Thirty- five year old Teclar Chakoma, a single mother of three, lost her job in 2009 and turned to hawking vegetables and carrier bags at shop exits, managing to cater for her family’s needs.
Zimbabwean Fashion Week UK’s launch show in Birmingham recently was hailed a great success and is already sparking off collaborations and potential new business projects.
Styles and clothes are an important part of our cultural identity and what it means to be from Zimbabwe. Fashion week is a celebration of fashion and in addition an acknowledgement of the incredible creativity of the people of Zimbabwe wherever they live in the world.
The Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Raymond Hassall will join Farai Simoyi and the Miss Chii luxury lingerie brand at Zimbabwe Fashion Week UK, a first of its kind fashion event taking part in Birmingham on Saturday 4th July.
THE Diaspora Funeral Cash Plan is set for an official launch in the UK next month, organisers have said. The launch is scheduled to take from 17 to 18 July in three major UK cities.