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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor The traditional 16 Days of Activism is almost coming to an end, with many events having been lined up to hammer the message home on the need to eradicate society of gender-based violence.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor IF music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. IN this famous quotation from Twelfth Night Act 1, scene 1, 1–3, the lovelorn Duke Orsino of Illyria asks for more music to help him deal with his frustrations in his […]
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor “Necessity is the mother of all inventions,” goes the old adage. The crippling power woes, where a majority of Zimbabweans go for an average of 12 hours a day without electricity, has taken a toll on homes and business operations across Zimbabwe. However, the power shortages have spawned a new business venture. […]
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Known as Mbudzi in Shona or Lwezi in Ndebele, it is during this month that everything with links to the spiritual Zimbabwean tradition is temporarily put on hold. Suffice to say life on the other side doesn’t come to a standstill, because of a flurry of activities taking place elsewhere.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Profile ZOL’s brand has grown in leaps and bounds, becoming one of the leading Internet service providers, including use of fibre-to-home technology, something that was not available only a few years ago. It now has got more than 130 ZOL spots in the country and is also providing Internet connectivity
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor When Maureen Nyemba lost her husband she knew that the fortification that had long protected her from economic woes had broken down. With six children to feed, house and educate — the last born barely six months old — terror, fear, panic and all too familiar emotions that swirl and crash the
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Galleries across Africa tend to be thought of as sterile and exclusive spaces run by dread-locked men, who dabble in paint and spend their days musing on Pablo Picasso’s great artworks. Which is a gross misconception, just like all labels.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Rather than regard women as mortal beings, whose interests are vast and not only confined to their sexuality, several dancehall artistes present women as sex objects solely interested in pleasing men without having any of the same desires, laying foundation for gender-based violence. Growing up in the 1980s, I had
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor A lot of people consider the subject of HIV, as mundane and boring, with many preferring to relegate it to scientists and doctors. Those who have dared to understand the dynamics around the issue have often been treated with suspicion. But that has not deterred Tariro Makanga-Chikumbirike in dedicating her
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor The economic developments in Zimbabwe have spawned a new breed of entrepreneurs, across all sectors of the economy. Some have achieved success overnight, while some continue to work on entrepreneurial strategies to ensure that they put food on the table for their families.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor When Dr Rita Nyampinga was arrested and briefly detained in Harare’s police cells following a demonstration to push for the availability of anti-retroviral therapy in 2007, the conditions she was exposed to shocked her. She spent the night wide awake, trying to imagine how life would be if she was to […]
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Profile Getting married when one is barely in her teens requires more than bravery to stand up and make a successful life. Apart from the fact that the union itself is illegal, the possibility of dying while giving birth, and failure to grasp the concept of motherhood at that stage make the whole process […]
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor She is a former beauty queen, a successful businesswoman and has a heart of gold. Mrs Cecilia Mautsa is a compassionate yet tenacious woman on a mission to change lives of the underprivileged. She is determined to achieve her goal and bring smiles to hundreds of widows and orphans in the neighbourhood.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor The world is slowly warming up to gendered leadership where young women are taking up active roles in the affairs of their countries. Regardless of education status, these game changers and ceiling crashers are claiming their space in economic, social and political spheres by nurturing and
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Creating successful new businesses is still possible, given hard work, a good idea and a quality product at the right price. Mrs Similo Ndiweni, from Bulawayo is one such individual, who with basic secondary education, talent, grit and a bit of luck fought her way up to become one of the few […]
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