Government has suspended the June Zimbabwe School Examination Council’s (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced (‘O’and ‘A’) Level June examinations. It has been announced that the next examinations will be sat for in November this year. Nhau/Indaba
Read More »Madzibaba Gumbira Still Insane
Bindura’s Johanne Masowe WeChishanu prophet and leader Madzibaba Rakeni Gumbira of Chiwaridzo is yet to recover from mental instability following an unsanctioned three day prayer vigil on top of the prohibited and sacred Jeta Mountain. Madzibaba Gumbira allegedly led eight of his congregants into the mountain an act which angered …
Read More »Deplorable! Some Hwange Schools Use Classrooms As Hostels
By Rutendo MapfumoGone are the days when the menace of wild animals, which roam free in the verdant, untamed Hwange forests, forced parents to take drastic measures with regards to their children’s education. Guardians and parents often faced the tough decision of whether to send the younglings to school when …
Read More »Prophet Goes Berserk After Praying In Sacred Jeta Mountain
Bindura’s Johanne Masowe WeChishanu prophet and leader Madzibaba Rakeni Gumbira of Chiwaridzo has gone insane after leading his congregants in a three day prayer session on top of the prohibited and sacred Jeta mountain. The sacred mountain is located in Masembura communal lands at Manhenga. Nhau/Indaba had the chance to …
Read More »Fight Or Surrender: The Plight Of The Young In Zimbabwe
As the Zimbabwean crisis deepens, many in the media and academic fraternity castigate their countrymen as docile, unable to resolve their perennial economic woes due to a reluctance to speak out against corruption and State Capture. Young people have been on the receiving end of these aspersions. There is much …
Read More »AstraZeneca releases revised COVID-19 vaccine data following rift with US officials
AstraZeneca on Wednesday released new data on its COVID-19 vaccine — which the company says shows a 76 percent effectiveness rate in preventing symptomatic cases of the coronavirus. The data release is the latest salvo in a back-and-forth with US regulators, who accused the London-based pharmaceutical company of “cherry picking” …
Read More »President Mnangagwa Gets Covid-19 Dose, Urges Citizens Not To Hesitate
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some opposition politicians received China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in the tourist resort of Victoria Falls on Wednesday as part of efforts to encourage citizens to get inoculated. Zimbabwe has registered vaccines from China, India and Russia for emergency use but none so far from Western …
Read More »Letter From Africa: Kente – The Ghanaian Cloth That’s On The Catwalk
In the BBC series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the global popularity of her country’s fabric in the wake of it appearing in a Louis Vuitton fashion show. ___________________________________________________________________ We in Ghana have absolute confidence in our fashion sense. We also happen to believe that …
Read More »In Magufuli’s shadow: The Stark Choices Facing Tanzania’s New President
The sudden death of Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has thrown the East African nation into a period of political uncertainty. Vice-president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has been sworn in as his successor, making her Tanzania’s first woman president. The transition is all the more challenging given the major rupture – both political …
Read More »Covid-19: Lowveld Filmmakers Embrace Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) Systems
By Costain Shamu Popular Chiredzi filmmakers Boaner Ginnah Entertainment, trading as BGE Zim movies, recently embraced an electronic system for movie production as a way of circumnavigating the protocols necessary to avert the spread of Covid-19 through gatherings. The move, which is an initiative the company adopted to try and …
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