Articles for Joseph Chirume
“The list of Mugabe’s crimes is endless”
GroundUp’s Zimbabwean reporters write about what Robert Mugabe meant to them
By Joseph Chirume, Kimberly Mutandiro, Bernard Chiguvare and Tariro Washinyira
News | 6 September 2019
Transgender activists parade in Uitenhage
“It is very difficult to be who we are”
Brief | 5 September 2019
Traditional leaders want land for initiation schools
Informal settlements in Nelson Mandela Bay are crowding out schools, they say
News | 2 September 2019
Hundreds protest in Booysens Park to be moved to “safer areas”
Resident of Vastrap informal settlement have previously expressed their unhappiness with high crime rates in the area
Brief | 28 August 2019
Small-scale farmers demand access to land
“Our animals graze in yards and graveyards because there is no land for us”
News | 23 August 2019
Tensions between communities reach “boiling point” over electricity in Port Elizabeth
Mayor Bobani promises electrification of informal settlements and removal of all illegal connections
Brief | 22 August 2019
Prayer meeting held for shot teenager
Sinazo Kleinbooi, 14, was shot and killed on her way home from school
Brief | 15 August 2019
Spike in vigilante killings in Port Elizabeth
Police say communities resist investigations
Brief | 7 August 2019
Asylum seekers have to wait a year for an appointment in Port Elizabeth
Appointment note leaves people seeking refugee status vulnerable to arrest
Brief | 7 August 2019