News stories by Nyarai Mudimu

HARARE, Mar 21 (IPS) - Heightened political tension between the major rivals in Zimbabwe's coalition government and increased clampdowns on civil society have left questions about the country's readiness for a true democracy just days after people voted to adopt a new constitution.

MOUNT DARWIN, Zimbabwe, Mar 15 (IPS) - "Ten reasons why women must vote ‘Yes' for the draft constitution…" says the Constitution Select Committee's campaign radio jingle that plays over the airwaves in a grocer's store at Mukumbura border post business centre on Zimbabwe's northeastern border with Mozambique.

The four armed robbers who gang raped her may be serving time for their crimes, but six years later justice has turned out to be a myth for Mildred Mapingure.

In her glory days, death-row inmate Rosemary Khumalo (66) lived life dangerously on the edge. She was a sanguinary fortune hunter who would resort to anything, even murder, to land her loot, according to court records of her trial.