HARARE, Zimbabwe – The poverty line for maintaining a family of five in economically ravaged Zimbabwe rose last year to $467 per month — but without increased earnings to cover the 8 percent rise, ...

In the dusty confines of Checheche Growth Point in Chipinge district, the harsh realities of poverty are playing out in the ...

Missionary Father Felix Mukaro is confronted with daily evidence of the country’s political stagnation and the ongoing fight to recover from years of corrupt government. A young boy stands in front of ...

Scores of Masvingo residents are struggling to make ends meet and have cut the number of normal meals per day due to lack of income to buy food as a family of six living in an urban area now needs ...

Courage Masona THE government of Zimbabwe’s fight to eradicate poverty is revealing a developing dichotomy. Extreme poverty continues to be stubborn in many parts of the country, especially in rural ...

Poverty is so bad in Zimbabwe that students sometimes resort to prostitution to survive, says a new report by women in the country’s Student Christian Movement. A power-sharing government of ...

RESEARCH and stockbroking firm, IH Securities says working poverty in Zimbabwe has risen to 35,3% confirming the hardships being experienced by the country's labour force. The International Labour ...

Zimbabwe has embarked on a public outreach program in an effort to tackle high poverty levels. Latest statistics indicate that over 60 percent of the country's population is regarded as living far ...

The Associated Press recently reported on how children in Zimbabwe hunt mice and sell them as "tasty snacks" on the roadside. The children in the rural village of Chidza in central Zimbabwe head into ...

Ever since independence more than 40 years ago, Zimbabwe has been wracked with socialism, inflation, and corrupt political ...