Two days ago, I wrote stories about two women living in a coal mining area, their struggle to access energy and how it affects their daily lives. I received a message from a sister comrade I hadn’t talked to in a while. Nester sent me a voice note and said ‘ Tafadzwa, how are we going to fight against COVID-19 when we don’t have energy?’ She added, ‘Let me send you a picture and you tell me if you see life.’ I waited for the picture and my heart sank looking at it.