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New platform seeks to close learning support gap for Zimbabwean children

By Tendai Makaripe Zimbabwean education technology developer Nyaradzai Mazviwanza has launched Chikoro.net, a digital learning platform to help close the learning support gap for learners. The platform responds to the uneven academic support many children face,...

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Government renews pledge to end period poverty at Murewa launch

By Nyasha Rimbi MUREWA, Zimbabwe — The government pledged Monday to expand access to affordable menstrual health products, information and services in a renewed push to fight period poverty in Zimbabwe. Officials made the pledge as the...

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Zimbabwe’s Child Influencers and the High Cost of Likes

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Discipline or abuse? Where Zimbabwe draws the line in child discipline

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Harare Youth Drug Crisis: Teens Turn to Mutoriro, Codeine as Arrests Rise

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