By Ashley Moyo -RIDING Zimbabwean dancehall star, Winky D added another feather to his cap after he won the Best Male Artist (Southern Africa) at the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) held in Dakar, Senegal at the weekend. AFRIMA, dubbed Africa’s biggest music event, which is held in partnership with The African Union (AU), seeks…
Ashley Moyo COMEDIAN Taurai Boora, better known as Gringo Junior, took home the People’s Choice Award sponsored by Zimbabwe’s leading privately-owned national commercial television station, 3Ktv at the Jakwara Short Film Competition, which took place on Saturday in the capital. The Jakwara Short Film competition, organised by Nhaka Productions in partnership with the Cinema Society of Zimbabwe,…
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is set to pay US$15 000 in damages to a 13-year-old boy who was electrocuted in 2019 and suffered severe electrical burns. This comes after the family wrote to the company requesting compensation for damages caused by the gross negligence of ZETDC employees. The young boy is…
Regis Chingawo and Brighton Muronzereyi CONCERNS are growing that the country could witness fresh sharp hikes in the prices of basic goods if authorities don’t deal urgently with the resurgent foreign currency parallel market, which has seen the Zimbabwe dollar weakening markedly in recent weeks. This comes as the seemingly jinxed local currency has now gone…
Ketty Nyoni UNICEF says it needs about US$47.8 million to, among other things, offer humanitarian assistance to three million people, which includes two million children in the country. In a report at the weekend, Unicef said of those two million children who needed humanitarian aid, 1.1 million would be in need of lifesaving health, HIV…
THE ministry of Agriculture will begin a 10-day livestock and crop assessment and evaluation on Friday, with the goal of developing policy plans for 2023 based on current issues. Speaking at a press briefing in Harare yesterday, permanent secretary in the Agriculture ministry John Basera said the planned assessment would also work as an early…
Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda has heard how an Ethiopian national in transit to South Africa was left for dead by his colleagues after a car accident. Tsegaye Summu, 28, travelled with others in September last year. In Zvishavane, 180 kilometres northeast of Beitbridge, a Toyota minibus they had hired was involved in an accident. The…
By Black Edward EVERY time I read local newspapers, the naivety of some people constantly amazes me. Imagine that they continue to fall for the age-old “chadonha” trick, give their babies to complete strangers, flag down a tinted Wish with no number plates, and engage in many other risky behaviours in the mistaken belief that…
SUNGURA musician Mark Ngwazi will be part of this year’s edition of the Sama Festival that will take place in the United Kingdom (UK) from April 7 to 9. The event, to be held in Leicester, will be the Taurai Madzoka hit maker’s first performance outside Africa. “I’m so glad that my music is being…
THERE is a sad development in the country, gun violence is on the increase. Just last Friday, a man shot and killed three people in cold blood in Wedza, Mashonaland East. It is now rare for a week to pass without reports of gun violence. What is worrying and what the authorities should immediately find…
