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Pan-Africanism Under Spotlight at the African Crossroads 2020 Hybrid Edition
New directions for Pan-Africanism, lockdown wellness, adaptive technologies and resistance music came under spotlight at the 2020 hybrid event of African Crossroads. The event merged immersive playlists with engaging, decolonial discussions.
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Hope for Vulnerable Children
The occasion is Christmas. A Chivhu teacher visits the local prison to witness the other side of the holiday away from family reunions and festive cheer. Chipo Muteve has been at Chivhu Prison before to minister the gospel, restore hope and equip inmates with certainty for a new life beyond the cells. This time she…
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Food Sufficiency for Rural Households
Add caption The sustained duration of searing temperatures has levelled a double-barrelled assault on the livelihood of Chiwara villagers in Gutu. Like many smallholder farmers in the district, they can only watch in dismay as yellow cornstalks hunch lifelessly into the ground. It is no easy test for Gutu peasants, and smallholder farmers in Masvingo,…
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Lupane Ranchers to Scale Business
Bulawayo herds (Chronicle) Hardy cattle herds have long been the indigenous bank for Lupane’s smallholder ranchers. More than 100, 000 cattle provide the lifeline for most families in the semi-arid and drought-prone district of Matabeleland North. However, the ranchers hardly ever withdraw from their “indigenous accounts,” seldom selling or slaying their beasts, rather taking pride…
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Corruption Upends Education Sector
School children are prejudiced by corruption (Photo: The Herald) Education, the foremost jewel of Zimbabwe’s crown, is under threat. A series of incriminating reports in 2015 indicate that corruption has hit several parts of the sector. Vandal tendencies at the heart of many corporate dysfunctions have torn into the education system, with embezzlement and “tenderpreneurship”…
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Vendors’ Survival Wager
Harare municipal police arresting a vendor (Photo: Zimbabwe News) Harare vendors have been at the crossroads in recent months but they have lately scaled the term up to a literal dimension. The peddlers, frequently on the run as Harare Metropolitan Police is out to confiscate their wares, have resorted to using the intersection of Chinhoyi…
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Mbare’s Sick Underbelly
A tree grows on top of Matapi flats (Photo: The Herald) Mbare merits distinction as the principal home of Harare vendors, emerging music talent, flagship radio, one of the most popular stadia and the nerve centre of countrywide bus tours. These features, along with a century of cultural strivings, give Mbare a cosmopolitan resume, making…
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