HARARE – An administrator by profession, Kuda Dube, 24, had his dreams shattered in June this year when he was involved in a road accident. He injured his hip on three places after a Kombi he was travelling in overturned. Dube was on his way to the city centre from his home in Mabvuku, one…
HARARE – Men have since been identified as the key drivers to the HIV and Aids pandemic which has had a devastating effect on humanity around the globe. They have also been fingered in the growing number of domestic violence cases. The media is awash with disturbing reports of gender-based violence as well as sexual…
HARARE – She is blind, living positively with HIV and has been abandoned by her policeman son. But Gracious Vela’s situation is far from grave. At one time, odds were so staked against her that the 49-year-old Gwanda resident was tempted to think God had forsaken her. A widow, Vela found the going tough with…
HARARE – In the northern part of central Zimbabwe lies a town pregnant with history. A gateway to Harare and Chirundu and a provincial capital of Mashonaland West Province, Chinhoyi is an idyllic town not only significant in the country’s history because this is where the first Chimurenga was waged by the famous seven heroes,…
HARARE – Gender-based Violence (GBV) not only affects our social spheres but has a greater impact on the country’s development. This has become a global problem. According to a research paper by FAO, GBV affects the most productive population groups (ages 15-45) therefore, has “a devastating impact on the agriculture sector and food security: illness…
HARARE – The presentation of government’s $3,8 billion 2013 national budget exposed a rarely seen lighter side of Parliament in what is usually the cut-throat world of Zimbabwean politics, and there was certainly a healthy share of political humour during the presentation. But make no mistake: all parties in the House of Assembly take the…
HARARE – For Anglican leaders choosing a new bishop for Harare diocese in 2000, Nolbert Kunonga was a safer pick given the political breeze at the time. Church leaders, including outgoing bishop, Jonathan Siyachitema, had for years suffered the discomfort of watching Tim Neill, the man tipped to become the next bishop turn into a…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government has spent well over $100 million pampering the military in actions he defends as necessary to protect the country from “aggressors”. But with hospitals teetering on the brink, schools in shambles and a population decimated by medieval diseases, such reckless spending is now being viewed by critics as soft…
HARARE – Madzore reveals how the local community and businesses such as Innscor were donating food stuffs to prisoners but alleged these were being hijacked by prison guards and other employees. “Right from the officer-in-charge, the prison workers diverted cooking oil and other foods. “Chikurubi guards were stealing cooking oil, sugar and bread meant for…
HARARE – Firebrand MDC youth leader Solomon Madzore spent 405 days in prison on allegations of murdering a policeman in Glen View, one of Harare’s poor townships. During his incarceration, the training and word he received in earlier life when he was at a theological college became his bulwark. And the former University of Zimbabwe…
