ZINASU Slams Suspensions of Student Activists as UZ Lecturers’ Strike Intensifies

By Fanuel Chinowaita Harare, Zimbabwe – July 10, 2025 — The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) has condemned what it calls a “deliberate and systematic effort to criminalize dissent” following the suspension and expulsion of student activists at several public universities, amid an ongoing lecturers’ strike at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). In a statement…

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Parents Urged to Train Home Helpers to Support Children with Autism and ADHD

By Heather Buzuzi The Wasu Post | July 9, 2025 Mutare – Parents of children living with Autism or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are being encouraged to include their home helpers in coaching programs aimed at improving care and support for affected children. This initiative, which promotes specialized training for domestic workers, is being…

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Outrage as ZCDC Retrenches Workers Amid Economic Uncertainty and Community Backlash

By Fanuel Chinowaita MUTARE, Marange, Chiyadzwa – 8 July 2025 – The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) is facing fierce backlash from workers, trade unions, and community leaders following its decision to retrench nearly 300 employees a number that could rise to 600 amid worsening financial troubles. The move has reignited long-standing anger in the…

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Prophet Walter Magaya Launches Nationwide Empowerment Tour, Targets Economic Revival

By Fanuel Chinowaita Mutare, Zimbabwe – July 7, 2025 Businessman and religious leader Prophet Walter Magaya has taken his entrepreneurial empowerment tour to Mutare on Saturday, continuing a nationwide campaign aimed at reshaping mindsets and boosting economic growth across Zimbabwe. The tour, which began in Harare, is part of Magaya’s broader vision to equip Zimbabweans…

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Zimbabwe’s Diamond Industry in Crisis as Prices Collapse, Workers Retrenched

By Fanuel Chinowaita Mutare, Chiyadzwa, 5 July 2025 – The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has been forced to retrench employees following a devastating collapse in global diamond prices, leaving workers in shock and the future of the industry uncertain. In a tense meeting held earlier this week, ZCDC management informed employees that some would…

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Mhakwe Heritage Foundation Leads Cultural Preservation Efforts in Zimbabwe

By Fanuel Chinowaita  Mutare, Zimbabwe, July 1, 2025 – The Mhakwe Heritage Foundation Trust, under the leadership of Executive Director David Mutambirwa, is stepping up efforts to reclaim and preserve Zimbabwe’s cultural heritage and promote indigenous knowledge systems, which the organisation views as vital to national identity, environmental conservation, and sustainable development. Speaking in a…

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“They Use Congo Dust and Pay Us Nothing”: Sex Work, Exploitation and Disease on Mutare’s Broken Border Road

By Fanuel Chinowaita Mutare, June 29, 2025 | As dusk creeps over Mutare, the soft hum of engines idling at the Forbes Border Post merges with the laughter and clinking bottles from roadside shabeens along Parkroad. Amid the shadows of parked trucks, a different kind of hustle begins. Women some barely in their twenties—emerge from…

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