On July 31st, Zimbabwe is due to hold its first presidential election in six years. It will be the first since the chaotic 2008 election and the first under the country's new constitution. In theory, ...

Mutare, Zimbabwe — Just 5% of the nation's truck drivers are women, and the demanding job comes with challenges at home and on the road. Sheila Mpala never imagined driving a haulage truck growing up.

THEY do not only drive their vehicles to the next destination. They have been driving the economy, though their contribution has not been totally documented. Some have been nabbed along the way for ...

Sheila Mpala never imagined driving a haulage truck growing up. She wanted to be a nurse or a mortician. But her husband, whom she married when she was 23, shot down her dreams. Nursing paid too ...