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Trish Kahle “IT IS hard to deny just how predictable they are when they finally happen.” That was the conclusion of Merlin Chowkwanyun, a scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,…
Shangaan Festival preparations at advanced stage
Masvingo Bureau Preparations for the second edition of the Great Limpopo Cultural Fair are now at an advanced stage with cultural experts from Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe expected to…
Nama award winning poet off to SA
Victoria Falls Reporter NAMA award winning Victoria Falls-based poet Obert Dube is set to land recording deals with South African recording companies after his invitation to perform at a maskandi…
Artistes laud ZiFM
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent MUSICIANS in the city have lauded radio station ZiFM for giving them a platform to showcase their talent through shows such as the Bulawayo Top 10…
Zim dance sector poised for growth
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Harare Bureau Zimbabwe will soon become a force to reckon with in terms of dance for as long as the dancers remain disciplined, Craig Bullock, the chief executive…
UN vows central role in fighting Ebola epidemic
Monrovia — The United Nations vowed on Saturday to play a “strong role” in helping Liberia and its neighbours fight the deadly outbreak of Ebola in west Africa, which it…
Niger minister held over ‘baby trafficking’
Niger’s agriculture minister has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a baby-trafficking network, a spokesman for his political party and legal sources has said. The arrest of Abdou Labo,…
Netanyahu asks Gazans to leave Hamas sites
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Gaza residents to leave any site where Palestinian fighters were operating, saying the locations could be attacked. “I call on the inhabitants of…
Airstrikes in Libya’s capital kill 15
Cairo — A senior Islamist militia leader says two airstrikes targeting its positions in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, have killed 15 fighters and wounded 20. The official from the Islamist-allied Misrata…
35 cops ‘missing’ after Boko Haram raid
Abuja — Thirty-five Nigerian police officers deployed to a training academy in the remote northeast are missing after a Boko Haram attack on the facility, a spokesperson said on Saturday.…