adminMandela conscious, recognises visitors
JOHANNESBURG. — Nelson Mandela is conscious and recognises visitors, the king of his Thembu tribe told AFP yesterday, after visiting the global icon in hospital.“He is well,” King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo said, giving an upbeat but cautious
Egypt orders arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader
CAIRO. — Egypt’s prosecutor’s office has ordered the arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie on charges of inciting violence outside the Republican Guard headquarters where 51 people were killed, state news agency MENA has reported. Other senior BrotherhoodSnowden denies co-operation with Russia, China
MOSCOW. — Former CIA employee Edward Snowden, who is wanted in the United States for leaking secret state surveillance programmes, has denied supplying information to the Russian or Chinese governments, according to a report in Britain’s GuardianCity chase striker
MANCHESTER. — Manuel Pellegrini is chasing a new striker to help implement his plan of bold attacking football at English Premiership soccer side Manchester City.The new City manager yesterday faced the Press for the first time since his
Crisis-struck Europeans lose faith in governments
BERLIN. — Less than 10 percent of people surveyed in the European countries hardest hit by the region’s debt crisis say that their leaders are doing a good job at fighting corruption, a survey by the anti-corruption group Transparency International has found. TheFestival network born
Stephen Chifunyise Theatre CorridorsManagers of 19 cultural festivals in Zimbabwe who attended the festival managers workshop convened by Nhimbe Trust in Harare from June 26 to June 28 created the Zimbabwe Festivals Network. The workshop was the first activity in a three-part project funded by Unesco’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity as part of national action in the
Seeding Zim’s tobacco revolution
Sarudzai Mupangi Features Writer
Zanu-PF’s successful land reform programme that produced more than 360 000 indigenous farmers against a backdrop of less than 5 000 former white commercial farmers, who unbelievably controlled vast tracts of land, has created opportunities for the majority black Zimbabweans. Before anything else, it is critical to understand that tobacco
Other side of the Zambezi
Rutendo Mapfumo Features CorrespondentMany visitors come to see whitish curtains of water falling down into a splashing chasm down into a deep gorge and again tumbling upwards and downwards as the Zambezi River snakes down on its final journey to the Indian Ocean. Jungle habitants, the graceful duikers, wild pigs and shaggy waterbuck, appear and disappear in the rain
Sniper to celebrate birthday in style
Arts Correspondent
POPULAR dancehall chanter Sniper Storm, whose real name is Donald Chirisa, will celebrate his 34th birthday in style when he stages two massive bashes at New Life Night Club in Budiriro 1 tomorrow and Mubaiwa Hotel in Chitungwiza on Saturday. The “Love Yemusoja” hitmaker will be joined in the celebrations by more than 40 colleagues in the dancehall
MMT blazes hip-hop scene
Zecheaus Nemadire Arts CorrespondentIT appears Zimbabwean hip-hop music scene will never be the same again what with the latest find called the MMT. The group made up of three talented hip-hop prodigies David “Mariachi” Chitate, Kevin “MC Cut” Sagomba and award-winning Tatenda “Tatea Da MC” Nziramasanga has taken its vibe to dizzy heights. The name MMT is an abbreviation of