Category: Human Rights
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Impassable bridge cuts off minority Tshangaan tribe
By Tatenda Chitagu CHIREDZI-A low-lying, impassable bridge in Zimbabwe’s south-eastern district of Chiredzi in Masvingo province has cut off the minority Tshangaan tribe from essential services. Chilonga Bridge in the Lowveld is the shortest link to Chiredzi town across Runde River with its vast rural Tshangaan speaking communities of Chilonga, Chikombedzi, Boli, Mahlanguleni, Mabalauta and…
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Jesuits set to evict 1 600 Chishawasha families for housing project
By Spanyoge Madziwa CHISHAWASHA-The fiery-dark Cumulonimbus clouds building up in the skies show the heavens are set to open up generously anytime soon, and this is good news for farmers in Goromonzi, a prime agricultural area located 28 kilometres south-east of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. The farmers’ anticipation is understandable for a country that is reeling…
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The price that Chingwizi pupils pay for education
Hazvinei Mwanaka. The day starts at 4am for 16 year-old Shyline Tichagwa , a form four pupil at Nyuni Secondary School in Nuanetsi Ranch in Mwenezi district. Tichagwa, from Tsviyo village, prepares meals for her four siblings, does household chores before enduring a six-kilometer walk to school. Shyline, whose parents died leaving her in…
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When aging becomes a ‘curse’ in Zimbabwe
By Tatenda Chitagu/Hazvinei Mwanaka MASVINGO, ZIMBABWE-The tolling bell marks lunchtime at Mucheke Old People’s home in Masvingo city, ending hours of sun basking for 18 elderly inmates at the institution nestled in the heart of the populous Mucheke High density suburb. While others trudge to the dining hall, which is about five meters away from…