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Sex with rapist nurse in UK gospel show

Published on: 10th March, 2010

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Rhoda Makambaire and husband 'Flex' Sibanda (right) in concert

A married Zimbabwean nurse in the United Kingdom who was arrested in 2009 over claims she had a 4 month fling with a violent rapist took part in gospel concert over the weekend as a backing singer for gospel artist Obert Mazivisa.  | read this item

By Fortune Tazvida
A married Zimbabwean nurse in the United Kingdom who was arrested in 2009 over claims she had a 4 month fling with a violent rapist took part in gospel concert over the weekend as a backing singer for gospel artist Obert Mazivisa.
Rhoda Elizabeth Makambaire popularly known as Mai Sibanda (from the husband’s surname) [...]

Jonathan Moyo loses court case

Published on: 9th March, 2010

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Jonathan Moyo I presume: Lovemore Moyo seems to be saying.

Attention seeking former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo was humiliated at the High Court when his application challenging the election of Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo was thrown out.  | read this item

By Never Kadungure
Attention seeking former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo was humiliated at the High Court when his application challenging the election of Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo was thrown out.
Lovemore Moyo who is from the MDC-T won the election despite Zanu PF colluding with a breakaway faction of the MDC to try and have Paul [...]

Targetted sanctions helping Mugabe

Published on: 9th March, 2010

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Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe celebrates his 86th birthday with family. Photo AP

The sanctions against Zimbabwe are supposed to hurt the clique surrounding president Mugabe. They may be having the opposite effect.  | read this item

The sanctions against Zimbabwe are supposed to hurt the clique surrounding president Mugabe. They may be having the opposite effect.
By Peter Vermaas in Harare
Two young men with dreadlocks hung around idly near a mall in Eastlea, one of the better suburbs in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, waiting for a potential employer to pick them [...]

Jane Mutasa arrested over Telecel scam

Published on: 9th March, 2010

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Jane Mutasa arrested over Telecel scam

BUSINESSWOMAN and Telecel Zimbabwe board member Jane Mutasa has been arrested on allegations of defrauding the mobile phone service provider of US$750 000 in an airtime scam involving several company employees.   | read this item

By Daniel Nemukuyu
Businesswoman and Telecel Zimbabwe board member Jane Mutasa has been arrested on allegations of defrauding the mobile phone service provider of US$750 000 in an airtime scam involving several company employees.
Mutasa, who is also a shareholder with the same company, was arrested on Friday together with Telecel regional sales manager Charles Mapurisa.
Mutasa’s personal assistant [...]

No case against Bennett: lawyer

Published on: 8th March, 2010

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No case against Bennett: lawyer

HARARE — Lawyers for a top aide to Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday told his treason trial he had no case to answer.  | read this item

HARARE — Lawyers for a top aide to Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday told his treason trial he had no case to answer.
“We submit that the facts presented by the state are not sufficient enough to have a conviction against the accused,” Beatrice Mtetwa told the Harare High Court.
Roy Bennett, the treasurer of [...]

The story behind Oscar’s Kanye moment

Published on: 8th March, 2010

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The story behind Oscar's Kanye moment  | read this item

We talk to the two filmmakers whose personal fight became one of the ceremony’s weirdest moments
Bigelow vs. Cameron? Streep vs. Bullock? Forget it. The most riveting face-off during Sunday’s Oscar ceremony came early: When producer Elinor Burkett wrestled the microphone away from director-producer Roger Ross Williams after their film, “Music by Prudence,” won for best [...]

Film on Zimbabwe group wins Oscar

Published on: 8th March, 2010

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Film on Zimbabwe group wins Oscar

"Music by Prudence" director Roger Ross Williams and Prudence Mabhena arrive at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (Associated Press photo / March 8, 2010)   | read this item

By Michael Sragow
“Music by Prudence,” made partly with the financial and creative support of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore’s MICA, overcame several other strong candidates, including the American labor tragedy “The Last Truck,” to win best short documentary at the 2010 Academy Awards on Sunday night.
Few Oscar films have packed in more profundity [...]

Tsvangirai pays tribute to his late wife

Published on: 7th March, 2010

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Tsvangirai pays tribute to his late wife

Harare - The Susan Nyaradzo Tsvangirai Foundation will be launched in May to ensure the continuation and fulfilment of her dream of a better Zimbabwe for all Zimbabweans, her husband, Prime Minister and Movement of Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan said on Saturday.  | read this item

Harare – The Susan Nyaradzo Tsvangirai Foundation will be launched in May to ensure the continuation and fulfilment of her dream of a better Zimbabwe for all Zimbabweans, her husband, Prime Minister and Movement of Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan said on Saturday.
At a commemoration rally held at Glamis Stadium in Harare, Tsvangirai said: “After [...]

Zimbabwe tribe has Jewish roots: DNA

Published on: 7th March, 2010

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Zimbabwe tribe has Jewish roots: DNA

Professor Tudor Parfitt from the University of London told the BBC. "It looks as if the Jewish priesthood continued in the West by people called Cohen, and in same way it was continued by the priestly clan of the Lemba," he added.  | read this item

British scientists have succeeded in proving the Lemba tribe of Zimbabwe and South Africa descended from Jewish ancestors, according to a report by the BBC.
According to the report, the scientists conducted DNA tests on a large sample of the Lemba people, which confirmed Semitic origins dating back more than two millennia.
The BBC says that the [...]

Biblical Ark of the Covenant in Zimbabwe

Published on: 7th March, 2010

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Detail from an Ark illustration by Gerard Hoet   | read this item

The news reports that the long-lost Biblical Ark of the Covenant has been found in Zimbabwe has re-ignited interest in its guardians – the Lemba tribe.
But where does fiction finish and fact begin? “Until the story of the hunt is told by the lion, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” African [...]

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