AfricaMagic gears up for 2013

Arts Correspondent
Having recently celebrated its ninth birthday, AfricaMagic is heading into 2013 determined that its 10th year on air is going to be one that no viewer ever forgets! In addition to its first ever AfricaMagic Viewers

Gospel concert to awaken Kadoma

Jabes Lefani in Kadoma
A gospel concert is scheduled for this Saturday in Waverly, Kadoma, where a total of eight groups will perform. The groups such as Higher Praise, Last Trumpet, Generation 4 People, No Fear, Panashia,

Pippen sets new record

Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen set a new record last week at a production of “A Christmas Carol” in the Windy City — playing the first ever 6’8” 19th-century London townsman in the play — and it was all

Progress keeps going

Arts Correspondent
THERE is no time to rest for Progress Chipfumo who is basking in the glory of his successful maiden show in South Africa where he gave a good account of himself. The musician will continue his flirtation

The Grand Finale!

Problem Masau Arts Correspondent
it’s the battle of song and dance as Harare plays host to two high-octane gigs pitting the best in katekwe, sungura, dendera, zora, dancehall and urban contemporary. Two different line-ups, two

Sleeping giant awakens

Kingsley Ighobor
YOUNG men and women chat along the glittering corridors of the sprawling shopping complex.
With state-of-the-art mobile communication gadgets in hand, they go in and out of the mall’s 65

The paradox of progress. . .Technological advances a double-edged sword

Samuel D. Pascoal
We live in an era of technology. Technology has tried to put an end to the arduous agrarian way of life and has heralded an epoch of vast development. Thanks to technology and its predictability, man

Lessons from Malawi’s food crisis

Masimba Tafirenyika

Once again Malawi finds itself in a tight spot. A food crisis set off by erratic rains, rising food prices and economic hardships is slowly unfolding. For the first time in several years, the country’s ability to

Hope for genital mutilation survivors

Jocelyne Sambira

Tonte Ikoluba was 13 years old when her grandmother came to her family home to circumcise her. She remembers it as if it were yesterday. Her grandmother coaxed her and told her not to worry. It

Purveyors of slow death

Stephen Mpofu Features Correspondent
If the current, inexorable trend is anything to go by Zimbabweans might sooner or later cram sick beds at home and in hospitals, poisoned by Western-exported junk foods consumed wilfully or out of

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