The broke Zimbabwean government has announced that it will pay white farmers a whopping US$3.5 billion as compensation for the losses incurred from the chaotic and ill-conceived Fast Track Land Reform Programme of 2000.
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Arts, Culture and Sport How grassroots video is building a film industry in Zimbabwe
Low-budget, grassroots video-film efforts are beginning to blossom and will shape the film industry in the long run.
Arts, Culture and Sport What archaeology tells us about the music and sounds made by Africa’s ancestors
There is not much information on artefacts used by Stone Age humans to make sound and music – but the first comprehensive survey is a good start.
Arts, Culture and Sport Tsitsi Dangarembga and writing about pain and loss in Zimbabwe
Her new book “This Mournable Body” was announced as a Booker Prize contender just days before her arrest for protesting against a government clampdown.
Politics and Society Ramaphosa reacts to internal pressure on Zimbabwe
Was it South Africa’s political opposition, rather than the plight of Zimbabweans, that pushed Pretoria to respond?
Politics and Society Repression in Zimbabwe exposes South Africa’s weakness
The time is long past that Pretoria’s admonitions of bad behaviour by Zimbabwe’s leaders are backed by a credible threat of sanction and punishment.
Arts, Culture and Sport How artists have preserved the memory of Zimbabwe’s 1980s massacres
Artists are filling the state’s silence by revisiting history so that it can be discussed.
Politics and Society Eternal mothers, whores or witches: being a woman in politics in Zimbabwe
Sexist slandering has been used not just to describe Grace Mugabe, but to denigrate any women who aspire to political positions.
Politics and Society Zimbabwe to change its constitution under cover of COVID-19
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is streamrolling constitutional amendments while Zimbabweans are in lockdown.