Teenage author spotlights body shaming

Mbulelo Mpofu, mbulelo.smpofu@gmail.com PLUS-SIZE women are often treated as social pariahs, hurled verbal slurs, called names and nailed on the cross of public opinion, all for how they look and the size of their bodies. These are some of the issues that budding author Ayanda Makhosazana Moyo addresses in her debut literary piece to celebrate feminine […] …
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3 years in jail for possessing mbanje, wire snares 

By Peter Matuka, Chronicle Correspondent A MAN from Chinego Village under Chief Pashu in Binga will spend three years in jail for dealing in drugs after being found with close to 200 mbanje plants in his tomato garden and possessing wire snares linked to poaching. Following a tip-off, police visited Million Munkombwe’s homestead where they found […] …
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Zim takes wildlife conservation to another level

Leonard Ncube, Online Reporter ZIMBABWE is taking wildlife conservation to another level with the construction of a US$1.4 million one-stop access pavilion at the entrance to the country’s giant Hwange National Park for enhanced conservation management security and expanded tourism marketing. Environment, Climate and Wildlife Management Minister, Cde Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony […] …
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Reprieve for Hopely residents

Source: Reprieve for Hopely residents – The Standard The Harare City Council has started a programme to regularise residential stands in  Harare’s Hopely area in a move that will give reprieve to over 1 500 families illegally settled in the area. Harare City Council public relations manager Stanley Gama said Hopely in Harare South would […]
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CCC candidate vows to uplift girls – The Standard

Source: CCC candidate vows to uplift girls – The Standard Losing Citizens Coalition for Change candidate for the House of Assembly seat for Bulilima constituency in the August 23 and 24 elections Bekezela Maplanka says she will not tire from fostering development in the area with her focus being investment in girls’ education. Maplanka told  […]
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Ngundu lithium hopes dashed 

Source: Ngundu lithium hopes dashed – The Standard Villagers near Ngundu in Masvingo’s Chivi district have had their hopes for a better life dampened after the Mines and Minerals Development ministry said investigations showed that there was no lithium in the area. Chivi residents went over the moon after road construction workers stumbled on what […]
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Briefs: Top ministry officials up for graft 

Source: Briefs: Top ministry officials up for graft – The Standard Two Mashonaland Central provincial education officers appeared in court last week charged with illegally claiming allowances from the Primary and Secondary Education ministry. Smart Makarutsa (52) and Aaron Gomba (52) appeared before Bindura magistrate Samantha Dlamini, who remanded them to November 13 on US$200 […]
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