HARARE – Among its major claims to fame are the famous balancing rocks that have since been barricaded from residents. Maybe one can now add drama- sensation-turned-singer Freddy Manjalima of Mai Nga hit to Epworth’s fame. Epworth, a largely informal settlement 12 kilometres east of Harare, is arguably Zimbabwe’s biggest slum settlement and a conduit…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world to commemorate the global campaign; 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence slated from November 24 to December 8, women lobby groups have been castigated for doing little for the poor woman who continues to wallow in poverty. The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender…
BUHERA – Temparatures are high and villagers are sitting under a tree at Mutiusinazita Business Centre in Buhera waiting to get their monthly allocation of food relief, which comes in the form of a bucket of maize from the district administrator. Mutiusinazita falls under Ward 24 of Buhera South Constituency. Apparently the name Mutiusinazita in…
HARARE – The story of Zimbabwe’s land resettlement began in 2000 when President Robert Mugabe released his dogs of war to evict white commercial farmers from their land. That year the country’s farmlands yielded some 4,2m tonnes of agricultural produce, according to the Commercial Farmers Union. But by the end of this country’s “lost decade”,…
HARARE – Unemployment and poverty have eroded family stability and morals in the informal settlement of Epworth, where sex and boozing are the major activities. The results are unreported rape cases, early marriages and teen pregnancies which have become so commonplace that they have become accepted as a norm. Short term marriages are also the…
KADOMA – A blocked sewer system producing a foul-smell in Old Ingezi’s high density suburb tells the story of imprisoned residents. It is in this suburb where World War Two prisoners of the war from Italy and Poland were jailed. After the war years, this suburb sprung from the ashes of the prison complex…
HARARE – World thinkers, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and leaders in urban planning and management converged in Barcelona with an objective to rethink cities. The World Bank in association with the City of Barcelona hosted the conference from October 08-10, under the theme “Rethinking cities: Framing the future”. The conference took place against a myriad…
HARARE – After being separated for eight months from his mother, three-year-old David fears she will disappear again. For nearly eight months, jail separated mother and son as Cynthia Manjoro languished in remand prison. Together with 28 other political and human rights activists, the 27-year-old mother of one is charged with the murder of a…
HARARE – Looking savvy, Tawanda sports an attractive woman in high heels strutting across the street. Patiently he follows her and then scoops on her. The woman blushes and softens to Moyo’s charms. But alas, a few hours later she is inside a police station, crying. What started as attraction has ended up as destruction…
HARARE – Broadcaster and poet, Soneni aka Thandeka Gwizi says she is proudly Zimbabwean and proudly disabled. Soneni’s wish is to become an ambassador of women with disability. And there is every reason why she should be so excited about who she is and what she has achieved. Soneni is the 2012 JCI Zimbabwe —10…
