When rain falls on ceremony…What African philosophy teaches us about meaning

Alphina Ndlovu RECENTLY, as I prepared to leave for work here in the United Kingdom, the heavens opened. Not with a timid drizzle that politely announces itself before fading away.…

Unlikely bond: How a zebra and donkey in Bulilima created a rare ‘zonkey’

Mthabisi Tshuma, [email protected] FOR more than three years, the quiet village of Thekwane in Bulilima District lived with a story that many people would find hard to believe. In a…

Sista2Sista Magic: 10 girls in Matobo are stitching a future free from exploitation

Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, [email protected]  ON any given afternoon, the air at Simphane Business Centre in Ward 4, Matobo district carries the scent of warm scones and ambition. Behind a makeshift stall…

Beitbridge farmers turn goat rearing into profitable business

Thupeyo Muleya, [email protected] A quiet but significant shift is taking place in Beitbridge’s communal areas, where farmers are moving away from keeping goats mainly for cultural purposes and prestige, and…

SA braces for shutdown amid immigration row

THE anti-illegal-immigration group March and March said it will proceed with its planned national shutdown on 30 June 2026. While the deadline for illegal immigrants to leave South Africa is…

Thousands of Malawians flee as anti-immigrant tensions rise in South Africa

MORE than 3 000 Malawians, including hundreds of children, are staying in an open field in South Africa’s port city of Durban, after fleeing what they described as escalating anti-immigrant…

US cracks down on birth tourism, revokes hundreds of visas of Africans

THE Trump administration says it has dismantled organised birth tourism networks spanning Africa and Europe, revoking hundreds of visas as Washington intensifies efforts to curb what it considers abuse of…

Nswazi marks historic first graduation since independence

Nothando Zondo, [email protected] FOR many years, life in Nswazi in Umzingwane district has moved at its own steady pace, with opportunities for young people often limited. Days would pass quietly,…

Culture & hope take centre stage at Gwanda Prison celebrations

Chronicle Writer  THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) in Matabeleland South recently held belated Culture Day celebrations at Gwanda Farm Prison in Mopane, bringing together inmates, officers and the…

44 000 hectares of land lost so far…

Liberty Mutamba, [email protected]  MATABELELAND SOUTH is facing a growing threat from veld fires, and the warning signs are already clear. The province lost 44 549.34 hectares of land to fires…

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