HARARE - 26-year old Blessing Tinashe Chingosho of Chitungwiza narrowly escaped death after instinctively jumping out of his Toyota Harrier when a flame suddenly burst out from his dashboard. Had he delayed a second longer he would likely be an ancestor by now.
Even Zimbabwe’s greatest thriller novel writers could not have scripted a narrower escape. Edward Kaugare wrote the novel “Kukurukura hunge wapotswa.” (The narrow escape).
Based in Highfield Harare the fast-paced story explored some suspenseful twists and turns. Aaron Chiundura Moyo often scripted TV dramas that saw him turn into an arch-villain on ZBC TV in the 1980s.
But even these great writers could not have imagined or scripted what happened to Chingosho. We caught up with the eligible bachelor on Saturday about 3 days after his un-forgettable episode.
Former Ilanga keyboard player and sound engineer Keith Farquharson announced the opening of Bridgenorth Studios, a state of the art studio in Harare last week. Farquharson has mixed and mastered some of Zimbabwe’s best musicians’ music including Oliver Mtukudzi, Jah Prayzah, Alexio Kawara and Chiwoniso Maraire.
On March 14, 2004 a car accident killed 5 young men at a bridge near Norton in Harare. Three of them were in their mid-20s and in prime physical condition. They were top flight footballers. The other 2 were friends who had travelled to the match in solidarity. They burned to death while trapped in the vehicle.
The National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) ceremony took place in Bulawayo on Saturday 24 February 2024. Winky D and Jah Prayzah won “People’ Choice Award” and “Album of the year” respectively. Beyond that, 2024, the year of upsets, is not stopping. Assessing ‘merit” by secret vote conjures up a few surprises.
*We speak to the producer of “Damage” the winning video that caused controversy.
*Quotes from Winky D and Jah Prayzah
*Enzo Ishall vs Holy Ten. Our verdict.
*Where could NAMA improve
*The problem with subjective awards
Noah Pomo: "My dad sent me and my sister to Marondera High School. One outstanding family had two sisters, Faith and Martha Boka. They couldn't have been more different. Because of these two schoolmates I read with interest about tycoon Roger Boka in the 1990s. His youngest daughter Samantha could remember him acquiring what would become Boka Auction Floors and seeing its potential, a good 30 or so years before the Boka we know now."
Resistance to plans to extend the term of office of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is intensifying after a group of retired generals and senior civil servants who are ex-combatants warned that any constitutional amendments must be decided by Zimbabweans through a referendum.
Chatunga Mugabe, the son of Zimbabwe’s late former president Robert Mugabe, first captured public attention when he was arrested following a shooting incident at his Hyde Park residence in Johannesburg last month.
The Labour Court has dismissed an appeal by Modus Media (Pvt) Ltd, a special business unit that publishes the Financial Gazette, and Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, publisher of the Daily News, after the two media companies sought exemption from paying gazetted minimum wages in the printing, packaging and newspaper industry.
US federal authorities have warned that Iran could potentially respond to American military action by launching drone attacks targeting the US West Coast, according to a security alert reviewed by ABC News.
