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ON the morning of June 16, 1976 more than 20 000 students from Soweto township took to the streets protesting the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in all South African schools.The protest, known as the Soweto Uprising t…

Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Time to protect people from their churches

VERY little is known about one of the worst religion-related mass murders and tragedies that occurred in Uganda in 2000 in which 700 Ugandans died. More is known about the 1978 Jonestown massacre in Guyana in which 918 mostly American foll…

Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 4 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Challenging election results

ELECTIONS are prone to be disputed. Electoral petitions to challenge any part of the election process are allowed in terms of the Electoral Act. There are also criminal remedies if there has been a breach of electoral laws.The Electoral Co…

Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Electoral reform is not an event

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is the most criticised of all the five independent commissions. Some of the criticism is fair and deserved, but some of it is unfair because of misinformation.  Calls for electoral reforms come …

Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:13hrs | 5 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Male legislators, marriage laws

ZIMBABWE on Tuesday joined the rest of the world in commemorating and celebrating International Women's Day.This is a day set aside worldwide to recognise and celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.It …

Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 20:12hrs | 3 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Black Americans and black Africans relations

THE relationship between black Americans and black Africans has been a subject of interest for social scientists and writers for a long time.Some black Africans, especially students who go to live in the United States are often unprepared …

Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Zimbabwe criminals go hi-tech

ZIMBABWEAN criminals are not being left behind by technology. They are using technology to enhance their trade, just like everybody else.Technology is a useful tool as it can bend to the whims of any hand. Cyber-crime is becoming a menace …

Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:37hrs | 21 | by Miriam Tose Majome

The need for social media regulation

IT is estimated that half of the world's population is now using social media. This is according to the Digital 2021 Global Statshot report.Global Web Index (GWI) puts it at 57,6% with about 400 million new users added to the list each yea…

Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:37hrs | 14 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Is Zimbabwe a nation or just a country?

THE question is often asked "Where did Zimbabwe go wrong?" but it is not necessarily a helpful question. Any attempt to pin down what has gone wrong to one single factor like corruption or bad governance is overly simplistic.The reasons fo…

Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:06hrs | 18 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Challenging or toppling the government?

IN a constitutional democracy such as ours, the government can be legally challenged and removed, as long as it is done constitutionally.The government gets some things right and pleases some, but sometimes it makes mistakes, cheats and ab…

Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Zesa Holdings' breach of contract

THE frustration and futility of it all; no person living in Zimbabwe is happy with the current electricity supply situation.Not even the most hopeful optimists can think brightly about power cuts that go for up to 18 hours daily without re…

Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Chaos, corruption in councils

THIS continues from last week as we look at actual examples of some of the rot happening in councils reported in the Auditor-General's Report for Local Authorities 2018.The report shows the extent of the gross financial mismanagement of co…

Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:28hrs | | by Miriam Tose Majome

Adultery damages, cohabitation rights

A COMMON assertion is that the proposition to protect the rights of cohabiting couples in the imminent Marriage Bill automatically nullifies the concept of adultery.However, this is not true because in 2016, the High Court firmly reiterate…

Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 08:01hrs | 3 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Of corruption and political will

THE latest Zinara graft scandal is the freshest in a series of corruption scandals which routinely grab the headlines for a short while before they fade into oblivion.The finer details of each scandals may fade away, but not the memories o…

Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:58hrs | 12 | by Miriam Tose Majome

The impossibility of abolishing lobola

THIS is the conclusion of a three-part series which discussed the feasibility of doing away with roora or making it optional in customary marriages.The position taken has been that it is impossible to alter it because of its religious/spir…

Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:00hrs | 1 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Legality of blocking the Internet simplified

TODAY, we discuss the legality of the recent shock total blockade of the Internet and subsequent limitation of service to the exclusion of social media sites Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter, among others. If ever there was somethin…

Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 10 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Electoral offences

With the elections some days away, emotions are heating up and the rate of election-related crimes and offences is also rising.Some crimes are being committed intentionally and some unintentionally. All criminal acts are punishable by vari…

Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Spot fines and the law of impounding of vehicles - A legal article by experts

Most people are now aware of the impending increases in traffic fines recently announced by the Minister of Finance. We will not delve into the controversies surrounding that as that has been well enunciated elsewhere. For the next few wee…

Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 19:47hrs | 8 | by Ms. Miriam Tose Majome

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