Mary Mundeya Hungry villagers in communities close to Sentinel Limpopo Safari are invading the wildlife area to kill animals for food and for sale, She Corresponds Africa can report. The areas involved include Jalukange, Shashe, Mapani, and Limpopo among others that fall under Headman Ketumile Mahopolo Nare of ward 8 Beitbridge West under Chief Stauze of the…
Nyasha Dube IN the face of increasing effects of poaching and biodiversity loss, women rangers in Zimbabwe are rising to the conservation challenge and are slowly but surely claiming a major stake in the space. There has been a rise of dedicated all-female ranger groups in Zimbabwe and beyond, committed to harnessing digital technology into…
Mary Mundeya A decade ago, Zimbabwe experienced a sharp increase in elephant poaching, with cyanide poisoning becoming a common way to kill the magnificent animals. Records prove that hundreds of elephants were slaughtered this way for their ivory while other forms of wildlife such as vultures also died after having fed on poisoned carcasses. Owing…
Rutendo Chirume “I will be turning 17-years-old in October but I started transactional sex when I was in form two when Iwas 15-years-old, charging as little as US$2 for a session,” says Rejoice, a teenage sex worker fromZimbabwe’s oldest town, Masvingo. “All I wanted was money for food and some pocket money. I wanted to…
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…
Regina Pasipanodya FINDING herself as a single mother, with four children to care of, at a time the Zimbabwean economy was in doldrums spurred Mary Wazara (47), commonly known as the ‘Recycling Lady’ on social media platforms and business circles, to be innovative and think outside the box in her quest to ensure that her…
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