The need for survival is driving youths to crime in Esigodini. Image by Starofmysore

BY NQOBILE BHEBHE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | JUL 9, 2021

For many young people in Matabeleland South, the economic opportunities accessed by their parents in yesteryears are a fleeting dream, to make ends, many are crossing lines.

Dilapidated and ill-equipped: This is the state of Dwala Primary School in Gwanda, Matabeleland South. Image by Clifford Masevedze

Satellite schools established in the aftermath of the country’s chaotic land reform program — and later — are in dire straits.

This story is part of a reporting project supported by the Pulitzer Center.

BY MELODY MPANDE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 6, 2023