Brace for Big Brother StarGame launch

Entertainment Reporter
IT 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

‘Courageous’ takes you back in time

Film: Courageous
Director: Alex Kendrick
Cinema: Eastgate
Running time: 126 minutes
Type of film: Inspirational drama

Poets illuminate Hifa

Richmore Tera
ALTHOUGH 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 Reporter
CHILDREN 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

Visual artists eye better fortunes

Richmore Tera Arts Correspondent
VISUAL 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

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

‘China, US should promote peace, stability’

Chinese President Hu Jintao said yesterday that China and the United States should promote peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.  Hu made the remarks when addressing the opening session of the fourth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogues (S&ED) in Beijing. He said to build a new type of relations between China and the United

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 measure

US, 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

Love for Ferraris snags Italian tax evaders

ROME. — Italian tax evaders are being caught out by their addiction to fast cars, the police said yesterday, announcing the discovery of US$13 billion in unpaid taxes this year. “These people are pushed to defraud by the mirage of easy money, to allow themselves the luxuries that they would otherwise not be able to afford, luxuries that are often the first clue,” the tax

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