Barbourfields Stadium shuts down

HIGHLANDERS Football Club played their last Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbourfields this year yesterday as the venue is scheduled to be closed for renovations in preparation for…

Focus on the North: Areas of cultural preservation

LAST week we concluded the story of Kathleen Hawkins. In the main, it was a story that dealt with the history of the northern part of Matabeleland, in particular the…

Mokoomba make waves in Canada

Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent VICTORIA Falls-based afro-fusion group Mokoomba is making waves in Canada where they are on tour of that country. The sextet from Chinotimba Township performed in front of…

Social media a hazard for female celebs

Bruce Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent LAST week Miss Zimbabwe 2014 Thabiso Phiri relinquished her crown less than two months after her victory in the pageant, citing what she has termed “peculiar” and…

Jelly shoes back in fashion

Auxilia Katongomara Showbiz Reporter BACK in the day, plastic shoes manufactured by one of the country’s oldest shoe manufacturers Bata were the in-thing. The plastic shoes were ideally made for the whole…

Marechera’s spirit lives on

Bruce Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent The month of August marks 27 years since the death of famous Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera. Zimbabwe, a country which boasts one of the highest literacy rates in…

Miss Earth 2014 contestants go green

Showbiz Correspondent WHEN young people take up the initiative to look after their environment, it augurs well for the future of the country’s natural resources. Some use beauty as a…

Party leaders anger President

Farirai Machivenyika Harare Bureau President Mugabe yesterday slammed some Zanu-PF leaders for practising factionalism which he said led to some delegates to the party’s 6th National Youth League conference not being…

Cops brutalise ex-member

Mpumelelo Nyoni Court Reporter SIX policemen allegedly severely assaulted a former police officer who now owns a fleet of commuter omnibuses when he tried to stop them from arresting a…

Mother flees, leaves 4-year-old at rapist’s mercy

Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl from Bulilima District was raped after her mother fled from a man who wanted to rape her leaving her behind. The infant’s mother…

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