Can the media stop prostitution?
Filed under: Family, Friendship, Community, Health & Well Being, I was just thinking, Joking around, Opinion, Analysis, Advice, Relationships, Religion, Social Issues, Spirituality for such a time
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness-Leviticus 19:29
I don’t think it is news to any Zimbabwean that the crisis that has engulfed our nation has seen a rise in prostitution. Yet the media seems to think it should be news. Time and time again, the pages of the few remaining papers will have some account of these women who feel they have no choice but to sell their bodies. We are told how they are afraid of AIDS, but fear the imminent death from hunger even more. Then, of course, the papers find something else to fill their pages with.
Yes, I am coming down on our media! It is deplorable, this morbid fascination with a social evil and the victims of it that makes little effort to illicit at least our sympathy let alone motivate us to want to do something about it. Interviews with a couple of prostitutes, a generous supply of directions for those who don’t know where they can procure the services of these women and how much it will cost and a statement from a pastor nobody has ever heard of only leaves me wondering what the aim in printing such a story was. Read more
Leander’s programme so far
The story goes on. There have been discussions going from midnight until now, below is summary of programmes that has been broadcast:
Midnight to 0500hrs
Music and important HIV and AIDS messages
0500 to 0600hrs
Reflections/Ndangariro/Siyakhumbula
There was a compilation of music in memory of those who have died as a result of AIDS. Leander was taking calls from those who lost their relatives to AIDS related illnesses, the he also gave a brief backgound of HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe over the years dating back to 1984 when the first case was reported, bringing out how HIV was considered a death sentence, unavailabilty of ARVs, stigmatisation and discrimination
The Power Breakfast Show - 0600 to 0900hrs
The story continue with sharing of info relating to the key drivers of Zimbabwe’s epidemic issues like multiple concurrent partnerships(like small houese, intergenerational sex etc)
0900 to 1000hrs
The hour focused on “Zimbabwe Decline” highlighting some of the success stories resulting in the decline in HIV prevalence. There were also highlights on behavioural change, delayed sexual debut by young girls, uptake in VCT etc.
1000 to 1100hrs
Focus was on men and their responsibility in the face of HIV and AIDS. Professor Ezra Chitando helped explore this area.
1100 to 1200 hrs
The session highlighted the role of women in society as well as human rights for women versus tradition and culture. Also explored important role played by women in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
1200 to 1300hrs
The Voiceless Heard:
During the session there were testimonies given by listeners who are living with HIV and AIDS. Listeners were also phoning in.
1300 to 1400 hrs
There were pre-recorded messages and live messages from Zimbabwe’s best known personalities on the World Aids Day
1400 to 1500hrs
There was a discussion on HIV and AIDS in relation to migration…IOM (International Organisation for Migration) representatives talked so much about initiatives they are working on to help Zimbabweans.
1500 to 1600hrs
The Harare Junior council representatives are currently in the studio discussing HIV/AIDS and the youth.
One Cause for One Nation- with Leander Kandiero on PowerFM
Filed under: Health & Well Being, How Zimbabwe can be better, News you won't find elsewhere
One Man.One Day. One Station. One Cause for One Nation- with Leander Kandiero on PowerFM
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Log on for all the interviews and emails from Leander Kandiero’s One Man 24-Hour Marathon Broadcast…
For the first time ever in Zimbabwe, and indeed in world history, a 24-hour marathon broadcast on HIV and AIDS!
The brainchild of POWER FM, a musical station wholly owned by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings, the 24-Hour marathon broadcast to be aired on Power FM presents Zimbabweans with an opportunity to reflect, talk about, question as well as map the way forward regarding the country’s responses to HIV and AIDS.
Zimbabwe Gymnastics- support the dream
The Zimbabwe gymnastics team is off to Namibia at the end of this month to compete in the Zone 6 Southern African Championships. The team consists of 40 gymnasts, 4 coaches, 2 judges and 2 official delegates.
Above: three young gymnasts pose at the begnining of their routine during a fundraising show in Harare last week. Read more
Diary of an HIV-positive man
Filed under: Family, Friendship, Community, Health & Well Being, Zimbabwean diaries
This article by Beatrice Tonhodzayi appeared in the Herald on 11 October 2008 and on Kubatana.net. I was moved when I read it.
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He has been living with HIV for the past five years. He took the test after his wife of 20 years had tested positive. Tamuka (not real name) says that day will forever be imprinted on his mind because it was the last time he was to ever have a conversation that lasted more than an hour with the woman he is married to. “She has hated me since then. She lives in the same house with me only because there is nowhere else she can go to. We don’t laugh together, and we rarely talk to each other. We talk “AT” each other only when it is absolutely necessary - mostly about money or the children, he said.” Read more
Modern Jazz dance classes with Soukaina
Soukaina Edom
World renowned dancer, dance instructor and choreographer Soukaina Edom is resuming her classes in Harare starting this week.
Modern Jazz Dance Classes for adults and teenagers (15+)
Tuesdays : 5.30 to 7 pm
Thursdays: 6.30 to 8 pm
5 USD per session
Get a real total body workout and have fun at the same time! Dance is a great way to stay in shape and destress. Bring your partner or friend and add a new spark to your relationship!
“Away from her” premier for Alzheimer’s day
Filed under: Entertainment, Events, Health & Well Being
In commemoration of World Alzheimer’s Day, the Zimbabwe Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Association (ZARDA) is holding a Film Premiere of the recent award-winning film: “Away from Her” starring Julie Christie.
Date: Saturday 4 October
Time: 4.30 for 5.30 pm
Venue: Harare International School theatre. (Back entrance, 1st right off Moorgate at the end) Read more
Magic of the tsotso stove
Filed under: Health & Well Being, How Zimbabwe can be better, I was just thinking
As a means to cope with erratic electricity power cuts which are undoubtedly a defining characteristic of the ongoing socio-economic crisis in Zimbabwe, many Zimbabweans living in urban areas have resorted to using the tsotso stove because of its low labour and energy saving characteristics.
Traditionally, rural as well as low-income households have always depended on fuelwood which usually chews up loads of firewood, thereby endangering the environment.
However, in urban areas, firewood for use as domestic fuel is always in short supply or simply too expensive. Read more
Happy people do these 5 things
Happy people put best friends first.
Thought this would be useful for all those stressed out Zimbos out there!
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Sages going back to Socrates have offered advice on how to be happy, but only now are scientists beginning to address this question with systematic, controlled research.
Although many of the new studies reaffirm time-honored wisdom (”Do what you love,” “To thine own self be true”), they also add a number of fresh twists and insights.
O Magazine canvassed the leading experts on what happy people have in common—and why it’s worth trying to become one of them: Read more
HIV/AIDS and the Arts in Harare
Susan Pietrzyk has been conducting research in Harare over the last two years, interacting closely with artists and others in the industry. This is her ‘feedback’, and a special invitation is extended to artists.
A Public Discussion at the Book Café
Thursday 4 September 2008 – 5.30-7.00 pm Read more
On The Zimbo Jam- Alick Macheso- Lucky Guitarist or Musical Genius?By Memory Chirere Although many Zimbabwean music lovers are agreed that Alick Macheso is the King of Sungura, the Zimbabwean brand of Rhumba, that is as far as the agreement will go. As Masimba Kuchera admits in an article on the Chesopower website, ‘there have been many schools of thought on the (real) strength of Macheso- some arguing about his skills with the bass guitar, some contending that it is his vocals and others proffering his dancing skills, it is generally agreed that the musician is of immense talent.’ When people agree that you are extremely talented but go on to debate hotly about exactly whether your strength lies in theway you walk or the way you run, then that is a mark of genius. You actually put people in a crisis of naming aspects of a phenomenon.
- A Dance Farewell for Isabel MatolaBy Ruvimbo Hope Masike Here is one of the most beautiful things about Zimbabwe. It is inimitably Zimbabwean. We Zimbabweans love peace, of course, among other things. We love fun, joy and we are naturally celebratory people even when there isn’t much to celebrate about. For instance young children jump around joyously chanting “Ndege! Ndege!” when an aeroplane passes over them. Now when there is something worthy of the celebration, the joy is electric, understandably so, considering how almost everything else around us is seemingly dull and confusing and uninspiringly so. As a result, when Isabel Matola’s Mozambique Dance Festival came by, it turned out to be one of the brightest lights in town, which was a well deserved acclaim.
- Kanda Bongo Man Lands in Harare With One Guitar[Herald] France-based rhumba maestro Kanda Bongo Man had just one guitar when he set out to perform at the Harare International Conference Centre on Wednesday evening, and his day was saved by a local musician who offered him his instruments on the 11th hour to avert what could have turned out to be an international disaster.
- Alick Macheso- Lucky Guitarist or Musical Genius?
