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With no formal job, Zimbabwean father ekes out a living from crushing stones

Saidi crashes the stone with a hammer at the Epworth quarry dam, Harare, Zimbabwe, July 26, 2020. [Xinhua/Tafara Mugwara]

Sitting on a rock and seemingly not putting any effort, Saidi from Epworth, a settlement on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, pounds on a chunk of granite stone with a hammer so that he can break the stone into small pieces.

Saidi, a single father of one is one of many Epworth residents eking out a living from hammering down quarry stones at the Epworth quarry dam.

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