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Roselyne Sachiti Features Editor At independence, the Zimbabwean Government committed to provide education for all irrespective of race, gender or religion. Through the Education Act of 1982, education was declared a basic human right, making primary and secondary public education free and
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Roselyne Sachiti : Features Editor A field with wilted maize crop, four thin cattle, two goats, five roosters and a duck are what remains at a homestead in the Chilonga area, Chiredzi in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo Province. Cattle buyers from Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, flock to the area to look for a quick buy from desperate villagers wishing to […]
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Roselyne Sachiti : Features Editor Mary Moyo, a woman from Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, was just 18 when she married her 27-year-old husband Mike Moyo in 2013. When she fell pregnant the following year, both Mary and Mike were tested for HIV when they visited their gynaecologist. Mary tested negative on three different times, while her husband was positive. “This […]
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Roselyne Sachiti in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Women and their babies queue in a corridor at Bole 17 Health Centre in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. It is Tuesday morning and a cacophony of crying babies getting different vaccine jabs can be heard from a small room in which vaccinator, Mukuken Tadesse, works. Among the parents in the
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Roselyne Sachiti Features Editor WHEN most people hear of the word DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), all they think of is paternity testing, which is usually requested following lack of trust in a relationship, cheating allegations and inheritance claims, among other things.
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Roselyne Sachiti Features Editor Many ambitious and persistent young Zimbabweans have been using innovative solutions to fix society’s most pressing problems that range from water shortages, sanitation, education, health care, science to technology among many others.
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Roselyne Sachiti Sekai Kurai (30) is a woman from Village 4, Chizvirizvi, in Chiredzi. A mother of one child aged three from her previous marriage, Kurai is expecting her second baby – due anytime.
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Roselyne Sachiti Features Editor WHEN Daniel Chingoma designed a helicopter in 2003 , his invention became somewhat of a joke. Convinced that he could still build a chopper that would fly, and possibly silence his critics, he went on to build another one, but it wasn’t good enough and also failed to take off.
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Roselyne Sachiti Features Editor “WHEN I turned 32, my brothers’ wives started calling me the village aunt (tete vemhuri). “The village aunt is a woman who has gone past her expected age of marriage and might never marry. My situation was worse because I am an albino.
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Roselyn Sachiti Features Editor ON June 11, 2007 a Hurungwe father, Bigknows Wairosi, murdered his son, Ronald (9), while his younger son, Tawanda (7), helplessly watched. Two years later, Tawanda – the only witness to the murder – stood in court to testify against the man whose fatherly love turned upside down.
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Roselyne Sachiti Features Editor IN 2010, South Africa became the first African country to host the World Cup Final. The tournament, a runaway success, was the pride and joy of the continent, and the world, too.
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Roselyne Sachiti Features Editor It is just over 500 days remaining before the 2015 Millennium Development Goals deadline. While improvements have been made in the other seven goals, progress towards MDG 5 (improve maternal health) has been lagging furthest behind on the global scale.
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Roselyne Sachiti Features Editor It is a fact that selling second hand clothes illegally imported from neighbouring Mozambique is sustaining lives of thousands of Zimbabweans. Stall owners in markets like Mupedzanhamo in Mbare, Copacabana and Charge office flea markets in the CBD, many shopping centres around the country and Sakubva Market in Mutare now
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Roselyne Sachiti Features Editor Tents inscribed with names of funeral parlours are usually associated with death and grief. From different weather elements, they shelter mourners bidding farewell to a loved one.
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Roselyne Sachiti Features Editor Others spend time in food queues, clothing, water and supplementary feeding for children. Long meetings with village heads under trees and distribution of more essentials, and meetings with health officials are the order of the day.
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