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Film: Scre4m (Stet)
Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emona Roberts, Hayden Panetierre, Adam Brody, Peter Carey, Alison Brie, Anthony Anderson, Lucy Hale, John Lepard, Amos Pagin, Brittany Robertson. Producer & Director: Wes Craven Cinema:
Umoja auditions start tomorrow
Richmore Tera Arts Correspondent
AUDITIONS to select artistes who will represent Zimbabwe at the Umoja Cultural Flying Carpet festival to be held in Maputo, Mozambique, in October will be held at the Zimbabwe College of Music in Harare tomorrow. The auditions – which start at 9am –
Miss Chez Ntemba set for Valentine’s Day
Entertainment Reporter
A bevy of 10 beauties will strut their stuff at the Miss Chez Ntemba beauty contest scheduled for Valentine’s Day. Whoever wins in the contest will be given a one-year contract to become the face of the nightclub in addition to a cash prize. The pageant is a
New pay dates for civil service
Harare Bureau
THE Government has changed salary and pension pay dates for all civil servants with effect from this month to enable it to mobilise more money to pay workers amid liquidity challenges on the market.
Dead man’s family demands 30 beasts as compensation
Midlands Correspondent
THE 29-year-old Mberengwa man who was allegedly murdered during a beer brawl about two weeks ago was finally laid to rest at the weekend after spending days dumped at the homestead of his suspected murderers’ relatives.
Three of SA accident victims identified as Zimbabweans
Beitbridge Reporter
SOUTH African police with the assistance of the Zimbabwe Consulate are in the process of identifying the bodies of the accident victims, among them Zimbabweans, who were killed when a minibus they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck along the N1 North highway outside Makhado in Limpopo province.
Firms must have clean tax records for $40m fund
By Pamela Shumba
THE Government is considering applications for the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) only from companies that have clean tax records, sound credit standings and business plans, an official said yesterday.
Biko: Black souls in white skins
Stephen Bantu Biko and his writings on Black Consciousness are a great inspiration to all progressive Africans within and outside the continent. In the next coming months we shall analyse the writings and political thoughts of these brilliant pan-Africanists. Steve Biko wrote various articles in a Newsletter under the topic “I write what I like” mostly on the philosophy
Of rhino horn, manhood, fingernails and toenails
In the village, the size of the snake is irrelevant to its capacity to kill but that fact is mostly ignored when one suddenly bumps into a snake. Again, in the village, the snake is so feared that it is never mentioned by its name at night; it is called a string, for, talk of the devil and he will appear. There is a subject that has been chewing chunks from this villager’s heart and
Unemployment blamed on poor resource allocation
Harare Bureau
THE problem of youth unemployment in Africa is a manifestation of inequitable allocation of resources, President Mugabe has said.