Category: HIFC Mentored Stories

HIFC Mentored Stories,

Social impact of martenal deaths

In a brightly lit sitting room in Bulawayo’s Cowdry Park Suburb sits a worried father,clad in his work suit after a long day’s work. Minutes go by and still Chamunorwa…

June 26, 2015
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Corruption At Beitbridge Border Post Fuelling Child Migration

By Thomas Madhuku, Harare. (News Of The South) – Worsening poverty levels in Zimbabwe have seen an increase in the number children between the ages of 12 and 18 crossing…

June 26, 2015
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Its 62 years, Zvishavane South still waiting for dam project

By Itai Muzondo Zvishavane South Old People’s Committees (OPCs) have gone for 62 years waiting for a dam project to become a reality in order for them to embark on…

May 26, 2015
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‘Born-free’ generation testifies of Zim’s success in fight against Aids

UNTIL the 1990s, the spread of HIV in Zimbabwe was regarded as a grave threat hanging over the lives of both infected mothers and their unborn babies whose chances of…

May 26, 2015
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Scrapping user fees bears fruits

Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter July 1,2012 marked a turning point for Zimbabwe’s rate of women and children who die due to pregnancy or related complication as Government scrapped user…

April 30, 2015
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Miners degrade land

Andrew Kunambura FROM Rukute, near the bridge along the Harare-Chirundu highway, upstream to Chikuti in Mashonaland West, indiscriminate mining is completely defacing one of the most beautiful sceneries in Zimbabwe….

April 13, 2015
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Midwives shun rural hospitals

By Problem Masau An African proverb says that every woman who gives birth has one foot in the grave. This was somehow confirmed by former Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe…

July 10, 2014
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Child sexual abuse victims locked up in psychological prisons

By ALOIS VINGA The side effects of abuse against children frequently result in mental problems, social exclusion, anger, self-blame, low self-esteem, intellectual paralysis and numerous other psychological disorders.

July 9, 2014
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Conjugal rights or marital rape: That is the question

By Cliff Chiduku ONE of the most important features of a marriage are the unlimited conjugal rights that each of the parties to the union enjoy. Conjugal rights may be…

July 4, 2014
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Malnutrition Ravages Mat South

By Farai Sibanda Gwanda,  January 10, 2014 – Malnutrition has hit thousands of villagers especially children in Matabeleland South province as severe hunger stalks the area due to a ravaging…

January 13, 2014