Buffett upbeat despite cancer

WASHINGTON. — US tycoon Warren Buffett announced on Tuesday that he has early-stage prostate cancer, and indicated he had no intention of stepping down as head of his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett, a larger-than-life financier known as the “Oracle of Omaha” for his investment savvy, said: “I feel great.” With his big glasses and preference for

Propaganda, prophecy and prosperity

The mass media is to the general populace what the clergy is to the Church. Evangelism and the teaching of the word of God in the Church is what news bulletins are to the general public.
Both the mass media and the clergy serve a system for communicating messages and symbols to their respective audiences, having a compelling function to amuse, entertain, inform, and to inculcate values, beliefs, and codes of behaviour designed to orient people into specific institutional structures.
To sustain the inequalities brought about by class differences and interests, the role of the mass media has sadly been to

State House not an illusion

Kwaive nerwendo, rwendo rwekufamba
Irwo rwurefu kusina nemakombi kana
Idi kuState House kure!
Kurefu iwe, kure!
KuState House kure!
Chokwadi kure!
Kurefu!
KuState House kure!
Dare rakaronga kuenda mberi nehondo
Rikakumbira rubatsiro
Kubva kune shamwari dzedu
Masocialists vane mwoyo wegutsaruzhinji
Zvikanzi tumiraiwo vana venyu vauye
Vamwe kwaSamora, vamwe kwaNyerere
Vamwe kwaKaunda, vamwe kwaSeretse
Kurefu iwe, kure, kuState House kure!
Chokwadi kure, kurefu iwe!
KuState House kure . . !

This is the revolutionary walk from the late music supremo and Orchestra Dendera Kings leader, Simon “Chopper” Chimbetu

Address by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Comrade R G Mugabe, on the occasion of Zimbabwe’s 32nd Independence Day anniversary, Harare, 18th April 2012.

Honourable Vice President Joice Teurai Ropa Mujuru, Honourable Vice President John Landa Nkomo, Honourable Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Honourable Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara and Mai Mutambara, Honourable Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe, Mai Muzenda, Honourable President of the Senate, Mai Edna Madzongwe, honourable Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mr Lovemore Moyo, Honourable Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, honourable Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, Honourable Ministers, Honourable Members of Parliament, Service Chiefs, His Worship the Mayor of Harare, Muchadeyi Masunda, families of heroes of the Zimbabwe Liberation struggle, representatives of different political parties present, your Excellencies Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Performing Artists joining us on this Day,

Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends.

Annual inflation drops

Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S annual inflation for March has dropped by 0,3 percent from 4,3 percent in February.
Data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) showed year-on-year inflation rate for last month as measured by all items Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 4,0 percent.

Artiste to revive tradition and culture

Entertainment Reporter
A BULAWAYO-based artiste Mulgan Dalukuhle  “Khoi Khoi” Sibanda is set to promote culture

Driver was speeding – survivors

Harare Bureau THE driver of MegaLink coach that killed 21 people on Monday morning in a horrific accident, refused to listen to passengers who warned him against speeding. Survivors of…

Ex-Zambian VP dies

LUSAKA — Former Zambian vice president George Kunda has died. He was 56.

Kunda who had been admitted at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka from 27 March this year died on Monday.

DJ Mphoe lands lucrative deal

Tafadzwa Tseisi
BULAWAYO-based DJ Mphoe has been given a contract to play at Hartsfield’s Kudu Bar.

Political parties ready to celebrate

Chronicle Reporters

ALL is set for the 32nd Independence Day celebrations with political parties saying they are ready to celebrate the defeat of British settler rule in Zimbabwe.

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