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The Chairman of the Zimbabwe Media Commission, Commissioner Godfrey Majonga and other Commissioners here present; the Unesco Representative, Professor Luc Rukingama; representatives of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee
Bolivia gets tough
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday announced the nationalisation of a subsidiary of a Spanish-owned power company and ordered troops to take over the firm’s installations. Under the decree, the Spanish-owned Transportadora de Electricidad will be taken over by Bolivia’s state-owned Empresa Nacional de Electricidad. In an announcement, Morales said the measureUS, Europe results send Asian markets tumbling
HONG KONG. — Asian markets mostly fell yesterday following more weak jobs data from the United States and Europe as well as figures showing eurozone manufacturing falling for a ninth straight month. The downbeat outlook saw traders shift to safer assets, which weighed on the euro and Australian dollar. Sydney slipped 0,16 percent, or 6,9 points, to 4 429,0, Seoul
West African ‘Flavour’ comes to Harare
Ruth Butaumocho Entertainment Editor
Zimbabwean music fans will later this month be treated to some West African flavour, when Nigerian musician Chinedu Okoli, better known as Flavour, shares the stage with Oliver Mtukudzi in Harare. Flavour is riding high with three of his hit
Visual artists eye better fortunes
Richmore Tera Arts CorrespondentVISUAL artists who are selling their artifacts at the on-going Harare International Festival of the Arts are confident of reaping better profits this year than in previous years. They said this was largely due to the increased number of people who had
Poets illuminate Hifa
Richmore TeraALTHOUGH music has become the dominant crowd puller at Hifa, there are however other genres that are attracting huge crowds at the festival. One of such genres is poetry, which has emerged from the shadows to become one of the most-followed
Children in for a big treat
Entertainment ReporterCHILDREN will have something to smile about at this year’s Harare International Festival of Arts, where they are expected to take part in a number of activities at the National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe. Hifa started in Harare on Tuesday. The Gallery has
‘Courageous’ takes you back in time
Film: CourageousDirector: Alex Kendrick
Cinema: Eastgate
Running time: 126 minutes
Type of film: Inspirational drama
Bob Marley sings again in new film
Director Kevin MacDonald has enjoyed a distinguished career making both documentaries — “One Day in September” and “Touching the Void”, among them — as well as feature films such as “The Last King of Scotland”. For his latest non-fiction movie, the 44-year-old MacDonald has taken on iconic Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley in “Marley”, which is currentlyBrace for Big Brother StarGame launch
Entertainment ReporterIT is two days to go before the much-awaited Big Brother StarGame starts on DStv’s channel 198 at 8pm. The show begins on Sunday May 6 and will screen live 24/7 for 91 days. With an attention-grabbing “winner takes all” grand prize of US$300 000 at