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Runyararo Muzavazi & Tatenda Charamba For Masline Gapiko (20), a young law student from Epworth, one of Harare’s poorest suburbs, educating girls and young women is a necessary investment for a peaceful and poverty-free world. She firmly believes that giving girls equal access to quality education can help lift them from the burden of poverty.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Tariro Murinda (24) woke up to find a man slipping into her blankets in the bedroom she shared with her seven-year old sister. Before she could even scream for help, Tariro realised that the man was not a stranger but his father. He started fondling her breasts whilst signalling her to keep quiet. Tariro […]
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Joseph Ngwawi Correspondent The Southern African community is working tirelessly to ensure that stability is restored in the Kingdom of Lesotho, where political and security challenges are once again threatening peace in the region. Speaking at the Lesotho Post-Election Dialogue held in Maseru in October, South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that the Southern African Development […]
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Henning Melber Correspondent The African middle class is of huge interest to business. This was confirmed again recently by well attended seminars in South Africa’s big cities to discuss “African Lions: Groundbreaking study on the middle class in sub-Saharan Africa”.
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Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye Last week the US Correspondent to The Herald Obi Egbuna Jnr was granted an interview with the pan-Africanist icon Comrade and H.E. Ambassador Jesus Chucho Garcia, the General Consul to the Boliviarian Republic of Venezuela. Comrade and Excellency Garcia is the former Venezuelan Ambassador to Angola, the very first African embassy established […]
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Zimbabwe is experiencing economic challenges that include deindustrialisation, disinvestment, unemployment and foreign currency shortages among other things that are causing serious headaches to national economic planners. Big companies are spending time queueing for foreign currency at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, while others that see the wait too long, have resorted to buying the foreign currency […]
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Farirai Machivenyika Mr Speaker, Sir The second phase of the voter registration blitz was launched in Murehwa, Mashonaland East province, on the backdrop of increasing confidence by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission that it will meet its target of registering seven million voters by the time the process ends. Mr Speaker Sir, while ZEC chairperson Justice Rita Makarau expressed […]
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This is the address by President Mugabe at the burial of National Hero Cde Don Kwaedza Muvuti at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday. The bereaved Muvuti family, vana mai nana baba vekwaMuvuti, vanakomana, vanasikana. Ndakamirira musangano wedu weZanu-PF, ndakamirirawo Hurumende, pachanguwo nemhuri yangu, ndinoda kuti kwamuri zuva ranhasi tine hurombo zvikuru-kuru nekurasikirwa kwamaitwa, […]
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Charles Dhewa While it might seem Zimbabweans favour sadza and nyama, there is mounting evidence showing increasing changes in consumption patterns. By handling more than 80 different agricultural commodities daily, informal agricultural markets are major accelerators of this trend. Many urban and rural consumers have acquired tastes for commodities whose production they may not know much […]
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Margaret Kimberley Correspondent The desire to be affirmed by American society has dangerous consequences for black people. This pernicious dynamic creates the inclination to worship any black face in a high place or to defend questionable activity. The death of special forces Sergeant La David Johnson in Niger is a case in point. Donald Trump’s racism […]
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Bevan Musoko Correspondent WE live in interesting times. Very interesting indeed. The political temperature is rising, war veterans are spitting venom against their “creation”, that is President Mugabe as they claim. Farmers who participated in the 2016-17 Command Agriculture scheme are smiling all the way to banks, threatening to repeat the bumper harvest of the yester-season. […]
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Lorenzo Fioramonti Correspondent Until a couple of years ago, all financial institutions and investment banks were celebrating ‘Africa Rising’, in a symphony of compliments that should have cautioned any reasonable African leader as well as citizens on the continent. But what did they really mean when they were saying that Africa was rising?
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Dr Sacrifice Chirisa Mental Health Matters For a lot of people, the pursuit of a healthy work-life balance seems like an impossible goal. With so many of us torn between juggling heavy workloads, managing relationships and family responsibilities, and squeezing in outside interests, it is no surprise that more than one in four workers describe themselves as […]
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Soraya Narfeldt Correspondent For many developing countries, building a skilled workforce is one of the greatest challenges. In a digital age where an increasing number of traditional jobs are being replaced with technology, it is crucial for emerging markets to build a knowledge economy where their citizens can contribute to their nations’ sustainable development.
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Indian Chirara Correspondent Gone are the days where attending pre-school or crèche was viewed as a symbol of privilege only accessible to a few kids from the well to do families. Following the adoption of the new curriculum by government early childhood development has become compulsory with authorities now more interested on how infants begin their formal […]
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