HARARE – A Harare man who reportedly connived with his wife to dupe EcoCash agents of $3 000 after misrepresenting that he was a minister appeared in court yesterday. Tawanda Major, 36, of Borrowdale in Harare, appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Chimboza charged with fraud. He was remanded in custody to today pending finalisation of…
HARARE – Malian guitar wizard Habib Koité used the closing show of the Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) on Sunday night to demonstrate why he has been dubbed the “African Clapton”. Koité, who was named Mali’s’ biggest pop star by Rolling Stone magazine, illuminated Hifa with his inventive guitar work effectively mitigating the fact…
HARARE – Protest playwright Silvanos “Bhanditi” Mudzvova has been awarded the 2017 Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent by Human Rights Foundation. Mudzvova, who is currently on a scholarship at the University of Manchester, was jointly honoured along with Venezuelan satirical media project El Chigüire Bipolar and Bahraini poet and activist Aayat Alqormozi. The trio,…
BULAWAYO – Rising female gospel music sensation Abigail Mwembe says she is determined to promote and uplift the Tonga language through music. Mwembe is not happy with the way her mother tongue continues to be margnalised despite the fact that it is one of the country’s 16 official languages. “I know there are many people,…
HARARE – Miracle Missions Trust, a non-profit organisation which helps vulnerable communities, will hold an art and craft fair on May 27. According to the Miracle Missions Trust coordinator in the persons with disabilities department Samantha Sibanda, the forthcoming event is one of two they hold every year. “The fair complements the monthly networking meetings…
HARARE – Yadah FC owner Walter Magaya risks destroying his ambition of running a successful football club by needlessly interfering with the technical affairs of the club. The ambitious Harare side, who won promotion from the Zifa Eastern Region Division One League last season, travelled to Bulawayo without their technical team over the weekend and…
HARARE – There was a dose of good and bad news for CAPS United yesterday regarding their chief striker Leonard Tsipa ahead of their African Champions League clash with Egyptian giants Zamalek. Tsipa did not feature in the qualifiers for the tournament but finally received his licence to take part in the group stages of…
HARARE – Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa was yesterday appointed as the vice-chairperson of the influential Caf Afcon Games Committee at the Caf Extraordinary General Assembly in Manama, Bahrain yesterday. This committee is responsible for, among other things, deciding the host countries of all various Caf competitions and how the tournaments are organised. Chiyangwa and the…
HARARE – Zimbabwean golfers Marc Cayeux and Mark Williams missed the cut at the Royal Swazi Open which ended at the Royal Swazi Spar Country Club at the weekend. To make the cut, the duo needed to get at least 14 points after the first 36 holes of the Sunshine Tour sanctioned tournament. Cayeux finished…
HARARE – It’s not often that an artiste is applauded over and over again at every interval of a live performance, but serial hit maker Winky D is just in a class of his own which critics and fans alike cannot help but marvel at every time he takes to the stage. The Ninja President…
