BULAWAYO – Two Bulawayo police officers face charges of defrauding the State after they allegedly received allowances for participating in the March constitutional referendum they had not taken part in. Assistant Inspector Fredrick Jose, 39, and sergeant Hlanganani Ncube, 33 stationed at the Bulawayo Traffic District Headquarters this week appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Sibongile Msipa…
BULAWAYO – A Bulawayo court has remanded a tenant out of custody for allegedly raping his landlord’s 15-year-old daughter. Robson Dombo of Mhlope Flats in Nguboyenja denied the charges when he appeared before magistrate Takunda Mtetwa. He was remanded out of custody to July 10 on a $100 bail. Dombo is represented by Modicai Donga…
HARARE – John Masuku, the executive director of Radio Voice of the People (VoP), is the winner of Misa-Zimbabwe’s Press Freedom Award for 2013. The award was presented at Misa-Zimbabwe’s annual general meeting held in Bulawayo on June 29. The award is presented in honour and recognition of an individual or institution that would have…
HARARE – Zimbabweans on Tuesday bemoaned the scrambling of South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) channels on free-to-air decoders, saying it was now time Zimbabwe’s airwaves were opened to private players. SABC said in a statement they have introduced a new decoder “Vivid” which only South African viewers will use to access SABC channels. “From Monday…
BULAWAYO – Rising gospel star Mathias Mhere last Saturday proved why he is popular in Bulawayo with another riveting performance. The Favour singer, alongside popular gospel artistes Charles and Olivia Charamba, was back in the City of Kings for an Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) fund-raising concert. Mhere shared the stage with Worship Addicts…
HARARE – Book Café’s Wednesday Film Club presents a documentary on Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s first year as head of the West African nation. Titled Iron Ladies of Liberia (2007), this critically acclaimed film on Africa’s first elected female leader is presented by International Images Film Festival (IIFF) in conjunction with Pamberi Trust and The…
HARARE – Morgan and Tendai Dembo, sons of the late sungura music legend Leonard Musorowenyoka Dembo, are set to return to South Africa in October for two concerts. The Dembo siblings, who are backed by the Barura Express, have lined up the two shows in Johannesburg and in Thohoyandou in Limpopo Province. Wellington Mpandare, the…
HARARE – Pastor Gift Mwanza has released a second album titled Mwari Vachatisvitsa after a four-year break from music. Mwanza, an Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastor, says the new six-track offering revolves around God’s nature as the true elevator and transformer of people’s lives. “The album is all about the importance of God in everyone’s…
JOHANNESBURG – It’s no secret that Oneal fancies himself quite the intellect so it is no surprise that he spent the evening giving an impromptu lecture to the Rubies. At Annabel’s request, the Tswana fellow talked about the highs and lows of his career as a disc jockey. “If I am playing you have to…
HARARE – Medical Air Rescue Service Pvt Limited (Mars) remains a viable business entity despite its current operations challenges, provisional judicial manager Christopher Maswi of Fairvalue Management Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd has said. “Based on the reviews and assessments done over the last four months it is the considered opinion of the judicial manager that the…
