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Articles Posted September 2011
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Mbongeni Ngema – Truthful about Africa
Playwright and musician Mbongeni Ngema has urged African presidents to resist the lure of power and serve only one term. SONG OF UNITY: Mbongeni Ngema at the launch of his new single at Kippies, in Newtown, Joburg. “We must clearly say to those among African leaders who do not want to learn from former president [...]
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Mafriq split?
IN A DEVELOPMENT that might mark the beginning of the end for Mafriq; word making rounds has it that the talented urban grooves outfit has split. H-Metro is reliably informed that the group’s rapper and video producer Tunga T (real name Tungamirai Mavi) has gone on a solo gospel project and is way past ‘earthly [...]
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Poet Mazwai deported
SOUTH African poet Ntsiki Mazwai’s debut visit to Zimbabwe turned out to be a nightmare after she was deported last Thursday because she didn’t have a work permit. Mazwai was scheduled to make two performances at the on-going Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo. She only managed to throw verses at her first show on Wednesday evening [...]
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Victoria Falls charms Knight Rider
POPULAR American actor, singer and businessman David Michael Hasselhoff, popularly known as Michael Knight, was in the resort town of Victoria Falls on a three-day private visit. He was expected to leave Zimbabwe yesterday. The Hoff, as he is known these days, rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the leading [...]
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Brother and sister row over R7,5million lotto windfall
A LUCKY Lotto ticket bought by a family member set in motion a train of events that has seen a brother and sister slugging it out in the Port Elizabeth high court over the R7,5- million win. The dispute relates to a July 2006 lottery windfall for the formerly close-knit Groener family when there were [...]
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Tshuma ready for Miss World
Miss Tourism Zimbabwe Samantha Tshuma returned home from Ghana last Thursday and will this week proceed to China where she will represent Zimbabwe at this year’s edition of Miss World. Last year, the country was represented by Miss Tourism Zimbabwe 2008, Vanessa Sibanda. Initially Tshuma was meant to leave the country on September 25 but [...]
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Lutan Fyah alive and well
Popular reggae artiste Lutan Fyah, currently on tour in Zimbabwe, would like to let everyone know that he is alive and well. “I want the whole world to know that Lutan Fyah is alive and well. I heard that people are spreading a terrible rumour that I died on stage at an event in Zimbabwe [...]
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Lady snubs ‘carpet interview’
In a case reminiscent of the late Paul Matavire’s song Tanga Wandida song, a Chitungwiza businessman stands accused of demanding for sex as a condition of employing women. He added ‘sex’ as a pre-requisite on female prospective employees’ requirements to get employment as it were. The man, Thomas Mariya, 26, owns Mr Also Mini Market [...]
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Zahara’s CD flies off shelves
BARELY 19 days after hitting the stores, Zahara’s debut album has done the unthinkable – selling more than 100000 copies. The Eastern Cape-born and bred singer and songwriter’s album, titled Loliwe, has proved a smash-hit – a rarity in an industry suffering from the onslaught of the aftermath of the global economic meltdown. The laid-back [...]
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‘I’m having so much fun shopping’ – Beyonce flaunts her pregnant bod
Beyonce Knowles is having “the most fun time” with her pregnancy The ‘Love on Top’ singer publicly announced she and husband Jay-Z are expecting their first child together at the MTV Video Music Awards in August, and while she said it had been hard to conceal her baby bump, she is now “proud” to show [...]
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