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Zanu-PF faces threat from Zimbabwe’s new opposition party

Citizens Coalition for Change’s byelection success raises concerns of instability

The Guardian - UK

Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga among this year’s Windham-Campbell prize winners

Dangarembga, American writer Margo Jefferson and British playwright Winsome Pinnock are among eight recipients of the $165,000 grants, as the award marks its 10th anniversary

The Guardian - UK

Zimbabwe's new opposition party CCC wins majority of seats in by-elections

In tonight's edition: Zimbabwe's newest opposition party, the CCC, plants its flag solidly ahead of next year's general election after winning two thirds of seats in by-elections. Also, a child dies in Ivory Coast in another building collapse, the third such incident in Abidjan in just over a month. Finally,…

France 24

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Zimbabwe’s newest opposition party wins majority of seats in by-elections

Zimbabwe’s newest opposition party, the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) won 19 parliamentary seats out of 28 on the ballot in the by-elections last Saturday, as ruling party Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) took the remaining nine, according to state broadcaster ZBC-TV on Sunday evening.

Radio France Internationale

Synik uses hip-hop to discuss Zimbabwe's issues despite the censors

“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.” This is how British Somali poet Warsan Shire begins her now famous poem called Home. These words resonate with the experiences of many Zimbabweans who have been forced to leave their country in search of better opportunities elsewhere.

The Conversation

Zimbabwean opposition wins majority seats in by-elections

Saturday’s polls were seen as a preview of the 2023 elections when the opposition hopes to dislodge ZANU-PF from power.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe: By-elections to provide ‘hint of what is to come’ in 2023

Saturday’s parliamentary and local government by-elections a hint of what to expect in next year’s presidential polls.

Al Jazeera

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Zimbabwe renews COVID vaccination drive, targets schoolkids

Zimbabwe has launched a new COVID-19 vaccination campaign that includes jabbing children aged 12 and above to rescue a drive faltering due to vaccine hesitancy and complacency

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war is hurting Zimbabwe’s struggling economy

The war’s ripple effects are hitting developing nations like Zimbabwe hard as supplies of fuel, food are disrupted.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe by-elections are attracting huge crowds, but don't read too much into them

Zimbabweans are set to cast their votes in key parliamentary and local government by-elections on 26 March 2022. The by-elections have the potential to set the tone for next year’s national elections.

The Conversation

Wine expert Tinashe Nyamudoka overcame cultural barriers to become one of the best

Tinashe Nyamudoka says the world of wine is often intimidating. He wants anyone, in any culture, to be able to appreciate the flavours and emotions wine has to offer.

ABC News

Hamilton Accies ace Andy Ryan hails "priceless" strike partner but still has one complaint

The forward lauded David Moyo's display against Partick Thistle but there was one thing he felt the Zimbabwean could have improved on

Daily Record

Zimbabweans barking up the wrong tree with ‘silly’ English names

A prominent Zimbabwean illustrator and animator has embarked on a project to replace "silly" colonial-era names of trees with their native ones. Tafadzwa Tarumbwa wants names like sausage tree and monkey-orange, snot apple and African bubblegum, replaced with their names in Zimbabwe’s indigenous languages.

Radio France Internationale

The anti-apartheid fighter empowering women in South Africa

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi went from the front lines of anti-racist activism to success in politics and business.

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The Hindu

Researchers in State for reading IIT-Kanpur’s paper on fourth wave ‘with caution’

They are sceptical because the predictions are solely based on statistical models

The Guardian - UK

NoViolet Bulawayo: ‘I’m encouraged by this new generation that wants better’

The Booker-shortlisted author talks about Zimbabwe after Mugabe - and drawing on Orwell for her brilliant new political satire

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe: Teachers’ union and government in deadlock over wages

Economic woes worsened by COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war have led to a deadlock between teachers and gov’t.

The Conversation

Women's Cricket World Cup 2022: how South Africa fares on the world stage

In 2022 the role of hosting the Women’s Cricket World Cup went to New Zealand. The tournament, held every four years, began on 4 March, with the final scheduled for 3 April. Second ranked South Africa was the only African team to make it into the competition. Although Zimbabwe makes…

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The Guardian - UK

Women need to see themselves in politics. It’s the only way change will come to Zimbabwe

As a young woman in politics I’ve experienced prejudice – audiences ask about my marital status instead of my policies. But we must continue to step up for the next generation

Daily Mirror

‘I was swallowed by a hippo that ripped off my arm and threw me around like a rag doll’

Paul Templer was working as a canoe safari guide in Zimbabwe, spending his days guiding tourists down the Zambezi River when the ordeal happened

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m still going’: woman who fed thousands in Zimbabwe’s lockdown thinks bigger

Samantha Murozoki started cooking huge batches of food for hungry neighbours when Covid struck. Now she wants to help them look after themselves

Al Jazeera

No dignity ‘in life and death’: Zimbabwe’s public mortuary crisis

Zimbabwe’s infrastructure is giving way at the seams, triggering a ripple effect for both the living and the dead.

The Guardian - UK

‘These are our local heroes’: the artist painting murals of hope in a Zimbabwe township

Basil Matsika hopes his joyful murals of Mbare’s music and sports stars will inspire others to look beyond the area’s poverty and crime

The Guardian - UK

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: sexual abuse allegations in football around the world

Over the past few years, allegations of abuse have been reported from a number of countries and there is a sense that this is just the beginning

Belfast Live

Trócaire Lent appeal launched with help of Carl Frampton

"Donations are being doubled by the government through UK Aid Match, meaning even greater impact"

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