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Born 29 March 1983 in Chitungwiza, Virginia completed her primary and secondary education at Chitungwiza Schools. Virginia Chihota’s paintings occupy a space between reality and dream where she is able to work through responses to personal relationships. Her starting point, a blank sheet of paper, becomes the boundless world at …

Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, a Zimbabwean is a human rights lawyer with over 25 years in development and human rights work. She is the founder of Rozaria Memorial Trust. In 2014, she was appointed African Union Goodwill Ambassador for the Campaign to End Child Marriage. Gumbonzvanda,is current General Secretary/CEO of the World YWCA, …

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Zimbabwe soccer legend Memory Mucherahohwa reveals widespread use of juju in African football By Farayi Mungazi Memory Mucherahohwa was captain of Zimbabwe’s most popular club for eight years before retiring Does the use of juju, voodoo or witchcraft help teams to win football matches? It is a question that has …

Luthando Vikilahle, News24 Harare – The life of missing Zimbabwean activist Itai Dzamara is set to be told in a documentary film to be released on the eve of the second anniversary of his disappearance. Itai went missing on March 9, 2015, after bravely staging lone protests calling on President Robert Mugabe …

A pastor in Kenya is making headlines for recently banning his female congregants from wearing underwear to church, telling them to avoid wearing the garments in order to be closer to God. The pastor, described only as the Rev. Njohi by The Kenyan Daily Post, reportedly asked his female congregants …

A tribal ceremony during which young women are whipped in order to show the sacrifices they make for men is revealed in a series of photographs. Members of the Hamar tribe in Ethiopia believe the elaborate scars demonstrate a woman’s capacity for love, and if they fall on hard times …

SHOCKING – A Nigerian Pastor in Kenya has admitted on radio that he heals women by sucking their breasts in church and that female church members do not wear bras. The Breast and Honey Fellowship Church congregants are only women. In this audio recording by 99.0 FM Hero Radio, a radio …

At just 16, Zimbabwean-born model Nyasha Matonhodze has been named as one of the faces of luxury label Louis Vuitton’s 2011 Autumn/Winter campaign. The news has made headlines around the world, turning the shy teenager into a household name overnight. Here are 10 things you should know about her: The …

By Jean Gasho I have finally left Zimbabwe, its been a long journey, but like how Ruth left Moab, I did it, and will never look back. As a writer, I have not only left the country physically, but I have left the country emotionally too. During my time off Facebook, …