HARARE – A delegation of American businesspeople is expected in Harare this January to explore opportunities in the country, Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda told businessdaily. This comes after Masunda’s trip last month to Chicago, United States of America (USA), following up on investment initiatives started by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in 2011. “I managed to…
HARARE – One thing history teaches is that no ruler or leader will rule forever and records show that there is no ‘‘rise and rise’’ in any given account of any leader but ‘‘rise and fall.” It is against this background that leaders, in particular dictators, should know that no matter how useless the ordinary…
HARARE – The lack of rain gauges is affecting efforts to disseminate weather information to different sectors as rainfall patterns have high variability and cannot be put in the same bracket, weather experts say. Speaking at the presentation of a rainfall seasonal update meeting, Terrence Mushore, the acting deputy director operations at the Meteorological Services…
HARARE – Champions Dynamos begin their preparations for the 2013 season when they hold their first training session of the year at their Raylton Sports Club base today. The Harare giants will be fighting on two fronts this year as they seek to defend their league and cup double while also making meaningful progress in…
HARARE – Electricals manufacturer Powerspeed Limited registered a $29, 2 million revenue in the year to September 30, 2012 up 11 percent from $26, 3 million recorded in prior comparative period. Profit before tax was $711 187 during the period under review increasing from $460 115. Tax stood at $176 000 resulting in an attributable…
HARARE – The body of a liberation war hero exhumed in Mudzi late last year under former central bank advisor Munyaradzi Kereke’s “$100 000” project is lying at a mortuary in Bikita as wrangling stalls reburial. This follows revelations that Kereke has demanded the burial of the provincial hero identified as Makunde be done at…
HARARE – Zanu PF celebrates 50 years this year with so many questions hanging over the deaths of some of its iconic members. Top of the pile is the death of former Zanla commander Josiah Magama Tongogara, whose widow recently cast doubts on what supposedly led to her husband’s death. The death of the decorated…
HARARE – Last year was a bumper one for Theatre in the Park generally recognised by many as the hub of Zimbabwean theatre. The country’s premier house of theatre produced a minimum of one play per month that ran for no less than a week. Theatre in the Park, run by Rooftop Promotions, however, had…
HARARE – Under his watch, Harare City Council has festered into a haven for corruption and poor service delivery. But that is not stopping mayor Muchadeyi Masunda from dreaming of another term after five years at the helm. Shopped from outside party structures by the MDC council, Masunda came with weighty credentials and Prime Minister…
HARARE – In one of its busiest years in recent seasons, the Zimbabwe Sevens rugby side has targeted an IRB circuit core team status ahead of June’s Sevens World Cup in Russia. The Cheetahs will play in the Hong Kong leg of the IRB World Sevens Series end of March, which will be used as…
