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Dharna is a Hindi word literally meaning “a placing”. In India, it denotes the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or the demand is granted.

In Zimbabwe, the equivalent would be refusing to bury a dead body until outstanding lobola is paid or worse still, dumping a corpse at the doorstep of a killer’s family.

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