Linda Mujuru, Evidence Chenjerai, Global Press Zimbabwe One winter night in June 2022, Lynet Mhizha’s husband, Clever Kapange, failed to return home as usual. Around midnight, Mhizha got a call from her brother-in-law. Her husband was being held at a local police station on suspicion of stealing cash and a cellphone. That day marked the…
Gamuchirayi Masiyiwa, Global Press Zimbabwe UNTIL February 2020, Didymus Mhuru worked as a researcher at Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care, a job he held for nine years. It was a decent government job with perks like health insurance, and a salary equivalent to 300 United States dollars per month. It was also in…
Evidence Chenjerai, Global Press Zimbabwe Sheila Mpala never imagined driving a haulage truck growing up. She wanted to be a nurse or a mortician. But her husband, whom she married when she was 23, shot down her dreams. Nursing paid too little, and he earned enough for the family, she recalls him saying. He didn’t…
Mary Mundeya ZIMBABWE’S wildlife landscape is endowed with 350 species of mammals, more than 500 birds and 131 fish species all of which adorn its environment, yet due to the increasing number of poaching cases, wildlife’s existence is under threat more than ever. According to research, each year the country loses thousands of specimen wildlife…
Tafadzwa Mwanengureni / Kudakwashe Emma Zihonye At 19, Mercy Mungweni (name changed for ethical reasons) never thought she would enroll at a university after she fell pregnant soon after finishing her Advanced Level. Life turned sour soon after she realized her condition. She faced a lot of criticism from her family and close friends which…
Regina Pasipanodya Themba Moyo (37) desperately gazes at the faded photograph of his mother during her happier days when laughter was common at their home. The happy years full of laughter are however now a distant memory. Moyo works as a caretaker at a farm in Mavise in Midlands province, 193 kilometres from Harare. His…
Regina Pasipanodya While other community members gather for one of the village’s regular developmental oversight meeting’ Tawanda Mataka (25) is fixed on his daily hustle of selling packed honey by the roadside in Fairfield, a small community along the Harare-Masvingo highway. This young entrepreneur is writing his own rules of success, working as a trader…
Regina Pasipanodya Around 11 pm on September 17, 2023, Memory Sengwa (19) a mother to a two-and-a-half-month-old baby girl from Epworth, which is about 19 kilometers from the Harare Central Business District could barely walk on her own due to a severe backache. On this fateful day, Sengwa who was experiencing labour pains, struggled to…
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