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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 10:07
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC should accept the concept of youth and women’s quotas to enhance democracy and nurture future leaders, deputy national chairperson Morgan Komichi has said. Komichi warned that MDC risked falling in the Zanu PF trap...Read More
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Sunday, 06 January 2013 13:03
HARARE - The beginning of a New Year always symbolises new beginnings for most people and the Christian community usually start the New Year with prayer and fasting while appealing for divine intervention. Over the past few decades, many Zimbabweans have...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Wednesday, 02 January 2013 11:54
HARARE - The most important cultural event (though fading very fast) in Zimbabwe around August or early September is the rain making ceremony called “Mukwerera” in Shona language. The main ceremony is held at the Matopos in Matabeleland South province. This...Read More
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Friday, 30 November 2012 11:11
HARARE - MDC Women Assembly secretary-general Sibusisiwe Bhuda Masara has been appointed a Senator. Masara was sworn in yesterday in Parliament as a non-constituency Senator. MDC Senate chief whip Misheck Marava confirmed the development. “We welcome her in Parliament. It is...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Thursday, 29 November 2012 10:08
HARARE - I thought it was natural that my mother who lives in the rural areas seems not to be bothered with news about women groups fighting for equality and equity. She was born a long time ago, when white settlers...Read More
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012 09:41
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe is stepping up his re-election drive ahead of Zimbabwe’s watershed elections making strides to appeal to a key pool of swing voters made up of women. Mugabe remains confident he can win another term, and is...Read More
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Entertainment »
Thursday, 22 November 2012 11:40
HARARE - The 11th edition of the International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF) will be officially launched tomorrow at Rainbow Cinema in Harare under the theme “Women Alive”. The programme in Harare will run from November 23 to December 1...Read More
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Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:06
HARARE - Home Affairs co-minister Theresa Makone has told women to be vigilant and refuse to be used by corrupt politicians in the run up to the next elections. Addressing thousands of women in Torwood, Kwekwe at the weekend, Makone said...Read More
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Features » Maxwell Sibanda, Assistant Editor
Sunday, 11 November 2012 15:24
HARARE - As Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world to commemorate the global campaign; 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence slated from November 24 to December 8, women lobby groups have been castigated for doing little for the poor...Read More
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Entertainment »
Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:24
HARARE - Harare is buzzing, and the second day of the October International Jazz and World Music Festival presents an exciting double-bill of two popular Zimbabwean women artistes who embrace the jazz genre — Prudence Katomeni and Hope Masike at Book...Read More
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Africa »
Friday, 12 October 2012 14:49
GABORONE - The Botswana High Court has overturned a customary law which prevented women from inheriting the family home. The judge ruled that the law contravened the constitution, which guarantees equality for men and women. Edith Mmusi and her sisters have...Read More
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News » Ndakaziva Majaka, Staff Writer
Thursday, 11 October 2012 12:26
HARARE - The draft constitution’s stance on the death penalty patronises women and depicts them as a weaker sex, civil society has said. Speaking at the commemorations of the European and World Day against the Death Penalty in the capital yesterday,...Read More
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Monday, 08 October 2012 11:08
HARARE - With a loving husband and cash in their pockets, women in Zimbabwe say they are ready to achieve heaven on earth. The two sum up women’s state of well-being, according to women’s lobby group Katswe Sistahood. While many of...Read More
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Friday, 05 October 2012 12:57
HARARE - Loving husbands, money and education are the top three needs women want guaranteed in a new constitution, a survey has revealed. Presenting the results of a baseline survey carried out by Katswe Sistahood, an organisation that seeks to enhance...Read More
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Entertainment » Maxwell Sibanda, Assistant Editor
Thursday, 04 October 2012 12:19
HARARE - Renowned stone sculptor Lazarus Takawira’s sculptures have over the years managed to promote the female image and issues affecting women. Today collectors and buyers from all over the world beat down the dirt road leading to his farm studio...Read More
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