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Vendors fear loss of culture as hotels dominate souvenir sales
Local arts and crafts traders in this tourist hotspot decry increasing competition from hotels and lodges, which they say is not only stealing their heritage but denying them a livelihood.
By Global Press Journal
Sep. 7, 2022
Feature: Peer counsellors help young people live with HIV
Peer counselling programmes are alleviating this issue by ensuring adolescents and young adults improve adherence and cope with their status.
By Global Press Journal
Sep. 13, 2022
Feature: Command Agriculture: Benefit or burden?
The best way to finance agriculture is not through government, given its tendency to write off debts.
By Global Press Journal
Oct. 18, 2022
Feature: Villagers brace for another displacement. This time, It’s for coal
Residents of Muchesu fear that they will be displaced without proper compensation because of coal mining operations near their village.
By Global Press Journal
Nov. 17, 2022
When advertising, journalistic integrity collide
Advertising is the main business model across Zimbabwean media, according to a 2020 study by Media Monitors, a local think tank.
By Global Press Journal
Jan. 12, 2023
When advertising, journalistic integrity collide.
Advertising is the main business model across Zimbabwean media, according to a 2020 study by Media Monitors, a local think tank.
By Global Press Journal
Jan. 17, 2023
Recognition of civil partnerships stirs controver
CAROLINE (21) gazes at her toddler and recollects how the monotony of the coronavirus lockdown led her into a controversial love affair.
By Global Press Journal
Feb. 10, 2023
Is sex consensual if she’s 16?
In 2022, the highest court in the country struck down as unconstitutional provisions in the act that put the age of consent for sex at 16.
By Global Press Journal
Feb. 18, 2023
Is revamping sex education the answer, as teen pregnancies soar?
Teachers aren’t adequately trained to offer this kind of education, she adds. “Just like a sports teacher where a teacher can have a degree in sport, the same should be done for sex education.”
By Global Press Journal
Mar. 24, 2023
Feature: As guns flow into Zim, armed robberies spike
According to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency, robberies increased from 2017 to 2019, with the number of armed robberies almost doubling from 2018 to 2019.
By Global Press Journal
Mar. 25, 2023
'New law will hasten healthcare workers exodus'
Healthcare professionals say the amendment violates their rights and will demoralise healthcare workers and hasten their exodus from Zimbabwe.
By Global Press Journal
May. 19, 2023
Feature: PSMAS imploding, civil servants paying the price
After spending two days there without receiving emergency care, Robby transferred to a private hospital with the hope of saving his legs.
By Global Press Journal
Jun. 15, 2023
Can Zimbabwe’s first ‘Open Prison’ for women open doors to a new life?
Nyakatsari says her life was a mess in 2020.
By Global Press Journal
Sep. 27, 2023
Teacher exodus threatens the future of Zim’s education system
While Rose said she was content with her choice to leave, she’s aware that her departure has created problems for her former colleagues.
By Global Press Journal
Jan. 25, 2024
Feature: From researcher to ride-share driver: Why this Zim man made the switch
While he recovered his phone and car, the incident left Mhuru shaken.
By Global Press Journal
Jan. 31, 2024
Feature: After waiting nearly 10 years, hungry families in arid Zim thirst for promised water
Food insecurity, according to FAO, refers to when a person does not have regular access to “enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life”.
By Global Press Journal
Feb. 5, 2024
Pandora’s lunchbox: How school fees embody Zim’s currency system chaos
Tadiwanashe Moyo, a parent leader at her child’s primary school in Mutare, said parents agreed to pay fees in US dollars at the school.
By Global Press Journal
Feb. 9, 2024
Zim authorities detain suspects indefinitely, despite laws
The Constitution provides for compensation when the arrested person has not been accorded their rights. These rights include release from detention within 48 hours of the initial arrest.
By Global Press Journal
Feb. 20, 2024
Politics Hinder Prevention as HIV Races Through Uganda’s Prisons
Livingstone isn’t sure how he contracted the virus, because he says he had unprotected sex with a woman he didn’t know five days before his arrest.
By Global Press Journal
Jun. 19, 2024
False Claims, Real Harm: LGBT Ugandans Shut Out From Asylum by Impostors
Although Uganda’s Constitutional Court annulled the law later on procedural grounds, anti-homosexuality sentiments were on the rise in the country.
By Global Press Journal
Jun. 19, 2024
Zimbabwe Has Programs to Retain Medical Students — and That’s Exactly Why They’re Fleeing
The high demand, she says, stems from parental and societal pressure, as the perception is that medical training leads to a lucrative career.
By Global Press Journal
Jul. 16, 2024
In Uganda, a substantial teacher pay raise isn’t good news for everyone
Private school students, proprietors and teachers, however, say the raise has made it more difficult to hire and retain science teachers.
By Global Press Journal
Jul. 31, 2024
Charcoal ban drives up prices in Uganda, putting small businesses in a bind summary
Alternative fuels are too costly, Arineitwe says.
By Global Press Journal
Aug. 19, 2024
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