Elizabeth Mufuka did not ever dream she would be in Canada. But the experience changed her life and that of her children.

When Hamlet uttered in the Shakespearean tale of the same name, “Frailty thy name is woman,” he certainly did not have Betty Makoni in mind. Because Makoni is a woman of indefatigable spirit. When she sets her mind to do something, she is loath to reverse gears.

“I am an activist and painful as rape is I would let all bullets shoot me rather than watch women and girls languish in pain as a result of rape,” she says.

Millions of people in Zimbabwe cannot afford the bare necessities and yet the president has the time and energy to drag Hitler from the dusty annals of history – to compare him with Blair and George Bush. Zimbabwe cannot afford useless posturing between two men whose  hatred for each other seems to be that of dogs vying for a prized bone, writes Silence Genti.

Considering I am single, I guess I am better off than some people. My sister has to juggle two jobs and two kids. Between going to work and helping the kids with homework everyday, there are no ‘pause-and-breathe’ moments. She has a few hours on Sunday to rest but before the day ends she has to start preparing the kids for the schoolweek. Silence Genti opines on how people in Zimbabwe have misconceptions about life in Canada.