FERGUSON – The US state of Missouri is sending the National Guard to the town of Ferguson as protests escalate over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. Governor Jay Nixon signed an order to “help restore peace and order”. An independent autopsy has found Michael Brown, 18, was shot by a Ferguson police…
HARARE – Several Zimbabwean artistes will perform tomorrow night in a solidarity concert for Book Café founder Paul Brickhill who is struggling with ill-health in a local hospital. The concert, which will be hosted by Book Café, has been organised by music superstar Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi and his drummer/manager Sam Mataure. Several prominent people in…
HARARE – Poor planning rocked the highly-anticipated 13th International Images Film Festival (IIFF) as organisers failed to show the opening ceremony film. Hundreds who had graced the opening ceremony at Ster-Kenikor cinema 3 opposite Eastgate in Harare were left disappointed and many walked out when the organisers changed the film. “These people should have done…
HARARE – Not even the chaos in the run-up to their joint concert on Friday at Dandaro Inn could stop Afro-fusion stars Mokoomba and MicInity from delivering spellbinding performances. Until the very last day, the concert had appeared in doubt with Mokoomba, who have just returned from a tour of Canada and the United States…
HARARE – Gwanza, Zimbabwe’s leading annual photographic showcase, will hold its thirteenth edition at multiple venues across the city of Harare. The photographic exhibition which runs from August 19 to September 19 under the theme, “Moonwalking” will feature 60 photographers from Zimbabwe and the continent. Participating photographers in the month- long exhibition include Walter Fernandes…
HARARE – Popular comedian Norman Chiranga is set to release another comedy titled Landlord neMaroja Zvaazvinhu today. The new comedy is a sequel to Tsoro Mbiri which generated a huge following on ZBC-TV. Chiranga, a master of suspense and a talented comedian, acts as Chirebvu, a pompous and womanising landlord with a penchant for expensive…
HARARE – Visitors help hosts straighten up very quickly. In anticipation of any guests, we find ourselves cleaning those crevices of our homes that we ordinarily would not attend to, so as to make a good impression when they arrive. That is why I thank the Sadc for continuing to place the spotlight on Zimbabwe….
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe, at 90, is surely the last man standing of the old fashioned politicians. The veteran Zimbabwean leader is Africa’s oldest president who has defied adversity and domestic pressures, largely traced to bad governance and an overly used patronage system to the detriment of his once good standing. But once Africa’s…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is literally crawling through the valley of disaster — he has always done, some will argue, but, clearly, the earth is ceaselessly crumbling all around him this time around. Last week, he summoned top Zanu PF officials to a meeting supposedly meant for preparing for the Sadc summit. The summoning…
EDITOR — For ages, Zanu PF has been portraying itself as a saintly party and making fools of opposition parties. The current events taking place in the revolutionary party are a sure sign that it is finished. While, its party leader President Robert Mugabe can be seen as the only thread binding the party together,…
