Of tweets and hate language

Knowledge Mushohwe
Twitter has taken the world of social networking by storm and tweeting has clearly become the most widely used and preferred communication medium by leading entertainment and sports personalities. The big distinction between it and facebook is, whereas the latter mostly involves

Tracy Mutinhiri ain’t the ‘big catch’ to trust

Mukuchana Hanyani
Tracy Mutinhiri, who was last year expelled from Zanu-PF and joined MDC-T, told the party’s faithful in Bulawayo that she had left Zanu-PF because it was nearing extinction and that it was a party with “blood-crazed murderers”. She was being paraded at her new party’s 13th anniversary

Charambas off to Hwange, Vic Falls

Entertainment Reporter
Pastor Charles Charamba and wife Olivia spread their wings this weekend when they perform a one-off show in Hwange and another in Victoria Falls for holidaymakers. The two gigs are part of Makomo Resources Mine’s second anniversary. Often referred to as the First Family of Gospel, the

Mudenge: Genius gone too soon

Fortious Nhambura
On Monday, Zimbabweans in their broad totality thronged the National Heroes Acre to inter an illustrious educationist, historian, diplomat and politician, Dr Isack Stanislaus Gorerazvo Mudenge. Higher and Tertiary Education Minister and former Foreign Affairs Minister Cde Mudenge (71)

Victory for Zim as West’s ‘conflict diamonds’ bid flops

Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
EFFORTS by Western countries and civic society groups to expand the definition of conflict diamonds failed to garner support at a Kimberley Process meeting held in South Africa last week. The opposing nations argued that the proposed reforms were not being “objectively pursued”. Botswana, which

Kingdom boss wins top award

AfrAsia Kingdom Zimbabwe chief executive Mrs Lynn Mukonoweshuro is the inaugural winner of the Most Customer Focused Executive award (private sector category) organised by the Contact Centre Association of Zimbabwe
The prestigious award was presented to Mrs Mukonoweshuro at the Zimbabwe Service Excellence

CAAZ dismisses SAA complaints

Business Reporter
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe chief executive officer David Chawota yesterday said there was nothing wrong with the lighting on the runway at Harare International Airport, contrary to complaints made by South Africa Airways pilots on Monday. The complaint led to the cancellation of the

Turn knowledge into wisdom

Ben Chiganze A Bassfisherman’s Approach
A few weeks ago my friends and I went fishing at Prince Edward Dam and we toiled all afternoon but did not catch anything. We were ashamed to go home empty handed, so we kept on trying until about 8pm. We caught handsomely between 6pm and 8pm. It was my first time to fish at

Your queries answered

Taurai Musakaruka People Issues
LAST week I responded to some of the questions raised by readers of this column and this week I will continue from were I left off. Please note that the answers are not exhaustive but illustrative. Q: Can I resign and still sue my former employer if I feel the working conditions were no

Good times roll for Blanket

Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
BLANKET Gold Mine has recorded a 12 percent increase in gold production in the third quarter of this year. The Gwanda-based gold producer, owned by Canadian firm Caledonia Mining Corporation, said 12 919 ounces of gold were produced during Q3, a 12 percent increase from the previous quarter

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