Most wanted gang leader gets 31 years

Noah Pito
Hurungwe’s most wanted criminal and leader of a six-member gang that recently went on a crime spree, robbing schools and shops in and around Karoi, has been jailed for 31 years. Karoi Magistrate Mr Robson Finsin slapped Todd Maketo (42)

Muzhingi in historic feat

JOHANNESBURG — Comrades Marathon three-time champion Stephen Muzhingi yesterday became the first man in recent memory to win two back-to-back ultra races with his victory in the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon on Saturday. Muzhingi emulated the feat of Derek Preiss who clinched the Two Oceans in 1975 on the back of a Comrades triumph. Despite the men’s

East Timor: Threat to the powerful

John Pilger
Milan Kundera’s truism, “the struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting”, described East Timor. The day before I set out to film clandestinely there in 1993, I went to Stanfords map shop in London’s Covent

Book revolution in the offing

Stephen Mpofu
Snatches of hope are in the air that a revolution in black and white now in the offing could change, in fact transform altogether, the complexion of the publishing industry in Zimbabwe, thanks to National University of Science and Technology

The ‘Adventures’ of Chinodya

Memory Chirere
Title: Chioniso and Other Stories
Author: Shimmer Chinodya
Publisher: Weaver Press
Publication date: 2012, 182 pages,
Isbn: 978-1-77922-170-4
Reviewer: Memory Chirere
Shimmer Chinodya’s latest offering, Chioniso and Other Stories is a work of a mature craftsman. These stories are just

The African Dream: From poverty to prosperity

Brian Ligomeka
Title: The African Dream: From Poverty to Prosperity
Author: Bingu wa Mutharika
Reviewed by Brian Ligomeka
The African Dream: From Poverty to Prosperity, the latest book by Bingu wa Mutharika (deceased) is a great inspiration of a

When democracy runs wild

Gertrude Takawira
Democracy and good political governance constitute an important prerequisite for successful economic, corporate and socio-economic governance, touching as they do on the fundamental rights of the citizenry (both individuals and groups), the

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