https://www.scmp.com/rss/505599/feed Tonderayi Mukeredzi is an independent journalist from Harare in Zimbabwe en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When Zimbabwe went into coronavirus lockdown in late March, it hit the country’s working poor hard. No economic activity meant no work, no money and little to no food. Unemployment before the outbreak was already rampant in Zimbabwe, one of Africa’s poorest countries. Almost 80 per cent of its 14.5 million people work in the informal sector, like street vendors and food stalls – trade that has virtually stopped in the lockdown. Many people are struggling to put food on the table and government... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3088128/drought-coronavirus-hunger-zimbabwes-misery-deepens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3088128/drought-coronavirus-hunger-zimbabwes-misery-deepens?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:26:43 +0000 Dry taps are forcing residents in cities across Zimbabwe to spend time outside collecting water at community bore holes, instead of staying indoors for a 21-day coronavirus national lockdown. Even as the country enters possibly the last days of isolation, bore holes have emerged as possible vectors for the spread of deadly Covid-19 disease, as urbanites, mostly women and children, are forced to disregard social distancing rules to fill buckets to take home. The southern African country of 14.5... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3080374/zimbabwe-people-risk-covid-19-death-just-fetch-water?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3080374/zimbabwe-people-risk-covid-19-death-just-fetch-water?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Apr 2020 05:19:11 +0000