A Rastafarian family was recently seeking the intervention of the Supreme Court to force a church-run school to rescind its decision to expel their daughter for wearing dreadlocks. The Bulawayo Adventist Secondary School expelled the dreadlocked daughter of Patson Makhiwa, who was supposed to begin Form 1 this term. It ...

The Rastafarian movement in Zimbabwe has castigated popular Zimbabwean dancehall artist Wallace Chirimuko, better known as Winky D, labelling him as an outsider in the Rastafarian movement. Though he has wowed fans with his ecstatic dancehall tunes, the movement has distanced itself from the “Takaita Takaipa” hit maker. Marondera-based Ras ...

According to Bulawayo 24, hundreds of Rastafarians from across the country converged on the Cherutombo House of Nyahbinghi in Marondera on Saturday to pray for peace in the country. The prayer meeting coincided with preparations for this year’s Unity Day commemorations. The Rastafarians began with a march along the streets of Marondera, ...

Rastafari movement is an Africa-centred religion that developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, following the coronation of Haile Selassie I as King of Ethiopia in 1930. Rastafarians believe Haile Selassie is God, and that he will return to Africa members of the black community who are living in exile as the ...