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Culture That Made Me: The Co Clare rapper selects some of his touchstone influences, from his famous uncle to his favourite MC’s and preacher  God Knows, 31, was born and grew up in Harare, Zimbabwe. After a spell living in Sheffield, England, he moved to Shannon, Co Clare when he …

Disgruntled veterans of the 1970s liberation war yesterday accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government of neglecting them, in a development signalling deepening ructions in Zanu PF. They also accused the ruling party of abusing them to carry out violent terror campaigns on its behalf and dumping them after elections. …

Zambia’s new President Hakainde Hichilema has replaced the country’s top military commanders and the head of the police – and signalled a focus on the security forces being more accountable to the citizens. The president late on Sunday announced new commanders of the Zambian army, the air force and the …

By Gilbert Munetsi recently in Chivhu Chikomba Rural District Council has extended an invitation to boxing champion Charles Manyuchi for a round table meeting aimed at discussing an impasse that has delayed the establishment of a sports academy in the town. The reigning WBF, WABA and WPBF world champion has …

By Mfonobong Nsehe Investors on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange have amassed staggering wealth since the start of the year owing to the strong pace of recovery in the country and renewed buying interest by local investors, which have pushed the joint valuation of the 20 richest investors in the country …

It has been said that malaria breeds poverty, and poverty breeds malaria. This is the reality in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where after decades of control initiatives there were still some 384,000 deaths and 188 million malaria cases in 2019. Malaria prevention in African countries heavily depends on using insecticide …

A new coronavirus variant, C.1.2, has been detected in South Africa and a number of other countries, with concerns that the variant could be more infectious and evade vaccines, according to a new preprint study by South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform. The study …

A 99-year lease offer letter that was issued and signed by the minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Anxious Masuka to a fugitive who skipped the country 14 years ago has removed the lid on massive corruption in the ministry. According to a copy of the offer …

An internal Bulawayo City Council audit has uncovered a number of irregularities in the local authority’s procurement and contracts management systems. According to a council confidential report, some of the loopholes include the failure by the local authority to maintain a suppliers list which creates the risk of the city …

Child and women’s rights groups have urged the Government to immediately reform the country’s laws to outlaw child marriages and introduce stiffer penalties for abusing the girl child. This follows the death of Anna Machaya (15) who died during child birth before being secretly buried at an apostolic sect church …