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1 in 5 Zimbabwean infants receive exclusive breastfeeding

As the world observes World Breastfeeding Week from August 1 to 7, Nutrition Action Zimbabwe (NAZ) has raised alarm over the country's sharply declining exclusive breastfeeding rates, warning of a looming public health crisis if action is …

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:11hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter

'Highlanders has lost its culture'

Retired Colonel Thomas Ngwenya, a former Highlanders Football Club board member, has expressed concern over what he describes as the gradual erosion of the club's longstanding traditions and identity.Ngwenya, who served the club in various…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:04hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter

UK rape culture forces govt to roll out chemical castration

The British government has announced plans to roll out the use of medication to suppress the sex drive of certain sex offenders, as part of a broader package of reforms aimed at reducing reoffending and alleviating overcrowding in the pris…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 07:57hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's hustle culture is affecting mental health

IntroductionIn Zimbabwe, the phrase "we hustle to survive" is more than just a saying  -  it is a way of life. From street vendors to corporate employees, students to entrepreneurs, almost everyone is engaged in a constant hustle…

Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:31hrs | 481 | by Dr Farzana Naeem

Zimbabwe sets up carbon credit market regulatory framework

Zimbabwe has taken a significant step toward formalising its participation in global carbon markets by gazetting regulations to establish the Zimbabwe Carbon Market Authority (ZiCMA), a statutory body mandated to regulate, facilitate, and …

Published: 07 May 2025 at 09:26hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa calls on Zimbabweans to embrace and promote national culture

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged all Zimbabweans to play an active role in preserving and promoting the country's cultural heritage, describing it as a living expression of national identity and pride. The call was made ahead of Tues…

Published: 07 May 2025 at 09:23hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter

Ndebele king claimant preaches cultural renaissance

In an exclusive interview, Ndebele King claimant, Bulelani Khumalo, has reiterated the importance of reviving Ndebele culture and called on political figures to respect and support the traditional efforts underway in Matabeleland and beyon…

Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:03hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter

Sotsha Moyo: A humble legend and Cultural Ambassador of Zimbabwe

Sotsha Moyo, the leader of the legendary music group Black Umfolosi, exemplifies the rare combination of humility and remarkable talent. Though he may blend into the bustling streets of Zimbabwe, his extraordinary voice has made him a glob…

Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:25hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter

'Refrain from farming on Wednesdays and honour cultural customs'

Traditionalists have called on citizens to embrace cultural farming practices to mitigate the effects of the ongoing heatwave, which has severely impacted crops and livestock in parts of the country.The extreme temperatures, persisting thr…

Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 17:59hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo Sneaker Expo: A celebration of authentic fashion and street culture

The Bulawayo Sneaker Expo, taking place today at the ZITF Pavilion, is set to be more than just an exhibition of footwear. Organisers have highlighted that the event serves as a platform for a wider celebration of fashion, streetwear, and …

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:58hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter

'Ndema Ngwenya foretold present political, cultural, language crisis'

Describing Mthandazo Ndema Ngwenya simply as a novelist would be an understatement, as his intellectual work, political activism, and academic contributions foretold many of the political, cultural, and linguistic issues Zimbabwe faces tod…

Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:10hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter

Gule Wamkulu cultural gathering set for Harare

The Chamba Chamakholo Gule Wamkulu cultural gathering is set to take place in Mufakose, Harare, on September 29, featuring a vibrant display of Nyau culture from both local and international performers.The event, themed "Bringing Together …

Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 09:39hrs | 1522 | by Staff reporter

Discovering Bulawayo: The heartbeat of Zimbabwe's cultural heritage

Nestled in the southwestern part of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo is a city that beautifully intertwines its rich historical tapestry with vibrant contemporary culture. As the country's second-largest city, Bulawayo offers a unique blend of tradition…

Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 09:28hrs | 2368 | by Staff reporter

'Drug culture foreign to Zimbabwe'

President Mnangagwa has expressed serious concerns about the rise of drug and substance abuse among Zimbabwe's youth, highlighting that it contradicts the nation's cultural values and the principles of Ubuntu. Speaking through Defence Mini…

Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 10:18hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter

San to re-birth language, culture

THE San community has embarked on a project aimed at re-establishing its culture and language threatened with extinction.Tsoro-o-otso San Development Trust director Davy Ndlovu said the project is called the San Community Organised Rebirth…

Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mutsvangwa wants to change culture of installing chiefs

GOVERNMENT says it is committed to having women considered for traditional leadership roles to promote gender equality, Women's Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said.Mutsvangwa yesterday said there was need for the elimination of all…

Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Supa Mandiwanzira set an example of a new political culture

Zanu-PF Nyanga South MP Supa Mandiwanzira's move to embrace his main opposition CCC rival in the 23 August parliamentary election and post photos together to show peace and tranquility during campaigns in their area has set an example of a…

Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 19:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Shaka Zulu is back in pop culture

SHAKA kaSenzangakhona is universally recognised as the founder of what would become known as the "Zulu nation".He ruled from about 1817 until he was assassinated by his half-brothers in 1828.He's credited with elevating the Zulu from a fai…

Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF turns Culture Month launch into party event

Zanu-PF yesterday turned the launch of the National Culture Month programme at Kariyangwe Secondary School in Binga into a party event with supporters waving placards praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The National Culture Month  w…

Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Feminists have lost track of what they stand for

Disclaimer: This article is written from a male perspective with a light-hearted tone. It is not meant to trivialize or dismiss the important issues surrounding feminism and gender equality.Feminism. A word that has gained more traction th…

Published: 19 May 2023 at 13:53hrs | 2 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

BaTonga cultural village for Kariba

NYAMINYAMI Rural District Council chief executive Cletus Matingwina says the local authority was working towards reviving the arts and culture industry in the district by opening a Tonga Cultural Village in Siakobvu.Formerly known as the S…

Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Time to end political violence culture

WITH by-elections scheduled for March 26, a few weeks away, there is rising concern over pockets of violence being recorded in some parts of the country.Zanu-PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists have already started accusin…

Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube invades sacred site

Minister for Finance Mthuli Ncube invades a sacred site reserved for cultural ceremonies in his rural home Matebeleland South, the area is in Chap village few kilometres from Matopo National Park.Speaking to Bulawayo24.com villagers said i…

Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 12:55hrs | 9 | by Tarisai Mudahondo

Mnangagwa abhors cultural erosion

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lamented the effects of globalisation on Zimbabwe, saying they were overwhelming local cultures and threatening the lives of youths who were now resorting to drugs and violent gun-related crimes.He sa…

Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Carmel School sets up Culture Centre

IN an effort to increase the school's pass rate for IsiNdebele, Carmel School in Bulawayo has built a Cultural Centre which was officially opened last Friday.The primary school used the same event to honour one of its longest serving staff…

Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa decries lampooning of Zimbabwean culture

President Mnangagwa has described as unfortunate, the denigration of Zimbabwean culture and history by some citizens who celebrate foreign cultures.Speaking at the 37th graduation ceremony of 138 regular officer cadets at the Zimbabwe Mili…

Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa claims credit for good rainy season

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sensationally claimed that he was the force behind the good rains enjoyed in the country this season, in that he allowed traditional chiefs to conduct rainmaking rituals and religious leaders to pray for th…

Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Bolamba Culture Birds calls for dancers

BOLAMBA Culture Birds traditional dance group is not letting the 30-day lockdown derail their growth as they have started the year with a call for dancers who want to join their group.The fast-rising multi-award winning group that hails fr…

Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 16:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Coltart bemoans culture of violence

Former Education minister David Coltart says Zimbabwe has a disturbing culture of violence that needs to be dealt with.Coltart, who is the new treasurer-general for the main opposition MDC, said both the opposition and ruling Zanu-PF were …

Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

As long as culture of selling fellow blacks for piece of calico cloth remains, so will our troubles

As a people black Africans are dogged by self-hate. By God, we hate ourselves with a consuming passion! During the slave trade, one of the dark periods in black Africa, it was not the white man who hunted down the blacks and sold them…

Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:22hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai

No to sanitising culture of violence

Possibly, the most well-known theory in this genre of work, Wolfgang and Ferracuti's Subculture of Violence attempted to outline a methodological framework for the empirical examination of violent subcultures. Central to their discussion w…

Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:05hrs | 5 | by Limukani Ncube

'Preserve culture to enhance local tourism'

THE organiser of the My Beautiful House hut decoration contest held in Matopos last week said locals should engage in more cultural activities to preserve cultural norms and promote local tourism.A boy entertaining the crowd during the hut…

Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Majority of Zimbabwe's legislators lack a reading culture

FORMER Mabvuku-Tafara MP James Maridadi's revelations at a recent Sadc Parliamentary Forum workshop on sexual and reproductive health rights in Harare that the majority of the country's legislators lack a reading culture, resulting in Bill…

Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Editorial - newsday

Promoting savings culture in Zimbabwe indispensable

Since time immemorial, generations have been saving. And going down the memory lane, lessons can be learnt from the Zunde raMambo concept from the Zimbabwean tradition where the kings store and preserve a strategic reserve of food to help …

Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Dephine Mazambani

Beware of Nelson Chamisa's cultural appropriation

While some might see nothing wrong with this picture I see cultural appropriation.Cultural appropriation is when somebody adopts aspects of a culture that's not their own. But that's only the most basic definition. A deeper understanding o…

Published: 26 May 2018 at 18:06hrs | 1 | by Velempini Ndlovu

Coronation is purely a cultural issue and not political

Chiefs Council chairperson chief Mathema told Southern News that the claim to kingship was purely a cultural issue and not political.He, however, quickly dismissed their links with the Mthwakazi Republic Party who were active during the de…

Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 11:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police desecrating Ndebele cultural rites

THE MDC-T Bulawayo youth executive yesterday accused police of desecrating on cultural and ritual rights of the people of Matabeleland, following the arrest of self-imposed Ndebele King Mzilikazi II Stanley Raphael Khumalo on Monday for or…

Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: How some Shona tribes mourn well-endowed men

How some tribes mourn well-endowed menhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ig-51A3C64These people are mourning someone of high respect. In this clan, typically only to the Mbire - Soko - Vhudzijena clan, when someone of high respect passes on …

Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 11:27hrs | 2 | by youtube

Unpacking the political cultural psychology in public policy administration

This past week has been filled with epiphanies that led to a rethought of popular subscribed ideologies. Allow me to start with rooting of the thinking here. Popular movements have often succeeded or otherwise largely because of who backs …

Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 13:16hrs | 1 | by Tedious Ncube

Why we must evolve our indigenous greeting culture

There are values Africans hold on to quite strongly, that people who are considered to be of "Advanced Civilisation" rarely concern themselves with. One of which, is the slightly weird nature of our indigenous greeting culture.Greeting is …

Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 11:38hrs | | by Nimi Princewill

Language vital cog in a people's culture

Speech by Honourable Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Chris Mushohwe at the official launch of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Montrose Studios news bulletins in nine languages.Salutations!Pamusoroi van…

Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Dr Chris Mushohwe Minister

Amagugu conducts arts, culture and heritage capacity development workshop

Chief Executive Officers and Chairpersons of committees from uMzingwane and Beitbridge Rural District Councils (RDCs) participated in a two-day arts, culture and heritage capacity building workshop on the 9th and 10th of March at the Beitb…

Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 05:55hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes

Arts, culture and heritage capacity development workshop update held in Matobo

Amagugu International Heritage Center  on 23 and 24 November 2016 conducted an Arts, Culture and Heritage capacity development workshop in Matobo's Maleme Rest Camp.The organisation said  the workshop was  for capacity devel…

Published: 30 Nov 2016 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes

Chameleon: Patterns in the Ubuntu and Aboriginal Culture

My name is Wisdom my sister is Respect.My last name is LOVE so is Respect.My life based on Truth gains me Respect.My cousin Honesty loves sister Respect very much.My mother totem â€˜Nyatiâ€™* shares the values of Courage and Respect.My lin…

Published: 29 Jul 2016 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Andrew M Manyevere

Of Social Media and Culture

The world has truly become a global village, where almost everything that happens in one country has an effect all over the world.  The physical borders that separated the states and supposedly provided "security" from possible invasi…

Published: 23 Jun 2016 at 23:27hrs | 5 | by Prosperity Mzila

Row over modern circumcision and culture

TRADITIONAL leaders in Chiredzi and Mwenezi districts in Masvingo Province have expressed concern over the recent involvement of strangers, among them women, in their circumcision rites saying it had grossly compromised their ChiChangana (…

Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 12:10hrs | 1 | by Vincent Gono

The beauty of the Zezuru culture

She was a herbalist. She had the ability to dream dreams and interpret them and she interpreted other people's dreams too. (Ayifembera) Chido was born in Mhondoro near Zvimba in the early 1940. She had several siblings because her father w…

Published: 20 May 2015 at 17:24hrs | 16 | by Nomazulu Thata

Zim Xhosa community to set up High School to preserve culture

The Xhosa community is seeking $20 million for the construction of a secondary school designed to empower locals with education skills while preserving the vanishing language. Xhosa prince Macleod Tshawe tells VOA Studio 7 the governm…

Published: 20 Jan 2014 at 21:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

The Dangers of Refusing to allow Culture to evolve

These past two weeks the main underlying topic around Black issues in North America has been Culture and perspective. Whilst the United States had the Trayvon Martin issue, Toronto was commemorating the Danzig shootings where two Black-Can…

Published: 20 Jul 2013 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Tsungai Chipato

Culture Fund and Sweden Award grants worth US$420,000.00 as investment to Zimbabwean Arts, Culture and Heritage

Culture Fund and Sweden Award grants worth US$420,000.00 as investment to Zimbabwean Arts, Culture and HeritageThe Culture Fund is an organisation that seeks to provide financial and technical support to cultural practitioners, institution…

Published: 09 May 2013 at 15:23hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

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