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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda As a young female entrepreneur, one of Zimbabwe’s well-established businesswomen, Ms Susan Peters found herself facing a dilemma too many women during her time were facing — a choice between going back to work or staying home with kids. Disconsolate by the dilemma, Ms Peters ultimately decided not to settle for […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda During my high school years at Mufakose 1 High School, Geography was a captivating subject which I thoroughly enjoyed outside English Literature. Probably due to lack of gadgets and other tools, the textbook was the only authoritative teaching tool that our teachers heavily relied on then. Naturally, without the aid of […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda Dr Tatenda Mavetera describes herself as having been “ a young lady who merely wanted to see her peers thriving in different spaces”. Cde Mavetera, poised and focused beyond her age, is being modest. At 37, she is the country’s Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services. She is […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda A dark cloud hung over Bvumbura Village in Chivhu after news that a 14-year-old girl from the Johane Marange apostolic church had died, spread through the community. The death of Delight Masomeke, who had given birth three days early on December 29, 2022 was met with fury and outrage across Zimbabwe […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda The year comes to an end in 10 days, wrapping up one of the most eventful years that was characterised by unprecedented global events ranging from geopolitics to extreme weather temperatures. 2023 will probably go down in the annals of history as the year climate change knocked hard on many doors, […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda Mbuya Charwe (70) sits under the tree, repackaging her dried vegetables for resale at Dambatsoko Agricultural Show in Chiweshe, which will be held during the weekend. She meticulously grades and sorts stakes of different types of vegetables packed in huge 90kg sacks. As she rigorously goes through the vegetables, Mbuya Charwe […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda This year’s forecast is pointing to reduced rainfall for most African countries, which is likely to result in droughts across the continent as the adverse effects of El Nino continue unabated. Several African states are already on high alert, putting into place a raft of measures to save millions of peoplefrom […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda World leaders are meeting in New York this week to take part in the much-anticipated annual United Nations General Assembly. The high-level convention being attended by most global leaders began on Tuesday following two weeks of meetings, is the most widely watched event in the United Nations’ annual calendar. It provides […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda Exactly two weeks ago, Zimbabwe held its harmonised elections in a process that ushered in new political players who will represent their constituencies in Parliament and councils for the next five years. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) aggregated results of participants which paints a grim picture on female participation and the […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda The world has been under siege from devastating effects of climate change that has upended lives of millions of people across the globe in recent months. News on the effects of climate change continue to take centre stage unabated on most media platforms with extreme weather patterns being recorded across the […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda As the country approaches Heroes Day on August 14, it is important to pay attention to the heroics of women during the liberation struggle. These women fought and contributed in different ways to the liberation war, side by side with men as they moved forward in common purpose. The heroines, those […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda The end of World War II in 1945 was a critical moment in the history of women’s participation in the political and economic life of millions across the globe. With Africa and other continents like Asia, lagging behind in terms of women’s rights, the demand to access of rights for women […]
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The African continent on Tuesday carved its own piece of history when Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was elected to lead the World Trade Organisation, as its director-general.
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda The onset of the rainy season last week brought smiles to many people who had been patiently waiting for the heavens to open up. However, the smiles, genuinely as they might have been, were predicated on different reasons. For farmers, the downpour was an early signal of a promising farming season. […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda Complacency among Zimbabweans could soon be the biggest challenge in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. This is amid indications that locals no longer regard the pandemic as a risk and have since thrown caution to the wind. On Tuesday, Covid-19 positive figures spiked to an all-time high of 591 after […]
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