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Knowledge MushohweInformation technology has given computer-literate designers a new platform for creating art. Tools in several design suites available locally, including Adobe and Coreldraw, are being routinely manipulated by designers to produce visual representations. The artworks developed using
Diamond indaba a major coup
Tichaona ZindogaThose who convened the inaugural Zimbabwe Diamond Conference in Victoria Falls in the last two days will no doubt be satisfied with how the event panned out. The biggest thing, demonstrably, is that it constituted a major diplomatic coup that Zimbabwe, in its quest to lawfully and rightfully
Syria bids for peace, not war
Anthony AntonioIn the past week or so, the level of cruelty shown by rebels in Syria has shocked the world. Gory pictures show rebels pumping bullets into heads of captives and rebels murdering prisoners of war like they are killing chickens, yet the United States, the self-acclaimed vanguard of the world’s
Mangoma in court for undermining President
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterENERGY and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma yesterday appeared at the Bindura Magistrates’ Court charged with undermining or insulting the authority of the President. Mangoma is being accused of insulting President Robert Mugabe while addressing an MDC-T gathering at Manhenga
Girl writes O-Level exam for 31-year-old
Chamunorwa Wilson Herald CorrespondentAn audacious 17-year-old was caught recently writing an Ordinary Level examination for a candidate at Macheke High School. The Lower Sixth Form from Nyameni High School in Marondera was arrested on November 8 this year. She was arrested while writing the Mathematics Paper 2 examination.
Businessman loses 187 phones to burglars
Tendai Rupapa Court ReporterA Harare businessman lost 187 mobile phones and three laptops worth more than US$5 000 to three men who allegedly broke into his shop. Fanuel Chiondo (19), Priviledge Musengezi (18) and Godknows Matienga (21) — all from Epworth — allegedly used a hacksaw to break into Misheck
Man rapes housemaid during wife’s absence
Court ReporterA 50-YEAR-OLD man who reportedly sexually abused their domestic worker aged 18 while his wife was away in her rural home appeared in court facing a rape charge. Tiger Felix Mushangwe of Chitungwiza denied the charge when he appeared before the town’s regional magistrate, Ms Sandra Mupindu.
Cop murder case: Madzore gets bail
Daniel NemukuyuSenior Court ReporterMDC-T Youth Assembly chairman Solomon Madzore — part of the Glen View 29 party activists accused of murdering a police inspector — was yesterday released on US$500 bail after spending over a year in prison. Madzore was granted bail together with Lovemore Taruvinga (alias Magaya) after the
Hubby loses tooth in fight over pot
Court ReporterA 54-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza man lost his tooth after his wife struck him with an empty bottle at the height of a domestic altercation. Apronia Bhunya (37) had complained to her husband Shepherd Daka that police patrols in Epworth were making her business of selling sadza difficult. Agreed facts
Police probe industrial espionage
Fidelis Munyoro Assistant News EditorPOLICE yesterday confirmed that they were investigating possible industrial espionage involving more than R100 million worth of cigarettes amid revelations that a South African company, Forensic Security Services, accused of spying on local manufacturers, has a running contract with a local