US shutdown sends over 800 000 workers home

WASHINGTON. — The US federal government’s shutdown that began on Tuesday morning sent more than 800 000 non-essential federal employees home nationwide and shuttered National Park facilities, including the Statue…

City billing scandal exposed

Innocent Ruwende Municipal Reporter SOME Harare City Council employees are reportedly manipulating loopholes in the city’s billing system to swindle unsuspecting residents of thousands of dollars, threatening to reverse the…

Chihuri hails media

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter POLICE Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri has hailed media houses in Zimbabwe for exhibiting responsible journalism when they all condemned the acts of banditry that culminated in…

Speaker reads riot act to legislators

Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Cde Jacob Mudenda, yesterday read the riot act to both legislators and the administration of Parliament saying he will invoke…

Nenjerama hails champion Manyuchi

Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE Boxing Board of Control chairman, Paul Nenjerama, has hailed welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi for successfully defending his African Boxing Union title in Zambia on Saturday.

Power cuts hit industry

Business Reporters ZIMBABWE looks set for its worst power situation this year triggered by ongoing annual maintenance of main power stations that have knocked out more than a half of…

It’s too tight to call

Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor A RIVETING Premiership race enters the home stretch today with champions Dynamos in the driving seat but a tough run in, and significant gains made…

Let’s support our own: Barney Mpariwa

Brenda Phiri Arts Correspondent StarBrite founder and executive director Barney Mpariwa has urged the local people to support initiatives of their own if the entertainment industry is to develop.

Zim poet’s work published in Indian book

Brenda Phiri Arts Correspondent PERSEVERANCE and hard work has paid off for renowned poet, Tendai Maduwa (23) (pictured), whose work has been incorporated into a poetry compilation in India.

Three cheers for the shutdown

Norman Pollack TERROR Tuesday, where Obama and his National-Security Team pore over hit lists to determine whom, by POTUS’s personal authorisation, will be assassinated next, gives way for now to…

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