22 -year old Zambian model, Lukundo Nalungwe, was last night crowned the M-Net Face of Africa 2010 at a glittering event held at the Eko Hotel Exhibition Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. The business administration student fought off stiff competition from a bevy of continental beauties, including Zimbabwe’s own Tholakele Dhlamini and Rosanna Hall, who made it to the top ten.

Preparations for Zimbabwe’s inaugural fashion week are underway with Director and founder, supermodel Priscilla Chigariro selecting the core team that will put the fashion extravaganza together.

The National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Harare will this year mark Valentines Day with a number of events to be held during Valentines weekend. The weekend of activity will mark the gallery’s first ‘Days of the Month’ which begins on Friday 12 February 2010 with Hope Masike’s February Moonlight concert.

One of Zimbabwe’s true jazz maestros, Tanga wekwa Sando makes a return to one of Zimbabwe’s true jazz venues this Valentine’s. Tanga, who last performed at The Mannenberg in 2008 and will treat lovers to a special show on 12th February, two days before the day of love.

Dear RM Insurance, I am still trying to link menstrual periods with renewal of insurance as your advert in the Herald of 04 February 2010 suggests. It would appear that you have not made the link between women's sexuality and human dignity. For purposes of future marketing decisions I will try to elaborate.

There were few surprises yesterday as the National Arts Council revealed the nominations for the 2010 National Arts Merit Awards. There were also a few disappointments in that there were no nominees for Outstanding Screen Production (Television Drama) and Outstanding Screen Production (Television Soap).