By Tawanda Matanhire Realising one’s strength and talent is an amazing experience for any artist.The thrills associated with making it in the cutthroat entertainment and arts industry cannot be traded for anything. Some have seemingly had it easy, releasing just one production, which instantly becomes a hit song while others …
Read More »Dolly Parton helped fund Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine research
In April, less than a month after Covid-19 was officially declared a pandemic, Dolly Parton donated US$1 million to coronavirus research at Vanderbilt University. More than seven months later, it’s been revealed that the legendary performer’s donation helped fund Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, which this week became the second coronavirus vaccine …
Read More »George Clooney talks family life in quarantine: ‘I feel like my mother in 1964’
Make no mistake: George Clooney, movie star, has completed his transition to George Clooney, family man. “I cut my own hair and I cut my kids’ hair and I’m mopping it and vacuuming and doing the laundry and doing the dishes every day,” Clooney told GQ in a virtual interview …
Read More »Sex for water in Chi-town
By Abel KarowangoroDesperate girls and women in the dormitory town of Chitungwiza are resorting to the oldest trick in the book – using their bodies in exchange for favours. The women and girls are exchanging sexual favours for a few drops of water as both councils and central government fail …
Read More »Sex for water as crisis deepens in Zim
Precious liquid scarcity worsensWater delivery business thrivesRise in waterborne diseasesGovt, councils clueless By Kundai MarunyaEntrepreneurs are racking in huge profits from water delivery services as temperatures continue to soar in Zimbabwe coupled with low water levels and deplorable service delivery. A combination of successive droughts that have seen water levels …
Read More »FC Platinum in quandary
By Ray Munyoro FC Platinum are in a fix ahead of the start of the CAF Champions League 2020/21 season at the end of this month. This comes after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) ruled that their coach Pieter De Jongh, who is not a holder CAF A licence, …
Read More »Fears for Chin’ono’s health as TB, bronchitis outbreaks hit Chikurubi
Hopewell Chin’ono fears for his health following a Tuberculosis (TB) and bronchitis outbreak at Chikurubi Maximum Prison where he is currently detained after being denied bail by Harare Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. He is facing charges of defeating or obstructing the course of justice as defined in section 184 of the …
Read More »Growing turbulence in DRC’s ruling coalition points to an early divorce
Albert Kasanda The rickety coalition that has governed the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for 20 months, forged by President Félix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila, appears to be falling apart.In 2019, for lack of a parliamentary majority, Tshisekedi chose to share power with his former rival, Kabila, in …
Read More »Pfumvudza inputs sold on black market
– Beneficiaries claim to have excess– Product sold at half of market price– Farmers warned against inputs abuse– Experts bemoan resource wastage By Kundai Marunya Inputs for Government’s Pfumvudza and Command Agriculture programmes have found their way to the black market where they are being sold for less than their …
Read More »Prince rescues Zimbabwe
. . . Loga on dugout headache By Ray Munyoro Warriors coach Zdravko Logarusic admitted that his assistants ‘forced’ him to introduce Prince Dube in their 2-2 against Algeria at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday. Logarusic said he had another player in mind – Terrence Dzvukamanja – but had …
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