local chiefs are using traditional beliefs about pangolins to try to fill that educational gap and deter poaching. Sandwiched between Mozambique to the east and Zimbabwe’s Marange communal area ...

the practice is still rampant in rural Zimbabwe. However, three traditional Chiefs in the Mashonaland Province, are taking a stand against the act. Chief Bushu of Shamva, Chief Nyamaropa of ...

The Traditional Leaders Act refashioned the chiefs and headmen/women as very powerful actors and vectors in the political sphere in Zimbabwe. This happened against the backdrop of the challenge to ...

The Zanu PF party has long been accused by civil society organisations and opposition leaders of using state resources and traditional chiefs to perpetuate the ruling party’s ideologies and influence ...

A traditional chief in Zvimba district ... we would have appealed to the court,” Leo Mugabe told Reuters. Chiefs in Zimbabwe have jurisdiction over their local subjects but it is rare for ...

“So, the chiefs come in to serve as sanitiser [for] Mnangagwa’s legitimacy deficiencies. Their traditional authority is, therefore, transferred to Mnangagwa by association,” he tells The Africa Report ...

Traditional leadership institutions play a critical role in Zimbabwe for they are at the core of the country’s success to achieving its developmental objectives. Chiefs are expected to embrace ...

Harare - Zimbabwe's traditional chiefs have unanimously voted to have the death penalty scrapped, claiming that it was against their traditional beliefs, reports said on Wednesday. The traditional ...

However, Indigenous groups under traditional chiefs, including Zimunya and Marange in eastern Zimbabwe, have found other ways to limit hunting and activities that harm the animals. Local traditional ...

Traditional chiefs in Zimbabwe say the three political parties in the inclusive government should allow them to be part of the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) in order to boost ...

A traditional chief in Zvimba district ... we would have appealed to the court,” Leo Mugabe told Reuters. Chiefs in Zimbabwe have jurisdiction over their local subjects but it is rare for ...