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The Slightest Push of a Button: 'Sex' - A Commodified Female Body on Display
Tendai Mbofana's article today was a masterstroke. He is a shining star among gender critics - far surpassing many others we know but won't name. The title of his piece on BYO24, "Can it truly be call...Published: 4 hrs ago | 127 | by Nomazulu Thata
Africa is full of contradictions; Qwabe twins are still VIRGINS at 26 years!
Seeing their photo on Bulawayo24 today, I wonder what is cultural, and traditional about these twins? This photo shoot looks like big German barbies on sale. There is nothing that tells me that these ...Published: 21 Sep 2024 at 11:01hrs | 2972 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwean student wins African painting competition
Hope Mafiko, an 18-year-old Zimbabwean student, achieved the prestigious title of the ultimate African winner in the My Dream painting competition for African Youths. This remarkable accomplishment ca...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo daughter storms America
Thembelihle Terry-Lynne Zulu is the founder of Girl Grandeur Zimbabwe which is a social club for women. She is one of the 42 fellows selected to represent Zimbabwe at this year's Mandela Washington Fe...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 12:38hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Young African women turn to coding
At Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Angela Koranteng was an accomplished student with a special dream. At a time when few women were breaking the gender barrier in male-dominated st...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 16:24hrs | 20 | by Fatimatou Sene
Leeds based student Thelma Khupe to represent Zimbabwe at Miss Teen Africa
She is bright, brilliant, a barrister in the making, and at 17, she is ready to take on the world.Leeds student, Thelma Khupe will this year represent Zimbabwe in the Miss Teen Africa Beauty P...Published: 18 Oct 2016 at 01:20hrs | 13 | by Tidi Kwidini
1 in 10 African girls miss school because of menstruation
A number of small studies have been conducted in African countries on the effect of menstruation on girls' school attendance. But the situation across the continent remains unknown. We know fo...Published: 27 Sep 2016 at 10:22hrs | | by Kate Wilkinson
Mugabe's hilarious quotes
"Yes, I was dead. It's true I was dead. I resurrected""I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once."For a long time, even as the Western world...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 20:47hrs | 5 | by online
Miss Uni-Africa to end Women's month in style in SA
The Women's month will end on a high note in South Africa as Miss Uni-Africa is ready to pull down the curtain in style. With all aesthetics at her disposal ,she will also bring along unforgettabl...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 11:05hrs | 2 | by Usungulo Arts
Is South Africa doing enough to combat human trafficking?
Johannesburg - Thousands of people are trafficked across continents every year by people smugglers and organised crime syndicates.Human trafficking has become a billion dollar industry and governments...Published: 04 May 2016 at 21:31hrs | | by Thabo Kunene
Going For Africa Gold: Bethen Steals Africa's Gospel Music Limelight
Famous God anointed African Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa's Permican Award of Excellency winning songstress and the architect and brainchild behind 2015 African Golden Virtual Awards Best African Group g...Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 18:44hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Teedzai in Harare
Zimbabwe: Scourge of Child Marriage - Video
Child marriage in Africa often ends a girl's education, exposes her to domestic violence and grave health risks from early childbearing and HIV, and traps her in poverty, Human Rights Watch said today...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 10:05hrs | | by Dewa Mavhinga
She defied convention and broke the glass ceiling - Part 1
My name is Sister Bernadette. My actual birth name is Siboniso. I was born in 1957 in Bulawayo at Mpilo Hospital. My father worked in the industries and my mother was a fulltime housewife. My family l...Published: 25 May 2015 at 14:14hrs | 15 | by Nomazulu Thata - taken from eBook: 'Sweetmother'
'Setting a bait for women's vote'
As we enter 2015 women must reflect on the milestones reached in our quest to attain the critical question of inclusive development as a country, it is worrisome to find that we have yet again gone 10...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 10:37hrs | 15 | by Ms M.Gumede
Betty Makoni fights female genital mutilation in UK
WHEN Betty Makoni fled her native Zimbabwe for the safety of the UK's Essex five years ago, it was out of fear for her life.The women's rights campaigner was chased out of Africa by a gang of ...Published: 20 Sep 2013 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Metro
Ruth Marimo Shares On Pamelastitch.com
We've often focused on stories of Africans and people of African descent who are inspiring others with their accomplishments in the diaspora. The Be Inspired interview segment has often ...Published: 22 Mar 2012 at 11:12hrs | 2 | by Pamela Stitch
Zimbabwean runner up in Top Model Of The World Pageant 2011
ZIMBABWEAN beauty, Vanessa Sibanda made history at the Top Model Of The World Pageant 2011 when she was announced as second runner up. The hugely contested beauty competition was held at the Maritim H...Published: 20 Mar 2011 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
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