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By Brenna Matendere When the winds roared and the mountains groaned under the weight of Cyclone Idai in 2019, hundreds in Chimanimani clung to trees, rocks, and hope. Six years…

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AHF Billboard Drives Fight Against Child Marriage

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By Brenna Matendere in Marange A 75 passenger Zupco bus emblazoned with the image of a young innocent girl with plaited hair twisted into an immaculate looking style swerves into…

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“We’re Just Trying to Survive”: Life on the Edge for Kariba’s Street Vendors

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By Admore Mbonda in Kariba Under the scorching Kariba sun, Maria Nhada Chioniso Masunda arranges her tomatoes and onions with quiet determination. Her stall at the Mahombeko Vegetable Market is…

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Mutorashanga’s Chrome Rush: Dreams Built on Shifting Soil

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By Elvis Dumba in Mutorashanga Once a quiet farming settlement tucked along Zimbabwe’s Great Dyke, Mutorashanga has rapidly transformed into a place of hope—and heartache. The chrome rush here has…

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The Struggles and Resilience of Chesvingo Safe Market Vendors

2 years ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Amid the searing heat of a Mucheke afternoon, Chesvingo Safe Market stands as a symbol of hope and resilience. The once-bustling marketplace, designed to empower women and…

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Small Savings, Big Dreams: How Village Lending Groups Are Sending Girls Back to School

2 years ago

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By Pylaia Chembe Ashley Marime, 19, sits quietly in her family’s small home in Mwenezi district, Masvingo Province. She fidgets with her hands, her voice barely audible as she recounts…

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Weaknesses in laws leave thousands stateless

2 years ago

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By Nathan Guma It is afternoon and Cecelia Kalinje (33), a mother of four from Hopley, a settlement some 13 kilometres from Harare’s central business district, is playing with her…

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OK Grand Challenge delivers on promise . . . Winners take delivery of prizes

2 years ago

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CAPTION STORY: Several prize winners in the 36th edition of OK Grand Challenge on Friday took delivery of their prizes amid celebration and music at a colourful ceremony held in…

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Long distances hinder access to education in rural Zimbabwe

2 years ago

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By Nathan Guma IT is 5AM and the asphalt stretch from Mutoko Center, past Nyamakwere Lodges down to Mutoko High School is strewn with learners that are making their way…

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‘We didn’t just build a well, we built a future’: Lingwe revels in new solar-powered scheme

2 years ago

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JONATHAN MBIRIYAMVEKA Whoever said Christmas Day comes but once a year will change their mind if they go to Lingwe, Matobo district, deep in Zimbabwe’s remote province of Matabeleland South.…