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Thirty year-old Roseline Tshuma is a resident of ward five in Epworth District - situated South-East of Harare, approximately 18kms away. She is a single parent to a seven year-old daughter who attends grade one at Kubatana Primary school. Roseline is 1.6 meters tall, dark complexioned and maintains natural short hair and vends vegetables for a living. Behind all these lie a radiant smile, an infectious laugh and big black eyes that welcome one to her rather feather-soft persona. Roseline is a direct beneficiary of capacity building programs by Youth Agenda Trust (YAT). YAT is a partner to ActionAid International Zimbabwe (AAIZ). In September 2008, Roselyn’s life made a dramatic change for the worst - so it would seem. But looking at the past, the turn of events was for a bigger cause. It all started following her increasingly deteriorating health and endless calls by her sister Jacqueline Tshuma for her to get a full medical check. This was because she was always in and out...

The right to vote is inseparable from the right to participate in public life. Through voting, you can choose the candidate who will work on the issues you care most about. Voting helps steer policies that affect both the future direction of your country and your daily life. For instance; if youth unemployment is an important issue to you, you will vote for a candidate who has the best plan to create jobs and fund a training programme aimed at youth. As a citizen, you have the responsibility to be informed. So take time to educate yourself before you go to the polls. Learn how to register to vote and make sure you register before the deadline. Know the date of the elections; know your assigned polling stations, know the required documentation you need to bring to the polling station and know the candidates and issues. Inform yourself by watching candidate debates, attending political events and following news about the issues and the candidates. Elections can be an important ent...

He is 32 years of age, 6 feet in height, chocolate complexioned and a native of Zimbabwe. His name is Francis Rwodzi. Growing up in Zimbabwe, he was subjected back then to the same negative stereotypes that prevail in the community that he works in today. These stereotypes often categorizes youth as up to no good and inherently lazy.   His youthfulness and inexperiences often meant that his opinion was discounted and deemed irrelevant in important public matters. Neither he nor his colleagues were ever consulted on serious issues, even when they had something to say.  However, he was lucky to have been provided with support and guidance from his family who instilled a hard work ethic and a belief in him. With this guidance, he was able to navigate his way through the difficult phases of growing up and he succeeded in graduating as a Journalist and eventually working with the media sector for a period of 5 years. He deemed this as the most opportune space for him at t...

A lot has changed since you have been gone, I did a lot of good and I also did a lot of wrong. I made a whole lot of change and I got changed a lot by the people I worked for and the places I worked in. Sometimes I feel weak; most times I stood up strong. Ever since you went away, it's been hard for me . I d idn't know 'til you died, how much you meant to me, all the time and the patience you put into me.   You showed me how to be the person that I was meant to be, taught me how to work and about dedication and to this day, I remember what you were telling me; you told me, "if you want to make your mark, you have to make the people who you work for make their mark that's why I stay up most nights working – I have traveled a lot, met great people and experienced a lot but if it would bring you back , I would trade all that. I want to thank you for everything that you did for me. I'm on my knees praying to God that you hearing me. I know you watch me u...

Once, i said i wanted to stop working and start business, some people predicted I’ve lost my mind and other told me to embrace witchcraft so that I steer clear of bad luck but business is like gambling, so I believe we are all passers’ by and for sure corpses don’t wash themselves. Guns don’t kill people, rather people kill people and since the world is not asleep, I view everything through the third eye. It’s the last days as the bible predicted, people have greed and envy, some hide in religion and we call them holy but some are vampires within. A lot was said when my girlfriend left me but that was a key learning which made me wiser. I have gone through a lot, challenges of all sorts that’s why I don’t get surprised when they talk about me when I pass through; behind the shades of dark light and the glare of the sun’s light. I have no more friends because most of them were no-where in my times of need, they taught me that when every other cock crows, it is not automatically the...