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No African writer has as many major, lasting creative achievements in such a wide range of genre as Ngugi wa Thiong’o. His books include novels, plays, short stories, essays and scholarship, criticism and children’s literature.
His fiction, non fiction and drama, from the early 1960’s to the present are frequently reprinted. He is the founder and editor of the
Woman cheats death
Chinhoyi BureauA KADOMA woman cheated death after being stabbed several times in the head while fighting off two robbers. The criminals had forced their way into a shop demanding groceries and cash. Prayer Muswapa (27) who works as a shopkeeper at Shop
Community service for smuggling truck driver
From Noah Pito in HurungweA Norton-based haulage truck driver will perform 385 hours of community service after being convicted of assisting six passengers smuggle bales of clothes into Zimbabwe from Zambia. The passengers smuggled a combined 315 kg of clothing.
Robber locked up
Beitbridge Bureau
One of the three suspected armed robbers who waylaid and robbed a Beitbridge man of cash at knifepoint before stripping him naked has been jailed for two years. The victim was robbed on his way to a faith healer who operates near the Duliba-dzimu
City to compensate man
Municipal Reporter
A Harare man will receive US$3 448 after he successfully sued Harare City Council for injuries sustained after being burnt by electricity cables exposed during a routine maintenance of sewer lines. The city on Thursday agreed to pay Milton Mundembe a
Clash over show grounds
Municipal Reporter
Harare City Council is investigating business operations at the Harare Exhibition Park following reports that the lease agreement between the city and the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society does not allow for sub-leasing. The matter was discussed
Rural areas need media coverage
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau
PARLIAMENTARIANS from Mashonaland West have bemoaned limited rural media coverage saying this contributes to stunted growth in the areas. Speaking at World Press Freedom Day commemorations in Chinhoyi yesterday, Norton Member of the
Gen Chiwenga’s brother laid to rest
Herald Reporter
WILFRED CHIWENGA, brother to Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Constantine Chiwenga, was laid to rest in
Bad start for Zim housemates
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
The Big Brother Stargame roared into life yesterday with Zimbabwean hou-semates Manita and Tecklar getting off to a bad start. The Zimbabwean pair was put up for eviction in the first session of the popular reality show. This means the two friends
Batonga revisited
Dr Tony Monda Art Zone
In a ground-breaking indigenously conceptualised exhibition, Zimbabwe’s internationally renowned artist, Tapfuma Gutsa, explores the contemporinaety of traditional Tonga visual culture in an exhibition entitled “Mulonga — Deep Waters and Starry