HARARE – While they are young, confident, smart and full of life their situation today remotely reflects the challenges they had to endure growing up. Talking to Samantha Mandiriri, 24, from Seke, in Chitungwiza, and June Munyongani, 22, from Mucheke in Masvingo, you would never imagine the two are both graduates of child-headed families who…
HARARE – For the rich, the August holiday is for fun. They climb mountains in the Eastern Highlands, watch the smoke that thunders in Victoria Falls, and enjoy life. On the flip side, for the poor, it is all work and no play at all. When schools closed on Thursday, children sighed with relief —…
HARARE – The school looks like any other institution of learning in rural Zimbabwe. Consisting of two dilapidated buildings with unpainted walls, and a small office which the headmaster uses, the school has nothing to show for its 53 years of existence. The two blocks used to have four classrooms each, until termites invaded the…
KARIBA – The resort town of Kariba reverberated with life on Friday following the resumption of the Harare-Kariba-Victoria Falls route by national airline Air Zimbabwe, 10 years after the last flight. Tourism stakeholders in the country hailed the resumption of the domestic route by Air Zimbabwe, which will be flying three times per week to…
HARARE – When Chiwoniso Mararire died in July last year, it was not easy to know what her legacy would be. She left us too soon — not just at a tragically early age, but also at a middle chapter of an illustrious mbira musical journey. We watched for years as erratic behaviour and tabloid…
HARARE – The only parent Rhoda Munatsi, 14, has ever known from birth is her father Clement who has lived as a divorcee for nearly two decades. She has two brothers, both older. Although the three men in her life are caring, Rhoda has never had the guts to tell them she is experiencing her…
HARARE – The death of Rosemary Margaret Khumalo, 59, while on death row at Chikurubi Maximum prison, last week has raised questions around capital punishment in Zimbabwe. Khumalo died after 15 years on death row. She was convicted of the 1998 gruesome murder of her businessman suitor Maxwell Sibanda. She was also convicted separately of…
HARARE – When Shamiso Nsingo, 20’s mother left home for Gwanda Business Centre on a beer drinking spree and prostitution, she left five other children in the care of the youngster. As for Shamiso, it was not only her five siblings she had to take care of, as she has two children of her own,…
HARARE – Tichaona Kuripa’s mind was ahead — thinking on how best he would deliver his lecture at a workshop in Harare. Suddenly, he heard the screeching sound of brakes, the next moment Kuripa found himself under the Toyota Ipsum car he was travelling in. This day, March 7, 2013 is a day that Kuripa…
HARARE – Laurent Delahouse, the ambassador of France says he has cancelled his DStv subscription because of the hectic demands from his job as he is out every evening and when he comes back home dashes straight to bed. The top French diplomat said his evenings are always occupied with meetings, outings and he does…
