HARARE – As Zimbabwe yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating International Human Rights Day, the Daily News on Sunday spoke to a number of political and social analysts who all agreed the year 2016 witnessed the worst in terms of human rights abuses. Political commentator Mcdonald Lewanika said Zimbabwe’s human rights situation…
HARARE – It is time for action to end gender-based violence and men should not be inevitable to speak out against the violence, Parliamentary Portfolio Committee chairperson on gender and Goromonzi MP Biata Nyamupinga has said. Gender based violence is rife-and it is getting worse-according to the Zimbabwe Demographic Health Survey the prevalence of gender-based…
HARARE – Unlike the British-American Harry Potter books and film series that paint witchcraft with a rainbow brush, the practice is widely frowned upon in Zimbabwe. Disapproval for the practise is so widespread that “witch hunters” — believed to have been making a killing duping local villagers — last week attracted Cabinet wrath, with local…
HARARE – A masculine Jacob Harineki is easily recognisable as he strolls into the prison yard with his jail garb boldly emblazoned LIFE. Branded, Harineki knows that unless something extraordinary happens — an amnesty perhaps — then he is in prison to stay. The hands of time are slower and everyday is a pain. He…
HARARE – When she joined the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) at the age of 23, there were howls of disapproval from family and friends. But today, national police spokesperson Charity Charamba looks back with pride. Recently, she graduated with a masters’ degree in International Relations with Bindura University of Science Education and she is still…
HARARE – The image of a wailing mother flinging her arms in grief while her child tries in vain to console her has not been easily forgotten by onlookers who stood motionless as bulldozers razed down structures along Harare-Masvingo road. It’s been close to a month since that episode left more than 3 000 families…
HARARE – Since the 1960s when it entered the Zimbabwean market, South African retailer and wholesaler Spar had become a dominant group, getting a lot of attention across the country for being a good trader, probably the best in class. A long-time supermarket chain here, it was more aligned with everyday, working class neighbourhoods and…
HARARE – Petros Mauri pokes through piles of smoldering garbage — the remains of a fierce fire that engulfed Pomona dumpsite and raged on for the better part of a week. The Epworth resident, who is one of the plus 200 people who work in this makeshift community, has made the 46-kilometre journey from his…
HARARE – As the water crisis seems to have no possible solution in sight and rationing regimes have been introduced in cities and towns across the country, women and girls are most affected due to gender roles placed on them by society and culture. Care giving, a role mostly given to women has become a…
HARARE – The devastating effects of the El Nino-induced drought are now being felt across the country with residents and officials warning of a potential national disaster if the critical water situation is not dealt with. There are fears that Zimbabwe could slide back to the 2008/2009 period when a cholera outbreak killed more than…
