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…
SCANTLY clad and mucky, Kudzai Mwenje* (4) goes through his daily gold-panning routine, separating the mineral from river sand on Odzi River, in Zimbabwe’s eastern province of Manicaland. He seems like an expert of sorts at what he does, adroitly using a thick piece of cloth and a disfigured metal bowl to make sure that…
HARARE, ZIMBABWE — When a friend offered her a place to stay, Pamela said yes impulsively, without asking any questions. This was months after she left her home in rural Masvingo in southeastern Zimbabwe, escaping her abusive stepmother. She initially worked as a domestic helper in Harare, but within six months, her employer let her…
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. …
In remembrance of the dedication and sacrifice of one of the first black rangers who lost his life to poachers in 1989 while defending wildlife, Africa Wildlife Foundation (AWF), recently donated a ranger boat to the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) adding to the huge investments in digital technologies the organisation has made to…
FOLLOWING the success story of Uganda, which established a wildlife-dedicated court in 2017, specialising in wildlife-related cases, Speak Out for Animals (SOFA) believes a similar move in Zimbabwe will go a long way in addressing challenges in wildlife cases. For a long time, wildlife cases in Zimbabwe have been addressed in the main courts, which…
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