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Dr Masimba Mavaza The ugly face of fraud and theft manifesting in the COS nightmare in the UK has claimed many Zimbabweans and many more are in the shadows of death. Five people have been arrested in Barnsley, United Kingdom, after a 26-year-old Zimbabwean man was stabbed to death on February 21. Lazarus Makono, who […]
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Karonga, Malawi – Regina Mukandawire has been growing bananas on her small farm in the Karonga district in northern Malawi for more than 16 years. But heatwaves, floods and disease outbreaks that have hit the country since 2010 have gradually reduced her yields from half a tonne to only a few buckets per harvest. “If […]
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Dr Masimba Mavaza Racism and other longstanding inequities have prompted a global outcry against injustice. This has specifically risen due to the influx of people in diaspora communities who have been given COS visas. COS regime has brought up issues that affect diaspora populations in the UK. Issues ranging from physical abuse and emotional abuse. […]
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NAIROBI. – Kenyan company is proving the saying: “one person’s waste is another person’s treasure,” still rings true. On a February morning, a group of women on a Mombasa beach pick up plastic waste that will serve to build freezers. The waste is sold to company Kuza Freezer where employees first break it down into […]
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Dr Masimba Mavaza After our article on the unfairness and intimidation in headman Chigodora’s courts, many families have requested a follow up article. This week we explain further the alleged injustices and extortion in Chief Chigodora’s court. In choosing to be adjudicators, we should set aside our own personal morality and strive to find those […]
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ZANZIBAR, Tanzania – When talking about his beautiful Tanzanian wife, Dilshat Tursun, a 30-year-old Chinese man, could not help but wear a broad smile on his face. Dilshat, from Kashgar city in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, and his wife Hadiya Msham Abdulla, from Tanzania’s Zanzibar, have been leading a happy life […]
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Dr Masimba Mavaza Many people in the Diaspora have voiced their disquiet over the manner some headmen conduct themselves in the traditional courts. Zimbabwean tradition has been misrepresented by Headman Chigodora and his assessors. The assessors are so rude and disrespectful to the people who come before them for justice. They are so over excited […]
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KINGSTON. – With the surprise appearance by the Duke of Sussex Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on the red carpet leaving the mouths of nattily attired guests agape, the imposing legacy of reggae legend Bob Marley registered anew with the highly anticipated big-screen biography of his life, ‘One Love’, making its world premiere at […]
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Dr Masimba Mavaza Most medical and health workers in Zimbabwe’s private hospitals or clinics have sold their hearts to the devil. They have clearly shown their love for money and have not put their patients first. If ever there is an area the devil mastered and succeeded is in private hospitals. Most private hospitals accept […]
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LUSAKA. – Churches across Zambia have received a mandate to restrict worship sessions to a maximum of two hours. The directive, issued by Ndiwa Mutelo, a high-ranking official overseeing religious affairs, also prohibits the sale of perishable and ready-to-eat foods within church premises. To further minimize the risk of disease transmission, worshippers are strongly advised […]
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VATICAN CITY. – With the Pope’s approval, African Catholic bishops will not carry out the extra-liturgical blessings proposed for same sex-couples in a declaration issued by the Vatican on what it calls irregular couples. The president of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) cited “confusion” and a “risk of scandal” […]
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Dr Masimba Mavaza As we approach the end of 2023, Zimbabweans in the UK look back at the year with great amusement. They have made history and some of the events have shaken the very pillars of humanity. A windfall which changed the lives of many Zimbabweans in diaspora came in the form of what […]
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BUJUMBURA. – Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye has said that homosexuals in his country “should be stoned”. Responding to a reporter’s question, Mr Ndayishimiye, a fervent Catholic, said powerful nations “should keep” their aid if it comes with an obligation to give rights to homosexuals. Some African leaders have in the past accused donor countries of […]
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NEW YORK. – The United States is a grand melting pot of many cultures and peoples from all across the globe. This can be seen in the different ways that people celebrate New Year’s. Some cultures take to the streets running for travel while others indulge in different foods to bring good luck. Regardless of […]
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Dr Masimba Mavaza As Zimbabwe joins the world in the two week fight against gender-based violence, the world has coiled itself in incredibly diverse environments. This has cruelly shaken the world into realisation that gender inequality knows no boundaries. Gender equality is universal and it exposes the world to a cruel culture of oppression against […]
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