POLISH artist and spiritualist, Klara Ana Rosa Wojtkowska has set tongues wagging after claiming she is a spirit medium (svikiro) of a Zimbabwean ancestor. Despite the general view in Shona religion that spirits of dead people possess individuals within their ancestral line, Wojtkowska insisted during a recent discussion at the University of Zimbabwe Department of…
AS the country celebrated World Wetlands Day on Friday, it is crucial to recognise the immense importance of preserving wetlands, which provide a wide array of beneficial services for people and wildlife. This comes as Harare’s population is always increasing, with most wetlands having been drained to pave way for development and a lot of…
SOUTH Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks, has launched an extensive manhunt for Zimbabwean man, Amos Tineyi…
ONE evening in late July 2023, Belinda Mashavire received devastating news: her husband of five months, Joseph Foya, had been killed in…
KUDZAI Chideme, 42, stepped into the teaching profession after completing her diploma in marketing and failing to secure a job in the…
TWENTY years after completing high school in Zimbabwe, 38-yearold Tinago Mukono still has not found employment, and in order to survive, he…
Dozens of single women who came to work in the NHS and social care have been denied permission for their children to…
POLICE in Mhangura have reported 23 cattle deaths from suspected cyanide poisoning. In a statement, police said the cattle died on January…
A BULAWAYO couple has been arrested and charged with concealing the death of their baby after burying the child on a river bank in Mpopoma without a burial permit. The couple Pretty Sibanda, 35 and Isaac Gwatinyanya, 62 of Magwegwe suburb, appeared before Western Commonage magistrate, Progress Murandu on a charge of failing to give…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is set to host judicial officers from other African countries to share ideas on handling election petitions at the Africa Electoral Justice Network (AEJN) symposium in a fortnight. AEJN is a regional forum that brings together judges and individuals who adjudicate electoral disputes in courts, tribunals, and judicial election management…
