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Michelle Smith Throughout history, book reviewers have sometimes been comically off the mark in their assessments. A New York Times reviewer described Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita as “dull, dull, dull in a…
MPs call for action on audits
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter MEMBERS of Parliament have called for legal reforms that impose stiff penalties on public officials found by the Auditor-General to have mismanaged or abused public resources. Most adverse…
Communities warm up to energy alternatives
Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Thomas Charwe (11) mills around the entrance of one of the populous bottle stores at Chigovanyika Shopping Centre in St Mary’s, Chitungwiza. It is barely 9am…
Windfall for retail workers
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter— WORKERS in the retail industry and related services are set to get a windfall after their National Employment Council awarded them a 15 percent wage increase backdated…
Apex liquidation suffers setback
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter Apex Corporation Limited’s liquidation process suffered a setback after there were no bidders for its commercial properties at an auction held in Harare last week Friday.
5 Indians arrested over attacks
NEW DELHI. — Police in New Delhi said yesterday that they have arrested five people who assaulted six Africans in the Indian capital last week, as African diplomatic missions urged…
Do it in style, do it by video
Tafadzwa Zimoyo : Lifestyle Writer Who said that the glory of a wedding day only lasted for a few hours? Maybe before the age of technology it did. But now the…
7 tips for a perfect video invitation
Monica Cheru-Mpambawashe : Lifestyle Editor Everyone is doing it, so why not you? As the video trend catches fire, Zimbabweans will be racing to record virtual invites for everything from a…
The Other Side – Million Man March: So hard a fact, so harder to accept
Nathaniel Manheru BACK in the 1970s, marriage took the form of musical rivalry that pitted families of the bride and the groom. Each side composed songs that exalted the qualities…
30 drug, gang-rape girl (16)
Rio de Janeiro. — Police in Brazil are hunting more than 30 men who drugged and gang-raped a 16-year-old girl. The horrific crime in Rio de Janiero has shocked the…