By Reuters MEGHAN, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex has given birth to her second child, a baby girl, who she and husband Prince Harry have named after Queen Elizabeth and his late mother Princess Diana. Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on Friday at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California, with Harry in attendance. “On June
MailOnline The Duchess of Sussex has given birth to a daughter on Friday who she and Prince Harry have named Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor after the monarch and the duke’s mother, who died in 1997. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s second child, sister to two-year-old Archie, was born at 11:40am at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
TimesLIVE POVERTY, unemployment, peer pressure and gender inequality are some of the major aspects that drive many young women to go into “blesser and blessee” relationships, while social media is an enabler of such transactional partnerships, a local (South African) study has revealed. Blesser/blessee relationships are a social phenomenon which sees wealthy men and poorer
By Robert Tapfumaneyi CHARLES Kwaramba, a lawyer representing two MDC activists who were released from prison Friday after spending eight years in jail for a murder they did not commit, has described their freedom as a “mixed bag of feelings”. Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere, walked as free citizens for the first time in eight
By Anna Chibamu recently in Mhangura RESETTLED farmers not fully utilising their land have been told to surrender their properties or risk losing the farms to other deserving and productive citizens. The latest threats were issued by Mashonaland West provincial minister Mary Mliswa-Chikoka Thursday while touring Mucherengi and Summerhill farms in Mhangura. The minister said
By Costa Nkomo MDC activists Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere, who were serving 20 year jail terms for murdering a Harare police office in 2011, have been freed by the Supreme Court after languishing in prison for an effective five years. Maengahama, Madzokere and Yvonne Musarurwa, who is now MDC-T MP, were all convicted and
By Alois Vinga A ZIMBABWE Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) Bulawayo employee, Ian Makoshori, was Thursday allegedly abducted, and immediately released by suspected state security agents after he raised alarm. According to a statement by ZIBAWU, Makoshori, who was in the company of colleagues in Bulawayo’s central business district, made comments exclaiming how long
By Stephen Tsamba BRIGHTON Samatanga, a molecular biophysicist and founder of the Biotech Institute, has highlighted he wants to turn the research hub to accurately find methods to cure patients suffering from various ailments. A first of its kind, the research institute will also be an avenue of using scientific knowledge boost food security in
The Guardian Tawanda Muyeye is one of those cricketers you tend to hear stories about. From the thousand runs in a season at Eastbourne college that ended with the title of Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year, to the dreamy third ball six over long-on in his first short-form game for Kent 2nd XI this
By Paidashe Mandivengerei ZIMBABWE’s most sought-after wedding and event planner, Kevin The Wedding Planner, born Tendai Kevin Zhou, has been listed under Africa’s prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2021. The list published by Forbes Africa, Tuesday comprises influential young Africans making strides as innovative entrepreneurs, creatives, sportsmen, and technology geeks. The prestigious list
By Paidashe Mandivengerei MULTI-award-winning afro-jazz sensation, Edith WeUtonga has become the first black woman to be appointed as the Vice President of the International Federation of Musicians (FIM). The International Federation of Musicians was founded in 1948 with three regional groups in Africa, Latin America, and Europe. The musicians’ lobby association protects the economic, social,
SABC Nigerian authorities have recovered the bodies of more than 70 people after an overloaded boat capsized in the northwestern state of Kebbi on Wednesday, a state spokesman said. “Seventy-six corpses have so far been recovered, while 22 (people) were rescued, divers are still looking for more bodies,” Abubakar Dakingari, spokesman for the Kebbi state
By Mary Taruvinga A THEATRE nurse at a Mt Darwin hospital, has slapped one Rumbidzai Chundu with a $4 million defamation lawsuit after the latter assaulted and insulted her in front of patients for allegedly snatching her husband. In summons filed with the High Court, Nyasha Katsande said she felt so humiliated to a point
By Staff Reporter A 27-year-old Zvishavane District Hospital pharmacist was Wednesday found dead in his wrecked car after he had been reported missing for three days. Police in Midlands confirmed the now deceased Ngoni Takudzwa Dereck Mwashita was involved in a fatal car accident which claimed his life. His mangled vehicle reportedly flew into a
By Staff Reporter NEW YORK TIMES Zimbabwean correspondent Jeffrey Moyo was arrested Wednesday amid claims he was caught assisting some foreign journalists who were not accredited with the Zimbabwe Media Commission. Moyo was set to appear before a Harare magistrate this Thursday. Lawyers, Beatrice Mtetwa and Douglas Coltart have been deployed to assist him secure
By Costa Nkomo A DOCTORS’ residence flat at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo was gutted by fire around midnight Wednesday with causes of the inferno still unclear. Video images of the incident went viral on social media. Mpilo Hospital CEO Professor Solwayo Ngwenya confirmed the unfortunate incident on his Twitter. NewZimbabwe.com could not readily establish if
By Costa Nkomo A ZVIMBA traditional leader has ordered the exhumation and reburial of former State President Robert Mugabe at the National Heroes Acre. This is according to a letter by the defiant traditional leader, which was also shared on social media by the late leader’s one-time spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire. Mugabe’s widow, Grace last week
Daily Mail A TELECOMS tycoon whose family fled unrest in Zimbabwe, who took on Robert Mugabe in order to start his businesses, and who is now helping to provide Covid vaccines to Africa, has been named as Britain’s first black billionaire. London-based Strive Masiyiwa, 60, has clinched the accolade, according to the Sunday Times Rich
From James Muonwa Mashonaland West Correspondent BUSINESS in Chinhoyi’s central business district came to a standstill Saturday when popular preacher-cum-businessman Passion Java and Affirmative Action Group (AAG) president Mike Chimombe’s convoy drove through the Mashonaland West capital in the most ostentatious of fashions. The motorcade was enroute to Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) where the
By Anna Chibamu LOCAL philanthropists were Friday conferred with honorary degrees and philanthropic ambassadorship by the International Institute of Philanthropy (IIP) at a colourful ceremony held in Harare. Among those who received recognition were prominent Midlands businesswoman Smelly Dube, Fatima Maruta, who runs an orphanage, Paul Shambare, Kudzanai Kujenga, Washington Mashunge, Agnes Mashunge, and Brian
