© THE year 2019 began on a sad note as nationwide protests rocked the country following steep fuel price hikes. The protests resulted in massive violations of human rights, with 17 people killed and more than 85 injured. One of the key organisations that documented the human rights violations was the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO…
© THE festive season is once again upon us and we would like to thank the Almighty for keeping us safe the whole year. The year 2019 has not been an easy one, with prices of basically everything going up, others even ten-fold while inflation continues to erode workers’ salaries, which have been rendered worthless….
© THE ongoing doctors’ strike that started over 100 days ago has seen the birth of a new union, the Progressive Doctors Association of Zimbabwe (PDAZ). While the organisation says it is tired of doing nothing as people die in public hospitals, allegations are that the union was formed and is funded by the government…
© GROWING up in a society that never gave females an opportunity to make decisions about their lives in a dormitory town where crime and societal ills outweighed the good, Ekenia Chifamba had dreams of self-emancipation and changing the world. [GoogleAd] Trading her well-paying job as a banker to join a girl’s rights advocacy organisation many…
© AS founder of the Zimbabwe Fashion Week (ZFW), businesswoman Priscilla Chigariro was associated with glitz and style. [GoogleAd] Away from the glamour, though, her marriage to Russian national Allen Aleksey Gessen was imploding. After joining her husband in Moscow, where Gessen had moved to from Zimbabwe in 2015, her marriage degenerated into an alleged…
© AFTER 30 years of intense commercial sex work, entertaining close to 20 men per night, Juliet Mada’s back is now sore as age is catching up with her at 46. [GoogleAd] Mada used to charge between $5 and $20 per session and the money was enough to buy her furniture, take care of herself and…
© COTTON production in Zimbabwe was an agricultural success story which spearheaded rural economic transformation in the arid and semi-arid regions of the country, while also generating foreign currency of up to US$150 million per year. [GoogleAd] Approximately 357 000 farmers grow cotton mostly in natural regions 4 and 5 in the country. The crop became…
© PURSUING a career in human rights activism in Zimbabwe has always been a challenging path, as rights defenders often face intimidation, arbitrary arrests, abductions and torture. [GoogleAd] However, a few individuals like Okay Machisa, the current Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) director, have braved the storm. After 10 years of working as a rights…
© ALMOST four decades after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the state of schools in Kariba and Binga remains a cause for concern as most of them are running without proper learning structures and teaching accessories. [GoogleAd] Teachers are still living in squalid conditions, where they have to make do with single thatched rooms. As…
© THE City of Harare recently announced a $4,5 billion budget for the year 2020. Our Deputy Chief Writer Tendai Kamhungira took time to speak to Harare mayor Herbert Gomba to discuss the feasibility of this budget and other issues affecting the council. Below are the excerpts of the interview. [GoogleAd] Q: Do you think…
