HEALTH: Rural Zimbabwe Fertile Ground for HIV/AIDS

They left the country in search of jobs to better their lives, but village elders in rural Tsholotsho, say young men who left home to fend for their families are losing their lives at alarming rates to HIV/AIDS related ailments.

ZIMBABWE: Investment Dwindles in the Face of A Defiant Government

Recent international reports show Zimbabwe’s economic decline hastened by continued capital flight, with the troubled country cited as one of the worst investment destinations in the world.

ZIMBABWE: Illegal Trade Booming – For The Sake of Survival

Easily portable, consumable goods from Zimbabwe are increasingly finding their way into neighbouring countries as cross-border traders search for deals to earn much-needed foreign currency.

ZIMBABWE: Traders Are Now Importing Basic Foodstuffs

Sithabile Khuzwayo is one of many women who bring groceries and clothing from across the borders of neighbouring Botswana and South Africa to sell at the flourishing flea markets of Zimbabwe’s second largest city, Bulawayo.

HEALTH-ZIMBABWE: Running Errands of Mercy in the Age of AIDS

Priscilla Ndlovu feels like she has seen it all. She works as a member of one of myriad community home-based care groups, the prevalence of which shows the extent of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe, highlighting the country’s struggle to control the pandemic.

DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: Hunger Exacerbating Child Mortality

Judith Moyo is unable to give her child enough food. She has to bring her 18-month-old daughter to a council clinic for check-ups every month because of what nurses call her ‘‘slow development''.

TRADE-ZIMBABWE: ”Look East” Policy Yet to Bear Fruit

Zimbabwe's isolation by its traditional international trading partners after 2000 has hit the country hard amid failure to strike up new bilateral trade deals as part of its ''look east'' trade strategy.