admin‘Muvhango role did not come easy’
Johannesburg. — Lucia Mthiyane, teacher-turned-actress-and-singer, says she gave the performance of her life to get her new role in Muvhango. “People will probably be surprised that we still audition for these parts though one has been acting for a long time. I delivered spectacularly at the auditions, givin g the performance of my life to get this role.
Deputy Minister Mudzingwa dies
Herald Reporter
TRANSPORT, Communications and Infrastructural Development Deputy Minister and MDC-T non-constituency Senator Tichaona Mudzingwa has died.
He was 69.
MDC-T said in a statement yesterday that Sen Mudzingwa died at The Avenues Clinic in Harare on Tuesday night after a short illness.
“Senator Tichaona Mudzingwa, the Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development and former MDC’s Secretary for Defence and Home Affairs, has died,” the party said.
“A medical doctor and Zimbabwe’s first specialist war surgeon, Dr Mudzingwa died at The Avenues Clinic last night after a short illness.”
Sen Mudzingwa, a close ally of MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, was born on December 23 1942 in Buhera.
A founding member of MDC in 1999, Sen Mudzingwa held a number of positions in the party.
He was the MDC-T secretary for defence and home affairs in 2011.
‘Lion King’ takes Broadway throne
Los Angeles. — Earnings of over US$853 million push Lion King Broadway to the top of the list of all-time Broadway box office hits. Broadway has a new ruler, and its name is “The Lion King”. The musical over the weekend ousted long-standing box-office hit “The Phantom of the Opera” from the top of the list of all-time Broadway box office hits. “The Lion King” has generated a
Filmmakers appeal to Government
The 2012 Film Indaba convened by the Zimbabwe Film Makers Guild at the Zimbabwe Film and Television School of Southern Africa (ZIFTESSA) in March offered filmmakers an opportunity to discuss the role of ZIFTESSA in the film industry.
The indaba was also an opportunity for filmmakers to raise issues with Government representatives on the funding of the
Uhuru concert promises fireworks
Richmore Tera Arts Correspondent
The gala is aimed at celebrating Zimbabwe’s independence that was attained on April 18, 1980, from British colonial rule. A concert to mark Zimbabwe’s Independence will this year feature a limited number of performers as opposed to the previous
TB Joshua: Hated and crazily loved
Patrick Kabwela
If there is one name in Africa that sparks more controversy, heightens emotion both of ardour and anger or breaks up a conversation more than TB Joshua, then tell me. Some express intense hatred towards him, so much so, that you would
‘ECB can tackle symptoms but not cure crisis’
FRANKFURT. — The European Central Bank can treat the symptoms but not cure the eurozone debt crisis, a top official said yesterday as fresh concerns flared up over debt in Spain and Italy. “The ECB has addressed the immediate symptoms, but monetary policy cannot cure the underlying causes,” ECB executive board member Benoit Coeure told a conference in Paris.
Road fund bosses rapped
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration blew over three times what the law allows it to spend on itself in 2010, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General has said.
The appendix to the draft audit report for 2010 noted that Zinara was allowed, under the Roads Act, to spend 2,5 percent of the money it collected for the roads fund on administration, but it spent 8 percent.
This cut the amount it could spend on roads.
The law expects Zinara to spend at least 97,5 percent of what it collects in tolls, vehicle licence fees, fuel levies, overload fees and transit coupon fees on maintaining and extending Zimbabwe’s road system.
The Auditor-General was particularly concerned that this overspending was done without the written authority of the parent ministry, that of Transport, Communications and Infrastructure Development.
The response of the Zinara management was, in full: “Observation noted. After the economic meltdown and subsequent global recession,
Indian airline shares soar on FDI hopes
NEW DELHI. — Shares of struggling Indian airlines surged yesterday on expectations the government will decide this week to allow foreign airlines to pick up stakes in the domestic carriers. The move would throw a lifeline to companies such as cash-squeezed Kingfisher Airlines, controlled by billionaire liquor baron Vijay Mallya, which is in desperate need of funds toKasukuwere named junior football patron
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Junior Football League have roped in Youth Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere as their new patron with the youthful minister pledging to assist in the development of the game.