HARARE – Back in the day, sexual relations between young women and older men in exchange for financial support was frowned upon — with local playwright Agnes Kuda Gwatiringa even penning a hit drama series on the phenomenon called Asi Chii Nhai? However, times have evolved and technology has advanced, sugar daddies are smarter and…
HARARE – When he was a young boy, Jimmy Kangwara dreamt of having a white collar job but as life would have it he turned out to be a barber. Kangwara is just one of the many barbers who are living decent lives through cutting people’s hair. Samson Makaripe, Kingston Kwinjo, Cosmas Washayanyika and Moses…
HARARE – He grew up experiencing every child’s nightmare, hardly ever had enough food on his plate and was in and out of school due to fees problems. But Mbare-raised Munyaradzi Gwatidzo, 32, promised himself it was not always going to be like that. Even as he watched his father walk out on the family…
HARARE – Despite pictures from Zimbabwe’s rich and famous that flood various social media networks very so often, a Research and Markets report titled The Africa 2016 Wealth Report claims that Zimbabweans are the poorest individuals in Africa with at least $200 wealth per person. The report, which stops at nothing to tell Zimbabwe’s few…
HARARE – Zimbabweans who once danced to songs like Let it Play and those nonstop jiggles on the State broadcaster like Hondo yeminda should yet again brace for more as Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo says he has penned nearly 100 songs that are yet to be released. Writing on his Twitter account, Moyo the…
HARARE – It reads like a story plucked from a fiction novel, an adopted daughter being cast into the wilderness by her aging father, and out in the jungle there is nowhere for her to go but to return armed and claim what she thought was hers, even by default. That Joice Runaida Mujuru is…
HARARE – Today, March 8 marks International Women’s Day, a time to celebrate the achievements of women around the world, identify the challenges ahead, and call for further change and progress. This year, the theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. As Zimbabwe joins the rest…
HARRE – Disability, HIV and Aids Trust (DHAT) last this month held a stakeholders dialogue in Harare on service delivery for persons living with visual and hearing impairments under the banner: ‘Leaving no one behind: where is disability in health service delivery, let’s talk about it’. DHAT country co-ordinator Hamida Ismail Mauto told participants from…
HARARE – “Zimbabwe came through the barrel of the gun”, then some 20 years after independence it started to grab farms, and now it is grabbing mines and companies — the grabbing continues with many now saying the landlocked nation is a country of smash and grab (jambanja). Viewed with the chaos unfolding in the…
HARARE – Motivational books come in different forms, styles and shapes. They also emerge from various inspirations. Nobody really wishes to be poor but usually fate deploys humanity there. There are so many brilliant young men and women who excelled in school but could not continue with their education due to financial constraints within their…
