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FEATURE-'Potholes' from the past help drought-hit Zimbabwean farmers save water

28 Oct 2020

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For 18 years, Thokozile Ncube has been planting her crops in manure-filled holes covered with straw - and every year, she grows enough to feed her family, as other farmers in Zimbabwe's drought-prone Matobo district watch their crops shrivel.

Hit by worsening drought, Zimbabwe taps funding for water-wise farming

17 Aug 2020

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After long-running drought slashed their harvests, small-scale farmers in Lupane, western Zimbabwe, decided to switch away from irrigating their fields by flooding them, which wastes huge amounts of water.

FEATURE-Hit by worsening drought, Zimbabwe taps funding for water-wise farming

17 Aug 2020

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After long-running drought slashed their harvests, small-scale farmers in Lupane, western Zimbabwe, decided to switch away from irrigating their fields by flooding them, which wastes huge amounts of water.

Armed with social media, Zimbabwean youth fight coronavirus 'infodemic'

23 Jul 2020

JOHANNESBURG/BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Drinking alcohol will kill the coronavirus. It is OK to share face masks. Africans cannot get COVID-19. The pandemic is not even real.

FEATURE-Armed with social media, Zimbabwean youth fight coronavirus 'infodemic'

23 Jul 2020

JOHANNESBURG/BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, July 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - D rinking alcohol will kill the coronavirus. It is OK to share face masks. Africans cannot get COVID-19. The pandemic is not even real.

Families sleep in water lines as drought grips Zimbabwe's Bulawayo

18 Jun 2020

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Twice a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for water in Zimbabwe's second-largest city.

FEATURE-Families sleep in water lines as drought grips Zimbabwe's Bulawayo

17 Jun 2020

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, June 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Twice a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for water in Zimbabwe's second-largest city.

High and dry: Flood-hit Zimbabweans look back to stilt homes

13 Mar 2020

BINGA, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Anyone driving through Binga, in western Zimbabwe, is greeted by a vision of the past dotted along the tarred road: thatched homes built on stilts, two meters above the ground.

FEATURE-High and dry: Flood-hit Zimbabweans look back to stilt homes

13 Mar 2020

BINGA, Zimbabwe, March 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Anyone driving through Binga, in western Zimbabwe, is greeted by a vision of the past dotted along the tarred road: thatched homes built on stilts, two metres above the ground.

Zimbabwe's parched Bulawayo rations to save dwindling water

02 Jan 2020

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Families in the southern Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo are going up to four days without running water as drought dries the dams the city depends on, city council officials said.

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