HARARE – The adoption of a new constitution by Zimbabwe last year provided a ray of hope to thousands of people living with disability, who have for long felt discriminated. Compared to the Lancaster House-drafted constitution, the new constitution specifically provided for disability as a prohibited ground of discrimination meaning that persons with disabilities are…
HARARE – While the president’s daughter, Bona Mugabe, changed gowns twice for her wedding to Simba Chikore, most Zimbabwean brides are choosing to outshine her by changing at least three times, at a single wedding. Imported vehicles, horse drawn chariots, international wedding planners, exotic wedding locations, chartered air planes and in some cases yacht weddings…
HARARE – African women from three countries reportedly spent about $1,1 billion on hair extensions and hair maintenance, news that has been received by others with awe. According to a recently published report, the three countries surveyed were South Africa, Cameroon and Nigeria. African hair care business has become a multi-billion dollar industry that stretches…
HARARE – While they are young, confident, smart and full of life their situation today remotely reflects the challenges they had to endure growing up. Talking to Samantha Mandiriri, 24, from Seke, in Chitungwiza, and June Munyongani, 22, from Mucheke in Masvingo, you would never imagine the two are both graduates of child-headed families who…
HARARE – For the rich, the August holiday is for fun. They climb mountains in the Eastern Highlands, watch the smoke that thunders in Victoria Falls, and enjoy life. On the flip side, for the poor, it is all work and no play at all. When schools closed on Thursday, children sighed with relief —…
HARARE – The school looks like any other institution of learning in rural Zimbabwe. Consisting of two dilapidated buildings with unpainted walls, and a small office which the headmaster uses, the school has nothing to show for its 53 years of existence. The two blocks used to have four classrooms each, until termites invaded the…
KARIBA – The resort town of Kariba reverberated with life on Friday following the resumption of the Harare-Kariba-Victoria Falls route by national airline Air Zimbabwe, 10 years after the last flight. Tourism stakeholders in the country hailed the resumption of the domestic route by Air Zimbabwe, which will be flying three times per week to…
HARARE – When Chiwoniso Mararire died in July last year, it was not easy to know what her legacy would be. She left us too soon — not just at a tragically early age, but also at a middle chapter of an illustrious mbira musical journey. We watched for years as erratic behaviour and tabloid…
HARARE – The only parent Rhoda Munatsi, 14, has ever known from birth is her father Clement who has lived as a divorcee for nearly two decades. She has two brothers, both older. Although the three men in her life are caring, Rhoda has never had the guts to tell them she is experiencing her…
HARARE – The death of Rosemary Margaret Khumalo, 59, while on death row at Chikurubi Maximum prison, last week has raised questions around capital punishment in Zimbabwe. Khumalo died after 15 years on death row. She was convicted of the 1998 gruesome murder of her businessman suitor Maxwell Sibanda. She was also convicted separately of…
