HARARE – Charles Mungoshi Junior will launch his first-ever poetry anthology titled Destroy the Box on Saturday during Pamberi Trust’s monthly House of Hunger Poetry Slam. The launch, to take place at On the Roof along Mazowe Street in Harare, will start as a poetry slam with the book launch coming at the end. In…
HARARE – Former Finance minister and now leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Tendai Biti, has made an impassioned plea to MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai to move decisively on the mooted grand opposition alliance — warning that any further dithering on the matter could gift Zanu PF victory in next year’s make-or-break national polls….
HARARE – There was much disappointment among many Zimbabweans when it emerged at the weekend that President Robert Mugabe had donated — of all things — biscuits and non-essential snacks to Cyclone Dineo victims in Tsholotsho who recently lost everything they had to floods. Mugabe’s eye-brow raising gifts came into the public domain after Higher Education…
HARARE – Gokwe-Nembudziya Zanu PF MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena has sensationally claimed that some ministers in President Robert Mugabe’s Cabinet are corrupt, labelling them “shameless thieves”. This comes after the just-turned 93 years leader recently said no corruption evidence had been tendered against any of his officials. Wadyajena made the claims while responding to Progressive…
MUTARE – Parliament is probing a law firm over possible illegal conduct after Mutare City Council (MCC) officials claimed it solicited for a debt collection contract — a violation of the Legal Practitioners’ Act. The august House’s Public Accounts Committee has requested a detailed account of how the firm — Mangwana and Associates (M&A) –…
HARARE – Rape at the hands of relatives and lack of sex education are the major driving factors of teen pregnancies according to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA). More than 700 girls aged between 10 and 19, and some as young as nine fall pregnant every year, said the UN agency. Teen…
HARARE – Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo — one of the fiercest critics of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa — is being groomed by the Generation 40 (G40) faction to become the next Zanu PF leader, war veterans’ leader Chris Mutsvangwa has claimed. Mutsvangwa, chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), said Moyo…
HARARE – Prominent human rights lawyer Obey Shava has said he suspects an “evil hand” is behind the clerk of court’s denial to accept cleric Phillip Mugadza’s bail money last Friday. The clerk claimed he wanted to first verify the authenticity of the High Court order. Mugadza — arrested after allegedly prophesying that President Robert…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is facing serious salt shortages after one of the country’s largest suppliers, Botswana Ash (Botash), said its operations are being affected by a debilitating cash crisis. Botash general manager corporate services Victoria Lekoma said her company’s trade deals have been severely affected by the current liquidity challenges that Zimbabwe is experiencing. “Cash…
HARARE – Music star Jah Prayzah’s bid to gain a bigger profile in the region will get a boost at the beginning of May when he shares the stage with continental hip-hop luminary Cassper Nyovest in two gigs set for Durban and Cape Town in South Africa. The two music stars will kick off their…
