Veronica Gwaze IT is a sunny workday, and prison officers and inmates at the Harare Central Prison are busy with their daily activities. The date is May 31, 2002, and what starts as a normal day for virtually everyone at the facility suddenly takes a nasty twist. A prison officer, who cannot be named for…
THE name Tambudzai (surname withheld), which ironically means to torment when loosely translated, seemed to foretell her fate. For Tambudzai, who was born into a family struggling with poverty, life was a constant battle. Mutamangira village, nestled deep in Mutasa district, was a tapestry of contrasts. Lush green hillsides gave way to parched fields and…
Gamuchirai Masiyiwa This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. When Tanya moved to Ireland for care work in 2022, she was certain of three things: Her family would join her soon. Her husband would find work. And her children would attend a good school. Initially, her move was smooth. Visas and permits were…
Sikhumbuzo Moyo – Chronicle Shocked to be discharged with a baby girl after giving birth to a boy via Caesarean section, a new mother from Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park suburb confirmed her suspicions through DNA testing about a month later. The incident happened at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) where the mother, who cannot be named due…
Evidence Chenjerai, Global Press Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. Plena James Poroto vividly remembers her joy when she moved into her new home in 1995, in a newly commissioned block of flats in the Old Location section of Sakubva, a high-density suburb in this eastern border city. The new flats…
Veronica Gwaze – Sunday Mail THE shape of a woman, when draped in clothing, may suggest a naturally curvaceous figure, characterised by a prominent bust and backside, as well as wide hips. Artificial enhancements, including busts, hips and backsides, aimed at achieving the sought-after hourglass figure, have increasingly become popular. And it seems some women,…
Evidence Chenjerai, Global Press Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. In 2022, Panashe Muteedzi gave a thumbs-up to some photos of a pregnant celebrity on Facebook. Days later, the now-mother of two girls saw a pregnancy photo shoot of an ordinary stranger, and again she “liked” it. That was the moment…
This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. Linda Mujuru, Global Press Zimbabwe In 2018, Pelagia Chikwera, a soft-spoken mother of three, attended a free cervical cancer screening at a hospital in Harare. “There was an advertisement about a free cancer screening, and I decided to go since it was free,” she says. “Little…
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