Kawara to shine at Flavour gig

Entertainment Reporter
One of Zimbabwe’s seasoned contemporary artiste, Alexio Kawara, will this month raise his profile high, when he curtain raises for Nigerian musician Chinedu Okoli known in entertainment circles as Flavour. The gig will take place on May 25, at the Andy

24-Hour Theatre Challenge an exciting concept

Stephen Chifunyise Theatre Corridors
Every year the theatre programme of the Harare International Festival of the Arts  provides a valuable and diverse theatre.
To many theatre practitioners, the Hifa theatre programme is a laboratory of theatre ideas, practices, concepts and

West Africa to send team to Guinea-Bissau

ABIDJAN. — Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that West Africa will within days send a team to Guinea-Bissau for new talks on steering the coup-torn country back to constitutional rule. Jonathan made the announcement after flying into Abidjan for a whirlwind meeting with Cote d’Ivoire’s president Alassane Ouattara, the current head of the Economic

Some basic email rules, phone etiquette

Zachary Aldwin Milkshake in the Boardroom
“Bleep!” another text, “Bing!” another email, “Rrrrring!” another phone call, communication has become faster and more pervasive in our society. Cellphones, smartphones and the Internet have altered the way we live, communicate and interact

NSSA retrenchees take up loans despite strict terms

AT least 90 percent of the US$5 million that the National Social Security Authority set aside for lending to its retrenchees has been taken up despite complaints of strict bank requirements. NSSA introduced the loan facility last year to assist retrenched workers start income- generating projects in an environment where industry is heavily constrained. The loans, repayable over

Zim a regional gateway for investment: ZIA

Investors have been urged to take advantage of Zimbabwe’s strategic location in the region that enables it to have direct access to a market of more than 400 million people. Zimbabwe Investment Authority chief executive officer Mr Richard Mbaiwa said the market could be accessed while one is based in the country. “The country is a regional gateway from the North to

Mpofu accused of misrepresenting facts

Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter
Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu was yesterday accused of misrepresenting facts on a joint venture between a South African-based company and Marange Resources. This emerged at the High Court where Core Mining

Jilted dentist pulls out all of ex-lover’s teeth

A DENTIST pulled out all her ex-boyfriend’s teeth after he dumped her for another woman who has now left him because he is toothless. Anna Mackowiak (34) is facing jail after taking her revenge on 45-year-old Marek Olszewski when he turned up at her surgery with toothache just days after breaking up with her. She gave him a heavy dose of anaesthetic and plucked his

Man claims 49 lizards were for the stewpan

MUNICH. — A German man stopped at customs with 49 live exotic lizards in his bag claimed they were destined for the cooking pot and even offered to bite one’s head off to prove it, officials said yesterday. Customs officials halted the 28-year-old at Munich Airport on his way back from Oman and were staggered to find in his luggage a menagerie including 31 spiny-tailed

Libyan ex-rebels raid government HQ

TRIPOLI. — One man was killed and four people wounded as Libyan security forces yesterday repelled armed demonstrators who attacked government headquarters in Tripoli, a senior official said. The country’s interim prime minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib read out a statement on television denouncing the violence and vowing not to give way to “outlaws” making demands at the

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