HARARE – Renowned Dendera artiste, Suluman Chimbetu, has composed a jingle for Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa’s forthcoming “Judgement Night 2” pencilled for the National Sports Stadium on April 19. The jingle, largely a remix of his late father, Simon Chimbetu’s, hit Kumagobo, speaks of a graduate who has finished school and has learnt his trade but…
MUTARE – Mutare-based dance group Unit Edge, winners of the Zimbabwe’s Finest Dance Group competition held in Harare over the weekend, is seeking sponsorship to enable them to participate in the World Hip-Hop Championships in the United States of America. The five-member group beat six other groups during auditions held at Reps Theatre in Harare…
HARARE – Theatre in the Park, which was evicted last year from the venue they had used for 17 years by the Zimbabwe International Book Fair over rental arrears, is constructing a 500-seater theatre. The new venue, just like the old one, is in the Harare Gardens. Rooftop Promotions director Daves Guzha told the Daily…
HARARE – Every Zimbabwean ought to be very concerned by both the escalating level and the brutal tone of factionalism within President Robert Mugabe’s party. Zanu PF is, after all, not just our country’s long-ruling party, it is also the political formation that has previously boasted of having “degrees in violence” — and gone on…
HARARE – The trial of jailed Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura on a fresh rape charge has been deferred again because he is not physically fit to stand trial. An argument erupted yesterday between State lawyers and Gumbura’s defence attorney Rekai Maposa at the commencement of court proceedings after prosecutor Kudzai Chigwedere…
HARARE – The decision by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) board to rescind acting chief executive officer Allan Chiweshe’s reassignment of managers at the State broadcaster was arrived at without prior knowledge of the ministry. This was said by Information minister Jonathan Moyo when he officially launched the Information and Media Panel of Inquiry (IMPI)…
HARARE – Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday defended deputy Foreign Affairs minister Christopher Mutsvangwa, saying it was his democratic right to attack his boss Simbarashe Mumbengegwi. Speaking on a ZiFM talk show on Monday evening, Mutsvangwa accused Mumbengegwi and Joey Bimha, the Foreign Affairs permanent secretary, of putting the First Lady Grace Mugabe in an…
HARARE – Jailed Robert Martin Gumbura’s RMG Independent End Time Message Church has been renamed Rock Revelation Independent End Time Message Ministries. Willard Mukodzi, the RMG deacons’ representative, confirmed the development. The change was made following an extraordinary meeting of the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) held last week. Mukodzi said they were working…
HARARE – Chitungwiza Rotary Club yesterday met with representatives from a medical relief organisation, Path To Health, to discuss ways to assist rural Zimbabweans in accessing primary health care. Path to Health already works with other rotaries across the country, which include Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Gwanda, Masvingo and Chipinge. Kevin Conway, the organisation’s representative, a…
HARARE – A Chiredzi teacher has escaped jail after she was acquitted of murder charges on insanity grounds. Miyetani Matsena, walked scot-free, despite State claims that she had murdered Kudzaishe Mutenzwa, her friend’s child, in November 2008. Doctors have concluded that when she committed the offence, she was suffering from a mental disorder. “She has…
