adminChaka Chaka releases 22nd album
Johannesburg. — She is referred to as the “Princess of Africa” — that’s Yvonne Chaka Chaka, South Africa’s township pop music icon who has consistently made good music for over 20 years. Chaka Chaka was born in Dobsonville, Soweto, as one of three sisters. She was discovered by PhilDaggers drawn in hip-hop war
Arts CorrespondentHip-hop awards organisers are sharply divided over the nominees for the second edition of the Zim hip-hop awards scheduled for December. The organising team that includes Aldrian Harrison, Alexander Mutumha, Kevin Kumire, Tendai C. Tanga and Tendayi Zonde failed to settle their
Morsi agrees to keep prosecutor-general
CAIRO. — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Saturday agreed to keep the country’s prosecutor-general in office, which ended a standoff with the country’s judiciary. In a statement released on Saturday, Egyptian presidency spokesman Yasser Ali said the Supreme Judicial Council petitioned MorsiRussians directly elect governors
MOSCOW. — Russia welcomed its “single voting day” yesterday, with voters directly electing governors in five regions for the first time in eight years, the country’s Central Elections Commission (CEC) said. The direct gubernatorial elections took place at the Amur Region in the Far East, the BryanskSyrian army launches counter-strike
BEIRUT. — The Syrian army launched a counter-strike against rebels in the north yesterday, in a bid to wrest back control of positions lost in recent days, a monitoring group said. In the northwestern province of Idlib, much of which is now in rebel hands, the army used fighter jets to bombardIran scoffs at Israel’s air defences
TEHRAN. — Iran yesterday scoffed at Israel’s air defences as it confirmed Tehran had provided Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah with the sophisticated drone which overflew the Jewish state earlier this month. Iran’s “capabilities are very high and are at the disposal and service of IslamicLet’s not tolerate greed, unilateralism in health sector
The country’s bid to achieve universal access to health services and meeting the Millennium Development Goals is in jeopardy if the greed and unilateralism within the health sector is not nipped in the bud. The health delivery system has borne the brunt of the sanctions for more than a‘I was never on Jamaican radio’
Stories by Problem MasauMiss Global Zimbabwe Mutsa Mutare has refuted claims by some media sections that she was summoned to a radio station in Jamaica to explain President Mugabe’s alleged comments on Jamaican men when she was competing in the just-ended Miss Global International, on the Carribean
Music Crossroads takes artistes on tour
Music Crossroads Zimbabwe will next month roll out shows across the country to promote musical outfits that were nurtured by the organisation after realising that most of the bands were now popular in other countries but remained relatively unknown in the Zimbabwe. “We have good groups likeHwenje’s Village remembers Dhewa
Entertainment ReporterUpcoming sungura musician Peter Moyo will this Friday hold a belated memorial gig for his late father Tongai Moyo, at Hwenjes Village, Glen Norah, where he was billed to perform the day he died. Tongai died on October 15 last year, hours before he was due to go on stage in a gig designed to