Produced for Zebra Culture
Zimbabwe’s health workers on the pandemic front line
Health workers at the forefront of Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign share their experiences.
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Derick M.
Harare, Zimbabwe
$120 - $200 / Day
About
I am a journalist and versatile communication consultant with more than 20 years of experience. My experience includes the media, public relations, advertising and marketing including NGOs, global journalism and copywriting for an advertising agency. I also contribute to Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Journalism Review, IJNet, Mongabay, African Arguments, Kalahari Review (Botswana), Nehanda Radio, The Zimbabwean (UK) and my website
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Produced for Topia Magazine
3 satirists shining a light on Zimbabwe’s political problems
Skits are gaining popularity, raising awareness on voting and as a watchdog against human rights violations. The country has high incidences of abuse and human rights violations, according to a 2019 Human Rights Watch report. The shows are becoming a source of information, often censored by the sole state-owned television station. Political satire often censored during the late Robert Mugabe era has become an avenue to prosperity and fame. Big corporates and NGOs are embracing their creative talents, knowing their brands and messages will reach a wider audience, including the Zimbabweans in the diaspora seeking to invest back home. The skits are slowly overtaking radio, TV, and print commercials because they are affordable and immediate.
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Produced for Aljazeera English
In Zimbabwe, conflict escalates between elephants and humans
Intensified competition for food and water in the dry season has resulted in conflicts among the animals, and with humans. However, local people are using innovative means to keep the marauding animals ways from their property, crops and homes.
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Produced for AWALLPRINTSS
Felix Masunda, The Unsung Hero Of Zimbabwean Football That's Keeping Children Off The Streets
Since the start of the academy, Masunda, 70, has never earned enough to make a living out of his academy. At best he’s received small donations that trickle in from random well-wishers - but he keeps going because of the love he has for the kids in his community.
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Produced for ZAM
Losing human gold
After Zimbabwe reached independence in 1980 the state introduced free health care for citizens, with new clinics and immunisation available countrywide. But then training of doctors and upkeep of hospitals stalled, and three decades of neoliberal reforms and widespread corruption, in concert with sanctions targeting the ruling ZANU-PF party, have left the health system ravaged. Now many medical workers are voting with their feet. Zimbabwe’s most valuable export commodity may be its gold, but its healthcare workers are leaving the country too.
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Produced for Aljazeera English
Rich or poor, in Zimbabwe crumbling healthcare is deadly for all
Unable to fly out under lockdown, Zimbabwe’s wealthy must now take their chances in local hospitals alongside everyone else. Lack of investment into healthcare is now haunting the Zimbabwe government, with increased deaths, staff exodus and dilapidated infrastructure.
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