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© Elizabeth Macheke had been married for 12 years. Her marriage was riddled with physical, verbal and emotional abuse. [GoogleAd] Macheke recounts how her husband would come home drunk and start a fight over petty issues. One time, he raised a storm after she had asked him to produce his payslip, as he was failing…

© Frank Buyanga has won the right to change the name of his son’s surname from that of his mother after the court established that he was the legal father. [GoogleAd] The Children’s Court in Harare closed a long running dispute over the child after ruling that his ex-girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa has no right to refuse…

© WOMEN’S organisations have applauded government’s decision to offer free sanitary pads to young girls in rural areas, saying this will go a long way in ending period poverty. [GoogleAd] This comes as gender activists recently called on government to tackle issues around menstrual poverty due to the soaring sanitary wear costs in the 2020…

© FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been urged to quickly implement measures he announced in the 2020 National Budget to stimulate increased production and economic growth. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe is facing its worst economic crisis in a decade due to years of mismanagement of funds, corruption, lack of investment and harsh weather conditions. To address these…

© WITH President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government slowly, but surely closing the democratic space by banning most of the opposition MDC’s activities, including demonstrations and rallies, analysts have suggested that the party’s leader Nelson Chamisa should seek cooperation with his rival.   [GoogleAd] Following Mnangagwa’s ascension to power in November 2017, many hoped he would craft…

© A WOMAN in her 60s wields a hoe with all her might, tilling the stubborn dry land as she prepares for the imminent rains. [GoogleAd] She has to use her hands because she lost all her cattle to theileriosis, a tick borne disease commonly known as January Disease that has left most villagers throughout…

© ANNA, 28, is an ‘invisible’. There is no record of her existence anywhere on the planet. She is a ‘non-existent’. [GoogleAd] If arrested, her detention will be indefinite as she cannot be deported anywhere as no country recognises her as its own. She could commit serious crime and be untraceable.  But as much as…

© IT’S 7am in Mguza, deep  in Matabeleland North and Pretty Msipha’s baby Belinda has just woken up for her first meal. Msipha holds her six- month-old skinny baby and starts feeding her watery maize-meal porridge.  [GoogleAd] The frail baby starts eating the seemingly unhealthy porridge with unimaginable gusto as if she has not eaten…

© THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has since the July 2018 harmonised elections lost almost all parliamentary and council by-elections to the ruling Zanu PF party. Our reporter Blessings Mashaya spoke to the party’s secretary for elections, Jacob Mafume, to ascertain the reasons behind the defeats and strategies for future polls. Below are excerpts of the…