HARARE – Grace Abound Church’s Open Heavens Services, which started in October, ended on a high note last week in Kwekwe. Moving under the guidance of Prophet Effort Maphosa, the church held three services under the banner of Open Heavens and ended with an all-night prayer. All the services drew thousands of people. “The services…
HARARE – For her, the mission is two-pronged but the effect is the same. It is all about positioning African traditional healing on the pedestal it deserves. For Queen Aquata, born Sicecisiwe Nkala, hers is a calling to heal the nation through African healing and to reinstate the true image of the traditional healers that…
HARARE – Dorothy Mudzamire of Siyakhovu in Kariba is afraid of dying. She is painfully thin. Mudzamire, 27, said she has been hit hard by the worsening economic hardships prevailing in the country. She has had to ration the little food she gets to survive — but this is particularly dangerous for her because she…
HARARE – When Zimbabwe’s army took power in a bloodless coup exactly one year ago, it promised to bring happiness back by ending social and economic suffering. The military said the coup was needed to “target criminals” around then president, Robert Mugabe and to stamp out corruption which had plagued Zimbabwe for decades. A military…
HARARE – A sombre atmosphere engulfed Dzivaresekwa last week as family, friends and relatives paid their last respects to 16-year-old boy Tinashe Mlambo — who drowned in a disused pit in the high density suburb last Sunday, the latest to be killed in what is now being dubbed the “pool of death”. The deep…
HARARE – Opposition Zengeza West MP Job “Wiwa” Sikhala has become well known in the National Assembly for his provocative and controversial statements. Wiwa, who is MP on the MDC Alliance ticket, sees politics as a bloodsport, and dedicates his time to wheeling out pure political aggression against his Zanu PF rivals, lighting up the…
CHIPINGE – The south-eastern parts of Zimbabwe have always been an oasis of agricultural activity from the sugar cane estates of Triangle, Hippo Valley, Mkwasine and parts of Chisumbanje to macadamia farms in Upper Chipinge. The farmers in Upper Chipinge who persevered against adversity following resettlement, have called on government to capacitate them through their…
HARARE – Tears rolled down her eyes as she made her way down a mental institution’s corridors. The corridors were filled with a strong and pungent smell of disinfectants as she approached the ward in which her mentally-challenged mother-in-law was lying. Upon seeing the suffering and dishonourable treatment the patients were receiving, her heart sunk…
HARARE – The last time I was at Harare airport I was leaving hastily in fear of my life having been arrested on a trumped up charge and locked up for a night in a filthy, overcrowded cell. I had endured a six-month-long trial and was finally acquitted by one of the country’s few untainted…
HARARE – Commemoration of International Day of the Disappeared on August 30, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Pretoria Regional Delegation is launching a photo exhibition highlighting the humanitarian needs of deceased migrants in southern Africa. International Day of the Disappeared is observed annually to honour the thousands of people who are missing…
