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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Zimbabwe will for the next 14 days join the rest of the world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence as the globe makes concerted efforts to end the problem. From November 25 – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – to December 10 – Human […]

Ruth Butaumocho recently in New Delhi, India When Budiriro Maunda (22) left for India to study for a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Sharda University three years ago, all he wanted was to attain good passes that would enable him to get a good job back home. Two years into his studies, it dawned on […]

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 Editor HE may be serving a 40-year prison term for rape, but his love life has not been affected. If events witnessed at the ongoing Family week at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison are anything to go by, then convicted rapist, Robert Martin Gumbura’s polygamous marriage to 21 beautiful women is far from over. Although Gumbura […]

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 Profile Growing up in Mhondoro, Tamuka Chihota was an intelligent and astute young boy who dreamt of becoming an engineer. With no mentor within sight, nor a relative who was in the field, Tamuka (33) nurtured his dream through gleaning written material on the profession. 

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 Editor Dambudzo Marechera was a renowned writer, who carved his own piece of history, both on the local and international literature radar as one of the best young African writers to emerge.

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 Profile When most people survive from gender-based violence, they often withdraw into a cocoon and find it difficult to reach out to individuals who may be in similar circumstances.

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.