HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has unveiled a new birth control pill. According to Edmore Munongo, the ZNFPC director technical services, the new pill, Marvelon 28 is taken the same way as other birth control pills. Munongo said the pill was acquired after funding problems faced by the donor at the…
HARARE – ‘Yes Prime Minister’ is a satirical British sitcom that was transmitted by BBC Television from 1986 to 1988. The sitcom followed the events of the premiership of Jim Hacker after his unexpected elevation to Number 10 upon the resignation of the previous PM. It is now almost 35 years since the election of…
HARARE – The conspicuous absence of President Robert Mugabe is adding new uncertainty to Zimbabwe. For almost 36 days, Mugabe has dropped off the radar of state-run domestic news media, which usually meticulously record official activities of senior leaders. Mugabe was widely expected to return home last week from his annual vacation in the Far…
LONDON – Zanu PF politics is harmful to itself and the country. Just when we thought its December congress had brought the infighting to an end, the internal squabbling continues. Justifying his stay as leader of Zanu PF, President Robert Mugabe stated he could not leave his party divided. It would appear he has only…
HARARE – The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is considering introducing a policy that compels infrastructure sharing among telecoms operators. Zimbabwe’s telecoms operators individually invest and own infrastructure, giving established ones a competitive advantage. Currently, the country has no standing regulation that promotes infrastructure sharing among telecommunications industry players. Potraz said telecoms…
HARARE – Tongaat Hulett (Tongaat) says sugar exports from Zimbabwe to the European Union (EU) are unviable due to the high cost of producing the commodity in the southern African country. Adelaide Chikunguru, Tongaat’s corporate affairs and communications manager, said tough regulations imposed by the western economic trade bloc made it difficult for African sugar…
HARARE – Last week’s events panning out in the print and electronic media made interesting revelations that need to be explained to the generality of the public and our body politic. The first expose was that President Robert Mugabe has completely lost control of the party and different groupings within Zanu PF are organising themselves,…
HARARE – Hollywood-based Zimbabwean actor Tongayi Arnold Chirisa features in The Jim Gaffigan Show that is set to make a debut appearance on Comedy Central. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the comedy revolves around Jim (Gaffigan) a guy who lives with his wife Jeannie (Mira Sorvino) and five kids in a 2-bedroom New York apartment….
HARARE – There was drama yesterday at the Harare Civil Court, when Star FM’s DJ Skywalker was arrested for defaulting on a $100 monthly maintenance for a child he had with Getrude Maseko. DJ Skywalker, whose real name is Ndumiso Dube, was arrested soon after being ordered by magistrate Trevor Nyatsanza to pay $80 for…
LUSAKA – Voters in Zambia are going to the polls in a presidential election caused by the death of Michael Sata last year. The vote is expected to be a close contest between Edgar Lungu from the governing Patriotic Front and Hakainde Hichilema from the United Party for National Development. The BBC’s Nomsa Maseko in…
