Mary Mundeya RUDO Matare was 38 years old when she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer in 2017. Her decision to follow the doctor’s advice to undergo a mastectomy in order to remove her left breast to stop the cancer from spreading to other parts of the body turned out to be disastrous. Her…
Regina Pasipanodya AMID the lack of financial support for Zimbabwean women venturing into different business initiatives, women in agriculture are supporting each other with start-up kits that help them grow in agro-business under a pass-on scheme, initiated by Women in Agriculture Union (WAU) in 2019. Like their counterparts in other fields, women in agriculture have…
Mary Mundeya THE absence of statutes aimed at managing the procurement of goods and services and their issuance in times of emergency in Zimbabwe led to the country not getting value for the funds it invested towards the sprucing up and reconstruction of its fragile and collapsed healthcare system at the height of the Covid-19…
2020 award winner of Tusk Wildlife Ranger in Africa, Amos Gwema has embarked on a wildlife conservation drive in ward 17, Matopo to help fight poaching and wildlife crime in the area. Of late, wildlife crime has been on the rise in Zimbabwe and Gwema, recently sponsored a Netball and Soccer Tournament at Chapo Business Centre,…
Regina Pasipanodya & Mary Mundeya ASK most primary school pupils how they prefer spending their free time and many are likely to say watching cartoons or playing with friends, but not for Danishta Patel (12) a grade 6 pupil at Westridge Primary School, one of Zimbabwe’s elite schools in Harare. “I enjoy designing and coming…
Regina Pasipanodya AS a health public practitioner at one of Zimbabwe’s largest mental health institutions, Ingutsheni Hospital in Bulawayo, Anesu Chinguwa (27), who is committed to serving the community without any expectations, never thought that the hard work she puts in behind-the-scenes would be recognised one day. After all, she works with people who are…
Women need to be capacitated on legal frameworks around Online Gender Based Violence (OGBV) in order to protect themselves from digital harassment, various stakeholders have recommended. This came out during a conference hosted by Emthonjeni Women’s Forum, Friday, whose objectives were to raise awareness of OGBV and to strengthen the role of women as agents of change in the fight against the same. …
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