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When the clock struck 12 midnight on July 29, thousands of women across Zimbabwe still carried hope that the clique of women running for office in the elections on July 30 would be voted into power.

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Kelvin Satimburwa (15) from Sagambe, Honde Valley, sadly watched his peers board the only lorry in the neighbourhood that ferried them to school, 20 kilometres away.

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 […]

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Profile Pupils often have dreams and ambitions they share with their peers as they trudge home from school after a hard day’s work. With no outside heroes to emulate, sometimes their dreams come to naught. That was not the case with Richard Muchaka, a young boy who was encouraged by his parents to […]

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor The upsurge in sexual assaults and rape of minors by their guardians is a sad development that should not be allowed to continue. In the last few weeks, the nation has been inundated with shocking stories of rape of young girls committed in various circumstances, perpetuating all forms of violence against […]

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor When Mr Charles Mukaronda was growing up, he was alarmed at the levels of poverty around him although raised in a family of academics, Mr Mukaronda neither lacked life’s basics nor was he short of mentors.

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Government’s proposed 60-year imprisonment for those found guilty of raping minors and the disabled is a welcome move that should address the growing problem of sexual assault in Zimbabwe.

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Profile When a 14-year-old Nothabo Ncube lost her mother she was devastated. However, in the midst of all the pain and loss – a promise was born.

Ruth Butaumocho Gender profile Zimbabwean born Elizabeth Rudo Limamu (nee Takundwa) navigates the challenges of doing business in South Africa like any other entrepreneur.

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor With only a few months left before the onset of the 2018 parliamentary and Presidential elections gets underway, preparations for the plebiscite have begun in earnest.

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Ninety-two-year-old Phillimon Jowani Kayiboni is a troubled man. After winning his battle with Anjin Investments of China to have adequate accommodation for all his 14 wives and his brood after being relocated from Bocha to pave way for diamond mining, Mr Kayiboni thought his woes were over.

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Profile When Elizabeth Vimbai Mhangami finished her studies in the United States, she decided to retrace her footsteps to Zimbabwe and establish how best she could contribute to the economy.

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Tendai Magwaza is an astute bright young teenage girl, who wants to become a journalist once she finishes school.

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Profile Nurses shuffle into the emergency room – an army of white coats, with hopeful, patient smiles.

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Women are often regarded as “the backbone of” the Christian congregation not only in Zimbabwe, but across the globe.