HARARE – The death of Vice President John Landa Nkomo – to a deadly cancer Thursday – has once again underscored a ‘sad’ Zanu PF culture where national leaders die in office. And as Zimbabweans mourn his demise, the 78 year-old ex-party chairman’s death is likely to intensify jockeying for his post in a battle…
HARARE – Music promoter Brian Samaita has released a debut album in honour of late sungura musician Tongai “Dhewa” Moyo. Samaita, who claims to have been a close friend and business partner of the late sungura musician, composed two songs Nguva and Report on his five-track album Nemiwo Munazvo as a tribute to Dhewa. Until…
HARARE – It would have been very strange had Harare failed to remember the man who mesmerised revellers with his fashionable attire and music — Tongai Moyo. Yet, for all the energy-sapping shows he held in the capital and sell-out crowds at the different venues, still in the main city, Tongai Moyo, had appeared, at…
HARARE – Breakaway MDC faction has described Arthur Mutambara’s alleged ouster from the party’s helm as a “monumental dream”. In a statement, the party’s secretary general Maxwell Zimuto said the robotics professor was still the leader of the party. “MDC-M wished to categorically state that contrary to assertions that have culminated in a plethora of…
HARARE – Indigenisation minister Savior Kasukuwere has invited Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara to join erstwhile ruling party Zanu PF to remain relevant in Zimbabwean politics. “We must have him run, we can’t have him go back to university,” Kasukuwere said of the robotics professor. “He will be a misfit. Mutambara is required back home…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says deputy PM Arthur Mutambara can no longer consider himself a principal in the coalition government, as the guarantors to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) Sadc has discarded him. Tsvangirai forged a formidable alliance with Industry minister Welshman Ncube to floor President Robert Mugabe over upcoming elections in Maputo,…
HARARE – As A way of providing more entertainment to its growing audiences, DStv’s M-Net is launching new movie channels starting from October 1, 2012 under the theme, A Movie for Every Mood. M-Net has also made changes to the existing channels, changing channel location and names. For example M-Net Action will now be called…
HARARE – Dancehall artiste Sniper Storm, who refused to perform as a supporting act to South African kwaito group Big Nuz at the weekend, has ripped into the show’s promoter for breach of contract. Sniper took to Facebook to vent out his anger and apologise to his fans for the no-show. “Yesterday (Saturday) I was…
HARARE – Information minister and Zanu PF political commissar Webster Shamu says the country cannot be taken through a pen — in remarks that could set the tone for potentially-violent polls. The Chegutu East MP made the chilling remarks as he addressed hundreds of bishops drawn from the Apostolic Church at the party’s headquarters on…
HARARE – Human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa — fresh from a stint in prison — says serial political flip flopper Jonathan Moyo’s rants against her were unfortunate and replete with distortions. The former junior Information minister wrote a stinging opinion piece in the State controlled media celebrating the “self-styled” human rights lawyer’s incarceration. Mtetwa was…
