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Namibia to require visas for U. S. citizens
In a significant policy shift reflective of the evolving dynamics of international travel, the Namibian government has announced that as from April 1, 2025, U.S. citizens and tourists from more than 3...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:46hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Barak Obama is out of touch about Kamala!
Brother Obama, president (2008-2016) is himself the cause for the decline of support among blacks for the Democratic Party.The entry of former president Barak Obama into the fray on behalf of ...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:03hrs | 182 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe condemns Pope Francis over same sex marriages
Catholic congregants in Zimbabwe have expressed disquiet at the Vatican's move to allow the church's priests to bless same-sex couples, saying this is abominable in the majority of African countries a...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:30hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
African priests reject Pope's endorsement of gay marriages
In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 36 | by Associated Press
New Marriages Bill approved...formally bans gay marriages
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet on Thursday approved the Marriages Amendment Bill which seeks to repeal and replace the Customary Marriages Act (Chapter 5:11) so as to emerge with one Act gover...Published: 10 May 2019 at 12:16hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Political expediency must have red lines: keep Grace Mugabe out
Recently Zimbabwean politics has looked a little like Game of Thrones. All sorts of strange and surprising alliances have popped up. Former foes become friends. Former friends become foes. The moving ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by Jealousy Dutiro
Zimbabwe is open for business but not open for Gay Rights
The new Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa spoke on LGBT equality subject for the first time as president, during an interview with CNN's Richard Quest at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mnang...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 05:48hrs | 7 | by Thamie T
What Have We Benefited From Being 'Politically Correct?'
Political correctness has evolved quite interestingly, into a common media practice and a cardinal feature of journalistic writing/urban verbal expression. In recent times, you call into a radio or TV...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 17:11hrs | | by Nimi Princewill
The seemingly cool gay practice
Years ago, I always muttered to myself that if I ever applied for visa to any of the countries that endorsed the Gay Rights, or granted freedom to gays in whatever dimension and at the visa interview,...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 14:42hrs | 3 | by Nimi Princewill. Twitter: @princewill_nimi
Massive swing to Brexit - with just 12 days to go
The campaign to take Britain out of the EU has opened up a remarkable 10-point lead over the Remain camp, according to an exclusive poll for The Independent.The survey of 2,000 people by ORB f...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 11:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Little Bishop's daughter in gay storm
RETIRED Bishop Desmond Tutu's daughter has been kicked out of South Africa's Anglican Church as a priest after she married a woman.Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu-van Furth can no longer preside at H...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's explicit support for gays will cost him politically
"Nothing that isn't a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency," noted Joseph Addison (1672-1719), an English essayist and politician....Published: 06 May 2016 at 20:31hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Tsvangirai must come out clear on homosexuality
"Nothing that isn't a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency," noted Joseph Addison (1672-1719), an English essayist and politician.&nbs...Published: 06 May 2016 at 07:58hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
'Zimbabwe won't accept aid tied to gay rights'
GOVERNMENT will not accept aid from countries or organisations pushing for the acceptance of gays and lesbian marriages in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe has said. Speaking at the 30th 21st...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Mataire
Mugabe's speech at his 92th birthday bash in Masvingo - Fulltext
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Amai Mnangagwa;Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko and Amai Mphoko;Minister of Provincial Affairs for Masvingo, Mai Mahofa, as represented by ...Published: 27 Feb 2016 at 23:38hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Children's rights have destroyed them- critique
A critique of the law that forbids children to be corporal punished, Tafadzwa Chinheva has said some of the children's rights have destroyed their lives and future as they make them do what ever they ...Published: 10 Feb 2016 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Why Mugabe flushed Obama's speech in the Lavatory
Obama reminds me of the farmer in the "Parable of the Sower" in Matthew 13 who scattered seed "some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up." His recent trip to Africa remains as fresh a...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Field Ruwe
Obama snubs Mugabe
Barack Obama the United States President will not be meeting President Robert Mugabe on his official visit to Africa (Kenya and Ethiopia) this month despite his itinerary including visit to African Un...Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe asks Obama to marry him
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has challenged President Barack Obama by asking his hand in marriage.His comment comes at the back of the legalization of gay marriage in the United State by the Suprem...Published: 30 Jun 2015 at 15:23hrs | | by Agencies
Forked tongue: Obama applauds gay marriage, sings Amazing Grace
What is duplicitous and unacceptable is to enjoy the credibility that comes from confessing the Christian faith while simultaneously holding views that are explicitly condemned in that faith.I...Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 10:59hrs | 1 | by Edmund Kudzayi
TB Joshua reacts to gay law in USA
Various reactions have come in the wake of America formally legalising gay marriage across the entirety of its borders but one of the most unusual has sprung from a popular Nigerian cleric....Published: 27 Jun 2015 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Jesus would have been supporter of same sex marriage says Elton John
Musician Sir Elton John claims Jesus would have been a supporter of gay marriage.The musician plans to marry his civil partner David Furnish next year in a "very quiet" ceremony, said that rul...Published: 30 Jun 2014 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Same Sex Marriage is Satanic
The Editor may you allow me space in your widely read informative and educative magazine to tell the people of this world the living reality and nothing else about the issue of same sex marriage....Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Kufakunesu Mawira
Methodist Church of Zimbabwe in gay storm
The United Methodist Church (UMC) in Zimbabwe has moved swiftly to block attendance by the United States bishops at a global conference in Mutare of the church's educational institutions on suspicion...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Richard Chidza/Mary Taruvinga
Nigeria bans gay marriage, public display of same-sex relationships
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a law banning gay marriage and public displays of same-sex relationships.Jonathan's spokesman Reuben Abati said on Monday that the presiden...Published: 13 Jan 2014 at 15:31hrs | 3 | by Satff Reporter
Australian gay marriages declared invalid
Australia's high court has overturned legislation allowing gay marriage in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).The ACT parliament passed a bill in October making the territory the first pa...Published: 12 Dec 2013 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joyce Banda denies she has failed - Video
On Saturday on Talk To Al Jazeera, embattled Malawian president Joyce Banda denied that, 18 months into office, she has failed with regard to fighting corruption.Not directly elected to her...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 13:01hrs | | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Zanu-PF urged to amend compromises in constitution
ZANU-PF must use the overwhelming mandate it was given by the people to undo some of the retrogressive compromises it made to the MDC formations in the constitution-making process to make the resultan...Published: 06 Sep 2013 at 05:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gays fear crackdown after Mugabe 'win'
"Now the real fear is kicking in," said one LGBT Zimbabwean after President Robert Mugabe claimed an election victory this week.Mugabe, who has ruled the country for 33 years, earlier this wee...Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 10:38hrs | 2 | by GSN
About 200 activists parade for gay rights in Vietnam
Some two hundred activists waving rainbow flags and carrying hand-painted banners biked in a colourful convoy through central Hanoi Sunday as part of the communist country's second gay pride parade....Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 04:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe at the Johanne Marange Apostolic church holy shrine - video
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday begged thousands of members of the Apostolic Sect to vote for him in this month's make-or-break harmonised elections.Addressing several thousands members of...Published: 14 Jul 2013 at 19:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T wants to bring back whites and gays, says Mugabe
Robert Mugabe has accused his political rivals of wanting to "bring back the white people" and criticised gay rights ahead of Zimbabwe's elections.Mugabe, clad in a white church robe and holdi...Published: 13 Jul 2013 at 20:17hrs | 1 | by AFP
Zanu-PF a God-fearing party that upholds biblical moral ethics - Sibanda
THE forthcoming harmonised elections on 31 July are like a "war" between God and the devil, which Zanu-PF must fight to win at all costs, war veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda said yesterday. I...Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 20:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe comes out guns blazing
The President and First Secretary of Zanu-PF, Robert Mugabe says the revolutionary party must and will win the forthcoming harmonised elections resoundingly.Speaking during the launch of the Z...Published: 05 Jul 2013 at 19:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe slams child rapists, gays
PRESIDENT Mugabe has expressed shock and anguish over rising cases of child rape and gayism and said if Zanu-PF wins the elections, it will take stern measures against perpetrators with a battery of n...Published: 14 Jun 2013 at 22:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
200 people attend African traditional wedding for gay couple
Two young men tied the knot in a rare South African gay wedding in KwaDukuza (Stanger) on Saturday.In what was described as the town's first gay marriage, Tshepo Modisane and Thoba Sithole, bo...Published: 08 Apr 2013 at 03:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Gay marriage could lead to fathers marrying their sons,' claims actor
Actor Jeremy Irons claims that gay marriage could lead to fathers getting married to their sons - for tax reasons.The 64-year-old claimed he didn't have 'strong feelings' about same-sex ma...Published: 06 Apr 2013 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Children's colouring book 'Being Gay is Okay' goes on sale
A colouring book for children called Being Gay is Okay has been released recently.Described as a "practical examination of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life)", the 50 page boo...Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 11:07hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
BBC mistakenly names man 'Gay Marriage'
Johannesburg - Transnet chief harbour master Rufus Lekala wants an apology from the BBC after the television station mistakenly broadcast his name as "Gay Marriage" during an interview, the Sowetan re...Published: 28 Mar 2013 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pope Francis can restrain Robert Mugabe
If anybody can do anything to restrain Robert Mugabe, it is Pope Francis.That is why we should welcome the unofficial entry of Africa's greatest human rights abuser into Italy this week, to at...Published: 23 Mar 2013 at 16:47hrs | | by IOL
Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina becomes pope, takes Francis as name
Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years, and ...Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 19:18hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Black smoke from Sistine chapel chimney: No pope yet
This time there was no doubt. There was no new pope yet, and the mystery of who - and when - was as thick as the unmistakable heavy black smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney.As tho...Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 10:01hrs | | by Sapa-AP
UK teachers forced to teach pupils about gay marriage
A primary school teacher in UK faced disciplinary action because she didn't want to read to her class from a storybook about gay penguins.The teacher, who has not been named, works in a scho...Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
US President urges Supreme Court to strike down California law banning gay marriage
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage and turn a skeptical eye on similar prohibitions across the country.The adm...Published: 28 Feb 2013 at 23:53hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Woman (40) deserts marriage of 15 years for a lesbian relationship with girl (17)
In an incident that has left Bulawayo residents in Luveve at a loss of words, a 40-year-old woman deserted her marriage of 15 years for a lesbian relationship with a 17-year-old girl.Nomsa Ng...Published: 09 Feb 2013 at 15:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Catholics urged to fight gay marriage
London - The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales has urged followers to write to their representatives in Parliament to oppose the government's plans to allow gay marriage.In a lett...Published: 31 Dec 2012 at 16:17hrs | | by AP
Are We the People God Forgot!
Gripped by a sense of failure, I sat on the bench and stared at the horizon in the direction of my motherland. A jab of pain couldn't let go."Are we the forgotten people?" I asked....Published: 05 Sep 2012 at 17:44hrs | 1 | by Field Ruwe
Gay marriage blocked in US state
Olympia - Washington state's law allowing gay marriage was blocked from taking effect on Wednesday as opponents filed more than 200 000 signatures seeking a public vote on the issue in November....Published: 07 Jun 2012 at 09:06hrs | 2 | by AP
US state bans gay marriage
Raleigh - North Carolina voters on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage and civil unions, major media projected, dealing a blow to efforts across the United St...Published: 09 May 2012 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Reuters
COPAC under fire for smuggle homosexual rights into draft constitution
COPAC has come under fire from legal experts who contend that it has once again tried to smuggle homosexual rights into the latest draft by replacing the phrase "natural differences" with "circumstanc...Published: 08 May 2012 at 00:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
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