poverty

The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has noted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) failed to handle a great deal of economic problems facing the people of Zimbabwe.
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Opposition MDC Alliance has mocked President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration for celebrating 'fake budgets surpluses' when the majority of Zimbabweans are wallowing in extreme poverty.
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Since South Africa went into lockdown four weeks ago to slow the spread of the coronavirus, hairdresser Nasreen Pillay has had no income. Without a job contract, she cannot apply for government aid either.
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It's a meagre sum -- just $9 per month -- but for many families in poverty-stricken Zimbabwe, it is their last shred of hope.
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A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo allegedly tricked a 13-year-old girl into having sex with him after buying her a pair of tennis shoes and promising to end poverty in her family.
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It’s no joke being a comedian in Zimbabwe. In a country where open criticism of power can spell trouble for journalists, politicians and activists, comedians say they, too, risk consequences - arrest even - for taking aim at the authorities…
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President Museveni has said that Ugandans have failed to overcome poverty because they have failed to adopt modern agricultural methods to get better yields.
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From illegal settlements in Crowborough, Churu and Eyestone farms to poky informal shelters built on undesignated sites, there are now a huge number of squatter camps mushrooming across Zimbabwe’s capital city.
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By Bridget Mananavire As Zimbabwe's economy crumbles, it is leaving a trail of destruction, destroying young people’s dreams and old people’s investments. Children are going to bed hungry because their parents cannot afford to…
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