IN 1982, the Legal Age of Majority Act was passed into law, giving women majority status, meaning that once a woman reached 18 years old, she would be considered an adult with the independence to exercise her rights, including rights to marriage and acquiring property, among others. Previously, Zimbabwean women were considered minors both legally…
DANAI DAISY CHIRAWU THE recent announcement of a new law on bride price has shifted the flow of conversation in many Zimbabwean homes. This has opened up dialogue amongst members of the society on different perspectives about the customs and culture surrounding payment of a bride price during traditional marriages. An unfortunate consequence of this…
SITHULISIWE Mthimkhulu does not earn a fat salary for a living, neither does she own any famous business. In reality, she prides herself as a civil servant, an assistant police commissioner, who has a modest life. And like many before her, police officers by their nature are generally feared and hardly trusted by common citizens….
TAG a Life International (TaLI) — a girls and young women’s rights organisation commemorates the ‘Abused women and children’s Day’, — and notes with concern the overwhelming increase in the cases of gender-based violence (GBV) against women ever since the Covid-19 lockdown. The major victims of this scourge are women and girls while a few…
THE government on Tuesday decreed that schools will reopen on July 28 despite the country witnessing an increase in coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. It proposed to implement several measures to mitigate the spread of the deadly disease at schools. But teachers’ unions have profusely and adamantly rejected the reopening proposal and the writing of examinations later…
©️ WITH the advent of the global pandemic, coronavirus (Covid-19), many civil society organisations have called for transparency in the use of various donations that the government has been receiving. Of late, allegations of corruption have been swirling around the First Family and senior government officials, suggesting that they were using Covid-19 resources and exploiting…
WITH MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa fighting on two fronts — an internal battle for the control of the party with Thokozani Khupe and the closure of democratic space by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration — analysts say it is prudent for the 42-year-old to discard protests as a strategy. Chamisa, who has refused to accept…
ZIMBABWE is experiencing one of its worst economic crises since independence characterised by cash and foreign currency shortages, fuel scarcities, rampant prices hikes, hyperinflation and increased vulnerability to starvation. With the global pandemic, coronavirus (Covid-19), Zimbabwe’s economic situation has worsened as many, particularly those in the informal economy, have been left without sources of income…
FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC national chairperson Lovemore Moyo was at some point a powerful figure in the main opposition party. He later threw in the towel and decided to form his own political outfit, United Movement for Devolution (UMD). He strongly believes he still has a role in changing the country’s political narrative….
Hunger, Covid-19 stalks Zim…WFP needs $260 million to support humanitarian programmes Due to a plethora of challenges ranging from high unemployment rates, cash and foreign currency shortages, climate change shocks, corruption and soaring prices of basic goods and services, Zimbabwe once the bread basket of Africa, is now rated as one of the world’s top…
