Feb 15 2021
GOKWE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Before agronomist Peter Sena retired, he planted a variety of mango trees on his rural homestead in Zimbabwe's Midlands province, aiming to ensure an ongoing income for his family.
Oct 28 2020
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
For 18 years, Thokozile Ncube has been planting her crops in
manure-filled holes covered with straw - and every year, she
grows enough to feed her family, as other farmers in Zimbabwe's
drought-prone Matobo district watch their crops shrivel.
Aug 17 2020
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After long-running drought slashed their harvests, small-scale farmers in Lupane, western Zimbabwe, decided to switch away from irrigating their fields by flooding them, which wastes huge amounts of water.
Jul 23 2020
JOHANNESBURG/BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Drinking alcohol will kill the coronavirus. It is OK to share face masks. Africans cannot get COVID-19. The pandemic is not even real.
Jun 17 2020
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Twice a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for water in Zimbabwe's second-largest city.
Mar 13 2020
BINGA, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Anyone driving through Binga, in western Zimbabwe, is greeted by a vision of the past dotted along the tarred road: thatched homes built on stilts, two meters above the ground.
Jan 02 2020
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Families in the southern Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo are going up to four days without running water as drought dries the dams the city depends on, city council officials said.
Nov 19 2019
FILABUSI, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Under the blazing sun, a group of men use picks and shovels to dig up a bushy patch of land outside Zimbabwe's second-largest city, stopping every few seconds to scan the soil for signs of gold.
Nov 15 2019
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As worsening drought slashes the country’s hydropower production, creating lengthy power cuts, Zimbabwe’s industries are beginning to turn to solar panels and battery storage systems to keep business humming.
Aug 21 2019
MASHABA, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When one of Zimbabwe's first solar mini-grid systems was installed in this drought-prone village near the Botswana border in 2016, residents thought their problems were solved.