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Arts Reporter Juliet Kadungure, who is a sister to the late businessman Genius Kadungure’s also known as Ginimbi, died on Tuesday in a bus accident on her way back to Harare from Tanzania, a close source has revealed. Coincidentally Juliet died on what would have been Ginimbi’s 39th birthday. Juliet’s death was announced on social […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent Prompt action by a group of soldiers getting off their bus in Kuwadzana on Sunday night rescued a driver being robbed by a gang, leading to the arrest of two gang members on murder and armed robbery charges who were already wanted by police. The soldiers, who had just disembarked from […]
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Arts Reporter Local models and stakeholders have criticised organisers of the Mister Teen Zimbabwe pageant for lack of professionalism, unethical behaviour and abuse of power over young models. This comes after reigning Mister Teen Zimbabwe, 18-year-old Abel Mugari, was dethroned after he had failed to pay an outstanding balance of US$30 for a boot camp […]
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The Israel-Gaza conflict entered its fourth day with Israel declaring on Tuesday control regained over the Gaza border. Chinese analysts urged US and Western leaders to stop the long-term marginalisation of the Palestine issue or fan the flames of the conflict, calling for more efforts to calm the situation in order to prevent a potential […]
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Ellina Mhlanga Senior Sports Reporter THE netball family was yesterday thrown into mourning following the death of former national team goal shooter Pauline Jani. Jani passed on in the early hours of yesterday at Parirenyatwa Hospital after an undisclosed illness. She was 34. Jani was a member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police and was turning […]
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Dr Michael Masiapato The Musina heat of 37 degrees Celsius gathered thousands of attendees to witness the historic launch of the Border Management Authority. The Border Management Authority aims to ensure that South African borders are less porous and more efficient in facilitation of trade as well as ensuring the legitimate movement of goods and […]
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Fungi Kwaramba Political Editor Growing up in the country’s ghettos, playing plastic balls was commonplace. Young boys stripped to their shorts, sometimes with holes that revealed their nether parts, and ran in the scorching sun playing their hearts and lungs out in an imagined stadium. In that imagined set-up, the goalposts were often made of […]
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Fungai Muderere HWANGE Football Club players have gone on strike action amid revelations that they are owed two months salaries, winning bonuses, signing on fees and camping allowances. The industrial action started on Tuesday and it entered into day two yesterday and the players who spoke to this publication on condition of anonymity were adamant […]
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Dr Masimba Mavaza The CCC members have been left wondering where their party is going to as daggers and battle lines are drawn in blood. The absence of the opposition party’s constitution has raised a question. Are citizens willing to tolerate violations of democratic rules and norms by incompetent political leaders? It happened there: how […]
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Tadious Manyepo in JOHANNESBURG, South Africa A host of former Zimbabwean footballers based in South Africa have not taken up professional careers around the game. Some are into transport and logistics business while others have become industry technocrats. But they are still united by the game which sustained themselves back in their heyday. It is […]
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ADDIS ABABA. – Barely 3 percent of Ethiopian high school students have passed the university entrance exam, the education minister has announced, a score similar to that of last year. “Of the 845,188 students who took part in the entrance exam, only 27,000 obtained the average required to be admitted to university”, explained Berhanu Nega, […]
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KAMPALA. – Ugandan lawmakers have rejected a government proposal to allow 15-year-old girls to access birth control pills to reduce high levels of pregnancy. Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa called the idea “devilish”, saying it would “formalise [the] defilement” of girls. A senior health ministry official said the “stigma” around young people using contraceptives should end. […]
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GAZA/JERUSALEM – Despite rising worries that its action may exacerbate the situation and involve additional parties in the Israel-Gaza conflict, the US is reportedly considering sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East region while more countries attempt to deescalate tensions as the war has reportedly claimed at least 1 900 lives on both […]
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Herald Correspondent Kunashe Foundation, a female and youth-led non-profit and non-political organisation, will this Saturday present a play on ‘period poverty’, starring renowned radio personality, influencer and brand ambassador Becky K. The play – entitled ‘Periodically Correct’ – was written by Nokuthula Chari and directed by Jasen Mphepo, and will be staged in Harare this […]
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Prosper Ndlovu in GABORONE, Botswana THE exhibition of high quality products and the huge presence of Zimbabwean companies participating at the 2023 Global Expo Botswana, which kicked off here today, has charmed President Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi. A total of 23 local companies drawn from different sectors of the economy are exhibiting their goods and services […]