HARARE – Zimbabwe has missed the 2012 HIV testing and counselling target by 13 percent, the National Aids Council (Nac) has said. Statistics released by the coordinating and facilitating body of the national multi-sectoral response to HIV and Aids, show that almost 90 percent of targeted people have been tested since the beginning of the…
HARARE – Diamond producer Marange Resources (Marange) plans to ramp up its production by two-fold next year as international demand for the precious mineral continues to soar. The company — 100 percent owned by the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) — said it has grown its production from a mere 10 tonnes per hour dense…
HARARE – Egyptian President, Mohamed Mursi is not the first leader in Africa to come to power as a liberator and agent of change only to ape the overthrown system and become an oppressor or dictator himself. Mursi, who was elected president on a Muslim Brotherhood ticket following the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship,…
HARARE – Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo has scoffed at claims that he is not returning to Zimbabwe for fear of being arrested over five BMW cars that were confiscated from him by the state 12 years ago. Persistent media reports have alleged the police would pounce on the Chimurenga music star should he return…
HARARE – The exciting British indie rock band, The Noisettes, formed by Dan Smith, and a classmate Jamie Morrison, and fronted by Zimbabwean singing sensation Shingayi Shoniwa arrived in Zimbabwe recently to shoot their first African video. The musical trio met whilst studying at the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon,…
HARARE – Self-exiled Chimurenga star Thomas Mapfumo is withholding the release of new albums due to rampant music piracy in Zimbabwe. Mapfumo, who held talks this week with giant South African record company Sheer Music on the possibility of releasing new material, believes piracy has made him develop cold feet. “There is so much piracy…
HARARE – Fifteen years ago an overhead Zesa Holdings (Zesa) cable broke on a windy afternoon and fell to the ground in thick grassland on a cattle farm. For some months before the incident, the pole supporting the Zesa cables had been leaning perilously but repeated requests for attention to the matter had yielded no…
HARARE – Relieved Motor Action coach Joey Antipas says he will now proceed with his plans to travel to Europe for coaching attachments following the lifting of his five-year Asiagate ban yesterday. Antipas, who had shelved plans to partake in coaching attachments in Denmark and Germany early next year, said: “I heard about it earlier…
HARARE – Thandoe opens at Amakhosi’s Plays on Sunday Plays On Sunday at Amakhosi Cultural Center will this Sunday present the play Thandoe by Hleziphi Dube and directed by Julian “Golide” Tshuma. In the play set to start at 4pm, Thando wants to be a professional but to achieve this she has to go to…
HARARE – Affirmative Action Group (AAG) vice president Elizabeth Nyathi who is accused of stealing more than $250 000 worth of maize seed from a government seed production company has been issued another arrest warrant. Nyathi, who is the director of Laksem (Pvt) Limited is facing theft charges after she allegedly stole seed from Agricultural…
