELS (IDN) – Top-ranking leaders of the European Commission have told Zimbabwe that they expect "further concrete progress" and "clear signs of improved political environment", given which the country might receive additional money. The 27-nation European Union (EU) has provided the landlocked country [...]
ZIMBABWE: Learning to Survive the Mean Streets
June 10, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO , Jun 9 (IPS) – Twelve-year-old Tapuwa Bakare* darts through the traffic as irate motorists hoot at him and the tyres of speeding vehicles screech to a halt to avoid hitting him. Miraculously, the box filled with sweets and chewing gum that he carries does [...]
Broken Promises on Zimbabwe Press Freedom
May 3, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, May 3 (IPS) – Fourteen months after Zimbabwe’s government of national unity was formed, harassment, arbitrary arrest and general intimidation of journalists remains common. In a statement issued on May 3, World Press Freedom Day, the Zimbabwe chapter of the press watchdog Media Institute of South [...]
Savings Spurned in Zimbabwe Water Purification
April 27, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, Apr 27 (IPS) – Zimbabwe spends an estimated 100 million dollars a year importing aluminium sulphate for water treatment plants. But a local entrepreneur has developed a technique to extract the needed compound from kaolin and flint clays abundantly available within the country. In 2005, Alex [...]
Today 100 Children Will Die In Zimbabwe
March 15, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN By Babukar Kashka IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NAIROBI (IDN) – For those who are fond of statistics, please take note that today, tomorrow, the day after and so on, around 100 children under the age of five, will die in Zimbabwe. Please also take note that these deaths are mostly due [...]
ZIMBABWE: Water Scarcity No Obstacle To Bulawayo Farmers
January 22, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, Jan 22 (IPS) – A project in Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo, is creatively using ”marginal water” to ease water scarcity while helping residents provide food and earn a living. Water scarcity has led urban farmers to turn to treated waste water to grow food within the [...]
AGRICULTURE-ZIMBABWE: New Methods to Maximise Yields
November 12, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Vusumuzi Sifile GURUVE, Zimbabwe, Nov 12 (IPS) – Last season, for the first time in her more than 20 years as a farmer, Elizabeth Runema harvested her maize crop at the beginning of February. Many farmers get a first harvest in February, but for Runema this was never possible [...]
ZIMBABWE: Numerous Challenges For Harare Water Supply
November 6, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Vusumuzi Sifile HARARE, Nov 6 (IPS) – Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital. But as the year draws to an end, many areas of Harare [...]
