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Lanterns were displayed, doors were decorated with spring festival couplets, a common sight that we often anticipate during the days leading to the Chinese Spring festival. By Samantha Nyabondo This time around, however, there seemed…

As I boarded my flight from Beijing Airport, China on Tuesday evening, all I could think of was what awaits me upon arrival in Harare. I had heard and read about a suspected case of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19), which at the time, had…

MUTARE- Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has called for collaborative efforts to curb the operations of corrupt cartels. ZACC spokesperson, Commissioner John Makamure made these remarks at the launch of a preliminary National…

The mid-day sun is at its zenith. Young, middle-aged men and women take shelter along the pavements of the Eastgate Mall, in central Harare. One would think that they are taking a rest but alas,  these are illegal foreign…

For 16-year-old Thelma Gotora (not her real name), all her self-esteem is gone following a heartbreaking childhood in which she was twice sexually molested by very close relatives. Seeing them everyday sends shivers down her spine as she…

When Precious Pindai (37) found out that she was HIV positive nine years ago, she thought life was all but over. She did not fear for her death but was afraid that her only child at the time would be left alone with no-one to love her.…

Zimbabwe has seen an unprecedented increase in the levels of violence against women by the police especially during the sporadic demonstrations and city council's unending running battles with vendors. Disturbing images of women being…

SADDLED by what are increasingly looking like unappeasable demands for the so-called reform and re-engagement by Western countries, could Zimbabwe make a volte face and re-look at China as a model of development and as an ally in…

A two day symbosium that brought together more than 100 marginalised adolescent girls and young women drawn from all the ten provinces of Zimbabwe to share experiences and highlight challenges hindering their education and empowerment.…

For many years, African countries and other developing nations have been bitterly complaining about the slow pace of reform of multilateral institutions such as the United Nations as well as the overhaul of global financial architecture.…