adminMakandiwa hands over house to chief
From Zvamaida Murwira in MUZARABANI
CHIEF Kasekete of Muzarabani was yesterday officially handed over a three bedroomed house built by United Family International Church leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa.
Prophet Makandiwa built the six-roomed house to show respect to his local leader.
The main bedroom is en suite.
The house also has a spacious lounge, a dining room, a kitchen and a garage.
The house has been furnished with a plasma television, sofas, luxury beds and dressing tables and a kitchen unit at a cost of over US$25 000.
The house was built in 26 days.
Chief Kasekete, whose full name is Mr Faxwell Mutinhima, had his homestead electrified and now has tap water.
Troika upholds poll decision
From Munyaradzi Huni in LUANDA, Angola
THE Sadc Troika on Defence, Politics and Security Co-operation yesterday said elections in Zimbabwe should be held within the next 12 months.
The organ urged parties to the Global Political Agreement to agree on the timeline for harmonised elections.
It also asked the facilitator, South African President Jacob Zuma to assist the GPA parties find common ground on the remaining contentious issues.
The troika sought to accommodate the views of all parties as Zanu-PF maintains that elections should be held this year while the MDC formations want the polls in March next year.
Sources said the “notion to go for elections has been upheld”.
President Mugabe came out of the meeting maintaining that elections will be held this year. Speaking soon after the meeting, the President told journalists that all parties to the GPA had made their contributions which all negotiators described as cordial.
“We discussed the situation in our country and we all made contributions. We should go and finish the
Never think with your stomach!
Do you want quick buck? Easy! Just fall in love with as many men as possible and ensure you bear them children and you are done. Each month you’ll be assured of income in the form of maintenance and whoever defaults will face the wrath of the law. Weird as it sounds, this is what most women are
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Date: June 2
Venue: First Street mall
Time: 11am-2pm
Prostitution levels in Chirundu peak
Peter Matambanadzo recently in CHIRUNDU
UNDER the simmering heat of the Zambezi Valley, the road winds up and down, turning into sudden hairpin curves before breaking into open Mopane flat land and here a road insignia screams,
Lets learn from Zambia
One fine day, Kalusha Bwalya woke up and realised that the fighting wasn’t taking the game, which he had given everything for, anywhere and the time had come for the madness to stop.
On the night of February 12, 2012, in the city where the ill-fated heroes of ’93 boarded their last flight before crashing into the Atlantic shortly after take-off, Zambian football toasted its finest hour.
Not far away from the stage of their greatest hour in sport, lay the scene that provided the lasting reminder of their worst sporting tragedy — the area off the coast of Libreville where a chartered military plane, carrying their national team, plunged into the Atlantic in April ’93.
Free messaging holds sway
Although Zimbabwe has no official record as to how many people are using free messaging services like Whatsapp and MixIt, most people with smartphones have shown that text messaging may have met its match.Most of the people with smartphones known to the writer have shown that at least three quarters of their contacts are on Whatsapp.
These platforms have definitely changed the way people interact as they just have to ensure that they have a little something in their phones in order to receive or send messages.
I am walking on borrowed legs
Isdore GuvamombeDay after day of cloudless skies, the fierce sun sucks moisture from the landscape, baking the earth a burnished dusty grey, while the withered grass is left as brittle as straw. The sun burnt savannah and Kalahari desert sand is left shimmering to the horizon, yet wildlife frolic from every
Prof Moyo slams new crop of African leaders
John Manzongo in Kwekwe
ZANU-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo on Wednesday said Africa was facing a serious deficit of leaders with true African values.
He slammed the new crop of Africa leadership saying it was only concerned about money and being used as pawns by western powers.
National Blankets’ new range of blankets not yet available in shops
Venencia Badza
Business Reporter
Bulawayo textile company National Blankets’ new range of blankets is not yet available in shops as stocks are still limited.