Agnes Sithole: The SA woman who fought the country’s sexist marriage laws
Agnes Sithole has become an unlikely hero for hundreds of thousands of black women in South Africa. At 72, she took her husband to court to stop him selling their
ZIST sets tone on dialogue to end impasse
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa A local think tank, Zimbabwe Institute of Strategic Thinking (ZIST) convened a conference in the capital on Tuesday where delegates from across the political divide deliberated on
SDA urges members to get vaccinated against Covid-19
THE Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church has become one of the leading religious groups to openly encourage its members to embrace the Covid-19 vaccination exercise. The development comes at a time
‘Zim authorities should denounce enforced disappearances’
ON International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances,Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) calls upon Zimbabweanauthorities to publicly denounce and desist from the practice ofenforced disappearances. In addition, ZLHR
War veterans apologise for past waves of election violence
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa War veterans under the banner ‘Liberation War Veterans Pressure Group’ has apologized to the nation for the past poll violence perpetrated by some war veterans. Speaking to
Family of SA young woman traumatised by her brutal murder by boyfriend
The family of 23-year-old Nosicelo Mtebeni says her death has left them traumatised. Mtebeni was brutally murdered, allegedly by her 25-year-old boyfriend, at Quigney in East London. Family spokesperson Teboho
Hakainde Hichilema: The Zambian ‘cattle boy’ who became president
It was a case of sixth time lucky for Hakainde Hichilema, who has finally become president of Zambia after five unsuccessful attempts. Mr Hichilema defeated his main rival, the outgoing
Private jets, glitz and glamour at Nigerian President Buhari son’s wedding
Private jets filled up the runway of the airport in the northern Nigerian city of Kano as members of Nigeria’s elite and West African dignitaries flew in for the wedding
Rights lawyers call for an end to child,forced and early marriages in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is alarmed by media reportsthat a 14-year old girl, Memory Machaya, passed away recently whilegiving birth at an apostolic sect church shrine in Marange
Woman acquitted on trumped up charges of assaulting police officer
RUSAPE Magistrate Rufaro Mangwiro has acquitted a 27 year-old womanwho had been on trial for allegedly assaulting or resisting a ZimbabweRepublic Police (ZRP) officer, in a case of spiteful vengeance