© IT TAKES courage to open a new dining venue at any time, but to do so in the midst of Zimbabwe’s ongoing unstable economic crisis takes something even greater, I should think. [GoogleAd] Full marks, therefore, to Wang Li, also known as Fatimah, who has opened a Japanese-themed restaurant in the heart of Borrowdale…
© IN NEIGHBOURING South Africa, the image captured by legendary photographer Sam Nzima showing iconic schoolboy Hector Pieterson — who was shot and killed by the apartheid regime during the famous 1976 South Western Townships (Soweto) Uprisings — forever remains engraved in the history of that nation. [GoogleAd] The story about Pieterson is not just…
© Arts Watch brings you the third instalment of a five-part series on music censorship in Zimbabwe since independence. [GoogleAd] MUSAVENGANA Nyasha, a former radio presenter at then ZBC Radio 2 told a seminar on Music Development and Censorship held in Harare in April 2005: “The views of the censorship board were always accommodated in…
© IN A development which brings back unsettling memories of between 2009-2013, the period in which the MDC was accused of participating in graft, the latest national audit report has raised serious questions about corporate governance and efficiency at the country’s largest opposition party-run municipalities. [GoogleAd] During the short-lived but stability-inducing government of national unity…
© CARL Joshua Ncube, 40 made history in 2016 when he attempted to break the world record of the longest stretch of performances in a week’s time by staging a total of 31 shows, beating Australia’s Mark Murphy’s 30. [GoogleAd] The comedian continues with his craft as a jack of all trades alongside his wife…
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo (pictured) has once again been hauled before the courts on a criminal abuse of office charge which he allegedly committed in 2007. The former minister was re-arrested yesterday for questioning and released to appear in court yesterday. [GoogleAd] Chombo, who is facing several similar charges, allegedly sold a Mutare…
© AS GOVERNMENT continues to talk tough — threatening to deal decisively with businesses that are perceived to be profiteering — observers are wary the country could be sliding back to the dark days of price controls. On Monday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, told his supporters in Chipinge that his administration is setting up mechanisms…
EDITOR — The revolution is not something that falls when ripe. You have to make it fall. In Zimbabwe the journey from poverty to affluence is never an easy one. The road to progress traverses a terrain of impediments. It’s a journey we have travelled so far, in which the prospects to reach destination seem…
ABOUT 2 000 illegal gold panners have invaded catchment areas for dams that supply water to the second city, leaving a trail of environmental damage. The city fathers, who have been forced to engage the services of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) as well as the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) to help contain the situation…
EDITOR — The announcement by the power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) that locals should brace for more load-shedding following an increase in the demand for electricity is sad news indeed. How much more of load-shedding can locals take when already in most areas people only have electricity two days a week? [GoogleAd] This week in…
