Category: Environment
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Biller Shed
The woman behind the till is so tall If she stands up she might swallow the lights. A garbageman leans into an impulse basket To steal a sideway glance at the name on her badge But her tortoise-shell Hallmark diva glasses...
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African Climate Justice Activists Welcome COP27 Loss and Damage Fund
A loss and damage fund to cover countries affected by extreme climate events was the main highlight of COP27. Coming out of intensely contested negotiations, the agreement is a historic win for developing countries on the burnt-out end of extractive capitalism. African climate justice campaigners, however, want definite guarantees to prevent the non-commitment and backtracking…
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Historic Nebula Winner Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Came for Everything
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s Nebula-winning story “O2 Arena” is a biopolitical dystopia in which oxygen has become a commodity, with all the possible class implications.
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Depth of Diamonds: Chiadzwa Insider’s Confession
Lovemore Kurotwi (The Herald) When the poor are crunched into by-products of their circumstances, as the rich evolve into monsters of their lust, money matters more than morality. This is the story of Chiadzwa diamond fields, a site of national promise and missed opportunities. Imperilled by financial opacity and institutionalised sabotage, smuggling and corruption, Zimbabwe’s…
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Roland Mhasvi’s Environmental Sequence
Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan Roland Mhasvi’s environmentally themed poetry anthology, “Time of the Rupture,” is an impassioned case for the preservation of the planet. Mhasvi advocates for the protection of biodiversity from the scourge of extractive capitalism with an urgency approaching the apocalyptic. The poet’s cause is especially pertinent cause as factory-made carcinogens…
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Hunger – A Regional Disaster
Winnie Chisi in her drought-striken maize field A shallow well in the sun-sapped sand bed of what was Dewure River this time yesteryear is the emergency sanctuary for drought-hit villagers. Dewure, the largest river in Gutu, has not been spared the searing temperatures which have left lifeless trail across the country this cropping season. The…
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Sanitation and Health Care to Improve in Chingwizi
Health-themed singing and high octane dancing suggest a resilient community, raring to cross over from the shadow of disaster to the sunny side of life. Chants about child nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene erupt from the stage, drawing familiar responses from the crowd during a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) tour of the area. This…
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Lupane Ranchers to Scale Business
Bulawayo herds (Chronicle) Hardy cattle herds have long been the indigenous bank for Lupane’s smallholder ranchers. More than 100, 000 cattle provide the lifeline for most families in the semi-arid and drought-prone district of Matabeleland North. However, the ranchers hardly ever withdraw from their “indigenous accounts,” seldom selling or slaying their beasts, rather taking pride…
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Mbare’s Sick Underbelly
A tree grows on top of Matapi flats (Photo: The Herald) Mbare merits distinction as the principal home of Harare vendors, emerging music talent, flagship radio, one of the most popular stadia and the nerve centre of countrywide bus tours. These features, along with a century of cultural strivings, give Mbare a cosmopolitan resume, making…
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