HARARE – Fast-fading sungura artiste Taruvinga Manjokoto popularly known as Shuga Shuga doubts whether he has talent in music or he is wasting time by chasing the wrong career. Shuga Shuga opened up to the Daily News last week that since he began his musical journey in early 2000 there is still nothing to show…
HARARE – There were fireworks at the Book Café on Saturday night when singing sensation Ntando Bangani and Zimbabwe’s soulful singer Alexio Kawara put up a polished and flawless collaborative act. The duo’s collaboration headlined the closing gig for Book Café events which were part of the Jazz and World Music Festival. Blending afro-pop, soul,…
HARARE – The Zimbabwean state is a continuation of the colonial State. At the core of its administration just like its colonial predecessor, Rhodesia, is the use of coercion for political hegemony of the ruling class at any historical epoch. The security apparatus; the military, secret agents, police and vigilant militias are its tools. This…
HARARE – Today marks the last day of the fast growing tourism fair, the Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel and Tourism Africa Fair which was running for the past four days. The fair started on Thursday and is ending today. This year’s edition was full of major highlights and has seen the number of exhibitors increasing. There…
HARARE – World thinkers, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and leaders in urban planning and management converged in Barcelona with an objective to rethink cities. The World Bank in association with the City of Barcelona hosted the conference from October 08-10, under the theme “Rethinking cities: Framing the future”. The conference took place against a myriad…
HARARE – Government should have protected Epworth residents whose homes were demolished by a state-owned property developer, Local Government deputy minister Sessel Zvidzai has said. Close to 200 Epworth families were left homeless after police razed down their homes at the instigation of Sunway City (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of the Industrial Development Corporation of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Micky Hough had a nightmare final round at the BMG Classic in South Africa yesterday where he carded a 10-over 82 at Glendower Golf Club. Hough’s final gross total was nine-over 225 and finished tied at number 43 with Jared Harvey of South Africa. The other Zimbabwe representative at the tournament, Ryan…
HARARE – A Harare man who found his brother’s maid home alone, asked her to show him some of her photos before raping her has appeared in court. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the alleged victim, visited his brother’s Budiriro home on September 3 this year and started charming…
HARARE – A book by businessman Mutumwa Mawere launched in Harare last week has sold out. Mawere launched his book entitled When Minds Meet in Harare on Thursday evening. Leroy Murape, a spokesperson of Africa Heritage Society, a non-profit making organisation founded by Mawere in 2003, told the Daily News that they had underestimated the…
BULWAYO – As the sun sets on Filabusi, Jabulani Moyo, 47, sits outside his mud hut, lets out a plume of smoke from a cigarette crudely fashioned out of an old newspaper and laments how little or no smoke can be seen above Bulawayo’s skyline, a sign of how the country’s industrial hub has declined….
