CNN reports:

— Cholera-related deaths and new cases continued to spike in recent days in Zimbabwe, where health and sanitation services have been deteriorating amid widespread political turmoil.
A cholera victim is taken by cart to a hospital in Harare.

A cholera victim is taken by cart to a hospital in Harare.

Over the last four days, the number of cholera deaths in the country increased from 294 to 313 and the number of cases has increased from 6,072 to 7,283, the U.N. Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs said on Monday. The numbers have been reported from August till now.

Health officials say the water-borne disease is spreading fast because of the poor sanitation or contaminated water, which Zimbabweans are using for drinking and to prepare food.

Zimbabwe, remember this?

Those were the days.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...

8 replies on “Meanwhile, in Zimbabwe”

  1. It sure was smart to kick out and/or kill all the white people who grew your food for you, wasn’t it Zimbabwe? What’s that? You are too stupid or lazy to grow food for yourselves? OOOPS! SUCK IT AND DIE!!!!!

  2. Are there, or aren’t there Rhodesians?
    Do you think one will ever be found?
    Well pour me another cold Oly my friend,
    The question is worth one more round.

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