After the Tropical Cyclone Idai, which affected Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi, early this year, a 46-year-old Margaret Sithole of Chimanimani now feeds her children with plain manhuchu (samp) also known as Umngqusho.
Samp is a common dish in Zimbabwe and since it is rich in starch, many combine it with meats and vegetables, but not for poor Sithole and her family.
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