admin‘Probe into Arafat’s death a little too late’
NABLUS — News that France had opened an inquiry into the death of the late Palestinian National Authority leader Yasser Arafat was welcomed by many Palestinians yesterday, but for others it was a little, too late. The veteran Palestinian leader, who led the struggle for Palestinian statehood for
Iran can help resolve Syrian crisis: UN chief
TEHRAN — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who arrived in Iran yesterday to attend the 16th Non-Aligned Movement summit and to confer with Iranian officials on different regional and international developments said Iran can play an important role in the peaceful settlement of the SyrianHurricane Isaac batters New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Isaac battered New Orleans yesterday, flooding homes and driving stormy waters over the top of at least one levee, seven years to the day after Katrina devastated the city. Isaac, packing vicious winds of 130 kilometres per hour and rolling slowly over Louisiana, dumpedMine shooting: Officials broker peace talks
RUSTENBURG — South African officials yesterday brokered closed-door talks between workers and management of Lonmin’s platinum mine to end a strike where violence has killed 44 people. Almost three weeks into the work stoppage, about 50 negotiators from unions, non-union workers, the
Sulu, ‘Young Igwe’ make acting debuts
Richmore Tera and Tendai Rupapa
BELIEVE it or not, musicians Suluman Chimbetu and Peter Moyo have ventured into acting. This means that apart from playing music they are now trying out other art genres although it remains to be seen whether it’s for fun or for the love of acting. Freddy Manjalima aka Kapfupi started out
Huggies returns to ZimCafe
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Old skool pundits should brace for some serious partying when Huggies Entertainment returns to ZimCafe Hotel and Conference Centre this and every Friday night. Made up popular radio presenters — Witness “Chuman” Matema, Kudzi “Mr Kool” Marudza, DJ Candy and Ronald “D-Train” Chiwanza, the
‘The Way We Were’ comes to Reps
Entertainment Reporter
Songs from nearly two dozen shows of stage and screen will feature in the next production at Harare’s Reps Theatre, a musical revue called “The Way We Were”. Movie and stage show songs are always popular with audiences and the selection in this show will appeal to people of all ages, with
‘Expendables 2’ keeps pole position
LOS ANGELES. — A-list action romp “The Expendables 2” held onto the top rung of the North American box office for a second weekend, keeping “The Bourne Legacy” at bay, industry estimates showed on Monday. “The Expendables 2”, which stars Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jet Li
Chiedza Chevatendi back with a bang
Richmore Tera Arts Correspondent
IF ever there is an industry that is ever resilient, it is the music industry that continues to churn out new releases almost on a daily basis even though sales are dwindling. However, poor sales figures have not in any way affected the business as artistes continue to record and release their
DJs defy tropical storm Isaac
TROPICAL Storm Isaac may have brought torrential rains, but that did not stop patrons at Club Riddim in New Kingston, St Andrew, as they partied at the Red Bull Thre3Style DJ Competition on Saturday night. DJ Nicco took top honours and chance to compete in the Red Bull Thre3Style global finals