At least 40 Zimbabwean healers were de-registered by the Traditional Medical Practitioners Council for improper and disgraceful conduct since 2010. They were charged and fined up to USD 200 each for contravening the Traditional Medical Practitioners Act, which regulates the practice of Christian and traditional healers. Their offences included misrepresenting to ...

Now almost half-naked owing to persistent assaults, the young lass tried to resist, but was dragged forward by the jeering crowd like a goat being led to slaughter.“Husband snatcher,” “Prostitute,” “Killer,” “Kamuroyi,” part of the crowd shouted as others lunged into her with half-round chicken kicks. Others struck the girl ...

When I first met Hamlet Zhou, he was the guitarist in Andy Brown and the Storm, for years one of Zimbabwe’s most popular and exciting bands.  At the time, I was based in Zimbabwe, where Hamlet was born and had lived his entire life. I had come there to do film and ...

United Family International Church leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has said he will not register with the Zimbabwe Traditional Medical Council because he is neither a traditional medical practitioner nor a spirit medium.  Prophet Makandiwa was responding to recent press reports that he and other prophets were compelled to register with the ...

A 75-year-old traditional healer from Lupane district has been arraigned before the courts facing charges of sexually abusing eight schoolchildren over a period of three months. The man, who lives alone in Shabula Village, pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of aggravated indecent assault, a count of indecent assault and ...

A Mutare man recently hanged himself after weeks of complaining about being hounded by wild dogs that only he could see. Fungai Nyaude (34) of Musiringofa Village took his life several hours after complaining to his sister that he was tired of living a “haunted” life. Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, ...

All traditional healers, prophets, faith healers and spirit mediums in Zimbabwe claiming to have healing powers should register with the Zimbabwe Traditional Medical Practitioners’ Association. All those in breach of the law face a maximum two-year jail sentence. Among such are Prophets Emmanuel Makandiwa and Uebert Angel who face arrest for ...

Court officials in Zimbabwe say two self-confessed witches who claim to have flown on a magical grain-threshing basket are to undergo medical and psychiatric examinations. Prosecutors said the two women were arrested last month after they had been found naked in the yard of a home in Chinhoyi, 110 kilometers ...

When we meet in a New York café, Stella Cohen is far from home, which is Harare, Zimbabwe. She’s also far from the roots of her cooking, which is the island of Rhodes, in Greece. But for Cohen, a cookbook writer, artist, textile designer and communal leader, the past has ...

Religion, together with race, politics and our place of birth, determine our culture or way of life. The National Gallery in Harare recently held a Culture Week, celebrating local, regional and international cultures. Part of the celebrations included an exhibition, Objects of Mediation, exploring the role of material objects such ...