HARARE – First Farai yesterday lashed out at music promoters Josh Hozheri and Patson Chimbodza for snubbing him from the Big Five year-end gig. The burly musician was speaking at a press conference to mark Chipaz Promotions’ 10th anniversary. A gig to mark the milestone is scheduled for April 11 at Gwanzura Stadium. “These people…
PRETORIA – The prosecution rested its case Tuesday in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius after 15 days and 21 witnesses, setting the stage for the South African sprinter to take the stand in his own defense as soon as Friday. Pistorius is likely to be the first defense witness called. Pistorius, 27, is accused…
WASHINGTON – There was little in the way of a warning before the rain-saturated ground in Washington’s Cascade Mountains gave way, sending a wall of mud through a portion of the towns of Oso and Darrington. With as many as 24 dead and up to 176 people unaccounted for in the massive landslide that struck…
HARARE – A storm is brewing in Walter Magaya’s Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD)v Ministries over the control of former Sexy Angels front lady Beverly ‘Bev’ Sibanda. Her manager, Hapaguti ‘Harpers’ Mapimhidze who has been maintaining a tight grip on the former pole dancer feels the church is sidelining him when it comes to Bev…
HARARE – News that dendera music stars and cousins Suluman and Tryson Chimbetu will perform at the April 5 gig to commemorate the late Naison Chimbetu, also popularly known as Dr Nero is a positive development for the local showbiz. While there have been reports within the media of the two cousins not being in…
HARARE – Controversial sungura musician Jacob Moyana of Kana Muchitidako fame has finally convinced promoters in Harare that his music is clean. Moyana is headlining the ‘Sungura Night’ to be held at Gwanzura Stadium in Harare next month. The musician was barred from performing at the recently held 21st February Movement gala at the same…
EDITOR — I would like to express my support to a number of MPs in the august House who seem to know what they were elected for and are doing just that. Hats off to Temba Mliswa, Justice Wadyajena and Settlement Chikwinya for duly representing the electorates’ views and wishes in Parliament. Mliswa, among other…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have always known that civil servants are the first to get paid in the land, starting with teachers and soldiers followed by other workers. With salaries staggered from the 16th to the 21st of the month, they have always been the first to carry groceries home and quench their thirst in bars…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) elections will go ahead this Saturday after the High Court yesterday dismissed board aspirant Saidi Sangula’s application seeking to block the poll. Sangula had approached the court alleging that the electoral process which will culminate in Saturday’s election is in violation of the Zifa amended constitution as well…
HARARE – The parliamentary portfolio committee on Sports, Arts and Culture has summoned Zifa president Cuthbert Dube and the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to the august house on Thursday to answer allegations of electoral irregularities ahead of Saturday’s watershed Zifa board elections. The committee’s chairman, Hurungwe West MP Temba Mliswa, yesterday said the much-anticipated…
