Zimbabwe's socio-economic situation has been on nosedive mode for the past 2 decades. This has exposed many people to threatening vulnerabilities. To this end,NGOs have been instrumental in cushioning the poor and vulnerable from falling hard into destitution....
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Poor service delivery at clinic
Epworth residents are crying foul of health services at the local clinic. Patients are taking long hours before receiving treatment and this is not acceptable because of the pandemic. In an interview with one of the patients she complained that, "after waiting for...
Women and Girls in market places
The covid 19 pandemic brought a lot of challenges on women in public market places.The new covid 19 regulations that only allows Zupco transport to operate has largely contributed to shortage of transport. Mushikashika or unlicensed transport operators are now...
A Guruve business man caught with a black python in his car.
On Friday 11 June last month a 45 year old men of Guruve under Sabhuku Nembudziya was caught red handed with a big snake in his Ford Ranger car. Mr Rufu parked his car a few shops before his shops whilst he went to look for something to eat . This is when a young...
Dismissal of students in residence at University of Zimbabwe
Shortage of accommodation has become a driving force to the rise of squatter students at the University of Zimbabwe. The chaos of squatters bring negative effects to the students as it can lead to the fast spreading of corona virus to the students as they crowd in a...
A HARARE MAN DUMPS FAMILY FOR DIASPORA
A 32 year old man in Harare is alleged to have dumped family with nothing but a packet of salt as he embarked on a spending spree in South Africa. It is said that the man, whose name has been protected for privacy ,went to South Africa for the past six years after he...
MASHAYAMOMBE TAKES WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT BY STORM
Tag a life international (Tali) director Nyaradzo Mashayamombe is taking a leap in empowering girls and young women in different communities. Mashayamombe grew up in a rural set up where opportunities for girls such as education were not easily accessible.Despite...
A 17 year old boy impregnated two girls and committed suicide
A boy named Delony Muti who lives in Domboshava at Mukwesha village committed suicide after a misunderstanding between him and his parents. The boy had impregnated 2 girls and the other one is said to be under age.The boy's mother had agreed to take care her 2...
MENSTRUAL PERIOD BEING A PAIN IN BUDIRIRO COMMUNITY
Adolescent girls growing up in poverty face more barriers to education than boys. One such barrier is menstrual poverty. Most girls in Budiriro are living in poverty were most families live on less than US1.90, which is also the cost of a single pack of sanitary pads....
Young girl gives birth alone
An 18 year old lady with a three year old son who resides in Dzivarasekwa Extension gave everyone in the suburb a shocking surprise as she helped herself giving birth to her second child. According to the report we recieved, Melody Chitsaga was pregnant but no one...