Tendai Makaripe
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Lessons for media from Kenya elections
In the build-up to the hotly contested election, Ruto framed the election as a contest between “hustlers” and “dynasties.”
By Tendai Makaripe
Sep. 2, 2022
Bogus estate agents exposed
EACZ board chairman Nicodimus Kuipa advised members of the public to work with registered companies.
By Tendai Makaripe
Sep. 2, 2022
Electoral fees hike stifles democracy?
Grecian political thinkers had divergent views on what democracy entails and whether it is a perfect governance system.
By Tendai Makaripe
Sep. 9, 2022
Zim caregivers sing the blues in UK
Unfortunately, the dream for a better life continues to be a pipe dream despite travelling over 10 000km in search of it.
By Tendai Makaripe
Sep. 16, 2022
Zim judiciary crying for help
THE name Charles-Louis de Montesquieu has been immortalised in the history of political theory and jurisprudence.
By Tendai Makaripe
Sep. 23, 2022
Furore over ‘exorbitant’ Cala charges
The charges are crippling an already financially incapacitated populace struggling to make a living.
By Tendai Makaripe
Sep. 30, 2022
Brain drain cripples Zim
Analyst Jethro Makumbe attributed the youth flight to poor governance.
By Tendai Makaripe
Sep. 30, 2022
Health time bomb as drug prices soar
These medicines are sold on street corners and in open spaces.
By Tendai Makaripe
Oct. 14, 2022
Resurrection of G40 rocks Zanu PF
G40 was bitterly opposed to Mnangagwa succeeding Mugabe in the event that the veteran nationalist disengaged from politics.
By Tendai Makaripe
Oct. 21, 2022
PSMI falls on hard times, faces collapse
Cosmas Mukwesha and Shingai Maputo in September appeared before the courts facing fraud charges.
By Tinashe Kairiza and Tendai Makaripe
Nov. 4, 2022
Civil servants sing the blues over PSMI clinics closure
Owing to the closure of units, capacity utilisation has plummeted to below 10% as patients and clients fail to access services.
By Tendai Makaripe
Nov. 25, 2022
The year 2022 in politics
POLITICS, as has been said already, is a muddy game, in which players do not hesitate to swim in the mud so long it serves the purpose.
By Tendai Makaripe
Dec. 23, 2022
Feature: Can Zim still call this democracy?... when the ballot box is overshadowed by the coffin
Around his head, a grotesque halo of blood splattered on the ground bore a silent, horrifying testament to the brutality he had suffered.
By Tendai Makaripe
Aug. 11, 2023
Zim’s Machiavellianism political chessboard and people’s plight
If the ruling party engineered this action, it likely did so to gain complete dominance over parliament and use it as a tool to advance its political objectives.
By Tendai Makaripe
Oct. 27, 2023
Through life’s thorns: A mental patient’s heartbreaking battle against illness
Some good Samaritans from the area took Mazengera back to her widowed mother, who never anticipated that any sane person would do something like that to her daughter.
By Tendai Makaripe
Nov. 23, 2023
A day in the life of a person living with disability
This environmental degradation distresses locals, including 51-year-old cobbler Asima Kapill, popularly known in the area as Banda.
By Tendai Makaripe
Nov. 30, 2023
Interview: The Gaza conflict: Diaspora’s trauma, anxiety and anguish
I have managed only a scant few hours of rest since the onset of the aggression.
By Tendai Makaripe
Dec. 1, 2023
An enduring 61-year-long love affair in a sea of divorce cases
Sometime in March 1962, a humble wedding took place in Rusape, Manicaland province, about 170km east of Salisbury, now Harare.
By Tendai Makaripe
Dec. 23, 2023
When silent love, resilience win the day
Curious to understand their enduring love story, NewsDay travelled to the middle-density suburb for a chat.
By Tendai Makaripe
Jan. 6, 2024
Zim failing children with disabilities
Tatenda's plight, unable to attend school due to physical frailty, reflects a common issue in many rural areas.
By Tendai Makaripe
Jan. 12, 2024
Silent grief: Untold struggles of men who lose wives during childbirth
Eight months have passed since that night, but Mabika’s grief remains raw.
By Tendai Makaripe
Aug. 30, 2024
Silent wounds: Mothers of abused children’s mental health struggles
According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), at least one in three women and girls in Zimbabwe experience gender-based violence (GBV).
By Tendai Makaripe
Sep. 13, 2024
Children bear the brunt of poverty as rights are compromised
Parents are forced to make difficult choices to survive, often turning to their children for support.
By Tendai Makaripe
Dec. 27, 2024
Forgery rap sparks fresh legal war in US$48m Pfugari estate
The Independent has obtained copies of the receipt and the marriage certificate stamped on April 14, 2023, by the Registrar of Marriages.
By Tendai Makaripe
Jan. 10, 2025
