adminJ Cole to play at BBA launch
Entertainment Reporter
With auditions on track, season 7 of M-Net’s reality super-series Big Brother Africa is already generating excitement with fans looking forward to the May 6 return to DStv of Africa’s biggest TV show. With
Chari celebrates national heritage
Entertainment Reporters
THE late great thinker, Marcus Garvey, once said: “A people without the true knowledge of their past, history and culture is like a tree without roots.” This is the message that runs through Hwange-based
Andy Brown: One of Zim’s finest
Richard Kohola Music
There is a sound that defines a people, a sound that tells the stories of the people and identifies with them. Usually this sound comes from within the soul and spirit and refuses to conform to other patterns
Bonnie & Clyde on stage at Hifa
Arts Correspondent
The Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa), to be held during the first week of May, will present both new and classical pieces in its theatre programme this year. Headlining the new offerings is the
Gwala makes a date with Macheso
Entertainment Reporter
Freddy Gwala will make a date with Alick Macheso and Jah Prayzah at City Sports Bar in Harare on March 30, on his return to Harare. On April 1, Gwala teams up with iconic musician Oliver Mtukudzi for a family
Gwanda share scheme . . . 18 gold mining companies confirm participation
From Temba Dube in Gwanda
A total of 18 gold mining companies and a cement manufacturing firm have affirmed their participation in the Gwanda Community Share Ownership Trust (CSOS/T) as the indigenous empowerment scheme rolls to Matabeleland South Province.
The CSOS/T is a countrywide Government initiative spearheading development and empowering rural communities by giving a 10 percent stake in all businesses that exploit natural resources in their area.
President Mugabe will soon officially launch the scheme in the district.
Prophet Makandiwa’s UFIC buys state-of-the-art PA system
Harare Bureau
Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa’s United Family International Church (UFIC) has procured a state-of-the art public address system to be unveiled on Friday 6 April 2012 at the National Sports Stadium during an all night prayer meeting he has dubbed “Judgement Night”.
The system, thought to be the first of its kind in Africa, was supplied by Radio Cine Forniture (RCF), a renowned Italian manufacturer of audio equipment based in
Bus accident kills seven people
By Thandeka Moyo and Leonard Ncube
SEVEN people were killed while 44 others were seriously injured when a Botswana-bound bus they were travelling in veered off the road, overturned and rolled several times before landing on its side on Thursday night.
National police spokesperson Superintendent Andrew Phiri confirmed the accident that occurred in Mbembesi at the 102km peg along the Bulawayo-Gweru Road at about 10.30pm.
Supt Phiri said six passengers died on the spot while the seventh died on admission to United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) the same night.
Girl (14) suffers three hour rape ordeal for $1
Chronicle ReporterA 50-year-old Insuza man in Matabeleland North allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl a number of times in three hours and gave her $1 to buy sweets in a bid to ensure she did not tell anyone.
Collen Bhebhe (50) is employed by the District Development Fund (DDF), while the victim’s aunt is Bhebhe’s girlfriend. He allegedly committed the offence at the DDF
Mine worker fatally assaults friend for making noise
Court ReporterA man working at a mine in Inyathi who fatally assaulted his friend because he arrived home late and made a lot of noise has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
Soul Khabo, whose age was not given, pleaded not guilty to murdering Reuben Ndebele but guilty to culpable homicide before Bulawayo High Court judge Justice