Stories written by Ann Hellman

SOUTH AFRICA: Community Fears World Cup Will Cause Homelessness

By Ann Hellman
While South African parliamentarians attended a swanky pre-International Women’s Day celebration at Cape Town’s International Convention Centre, a group of destitute women in decaying Kewtown, just seven miles away, worried about looming homelessness.
Since 2000, up to 75 percent of farmworkers in Zimbabwe have been evicted by govt-sponsored land seizures. Credit: IRIN

ZIMBABWE: One Million Casualties of Land Reform

By Ann Hellman
The seizure of large commercial farms - almost all white-owned - has continued despite the formation of a unity government in Zimbabwe. The country's farm workers say they are the biggest losers.


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