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  • Politburo to Finalise Rules

    The Zanu-PF Politburo is meeting tomorrow to finalise critical rules and regulations to guide the conduct of primary elections ahead of watershed harmonised elections expected this year. The party's election manifesto and reports on Harare, Masvingo and Mashonaland Central provinces' restructuring will also be discussed during the crunch meeting. Party spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo ...

  • MDC-T Officials Resurrect the Dead to Register Voters

    Two MDC-T officials were recently found in possession of utility bills belonging to six people, one of them dead, which they intended to use as support of proof of residence for their supporters to register as voters. Kuyeli Muchaiyana (40), the party's chairman for Kuwadzana 4 branch and Grace Kubuku (30) appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Donald Ndirowei yesterday charged with ...

  • 63 Murdered in Harare Province Last Year

    SIXTY-THREE people were murdered in Harare province last year while 7 763 cases of housebreaking and theft were recorded. According to police statistics 3 102 cases of domestic violence were recorded during the same period and 824 women and children were raped. The officer commanding Harare province Senior Assistant Commissioner Clemence Munoriarwa said 156 armed robberies and 3 083 cases of ...

  • Anti-Corruption Boss Case Postponed

    The trial of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission chief executive Ngonidzashe Gumbo, who is facing charges of defrauding the commission of US$435 000, has been postponed after the lawyer representing him successfully applied for the deferment. Gumbo allegedly bought offices to be used by the commission in Mt Pleasant, Harare, using Government funds, but registered the property in the name of a ...

  • Comesa Secretary-General to Headline ZNCC Congress

    Common Market for East and Southern Africa secretary general Dr Sindiso Ngwenya is set to attend the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce annual congress to be held in the resort town of Victoria Falls from June 12-14, an official said yesterday. Dr Ngwenya will be one of the guest speakers and is expected to share his experience on regional trade blocks and the Tripartite Trade Free Area. ...


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Bring It On [DVD]

Bring It On [DVD]

Bring It On is a funny, semi-satirical teen comedy about competing squads of high school cheerleaders. Because the central focus is cheerleading, a uniquely American activity that has had its share of derisive barbs thrown at it over the years, the movie is engaged in a constant balancing act. On the one hand, there is a certain amount of parody aimed at cheerleading as an activity and ... ...

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  • Zanu-PF Ready to Roll - Team

    ZANU-PF National Chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo says the revolutionary party is poised for victory in harmonised elections if findings of the probe team that toured the provinces are anything to go by. Cde Khaya Moyo, who leads the probe team set up by the Politburo to check on the state of the party's preparedness in all the provinces ahead of the polls, said Zanu-PF was in good shape to ...

  • Zimbabwe’s mines body rejects bid to control production

    THE CHAMBER of Mines of Zimbabwe, which represents companies including Impala Platinum, had rejected a proposal for the state to control mineral production and prices, a draft response from the industry organisation obtained by Bloomberg News ...

  • Naaz Confirms Tanganda Half-Marathon 2013

    THE sponsors of the prestigious Tanganda 21km Half-Marathon race have committed themselves to the race for the second year running. The event made a dramatic comeback on the national athletics calendar last year since 2004 with Olympians Wirimayi Juwawo and Sharon Tavengwa asserting their status as top long distance runners in Zimbabwe when they won the race in their respective categories. ...

  • Zim Boxing Act Shuts Doors for Women

    Paul Nenjerama, the president of the Zimbabwe National Boxing and Wrestling Board of Control (ZNBWBC) has revealed that the current boxing Act needs to be amended to make it gender sensitive. Nenjerama, whose board replaced the one headed by Richard Hondo in February, said the current ZNBWBC Act (1956), does not allow women in Zimbabwe to join the sport. Section 1 (c) II of the Act which was ...

  • Zimbabwe Zambia US envoys cycle for tourism

    THE United States ambassadors to Zimbabwe and Zambia will on Tuesday begin a three-day cross-border bike ride between the two countries to promote tourism. Ambassadors Bruce Wharton, the US envoy to Zimbabwe, and Mark Storella, Washington's man in Lusaka, will be joined by diplomatic staff and celebrities from both countries including comedian Carl Joshua Ncube, ZiFM DJ Lorraine Bgoya and ...

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