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Ruth Butaumocho : Gender Profile Growing up in a family of 10 siblings Constance Kamuriwo Mutunhu nurtured the importance of hard work, sharing and lending a hand whenever the need arose at a very young age. She transported the same values into her adult life. She therefore did not fret when a huge responsibility of forming a charity […]
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Ruth Butaumocho : Gender Editor Spotting a trendy weave, long suede boots and a black biker to complete her modest attire, Lilian Choruwa- Chambuka is pimped up as if she is set for the ramp. With her stunning sense of fashion, she could pass for a well-oiled middle class snob who spends most of her energy, time […]
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor The Paris Agreement that was signed by nearly 200 countries in the Convention on Climate Change, COP21 in April this year will go in the annals of history as a milestone achievement towards a stable climate.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Grant Mhuriyengwe was young when his father abandoned the family, leaving him in the care of his mother. Yearning to establish how his father had been faring after abandoning him for over two decades, Grant set aside money and began his journey to find
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor On July 20, 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike gained global fame for Sri Lanka when she became the world’s first woman prime minister. It is said that the British press had to coin a new description, “Stateswoman” instead of the usual statement in recognition of the emerging gender dynamics when she assumed office.
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Ruth Butaumocho Column Name A piercing scream cut through Manyame Park in the early hours of Independence Day, after Mai Mutsena discovered the lifeless body of her husband dangling in the family’s bathroom. As her neighbours trickled in, obviously curious and shaken by the noise, Mai Mutsena was beyond herself with shock and grief. She could […]
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Given increasing cases of child marriages, sexual abuse and rape, openly encouraging virginity testing will expose them to abuse from sexual perverts and men who are always on the prowl looking for young girls to exploit.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor When Ms Sithembile Priscilla Pilime joined the famous trek to the United Kingdom to study nursing in London during the Rhodesian era, she had no other ambition except getting a good education. On her return home and armed with both nursing and social sciences qualifications, Ms Pilime realised that she could do […]
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Ruth Butaumocho The year 2013 is one that Maxwell Chikara would want to forget quickly. Barely a year after getting a job at a local supermarket as a stores controller, he was retrenched together with 20 others.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Growing up in a military camp where appearance and conduct represented a form of self-discipline, Angela Machonesa was not miffed by the martial process.
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When Rudo Nyangulu-Mungofa returned to Zimbabwe from abroad where she had been domiciled for more than a decade, she was amazed by the level of entrepreneurship that was going on around in all sectors of the economy.
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AN old adage that says; “Diamonds are a woman’s best friend,” rings true for Barbara Chenai Mutambanengwe, who finds herself surrounded by the precious stones daily.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender profile Even great writers like John Keats and George Orwell have endured that austere patch where publishers reject works, critics savage them and readers take years to read them.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Profile At five, when girls of her age were fussing over dolls and playing with toys, Eunice Dlamini was already mapping her way into entrepreneurship by selling different merchandise to assist in the family upkeep.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor With all economic indicators pointing southwards – falling commodity prices and an impending drought Zimbabweans are set for yet another tough year ahead. Even during the best of times Zimbabwean women have been left to bear the brunt of abject poverty. The national budget statement announced by Minister of Finance Honourable Patrick […]
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