Greener Pastures Not So Green for Zimbabweans in the Diaspora — Global Issues

Greener Pastures Not So Green for Zimbabweans in the Diaspora — Global Issues

Even as they face their own challenges abroad, Zimbabweans living overseas say they can not consider heading back home to face the economic challenges – especially now with hyperinflation. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (dordrecht, netherlands) Wednesday, July 05, 2023 Inter Press Service DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, Jul 05 (IPS) – They…

‘Stone-Age’ Donkey-Drawn Carts Ply Zimbabwes Abandoned Remote Routes — Global Issues

‘Stone-Age’ Donkey-Drawn Carts Ply Zimbabwes Abandoned Remote Routes — Global Issues

Bad roads in rural Zimbabwe mean the community have to rely on donkey carts and jalopy cars as bus operators are not prepared to travel there. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (mwenezi, zimbabwe) Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Inter Press Service MWENEZI, Zimbabwe, Mar 15 (IPS) – From the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway…

Forests Disappearing in Energy Poor Zimbabwean Cities — Global Issues

Forests Disappearing in Energy Poor Zimbabwean Cities — Global Issues

Zimbabwe is losing 262 000 hectares of forests destroyed every year. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (harare) Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Inter Press Service HARARE, Feb 28 (IPS) – In New Ashdon Park, a medium-density area in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, at new homes that have replaced a once thriving…

Cattle Turn Into New Currency Amid Inflation in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Cattle Turn Into New Currency Amid Inflation in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Forty-year-old Admire Gumbo has invested in cattle back home in Zimbabwe’s rural Mwenezi district. The picture shows Gumbo’s cattle in Mwenezi. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/ IPS. by Jeffrey Moyo (mberengwa) Friday, November 25, 2022 Inter Press Service MBERENGWA, Nov 25 (IPS) – In 2007 as inflation walloped the Zimbabwean currency, rendering it…

Artisanal Miners Ruining Already Diminishing Forests in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Artisanal Miners Ruining Already Diminishing Forests in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Artisanal miners are cutting down trees to process gold and climate change experts are concerned about the forests. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (mazowe, zimbabwe) Saturday, October 29, 2022 Inter Press Service MAZOWE, Zimbabwe, Oct 29 (IPS) – With homemade tents scattered about, hordes of artisanal gold miners throng parts…

Poverty Haunts Resettled Farmers in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Poverty Haunts Resettled Farmers in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Edious Murewa, resettled farmer, is on his farm where his barns are empty and have been for years. Experts blame climate change and a lack of farming know-how for the resettled farmers’ woes. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (mwenezi, zimbabwe) Monday, October 17, 2022 Inter Press Service MWENEZI, Zimbabwe, Oct…

Sand Poachers Fueling Environmental Harm in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Sand Poachers Fueling Environmental Harm in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Nesbit Gavanga, who mines sand illegally and sells it to builders, says he has few other economic options in Zimbabwe. Environmentalists, however, are concerned about land degradation. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (chitungwiza, zimbabwe) Wednesday, September 07, 2022 Inter Press Service CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe, Sep 07 (IPS) – In Chitungwiza, right…

Starvation Pounds Inflation-Hit Urban Zimbabweans — Global Issues

Starvation Pounds Inflation-Hit Urban Zimbabweans — Global Issues

Rising inflation and the Ukraine war has added to the woes of Zimbabweans, where even the middle class struggle to buy a loaf of bread. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (harare) Friday, August 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Harare, Aug 19 (IPS) – With inflation at 191 percent, 49-year-old Dambudzo…