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ZAMBIAN millionaire businessman Moses Mubanga is turning himself into the new Kaizer Motaung, building his football club around a host of Zimbabwean footballers, with midfield enforcer Devon Chafa being the latest to be recruited into his stable, while CAPS United striker John Zhuwawu is on his radar.
Did Jah Prayzah deserve three awards at Nama?
Jah Prayzah emerged the biggest winner at National Arts Merit Awards in the music category, but many felt there was no justification to have his song “Ndini Ndamubata” winning the Most Outstanding Song ahead of “Pamamonya Ipapo” by Soul Jah Love.
Mutasa’s kids stun CAPS Utd
AFTER a week of turbulence in the Dynamos camp, the rookies carried the day for the Glamour Boys as Lloyd Mutasa’s youngsters staged a brave fight to edge CAPS United in the semi-final of the Commander ZNA Charities Cup at the National Sports Stadium yesterday.
All 66 on board killed after plane crashes in central Iran
TEHRAN/MOSCOW. – A passenger plane crashed in central Iran during a flight from Tehran to the southwestern city of Yasuj, killing all 66 people on board, authorities said yesterday.
Zimra to commission upgraded Asycuda system
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has admitted it made costly errors when it first commissioned its Asycuda customs system, which crushed last December and caused a logjam, delaying cargo clearance at the country’s ports of entry.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Zimsec should consider other options
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (zimsec) board is finally taking action, retiring the director and deputy director and sending other senior managers on leave, while there is a proper audit, but it took an earthquake in the form of a serious breach of security over an examination and a High Court case before this burst of activity.
Duduzane Zuma to be charged by NPA
JOHANNESBURG. – The central players in the state capture project – the Gupta brothers and Duduzane Zuma – are out of the country.
No military military takeover in Ethiopia: minister
ADDIS ABABA. – Ethiopia’s defence minister has ruled out a military takeover a day after the east African nation declared a new state of emergency amid the worst anti-government protests in a quarter-century.
The Role of Women in Zimbabwean Art
The servitude of African women in colonial times barred them from practising art in public spaces. The intellectual, social and cultural space of African women in formerly colonised nations had been restricted and socially reduced in importance to the backroom of contemporary art and thinking.
War vets mourn Tsvangirai
Zanu-PF secretary for war veterans Cde Victor Matemadanda has paid tribute to MDC-T Mr Morgan Tsvangirai for his contribution to the development of politics after Independence. In an interview last week when he visited the former Prime Minister’s residence in Highlands, Harare, to pay his condolences, Cde Matemadanda said as war veterans, they recognised Mr Tsvangirai as a fighter for democracy in the country.