HARARE – Vivacious Star Gist presenter and Zimbabwe’s former Big Brother representative Vimbai Mutinhiri has landed a Nokia Lumia advertising deal. Vimbai was chosen along with Nigeria’s Uti Nwachukwu and South Africa’s Lawrence Maleka to feature in commercials marketing the trendy phone. As a young, fashionable and trendy It Girl on the continent, Vimbai was…
HARARE – President-elect Robert Mugabe will be sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president today at the National Sports Stadium at a ceremony to be attended by several foreign leaders. Mugabe is desperate for a massive inauguration especially after his win was marred by allegations of vote rigging and after a withdrawal to the poll court challenge…
HARARE – When Zimbabwe’s veteran president Robert Mugabe suavely hosted journalists at State House on the eve of last month’s election, there was only one question that caught him off guard. Asked if the presence of Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa by his side meant that he was his chosen successor, Mugabe paused awkwardly amid laughter…
HARARE – Wananchi, I said my farewells to the staff at the ministry of Finance. Zimbabwe’s greatest asset is its people, when they work together as a team for the national good. In that regard, they do not come any better than the men and women in Block B, New Government Complex. For the last…
HARARE – Founding Zanu PF member Enos Nkala, who has been bedridden for the better part of this year, is no more. He was 80. The former Defence minister, who served in President Robert Mugabe’s Cabinet soon after independence in 1980, died at the Avenues Clinic in Harare yesterday. Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo, who…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has ruled that Wendall Parson, former winner of reality TV show Big Brother Africa, who is facing $20 000 car insurance fraud, has a case to answer. Parson had made an application excepting to the charges, arguing the charge did not disclose an offence or any misrepresentation. However, magistrate Tayengwa…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe on Sunday proposed mandatory HIV testing in the Sadc region to stem the spread of the pandemic. Mugabe told regional leaders meeting in Lilongwe, Malawi, for the 33rd Sadc summit, that HIV has to be treated in the same way as other medical conditions, such as polio. “The problem is…
DAMASCUS – Chemical weapons attacks have killed hundreds on the outskirts of Damascus, Syrian opposition activists say. Rockets with toxic agents were launched at the suburbs of the Ghouta region early on Wednesday as part of a major bombardment on rebel forces, they say. State-run news agency Sana said the claims were “baseless” and an…
HARARE – Zanu PF founder and former Defence minister Enos Nkala has died. More details to follow.
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s lawyers face prosecution for contempt of court, following statements made by the MDC leader in his Electoral Court application questioning the integrity of the Judiciary. High Court Judge Chinembiri Bhunu yesterday said the statements brought the court’s integrity into disrepute. The MDC leader filed a Constitutional Court application, seeking to nullify…
