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  • Zimbabwe ‘Mugabe worksuits’ new fashion trend

    A HEAVY-duty worksuit that is emblazoned with the signature of president Robert Mugabe is the latest fashion craze in Zimbabwe – and the designers claim orders are flooding in from outside the ...

  • Primary Elections Gain Momentum

    The primary elections have gained momentum as teams have been deployed to Chitungwiza and Bulawayo after successfully conducting the orderly exercise in Harare on Saturday. In Bulawayo confirmations will be taking place in all the constituencies where the party has sitting MPs and primary elections in the constituencies where the party has no sitting MPs. Chitungwiza has a number of rural ...

  • Ndoros Strike Wins It for Chicken Inn

    Tendai Ndoro's sixth minute strike was all Chicken Inn needed to dismiss a determined How Mine in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Luveve yesterday. Ndoro got to the end of a Kudakwashe Mahachi through pass and fired a stinger that beat Pedzisai Gumiremhete in goals for the gold miners to the far post. The win saw the "Game Cocks" moving up two places up the log ...

  • Local Derbies Fast Losing Fever

    Outlandish costumes, attractive regalia, packed stands, ice-cream and peanuts vendors, an excitable announcer calling upon the first 11 players from both teams -- and the whole thing is a build up to a much-anticipated derby match. The rivalry that exists between two Manchester football giants, Manchester United and Manchester City has been there before and signs are that it will remain for as ...

  • Parliament Just a Talk Shop - - NCA

    The National Constitution Assembly (NCA) said at Independence in 1980, the country had 140 MPs, 150 in 1990, 216 in 2005 and by 2008 the number had risen to 303. "Despite its huge size, Parliament remains very weak. It is just a talk shop. So why increase the number of MPs to join a talk shop? The political parties are just creating employment for their supporters at the expense of the ...


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Shark Night 3D

Shark Night 3D

Snatching the mantle of Worst 3D Shark Movie, which has long been held unchallenged by Jaws 3D (1983), Shark Night supplies some cheesy late-summer tedium in its sloppy mixture of revenge-of-nature thrills and hillbilly horror. Set in and around a large salt water lake de ... ...

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  • Democratic Elections Tied to Access to Information

    Elections are a key component of any functioning democracy in any society. They provide the most credible and respected platform or mechanism upon which societies and nations are able to exercise their right to choose leadership of their choice. It is a platform where citizens express themselves and expect their choice to be respected. This is especially so if the elections are held in a way ...

  • Muzhingi Optimistic Ahead of Race

    Three-time Comrades Marathon winner Stephen Muzhingi has left no stone unturned in his quest to overcome the agony of poor performance as he prepares for what could be his last dance in the competition. The race, which will be an uphill this time around, is set to start in Durban at 5:30am and expected to end in Pietermaritzburg at 5:30pm next Sunday with 18 000 athletes having registered to ...

  • TZ Bids to Host 2014 Davis Cup

    ZIMBABWE will bid to host the 2014 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III matches, as they aim to increase the country's chances of being promoted to Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The quartet of playing captains Martin Dzuwa, Tinotenda Chanakira, Mark Fynn and Takanyi Garanganga finished third after losing 2-1 to hosts Egypt in the promotional play-offs last week. The 13-team ...

  • The AU At 50 - Lessons for the Future

    Yesterday Africa remembered 50 years of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was replaced by the African Union (AU) in 2002. While there are various opinions as to whether the OAU/AU realised the vision of unity among Africans that founders of the continental organisation sought to achieve, there is no doubt that Africa does not need more than five decades to learn ...

  • The World Still Owes Women Safety Equality

    Hardly a day goes by without a news story on some violation of women's rights. In recent months, appalling incidents of violence against women and girls, from Delhi to Johannesburg to Cleveland, have sparked public outrage and demands to tackle these horrific abuses. In Bangladesh and Cambodia, the shocking loss of life by garment factory workers, many of them women, sparked global debate ...

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