Minister shuts Apoz

Arts Correspondent
Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa has revoked the Anti-Piracy Organisation of Zimbabwe’s operating licence and immediately ordered it to stop its activities. In a letter written to Apoz managing director Innocent Matsengarwodzi and copied to the Minister of Media, Information

Barnyard Theatre springs surprise

Entertainment Reporter
When the latest Barnyard Theatre show from South Africa hits Harare this week, it will bring with it a surprise addition to the cast of singers, as Zimbabwe’s own Samantha Tirivacho makes a return the capital to star in this musical extravaganza. The show, Moon Shadows, will run from October

Gunfire rocks area near Nigerian Islamic school

ZARIA. — A bomb blast and gunfire shook an area around an Islamic boarding school in northern Nigeria yesterday, leaving two of the alleged attackers dead and at least three others wounded, officials said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast in the city of Zaria, but

One killed, 9 injured in grenade attack

NAIROBI. — Suspected terrorists threw a grenade inside a church in Kenya’s capital Nairobi yesterday, leaving at least one child dead and nine others injured, police confirmed. Regional police commander, Moses Ombati said that at least one child had been confirmed dead and three others injured in

Suspension reports make Harare councillors jittery

Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
Harare councillors are jittery following reports that the Government intends to suspend 30 of them for corruption. Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo recently told a Zanu-PF meeting in Hatcliffe that the councillors would be suspended to pave way for

Unicef hosts Tuku’s 60th birthday party

By Tafadzwa Zimoyo and Winstone Antonio
THE United Nations Children’s Fund hosted a belated 60th birthday celebration for Oliver Mtukudzi at its offices in Harare last Friday. The party, which was attended by children from St Giles, Emerald Hill, Grange Primary School and St Joseph among others, saw the music superstar sharing lighter

Dynamos back on top

Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter
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DYNAMOS responded to their midweek setback in emphatic fashion when they fired four goals to dispatch out-of-sorts Shabanie Mine at Rufaro

Swizz Beatz named global ambassador

Kasseem Dean, better known to the hip-hop world as Swizz Beatz, was formally introduced last week as the new Global Ambassador for New York City’s Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC). In a special event held at Harlem Hospital Centre, supporters celebrated this next phase of HHC’s

Okoye blasts wife bashers

Peter Okoye, the other half of Nigerian pop duo P Square has urged men to desist from domestic violence. The identical twin tweeted his hatred for violence and confessed he was anti-violence against women. “I am really against domestic violence, it’s sad how some of us ‘Men’ treat our spouses

Whitney Houston remembered

Los Angeles — Jennifer Hudson, Usher and Celine Dion will perform at a special concert to pay tribute to Whitney Houston next month. The trio will be among a number of stars taking part in “We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute To Whitney Houston”, which will air on November 16 on CBS in

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