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It’s Tough Being Black!
A few weeks ago I was directed to Africa Online (NZ) to read the review of the Celeb Wedding where Fortune and Zanele tied the knot. Reading through the review got me thinking about something someone said at an event where there were a number of Africans present. All that this person said shaking his [...]
Continue reading...Gays and Lesbians in Zimbabwe and Their Rights
16. September 2009
“It degrades human dignity. It’s unnatural, and there is no question ever of allowing these people to behave worse than dogs and pigs. If dogs and pigs do not do it, why must human beings? We have our own culture, and we must re-dedicate ourselves to our traditional values that make us human beings. … [...]
Continue reading...Religion in Zimbabwe
21. August 2009
Religion in Zimbabwe is a very contentious issue. Mainly because we are a religious people from the days of our forefathers and that makes us different from all other cultures. Contentious issue because we have been fought by forcise of evil and deceit to the extend of getting so confused that it is now normal [...]
Continue reading...The Small House Syndrome
19. February 2008
Small House is a term used to describe the girlfriend or girlfriends of a married man. It is a secret sexual relationship where the girlfriend acts as a second wife and in the process receives a number of benefits such as living expenses, a monthly allowance, shopping sprees, dinner dates (and the list goes on) [...]
Continue reading...The Price of a Bride
17. December 2007
Roora (bride-price or dowry) is an old custom where a groom pays in order to marry the bride. The payment made to the bride’s family is meant to signify gratitude towards the bride’s family for raising her and a smaller portion of it is to help the bride set up house. It is a [...]
Continue reading...Pain in My Heart
8. November 2007
For the first post, I have put up a short version of the documentary Pain in My Heart by Zimbabwean journalist and broadcaster Hopewell Chin’ono. In the documentary he follows 2 people infected by HIV. One of them has access to anti retro virals drugs and other does not. HIV/AIDS is something that has affected the [...]
Continue reading...- Gays and Lesbians in Zimbabwe and Their Rights
- Are the 2008 Zimbabwe Presidential Elections Rigged?
- Charity Begins At Home
- Post Election Violence in Zimbabwe
- Musalad Losing Identity
- It’s Tough Being Black!
- The Ridiculous Cost of a Zimbabwean Passport
- Mugabe The Hero
- ZANU-PF & MDC Power Sharing Deal: Thoughts, Video, Text
- Robert Gabriel Mugabe, It Is Time For You To Go!
- Tim: Totally with you on this one! I manage a whole bun...
- fortune: thanx and sorry for making it sound personal its j...
- Reflections: We humans think we know it all, and THAT is our pr...
- Reflections: whilst I see the writers perspective, I can also f...
- Jonathan Williams: I am Zimbabwean living in England and I used to li...
6. October 2009
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