Matenga eyes Miss Teen World crown

By Tafadzwa Zimoyo and Liberty Hamunakwadi
PREPARATIONS for the Miss Teen World finals to be held in the United States next month are now at an advanced stage,

The Arena: ‘Petals of blood’

CHARLES Sumner wrote: “Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in

The longest walk to freedom

By Munyaradzi Huni recently in Juba, South Sudan
WHEN we got to Juba Airport in South Sudan last Friday afternoon, we really didn’t know what awaited us in this country that

S. Africa’s manufacturing sector ‘coping’: Gordhan

JOHANNESBURG.
SOUTH Africa’s key manufacturing sector is “coping” with challenges but the government needs to do more to support it,

Zhakata makes comeback

By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
After threatening to quit music, Zimbabwe’s own wordsmith – Leonard ‘Karikoga’ Zhakata – is on a comeback trail with the

‘Rituals’ opens in SA

Entertainment Reporter
Critically acclaimed play “Rituals” by Rooftop Promotions opened in South Africa this week. The play was first performed at

RayZe’Em for greater heights

I was going through my mail when I came across one email which really aroused my interest and I had to give it first

ZIBF beckons

by Stephen Chifunyise

The Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2011, which opens on July 25 with the theme “Books for Africa’s Development”, is

All eyes on the prize!

Conspiracies, paranoia and backstabbing have become the order of the game. While others claim to be themselves and just

‘Zim cheetah’ bares claws

LIKE a supposedly domesticated cheetah gone mad and ready to attack, Big Brother’s Vimbai has, since Sunday night, shed her