adminNigerian lawmakers attack finance minister
Abuja. – The two chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday took a swipe at the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, accusing her of using her comments on the lingering 2013 budget crisis to blackmail them, and incite Nigerians and the executive against lawmakers.Shape up or ship out
Taurai Musakaruka People IssuesThere are many instances in which employees are fired because of poor performance. This is because there are some employees who simply do not, or cannot pull their own weight and some employers tend to tolerate them.
The new Wild West
Graham PeeblesDancing to the tune of their corporate benefactors, governments of the ruling G8 countries are enacting complex agriculture agreements delivering large tracts of prime cut African soil into the portfolios of their multinational bedmates.
Tshuma named UNWTO envoy
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment ReporterFORMER Miss Tourism Zimbabwe Samantha Tshuma was picked as one of the UNWTO brand ambassadors by the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry.
The 23-year-old lanky model is among several luminaries who were given certificates on Monday and have since assumed their roles as brand ambassadors.
All set for Miss Global Zimbabwe pageant
Brenda Phiri Arts CorrespondentMISS Global International, who was supposed to be the guest at Miss Global Zimbabwe, will no longer be coming after she failed to get money to pay for her travel.
According to the president of the pageant, Tare Munzara, the British-born beauty queen had agreed to come but funds could not be secured to sponsor her a flight into the
Sulu, Winky D return from ‘successful’ UK tour
Problem Masau Arts CorrespondentEXTRA KWAZVOSE band members were part of the entourage that welcomed Suluman Chimbetu when he returned from his United Kingdom tour on Tuesday.
Sulu shared together the stage with Oliver Mtukudzi and Winky D when he performed in Leeds, Leicester and London.
Freeman comes of age
Zecheaus Nemadire Arts CorrespondentYOU reap what you sow. The above adage best describes the musical journey and experience of fast-rising dancehall chanter Emergy Freeman Chizanga.
Freeman has been on the music scene since 2010, but he only came into the limelight in 2012 following the release of his hit song “Joina City”, which topped the charts for more
Mapeture to represent Zim at Miss Deaf World
Tanaka Nyajeka Entertainment ReporterREIGNING Miss Deaf Zimbabwe, Norton-based Kuda Mapeture, will represent Zimbabwe at the Miss Deaf World that takes place in the Czech Republic in two weeks’ time.
Zimbabwe returns to the beauty pageant after five years, following a long sabbatical, that was largely as a result of financial constraints that the organisers were facing.
Marozva’s death blow to music industry
Tanaka Nyajeka Entertainment ReporterTHE music fraternity has been robbed of a talented afro-jazz musician, Tapiwa Marozva, who succumbed to kidney failure on June 19.
He was 46.
Emeli Sande wins BET Award
Los Angeles. – Emeli Sande has won the best international act UK at the BET Awards in the US. The BET Awards celebrate black musicians, actors and athletes as part of the US cable TV network, Black Entertainment Television.