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The Zimbabwean singer who found fame in China – and obscurity at home

Jo Stak used to sing in Mandarin and get stopped by fans on the streets of Shanghai. That changed when he came home.

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WhatsApp novelists use messaging app to write and sell books in Zimbabwe

Emerging authors and eager readers are finding more accessible and affordable ways to get their literary fix.

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Zimbabwe’s traditional healers channel the spirit world on TikTok

As a new generation of healers shares African spiritual practices on social media, critics say the two cannot mix.

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Zimbabwe’s illegal forex dealers use WhatsApp to find clients, evade police

Zimbabwe clamps down on black market trading it blames for devaluing its new ZiG local currency.

Zimbabwe money trader

‘They could have done more’: Zimbabweans slam gov’t anti-cholera campaign

Many Zimbabweans say the government is yet to tackle the cause of recurrent bouts of cholera in the nation.

Zimbabwe cholera crisis

‘Life is hell’: Zimbabwe flood survivors lament loss of land, livelihoods

Survivors say the government is yet to offer full compensation for the flooding that happened almost 10 years ago.

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‘Choiceless elections’: Zimbabweans cry foul before bizarre by-elections

Opposition figures and analysts say Zimbabwe’s political arena is being shaped to enforce a one-party state.

Zimbabwe politics

‘Prosecution by persecution’: The Zimbabwean politician imprisoned 65 times

Human rights groups say Zimbabwean authorities are ‘weaponising the law to target opposition figures’ like Sikhala.

Zimbabwe opposition figure Job Sikhala, centre, attends a political rally in Harare, Zimbabwe

‘Suffering is continuing’: Mnangagwa declared winner in Zimbabwe election

Voters fear economic disaster as incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa is returned for a second term.

A man walking past a billboard urging people to vote for incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa

Harare residents fear violence as questions simmer over Zimbabwe election

Tensions remain high as voting tabulation continues in Zimbabwe’s presidential race and critics question police raids.

Police stand next to a barricade with razor wire, below a sign indicating the offices of the Zimbabwe Election Commission.