Zuma backs Palestine, Cuba

JOHANNESBURG. – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has reiterated his party’s solidarity with the “oppressed people of the world” citing Palestine, Western Sahara and Cuba.

Obama endorses US diversity

WASHINGTON. – United States First Lady Michelle Obama (pictured left) made an impassioned case for embracing diversity and welcoming all religious groups last Friday in a not-so-veiled message to her…

Star rally livens up sleepy Bikita

From George Maponga recently in BIKITA Thousands of Zanu-PF youths, accompanied by Women’s League members donning the ruling party regalia, marched and toyi-toyed singing revolutionary songs, bringing the normally sleepy…

South Africa today, the script unfolds . . .

Udo Froese: Correspondent South Africa’s recent election outcome with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) having lost hundreds of thousands of votes came and went as no surprise. One of the major…

ZIFA adamant on relegation slots

Sports Reporter ZIFA vice president Omega Sibanda has insisted that the issue of relegation and promotion is now done and dusted after the councillors voted on Saturday to promote four…

Murray still focused

DOHA. — Andy Murray dismissed the idea that his defeat by arch-rival Novak Djokovic in the Qatar Open tennis final on Saturday will have any impact on his attempts to…

Trump and the Berlusconi syndrome

Roger Harris: Correspondent The pre-inaugural madness before Donald Trump occupies the Oval Office makes one nostalgic for the craziness of the campaign season, despite the latter being only 10 weeks long,…

Gospel musician Eglada dies

Sophie Chese-Msowa: Arts Correspondent The gospel music fraternity has lost another talented star, Agnes Gudza, who is popularly known as Eglada in the entertainment industry. She passed on on Thursday night at…

Unsigned soul singer Ray BLK wins

Los Angeles. — Soul singer Ray BLK has topped the BBC’s Sound Of 2017 list, which aims to predict the most exciting new music for the year ahead. It is the…

Not ‘A Fine Day for a Funeral’ Bill!

Elliot Ziwira: @ The Book store “ON a fine Spring day in Harare, Sithembiso and I buried her brother Fitzpatrick ‘Fitz’ MacDonald Muzanenhamo . . . It was Spring, a season…