Taking a green leaf out of The Netherlands
THE Netherlands has an agricultural industry to emulate. In spite of it being such a small country, it is the second largest agricultural exporter in the world, after the United States. Taking a green...
View ArticleEnhancement of food security, nutrition key for economic revival
HOLISTIC and sustainable natural resources management leads to improvement of food security of vulnerable communities in Zimbabwe. Enhancement of food security, nutrition key for economic revival :...
View ArticleMy father, my rapist, my son’s father: Court says NO
RAPISTS the worst kind of people because they force their will on someone, and they don’t care if they leave them scarred for life. My father, my rapist, my son’s father: Court says NO : NewsDay...
View ArticleDistressed people caught in the middle
Leaders are responsible for those whom they lead. Distressed people caught in the middle : NewsDay Zimbabwe.
View ArticleImproved access to water may help end female genital mutilation
Could it be possible that if women in Africa had access to water, it could save them from undergoing the harmful practice of female genital mutilation (FGM)? Improved access to water may help end...
View Article‘My sister and I are products of rape’
TABBIE (19) from a rural village in Mutasa, Manicaland Province, constantly breaks down as she narrates her story. ‘My sister and I are products of rape’ : NewsDay Zimbabwe.
View ArticleRural WASH programme gives villagers new lease of life
BEITBRIDGE – The unforgiving sun that appears to mock any longing for lush, green vegetation in Gukunze village does not hint that it will relent any time soon. Rural WASH programme gives villagers new...
View ArticleIn the name of ZimAsset
Vendors who sell in market places, especially places like Copacabana in Harare are saying they are not making profit whatsoever in as much as they welcome ZimAsset as a means of empowerment in these...
View ArticlePrepaid meters scupper gains made in accessing water in Africa
HARARE — While many countries appear to have met the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water, rights...
View ArticleCBD vending takes toll on Mupedzanhamo
Vendors at Mupedzanhamo in Mbare have expressed dismay over Harare City Council’s failure to rein in vendors who are selling clothing items at undesignated places in the central business district...
View ArticleCapacity building workshops to benefit mining communities
BRINGING in together different communities from mineral-rich areas so that they debate and share ideas among themselves on the type of engagement they should pursue in the face of unresponsive...
View ArticleMugabe’s complicity in Gukurahundi
THE Ndebele people of western Zimbabwe have a proverb, Walutheza olule nkume, which, roughly translated, means “A person picked up firewood in which there was a scorpion, and now the scorpion is out to...
View ArticleChildren bear brunt of Yemen’s war
SANAA — Aid agencies in Yemen are warning of dire consequences for the country’s children if the conflict there does not stop soon. Children bear brunt of Yemen’s war : NewsDay Zimbabwe.
View ArticleAfrican leaders’ cheatsheet: Anyone can become chief
AS Ethiopia votes, it is as good a time as any to reflect on the type of men and women who tend to become president on the continent. African leaders’ cheatsheet: Anyone can become chief : NewsDay...
View ArticleIrrigation scheme boon for smallholder farmers
BY PHYLLIS MBANJE SHRIVELLED crops and the overpowering stench of poverty are common features in most rural areas in Zimbabwe following inconsistent rains which ended prematurely, only to return and...
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Formalisation of informal economy
The Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe (LEDRIZ) has prescribed a cocktail of strategies aimed at formalising the increasingly growing informal economy, it has emerged....
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Graduating to become a vendor, taxi pirate
FOR a while 24-year-old Chenai Kamoyo (not real name), a History and International Studies student at Midlands State University, only dreamt about her graduation day. Graduating to become a vendor,...
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Villagers survive on baobab fruits
SAVE VALLEY — In the sweltering Lowveld heat, Jenny Zimuhunwe magnetically combs the ground, picking up sorghum grains, making sure nothing would goes to waste. Villagers survive on baobab fruits :...
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Forced evictions leave Nigerian slum dwellers homeless
More than a month after security forces chased some 15 000 Nigerians from their homes in Badia East Forced evictions leave Nigerian slum dwellers homeless : NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Mini skirt march: Women inch closer to freedom
DOZENS of women took to the streets in bright mini skirts and skimpy dresses, shocking people at Copacabana bus terminus. Mini skirt march: Women inch closer to freedom : NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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