What I need as a girl child
Laura Toto, (18) There’s a sore thumb in our society that has been sticking out and throbbing for generations, that is the neglect and mistreatment of the girl child. A…
Girl-friendly toilets keep learners in school for longer
Phyllis Kachere – Deputy News Editor-Convergence Seventeen-year-old Nontokozo Ncube, a Form Four learner at Ivimila High School in Mangwe district, Matabeleland South, used to miss school for a day or two…
Checking horoscopes a popular pastime among young Chinese
Ms G Where do you look for advice before making important life decisions? Are you the confident type who simply trust their gut or do you tend do consult a…
Jumbo attack survivor relives horror
Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau The end was within a trample or gore as he hung precariously on one of the elephant’s tusks after being missed by the initial strike. He…
Uganda wants kids to expose corrupt parents
KAMPALA. – Uganda’s anti-corruption tsar says she will employ new strategies in fighting corruption, including getting children to monitor their parents. Beti Kamya told a delegation of European Union diplomats…
Korean embassy hosts Poomsae Award ceremony
Munya Chimanye – Youth Interactive Correspondent The Korean Embassy on Thursday hosted a prize-giving ceremony for their Taekwondo Poomsae Awards online contest at the Grand Hall at the University of Zimbabwe…
Youths gear for Anti-Sanctions Day
Herald Reporter Preparations for the Anti-Sanctions Day, which will be commemorated on October 25 are at an advanced stage, with youths in Harare geared to show the world that they…
The healing touch of Jesus
Bishop (Dr) Patience Itai Hove THE word shalom is synonymous with words like completeness, wholeness, peace, tranquillity and so forth. It is from the Hebrew language, particularly the verb “shelem”,…
Culture of silence in domestic violence and abuse a killer
Tendai H Manzvanzvike – Head, Zimpapers Knowledge Centre SHE has a striking resemblance to the “Princess of Afrika” Yvonne Chaka Chaka, but US-based Comfort Dondo like, Chaka Chaka ,is also flying…
Let’s keep dancing to ‘Songs of Ourselves’
Elliot Ziwira At the Bookstore When the Muse inspires about 400 years of vision to more than a 100 poets from across the length and breadth of the English-speaking world…











