ZIMBABWE is currently facing its worst economic crisis in a decade, characterised by fuel and electricity shortages, hyperinflation, catastrophe in the public health sector and price hikes of basic goods and services. The crisis is also being exacerbated by years of poor rainfall due to the effects of climate change with over eight million Zimbabweans…
WITH the continuously deteriorating situation in the public health sector, Zimbabweans are quaking in their boots with fear that the 2019 novel coronavirus could spread into the country. The zoonatic virus, which originated in China last December, has so far killed over 560 people and affected 28 000 in 25 countries around the world. Health…
LUXURY life and driving a state-of-the-art car is everybody’s wish, but in Zimbabwe this is coming at a huge cost to the country’s drying revenue flows, following illegal activities that have spurred authorities to act. While some of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) employees and importers have enjoyed a fair share of advantage over the years…
CROSSING the Mediterranean Sea 18 years ago in search of greener pastures, it never occurred to Shamiso Machaya that one day she would return to Zimbabwe and be instrumental in the country’s infrastructural development. Back then, little did she know that a venture which started as a mere carpentry business, building kitchens for the diaspora…
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© BORN in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in various countries due to her globetrotting United Nations diplomatic parents, Mary-Anne Mandishona is now a successful green innovations entrepreneur who is driven to empower young women across Africa. Carrying her global citizen spirit within her, the green innovations champion spent her childhood in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, the…
© THE overarching story of the about-to-end year has been the floundering economy, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicting Zim- babwe’s economy will contract by 6,5 percent. Many companies struggled to stay afloat and not surprisingly according to Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) industrial capacity utilisation dropped to be- low 40 percent due to…
© COMING face to face with real problems children face in communities, it dawned on Francisca Barbara Matsanga that poverty is a multifaceted challenge that leaves children as primary victims of the scourge. Being engaged by the Public Service, Labour and Social Wel- fare ministry as provincial manager for poverty alleviation in Chipinge and Marondera…
© IMAGINE guns blazing away and bombs exploding everywhere, the smell of death pervading the air, with no hope of seeing the next day. For Frank Imani, the fear of death saw him embark on a journey down south from his Cameroon home, where Boko Haram rebels were breathing fire and baying for citizens’ blood….
© THE year 2019 began on a sad note as nationwide protests rocked the country following steep fuel price hikes. The protests resulted in massive violations of human rights, with 17 people killed and more than 85 injured. One of the key organisations that documented the human rights violations was the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO…
