Teurai Chanakira, an Australian-based Zimbabwean model, is collaborating with Zimbabwean Fashion and Accessory design labels, Chenai Chic, Ma Manaka and Terrie Gunz, for the Miss Fashion Australia 2011 competition, in which she is a Finalist.
By Own Correspondent,from Cote d’Ivoire ,Abidjan, – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned Thursday that human rights violations against civilians in Côte d’Ivoire are escalating at both the individual and collective levels, citing daily killings in the past week. According to investigations conducted by UN human rights officers in the country, at least 392 people have been killed in Côte d’Ivoire since mid-December, including at least 27 in just the past week. “Overall, the situation appears to be deteriorating alarmingly, with a sharp increase in inter-communal and inter-ethnic confrontations,” Pillay said. “Human rights abuses, including rapes, abductions... Continue Reading
Members of Zimbabwe’s hot Mbira-Punk band, Chikwata Chauya 263 , Tomasi Chidhinha (left)and Hector Mugani (right) engage in deep conversation at the opening of Canadian artist, Mac McArthur’s exhibition in Harare last night By Novell Zwange – HARARE – A scanography exhibition of Shona sculpture by Mac McArthur, a Canadian artist, opened this week at the Book Cafe, Harare. McArthur, a Toronto-based chartered accountant uses three scanners with varying optical density and depth of field to photograph sculptures he collects in his travels. The multi-dimensional work is produced along with flowers, bark and stone. He arranges various materials simultaneously on... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, from Accra,Ghana for Shout-Africa.com – American Hip hop act John David Johnson, known in showbiz circles as Fabolous, is set to headline a major musical concert in Ghana. The event, set to be held at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre in April, is billed to be entertaining and exciting, the kind not witnessed for a very long time in the industry. This was disclosed by the event media company in Accra, during the week ,details are still sketchy . Born John David Jackson on the 18th of November 1977 in Brooklyn, New York, Fabolous... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, for shout-africa.com, from Accra, Ghana – UniBank-Ghana has re-launched its mobile banking service with enhanced security features as a part of a broad strategy to broadening access to financial services. uniBank-Ghana was among the first six banks in the country to introduce three main electronic banking products such as uniweb (internet banking), uni-alert (SMS alert for all transactions) and uni-Mobile, a mobile banking solution. Managing Director of uniBank, Mr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, said the mobile payment solution was one of many initiatives by the bank to promote increase financial inclusion.”In this connection, this initiative of enabling banking services... Continue Reading