HARARE – The story of former Miss Zimbabwe Brita Masalethulini made sad reading last week. What really touched me about the whole drama where her ex Taurai Mnangagwa decided to expose dirty linen in public was how the media was quick to judge the former beauty queen. I personally feel that Brita was being punished…
HARARE – Opposition leader and rehabilitated lawyer Lovemore Madhuku last week spewed reckless humour during a media practitioners’ gathering in Harare attacking the personalities of First Lady Grace Mugabe, superstar musician Oliver Mtukudzi and Transport minister, Obert Mpofu. Madhuku tore into the three characters although not mentioning two of them — Grace and Mtukudzi —…
HARARE – Street lingo, like any form of communication, is dynamic. And, in the digital age, new words spread like wildfire. They catch on so fast that even Zimbabweans in the Diaspora, surprisingly, are keeping abreast with the home trends. Usually the catchy phrases and clichés are seasonal, depending on people’s perspectives on the socio-economic,…
MVUMA – In a suspected case of Satanism, Leopold Takawira Secondary school students in Mvuma are living in fear after their colleague collapsed and died mysteriously amid suspicions of the headmaster, Camius Kokayi’s involvement in occultism. The EyeShot visited the “haunted” school yesterday with interviews revealing that the school is in dire need of divine…
HARARE – Fortune Chasi, the deputy minister of Justice, this week opened a can of worms when he became the first Zanu PF and senior government official to admit that last year’s elections were not perfect. Although President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF team on Thursday marked the first anniversary of their election victory…
HARARE – For most people, the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games really kicked off last night when Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt began competing. That is, however, not the case for African countries like Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana and Kenya who have already achieved a number of successes in the Scottish capital. While Bolt’s appeal at…
MUTARE – Indian conglomerate Essar Holdings (Essar) is set to begin liquid steel operations at NewZim Steel — formerly Ziscosteel — in the next 24 months, Industry minister Mike Bimha said. He told the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) congress in Mutare that the steel maker will have to rebuild 70 percent of its plant….
HARARE – KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM)’s suspension of Zimbabwe flights will deal a heavy blow to the country’s tourism sector revival efforts, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has said. This comes as KLM on Wednesday said it would discontinue its flights to Harare and Lusaka, two years after resuming the service. The Dutch airline is…
HARARE – Publishing industry executives have blamed the demise of the book industry and its reading culture on technology and mischief. Speaking at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) which is running under the theme; ‘Indigenous Languages, Literature, Art and Knowledge Systems of Africa’. The fair opened on July 28 and will close its business…
HARARE – Today the Book Café hosts the ‘House of Hunger’ Poetry Slam at Book Café bringing together Zimbabwean poets, to celebrate some of Zimbabwe’s late poetic heroes such as Dambudzo Marechera, Julius Chingono and Olly Marume among others. This month’s Poetry Slam edition marks its 9th Anniversary since it was established in August 2005….
