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Rocks and mud remain where houses used to stand and families used to live in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe. Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

May 4, 2026

Climate disasters don’t just destroy homes, they change lives forever. We spoke with cyclone survivors in Zimbabwe

Denboy Kudejira, University of Cape Town; Christopher Mabeza, University of Zimbabwe, and Liboster Mwadzingeni, Midlands State University; University of South Africa

Disaster recovery agencies and governments must pay more attention to survivors’ invisible losses: grief, broken communities and disrupted identities.

Artist reconstruction of Musankwa sanyatiensis (left). Atashni Moopen

June 14, 2024

Zimbabwe’s new dinosaur discovery: inside the find

Paul Barrett, Natural History Museum; Darlington Munyikwa, Midlands State University; Jonah Choiniere, University of the Witwatersrand; Kimberley E.J. Chapelle, University of the Witwatersrand; Lara Sciscio, Jurassica Museum, and Michel Zondo, University of the Witwatersrand

Musankwa is only the fourth dinosaur to be named from Zimbabwe.

Tendaiishe Chitima, lead actress in the low-budget hit film Cook Off. WIKUS DE WET/AFP via Getty Images

August 18, 2020

How grassroots video is building a film industry in Zimbabwe

Oswelled Ureke, Midlands State University

Low-budget, grassroots video-film efforts are beginning to blossom and will shape the film industry in the long run.

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Climate disasters don’t just destroy homes, they change lives forever. We spoke with cyclone survivors in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s new dinosaur discovery: inside the find

How grassroots video is building a film industry in Zimbabwe

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