adminCelebs on Christmas
Entertainment Reporter
IT’S Christmas Day tomorrow and a lot of us have activities lined up for the wonderful day as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
New beauty pageant goes green
Entertainment Reporter
GREEN4LYF is set to launch a new beauty pageant, the Miss Zimbabwe Environment, meant to raise awareness on global warming and its effects on the planet.
Briaton Takundwa who is the brains behind the project said the pageant would be launched next month.
Will Smith reunites with Fresh Prince of Bel Air cast
“Now, this is the story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down…” is what will be going through your head as you stare at this amazing picture of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air cast 15 years on.
The whole family (minus mum) reunited at a Christmas party last week, with Will Smith posting the photo on his Facebook page.
Jezebelism and the Sugar Daddy movement
by Lenin Ndebele
President Robert Mugabe inspired my write up for this week when he spoke about ministers from across the political divide who have girlfriends outside marriage (I deliberately did not want to say “small houses” because the phrase is now over-used).
Mystery space ball crashes in Namibia
It is a mysterious ball that looks like a prop from a science fiction film and nobody can explain where it came from.
Samoa to lose a day
At some point most of us have lost days of our lives to chores, illness, travel or even (seemingly) in queues — but the population of an entire country is about to lose one at once.
Why? Well the South Pacific island nation of Samoa is skipping forwards a day from midnight on Thursday.
Things that have happened on 25 December
For most, Christmas Day is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ or at least a holiday to get cosy with all the family and tuck into a juicy turkey with all the trimmings. But the world doesn’t stop because people are on holiday — as well as present giving, 25 December has seen the dissolution of a massive communist nation and the death of a well-loved silent movie star.
For those looking for a break from traditional Christmas pastimes, we look back through history at some of the most significant events to occur on Christmas Day.
1. William I was crowned (25 December 1066)
Lions, hyenas kill 19 cattle in 9 days
Victoria Falls Reporter
ABOUT 10 marauding lions and hyenas, which are terrorising villagers in Hwange West District, have killed 19 cattle in nine days,
Bulawayo water supplies safe — Zinwa
Chronicle Reporter
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) yesterday said Bulawayo’s water supplies are safe, as the city’s five supply dams have recorded increases in water volumes since the onset of rains in November.
In an interview yesterday, Umzingwane catchment area operations manager Mr Stanley Nazombe said safe water supplies were guaranteed despite the dams having received insignificant inflows.
The city’s supply dams are Upper Ncema, Lower Ncema, Inyankuni, Umzingwane and Insiza.
Four suspected fraudsters nabbed
Court Reporter
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four men on suspicion of being part of a gang of the most wanted criminals who have been moving around the country defrauding businesses using fake Real Time Gross Settlement Forms.