The thermal expansion project will entail the displacement of about 480 households. Image by The Citizen Bulletin
BY CALVIN MANIKA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | JUN 12, 2021
Residents in Hwange are set to be relocated to pave way for a thermal power expansion. In the past, relocating residents has proven to be a mammoth task with unfulfilled promises. Despite uncertainties, many say they are willing to relocate.
Bhale villagers come together to build a dam year after the responsible authorities fail them. Image by The Citizen Bulletin
BY LETHOKUHLE NKOMO | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | JUL 9 2021
With the support of a non-governmental organisation, the community, secluded from the rest of the world may soon have a water source nearby.
Hwange residents are being shot for extracting coke at dumpsites. Graphic by The Citizen Bulletin
BY CALVIN MANIKA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAY 14, 2021
Economic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have seen an increase in the number of Hwange residents visiting dumping sites in search of coke to sell. However, this has put their lives at risk of being shot at.
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic many children were involved in child labour in the mining town. Image by CAWI
BY CALVIN MANIKA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | NOV 2, 2022
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many children were forced to abandon school to do menial jobs to earn a living. Local companies and individuals took advantage of the situation, hiring children as employees against the country’s statutes.
Mine workers at Hwange Gasification Company are given gumboots or plastic shoes to work in coal ovens. Image by The Citizen Bulletin
BY CALVIN MANIKA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | SEPT 19, 2021
Chinese investments in the mining industry continue to raise ire, particularly over poor treatment of employees.
COVID-19 induced lockdowns exposed Hwange villagers to the virus as they had to walk long distances in search of food. Image by Shutterstock
BY CALVIN MANIKA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | OCT 3, 2022
In Hwange, villagers had to leave their homes in search of food and temporary jobs to feed their families despite lockdown restrictions. They blame climate change for worsening the situation.
COVID-19 was a blessing to a majority of emerging entrepreneurs in Hwange whose backyard shops are still operational to date. Image by StartupBiz
BY LETHOKUHLE NKOMO | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | NOV 2, 2022
For a majority of emerging entrepreneurs, the COVID-19 pandemic was nothing short of a blessing as many of them took advantage of the failure of established traders to provide goods on demand thereby establishing their own thriving small business which are in operation to date.
