HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has accused the opposition of whipping up fake outrage over 91-year-old president’s daughter, Bona, chaperoning the nonagenarian and occupying a high and visible position during his official engagements in Japan. Pictures of Mugabe and Bona in meetings with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on the sidelines of the…
HARARE – R ‘n’ B musician and former Star Brite winner Trust Makurumure of Ethnic Worship has released a single track titled Hossana. The single is more of soft rock music. The song was primarily composed for an international audience. “It does not mean I am abandoning my local fans but I am trying also…
HARARE – The second day of the Francophonie festival suffered a turnout blow, with the film I’m An Old Communist Hag attracting a measly 20 people. While a handful of people showed up for the film, even before the showing came to an end, half of the attendees had already left. The festival kicked off…
HARARE – Controversial Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love finally held the highly-anticipated “apology show” at The Platinum in Mutare at the weekend where he shared the stage with dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu. Soul Jah Love’s weekend show was held as compensation for two consecutive concerts that the Ndini Uya singer failed to fulfil at the…
HARARE – Jamaican dancehall star Busy Signal says he will perform in Zimbabwe in the not so distant future. Signal, whose real name is Glendale Goshia Gordon, revealed this while speaking on Jamaican television show Onstage at the weekend. “I love Africa, Africa act like they own Busy signal and that’s a very good thing…
HARARE – During the Cold War era, a well-known Russian newspaper, Pravda, was renowned for its zealous support of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — the same way that The Herald serves as an unashamed mouthpiece of Zanu PF, even though the local daily is supposedly a “listed” State-controlled paper. And just like…
JERUSALEM – Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has said he hopes to form a new governing coalition within two or three weeks after securing a surprise win in elections. His Likud party comfortably beat the centre-left Zionist Union, despite exit polls forecasting a dead heat. Mr Netanyahu has not yet been asked to form a government, but…
FREETOWN – Sierra Leone’s Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has been sacked for seeking political asylum in a foreign embassy, the president’s office has said. President Ernest Bai Koroma had dismissed him because he had “abandoned” his duties, it added. On Saturday, Mr Sam-Sumana said he had asked for asylum in the US because his life was…
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Party has won a surprise victory in Israel’s election. Exit polls had forecast a dead heat but with almost all votes counted, results give Likud a clear lead over its main rival, the centre-left Zionist Union. The outcome gives Mr Netanyahu a strong chance of forming a…
HARARE – Rio Tinto (Rio) and Russia’s DTZ Ozgeo are yet to agree on Zimbabwe’s mandatory merger of diamond firms, with the two seeking clarity on the proposal. This comes as a week ago, Mines minister Walter Chidakwa told Parliament that government will consolidate all seven diamond mining firms operating in Zimbabwe into one, with…
