ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA.(PHOTO)

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 ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA A Zimbabwean couple has been deported from Botswana after secretly burying their child without notifying authorities. Motilinah Mpofu and Christopher Ncube were convicted on Thursday of concealing a death after they allegedly dug a grave for their child in the dead of night. The Gaborone court heard the child had died suddenly. Instead of reporting the death to police, health officials, or traditional leaders, the couple quietly buried the youngster and hoped no one would find out. But the secret did not stay buried for long.   Police moved in and arrested the pair. In sentencing, the court ordered that the couple be taken to the Plumtree Border Post for deportation to Zimbabwe.  Top Botswana lawyer Winnie Masitha who offered the couple free legal representation during the trial, confirmed the deportation to BTV News. Masitha believed that the matter should not be viewed only through the lens of crim...

OAU STUDENTS,PERFORMS THE ''ORO'' RITUALS FOR THE LATE OONI OF ILE-IFE,YESTERDAY.

            I have been hearing of Oro all my life,but i really don't know what it really is,so yesterday wednesday the 12th of August 2015 some students of Obafemi Awolowo University {OAU},Ile Ife,gave us an insight on what the rituals is all about.The student mimicked the Oro festival just about the same time the traditionalists of Ile-Ife were also performing their rites on the passing of Oba Okunade Sijuwade.The management of the university had ordered the students to remain indoors yesterday wednesday in compliance with the directive of the council of chiefs of the Late Ooni of Ife,Oba Okunlade Sijuade.The Awara of Iwara Ife,Oba Layi Adereti on monday,10th of August,2015 said the Oro festival is the final rite of passage for the late monarch stating that wednesday between the hours of 9am and 4pm have been fixe for the final pronouncement of the demise of Ooni.Oba Adereti who is also the head of Oro cult in the entire Ile-Ife said that all residents of the ancient town whether male or female would remain indoor during the Oro rite.More photos below.                                                                                                                                        

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