Tuku embarks on environmental campaign

Problem Masau Arts Correspondent
Away from the guitar that gave him fame and fortune, music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi is also a passionate environmentalist.
The lanky granddad of music has been working with Environmental Africa, a non-governmental organisation that promotes environmental awareness for more than a decade and

Macheso takes act to Pamuzinda

Arts Correspondent
There is no rest for Alick Macheso who dislocated his ankle some weeks back as he takes his act to Pamuzinda Highway Xscape this Friday.
The King of Sungura is still smarting from the loss of key band members, chanter Jonas Kasamba, drummer Obert Gomba and guitarist Noel Nyazanda who went on to form their

Delta revenue, volumes up

Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
DELTA Corporation’s revenue for the first quarter, which ended June 30 this year, rose 8 percent with strong sales volumes in soft drinks and sorghum beer being the biggest driver. Revenue rose from US$142 million during the same quarter last year to US$153 million, the company said in a statement yesterday. Volumes rose 4 percent, to slightly

Poll outcome key to growth

Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S general elections to be held next Wednesday will provide the country with a solid ground for robust economic growth, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries president Mr Charles Msipa has said. The elections will end a four-year coalition Government comprised of the country’s three main political parties. Since the formation of the inclusive

All set for ZimPraise DVD launch

Entertainment Reporter
ONE of Zimbabwe’s most celebrated gospel choirs, ZimPraise, has lined up a big bash for the live recording of its DVD album Season Six at the Harare International Conference Centre on Saturday.

Mawindi fights back

Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
FORMER Telecel Zimbabwe chief executive Mr Francis Mawindi is disputing his dismissal as CEO of the company arguing it was not justified contrary to the mobile phone operator’s claims that he had resigned. Mr Mawindi, who only lasted nine months since stepping into the hot seat in July 2012, has since taken the company to court seeking

Fighting rape head-on

Kristy Siegfried
Seventeen-year-old Anene Booysen was gang-raped and brutalised on a patch of scrubby grass between two newly built RDP (government subsidised) houses, in a bleak, low-income suburb about three kilometres from central Bredasdorp, a small town in South Africa’s Western Cape Province.

Ramadan and virtues of fasting

Sheikh Abdullah Makwinja
FASTING for religious and spiritual reasons has been a part of human custom since pre-history.
The practice is mentioned in the Bible, in the Old and New Testament, the Qur’an and other faith traditions.

Wolves in sheep skins

Sarudzai Mupangi Features Writer
The bond that exists between mother and child is so special and cannot be fully expressed in words.
It all begins when a mother thinks she is pregnant.

Penelope Cruz gives birth

Los Angeles. — Oscar-winning Spanish actress Penelope Cruz gave birth to her second child with husband Javier Bardem, a girl, on Monday in a Madrid hospital, a source familiar with the situation said.

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