tsitsi dangarembga, in harare, welcome to hardtalk.our latest book, this mournable body, centres on a female character, tambu. is it a personal story, or is it a history of modern zimbabwe? zeinab, i find that my work generally intersects between the personal and the national and the historical, because the national and the historical have a lot to do in determining what the person can do, what a character can do, whether this is in real life or in a novel. i do want my work to be realistic, or at least i have done up until now, because i have wanted people in zimbabwe and on the continent to engage from a perspective of recognition, to be able to say, "yes, this is us." and i also wanted to present characters like the people i meet in everyday life to the rest of the world. so, there you have tambu, your main character... it's actually a trilogy of books which you've written over 30 years, this is the third one. and she fights prejudice in all sorts of ways — against race, you know, gender discrimination, all the rest of it. but in th

our correspondent privilege missionary joins us now from harare good to see you privileged that we heard from the doctor there and the report that vaccines are sorely needed in zimbabwe any way they can be obtained tell us more about the situation on the ground. starting from the beginning of the year yes we have seen the vaccines beginning to come in the country highly on donations are from china but recently in the past week we had 1000000 doses that we have pictures to buy the zimbabwe government and from the beginning of the year you would see that people were quite hesitant to take the vaccine particularly the front line with ca's. because of so many conspiracy theories that had been spreading around in the past months but of late in the past 2 weeks we have seen. it arise in numbers people were now taking the vaccine the government has opened up to everyone to go and get vaccinated. the number that we have had so far just for a day it's about 20 almost 217000 vaccinations. in a single day just on monday we had about 16000 vaccinations that happy and so people are beginning to warm

our correspondent privilege joins us now from harare good to see you privileged now we heard from the doctor there and the report that vaccines are sorely needed in zimbabwe anyway they can be obtained tell us more about the situation on the ground. starting from the beginning of the year yes we have seen the vaccines beginning to come in the country highly on donations from china but recently in the past week we had 1000000 doses that we have pick chester by the zimbabwe government and from the beginning of the year you would see that people were quite hesitant to take the vaccine particularly the front line where cuz. because of so many conspiracy theories that had been spreading around in the past months but of late in the past 2 weeks we have seen. it arise in numbers in people we're now taking the vaccine the government has opened up to everyone to go and get vaccinated. the number that we have had so far just for a day it's about 20 almost 217000 vaccinations. in a single day just on monday we had about 16000 vaccinations that happy and so people are beginning to warm up to the

far to the southwest in zimbabwe's capital harare southern african leaders say the is collating violence in northern mozambique is their top priority we. respond in a helpful manner to ensure that we assure the integrity and so that i need to you or one of the southern african development community security troika brings together the leaders of zimbabwe and south africa but one as president. suggest some kind of regional response is imminent speaking on behalf of the troika. following our consultations we are going to me that. and right now to finish off with present. you wanted to look for it when you see it there is speculation a regional force might be sent to mozambique deploying troops has been done before in the region in the late 1990 s. angola libya and zimbabwe send forces to the democratic republic of congo to assist the government before that soldiers from zimbabwe help defeat a number insurgence in central. the un world food program says more than 900000 people in mozambique now require food aid because of the crisis in public. al-jazeera. pakistan has lifted a nearly 2 year

reports now from harare and they brings a ballplayer. parma is deserted international aid agencies say thousands of people have already fled. the fighting between soldiers and an armed group that calls itself al-shabaab has been going on for days the town in mozambique's northern cover dug out of province has been the site of major gas discoveries in recent years the exact number of people killed injured and accounted for is still unknown some of those displaced by the recent violence have started arriving in payback the provincial capital what has happened in. empowerment is an absolute horror of being in treatise on civilians by an non-state armed group that is what i can say they have done horrific things they're still doing so we have reports this morning of continued clashes that is why we are talking about our expectations of thousands of more people moving out from the district and towards other areas of the country and towards the border was turned sagna. far to the southwest in zimbabwe's capital harare southern african leaders

the helicopter was from the air force, and the crash was to the east of harare.y tales of the new malaria vaccine suggest it is 77% effective in stopping infection. it could be a major breakthrough in combating an illness that kills nearly 400,000 people a year. renault says it will not develop a new engine for its latest generation of diesel vehicles as it pushes ahead with its electric powered range. the loss—making firm looks to cut costs by 2 billion euros this year. 0xygen supplies are believed to have run out on an indonesian submarine that went missing off the coast of bali on wednesday. search teams from a number of countries try to find the vessel which had 53 people onboard. there is still no sign of the submarine. it is thought it may have sunk to a level that cannot withstand. francolin is —— frank 0wen is the secretary of the submarine institute of australia. he explained what he thought may have happened to the vessel. could be that there has been a failure of the torpedo tubes, where there is a flood, it would almost certainly be a flood. a submari

to buckle from or to even the energy to go sequel in the north east of zimbabwe's capital harare looks at a good harvest season he has come through the corner crisis will like him most of the zimbabwean farmers expect to sell more than last year expecting this year to cement their trauma until he turns up to exit to the markets hoping that the prices will do richard at least $4.00 a k.g. and i think for us that would be would be a good if they could seize. the bubble auction floors are opening in the capital harare zimbabwe is still buckle is on demand making that country the top produce a in africa in 6th in the world government plans to increase production to 300000000 kilograms to target a $5000000000.00 u.s. dollar industry by 2025 the crop last year was only $35000000.00 kilos the estimates are still being calculated but we think it will be prettier than that . and because of the improved quality i think the prices may be a little higher economic analysts warn that dog growth may be driven by a good agriculture season corbett 19 could slow down their progress into the. recovery bu

to buckle farmer to develop the energy to go sequel even north east of zimbabwe's capital harare looks at a good harvest season has come through the koran a crisis will like him most of the zimbabwean farmers expect to sell more than last year we are expecting this year to cement their $240.00 tons of effort to the markets so we're hoping that the prices will hold the average of at least $4.00 a k.g. and i think for us that would be would be a good a very good scenes. option floors are opening in the capital harare zimbabwe is still buckle is on demand making the country the top produce a in africa and 6th in the world government plans to increase production to 300000000 kilograms to target a fight 1000000000 us dollar industry by 2025 the problem here is under $35000000.00 killers the estimates are still being calculated but we think it will be prettier than that. and because of the improved quality i think the prices may be a little higher economic analysts warn that dog growth may be driven by a good agriculture season in 1000 could slow down their progress into the. recovery but on

says the humanitarian situation there is deteriorating rapidly helmets are sar reports from harare in neighboring zimbabwe parma is deserted international aid agencies say thousands of people have already fled. the fighting between soldiers and an armed group that calls itself al-shabaab has been going on for days the town in mozambique's northern kabul delgado province has been the site of major gas discoveries in recent years the exact number of people killed injured and unaccounted for is still unknown some of those displaced by the recent violence have started arriving in payback the provincial capital what has happened in. empowerment is an absolute horror of being in treatise on civilians by an non-state armed group that is what i can say they have done horrific things they're still doing so we have reports this morning of continued clashes that is why we are talking about our expectations of thousands of more people moving out from district and towards other areas of the country and towards the border was turned sagna. far to the southwest in the capital harare southern african

in zimbabwe, four people have been killed when a helicopter crashed into a house in harare.led as well as a child on the ground. liberties socialite ghislaine maxwell has appeared in court in new york on new charges of sex trafficking. it's her first appearance since her arrest last year. she is accused of helping can be did paedophilejeffrey epstein recruit, groom and sexually abused girls. —— helping convicted paedophile. she said she was looking forward to her trial. researchers have made a breakthrough in early trials in a new malaria vaccine, saying it is 77% effective at stopping infection. the illness yields 400,000 people a year. the french carmaker renault has said it will not develop the new engine for its latest generation of diesel vehicles, as it pushes ahead with its electric powered vehicles. the firm looks to cut costs by 2 billion euros this year. 0xygen supplies are believed to have run out on an indonesian submarine that went missing off the coast of bali on wednesday. research teams —— said stems from a number of countries are 20 find the missing dozen wi

at least 4 people including a child it came down to a house in a farming area east of the capital harare a helicopter was on a training mission with 2 pilots out a technician when it disappeared from the radar all. armenians around the world are marking the mass killings of the people that happened during the 1st world war. in armenia's capital yet of on the prime minister and president were among those paying tribute to the victims so many and say the killings committed in the final days of the ottoman empire amount to genocide but the turkish government denies that as british socialite. british socialite glenn maxwell as appeared before a u.s. judge pleading not guilty just 6 trafficking charges she's accused of helping the late financier jeffrey epstein recruit 2nd and sexually abused girls shelob ellis reports. looking frail and noticeably older glenn maxwell made her 1st in person a parents in a new york court since her arrest last year the 59 year old is accused of 6 trafficking having allegedly helped her friend an ex-boyfriend jeffrey epstein gruman 6 for teenage girls in the 199

people have been killed when an air force helicopter crashed into a house in the east of the capital, harare were killed along with a child on the ground. the aircraft was on a training mission when it came down. researchers in britain say early trials of a new malaria vaccine suggest it's 77% effective at stopping infection. the jab could be a major breakthrough against the illness, which kills more than 400,000 people a year. regulators in the united states have cleared the way for the immediate resumption of the use of thejohnson &johnson coronavirus vaccine. distribution of the single—dose jab was suspended ten days ago after reports of rare blood clots. an expert panel concluded that the vaccine was safe and effective, saying the benefits outweighed the risks. fifteen cases of blood clots — all suffered by women — have been recorded in the us from more than seven million johnson & johnson jabs. let's get more from david willis. ~ ., let's get more from david willis. ~ . , ., willis. what is the impact of these likely to be? - willis. what is the impact of these likely to be? i - willis.

four people died when a zimbabwe air force helicopter crashed into a house east of the capital hararee helicopter were killed, along with a child on the ground. the aircraft was on a training mission when it came down. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell has appeared in court in new york on new charges of sex trafficking. it's her first appearance in person since her arrest last year. she's accused of helping the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein recruit, groom and sexually abuse girls. ms maxwell pleaded not guilty. her lawyer said she was being treated "horribly" in jail, but was looking forward to her trial. researchers in britain say early trials of a new malaria vaccine suggest it's 77% effective at stopping infection. the jab could be a major breakthrough against the illness, which kills more than 400,000 people a year. the british prime minister's former chief adviser dominic cummings has lashed out at borisjohnson, questioning his "competence and integrity". mr cummings, who was sacked last year, denied leaking private text messages between mrjohnson and the businessman

spew a timbo makes her living selling buns on the streets of harare zimbabwe it's a job that has gotten harder and much riskier due to the pen demick. little tonight at night yeah life is tough now. i can hardly feed my family but before we used to eat 3 meals a day. but now we eat a little for lunch and a vet more for supper that can cope with less bad stuff just to buy a new good one thing. street vending was banned here a year ago due to covert 19 the restrictions have made life nearly impossible for many zimbabweans 90 percent of whom work in and formal jobs like street vending despite the risks should be of a has no choice but to carry on she tries to avoid the police and when caught often pays them bribes but sometimes like on this day if the mother of 3 is arrested and taken to jail. that is unfair to the police confiscate our stuff and they arrest us and we end up paying a fine to get released and then we're back to 0 again and when i was 7. candidates tower used to sell hundreds of dollars worth of secondhand clothes each day at markets around the city these days he's lucky if

pick guardiola was not just papering price on holland but trying to gently persuade the clubs in harare ownership to spain's like they've never spent before so far the club have decided not to spend. not close 100000000 or more than 100000000 for blaine maybe in the future is going to happen when the club is necessary for improved the to the clothes team for the next 510 years for many reasons how to months left to run on the current season and every of a suit i will have to white to now it seems not so much if people leave brasier dortmund but rather from where exactly were you know each. and of the modern olympic games are turning 125 years olds the greek capital athens was home to the 1st modern games back in 8996 i was the largest international sporting event with 14 countries participating in 43 different events so of course the number of countries has grown up to over 200 this year's at tokyo olympics are set to go ahead for now but without overseas fans to prevent the spread of the crowd of artist pandemic. which is your news update at this hour don't forget you can always stay u

spew a timbale makes her living selling buns on the streets of harare zimbabwe it's a job that has gotten harder and much riskier due to the pen demick. movement of the it's not a nice to have life is tough now. i can hardly feed my family but before we used to eat 3 meals a day. but now we eat a little for lunch and of that more for supper. but with less bad stuff but with one thing. street vending was banned here a year ago due to covert 19 the restrictions have made life nearly impossible for many zimbabweans 90 percent of whom work in and formal jobs like street the ending despite the risks should be of a has no choice but to carry on she tries to avoid the police and when caught often pays them bribes but sometimes like on this day if the mother of 3 is arrested and taken to jail. because i'm fearful the police confiscate our stuff and they arrest us and we end up paying a fine to get released and then we are back to 0 again and i was never a. candidate tower used to sell hundreds of dollars worth of secondhand clothes each day at markets around the city these days he's lucky if he m

harare have a self driving cars yet. have ou had have a self driving cars yet.n a car at the moment with a very good level of assisted driving technology so quite a lot of cars on the road already that can support you with the steering and braking. but the problem with the automated lane keeping systems that are being proposed for later this year, is they are too limited in what they will do, so the systems will only work at 37 mph, only work on motorways and most importantly they will only stay in lane, so they can't swerve to avoid debris on the road or even a pedestrian coming out of a vehicle, so they are not safe enough and also, if the driver is incapacitated or the vehicle is faulty, the vehicle cannot find self harbour and it can't find a hard shoulder. it can only stay in lane, which means the vehicle will come to a halt in a running lane and we have seen problems with that, we have seen problems with that, we have seen deaths and injuries with vehicle stationary on smart motorways. that is all these vehicles can do so the insurers want the car is to be