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Marcia Natasha Gore Features WriterLetticia Nyahungwe looked at the policeman with surprise as he jumped in front of a moving kombi hoisting a baton stick high up and wearing a stern look. The kombi driver braked hard to avert clipping the cop who also quickly sprang to the side of the road to avoid the unexpected. At the
It’s tiger time!
IT is the most moonless time of October and obviously one of the darkest African nights in Kariba. Fishermen — drawn from as far away as New Zealand and United States of America — have from as early as 4am, visited commercial kapenta fisheries buying the tiny silver fish for baiting.Long walk to education
Rutendo Mapfumo Features CorrespondentMUD structures whose roof eaves are systematically supported by mopane tree poles right round, each tottering backwards, forwards or sideways with age and use, stand as a stark reminder of a typical village architectural legacy. One can easily call them ramshackle yet their purpose is
Wafa Wafa: Only for the brave
John Manzongo Features Writer
Fiction, fiction, fiction! Fiction stories is what it might seem when one hears testimonies of the tried and tested Zimbabwe National Army commandos, who were attacked by two of the big five animals that dwell in the jungles of Kariba while on specialised military training and still
Star Brite finale
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment ReporterAfter months of searching, testing and showcasing untapped talent it all comes together tonight at the College of Music when the curtain comes down on the biggest national talent show — Star Brite. The show climaxes with a two-day final scheduled for tonight and tomorrow starting at 6pm where five
Chipfumo to headline Dhewa memorial
Problem Masau Arts CorrespondentTalented guitarist Progress Chipfumo will further consolidate his growing fan base when he joins sungura icon Peter Moyo in commemorating his late father’s death, Tongai Moyo at Mbizo Stadium on Sunday. Chipfumo will be among a coterie of performers and artistes who include sungura ace Alick
America, here comes King Carl
Entertainment ReportersMost Zimbabweans that have skipped a grade in school will tell you that they were considered too bright to follow the regimented education path.
They will tell you they were too intelligent to be in the grade their ages dictated. Not Carl Joshua Ncube though, the prolific comedian whose rise in
Unesco offers bursaries
Stephen Chifunyise Theatre CorridorsUNESCO’s International Fund for Cultural Development has announced calls for applications from young artistes for its Unesco Ashberg Bursaries for Artiste Programme for 2013. The programme that promotes the mobility of young artistes through residences worldwide has called for
‘Diamonds in his Son’s Grave’ hilarious!
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment ReporterA hilarious play titled “Diamonds in his Son’s Grave” that opened on Tuesday at Theatre In the Park is a play that shows how a family deals with cultural values against modernity. The Zinyemba family is caught up in a dilemma on the way forward after diamonds were discovered under their