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Farai Shawn Matiashe

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Aug 30, 2026
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Jul 12, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Farai Shawn Matiashe

    Women in Zimbabwe push for recognition of 'invisible' domestic labour - AOL (opens the original)

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    Every day, before delivering custom-sewn clothes to her clients’ doorsteps in eastern Zimbabwe, Cecilia Makumbe first takes care of all the household chores. “I clean the house, do laundry, fetch water and water the garden,” the 43-year-old mother of four, who lives in Mafuke village outside Mutare, Zimbabwe’s fourth largest city, told RFI. “By the time I start my sewing job, I am already exhausted.” In her village, there is limited access to resources like water and clean cooking stoves. Makumb

  2. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Farai Shawn Matiashe

    Solar-powered community gardens offer lifeline in drought-hit Zimbabwe - AOL (opens the original)

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    After sunrise over Chitiyo village in eastern Zimbabwe, Berita Numbi is already in her usual spot. She is watering vegetables grown in elevated, bounded plots of soil in her portion of the community garden just outside Mutare, the country’s third-largest city. Three years ago, this would not have been possible in winter, as the rivers in her area are seasonal. The newly established garden has a solar-powered borehole that supplies piped water throughout the year. “We no longer worry about water,

  3. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Farai Shawn Matiashe

    Zimbabwe’s gold rush adds fuel to a deadly surge in malaria (opens the original)

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    In Penhalonga, a gold-rich area in eastern Zimbabwe, George Mutsoka woke up one morning suffering from fatigue, a severe headache and joint aches. The 43-year-old artisanal miner was too weak to work, so he went to rest at his home in Chishakwe village, just outside Zimbabwe's second-largest city, Mutare. By late afternoon, his situation had deteriorated and he sought help from a village health worker. He tested positive for malaria and the health worker gave him treatment. “I took the medicine

  4. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Farai Shawn Matiashe

    Zimbabwe’s gold rush adds fuel to a deadly surge in malaria - AOL (opens the original)

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    In Penhalonga, a gold-rich area in eastern Zimbabwe, George Mutsoka woke up one morning suffering from fatigue, a severe headache and joint aches. The 43-year-old artisanal miner was too weak to work, so he went to rest at his home in Chishakwe village, just outside Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, Mutare. By late afternoon, his situation had deteriorated and he sought help from a village health worker. He tested positive for malaria and the health worker gave him treatment. “I took the medicine

  5. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · Farai Shawn Matiashe

    In Zimbabwe, community seed banks are reviving indigenous crops - AOL (opens the original)

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    Angeline Garwe monitors smallholder farmers bringing small grain seeds to a community seed bank after harvest in Chipinge, southeastern Zimbabwe. She checks whether the names on the tags correspond with the variety of the seeds and records all the details in her file. The 49-year-old woman from Kubatana Village is one of nearly 1,000 farmers who have established the Dumisai community seed bank, where they preserve seeds. Some traditional crop varieties are on the verge of extinction as hybrid cr

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