HARARE – Twelve years after President Robert Mugabe denied him hero status, Zanu’s first president Ndabaningi Sithole seems to be stirring in his grave with talk of a review of the decision. Sithole died in December 2000. Mugabe declined to declare him a national hero calling him a sell-out. He was buried at his farm…
HARARE – Previously, we highlighted that employers face a number of challenges when hiring, which if not properly handled may result in wrong decisions. However, there are times when employers make the right calls, but after a while the chosen candidates lose momentum and fizzle out to join the ranks of the so-called non-performers eventually…
NEW YORK – For the second time in as many weeks, Mitt Romney’s campaign released a new television ad blasting President Barack Obama as weak against China on trade. “Fewer Americans are working today than when President Obama took office,” the ad’s narrator says. “It doesn’t have to be this way. If Obama would stand…
HARARE – Hollywood-based Zimbabwe make-up artist, Jackie Muchanyuka-Mgido has broken all barriers and attributes her success to her unwavering faith. Mgido moved to America 19 years ago and engaged as a make-up artist four years later. Hollywood is the biggest and most popular film industry in the world and it is every actor, director, make-up…
HARARE – Welshman Ncube’s suave allure is helping train the eyes of the world on Zimbabwe’s democracy struggle, but some experts say his rising appeal could split votes in the forthcoming watershed election. The smaller MDC’s president, who is steadily rising to personify opposition efforts to shrug off the yoke of decades of dictatorship, made…
HARARE – It was a blissful weekend for all the Catholic followers in the Midlands when Gweru St Theresa’s Cathedral topped this year’s Gweru Diocese Catholic Choral Competition held in Zvishavane at the weekend. The choral competition drew participants from Kwekwe, Gweru Chirumhanzu and Zvishavane. The towns had equal representation in the day long fun…
BULWAYO – The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) director Elvas Mari has described the Intwasa Arts Festival as an international event which should not be trivialised and taken as a provincial showcase. Addressing the gathering while officially opening the festival in Bulawayo on Wednesday Mari said the eight-year-old arts fiesta should be viewed differently….
JOHANNESBURG – The taxman has added to former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s mounting troubles. Last week, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) obtained a R16m judgment against Malema for unpaid taxes. Sars is about to seize property and assets belonging to the controversial politician in Gauteng and Limpopo, City Press understands. Malema did not…
HARARE – “And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them; let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”(John 8:7) The biblical context points to an incident when Scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught indulging in…
HARARE – If one suffers from intense itchy skin rash and does not seem to respond to treatment, it is possible that the skin rash could be dermatitis herpetiformis. Local dermatologist Elizabeth Mwanakudzi said this skin condition is caused by gluten in the diet, which occurs naturally in the grains wheat, barley and rye. “Zimbabweans…
