HARARE – Bindura banker Maizon Tazvitya is on a mission to make a name for himself in the unlikely field of music. The 30-year-old BancABC employee is determined to build on the success of his debut eight-track album Ziya which he released early this year. “Ziya is receiving overwhelming airplay on all local radio stations,…
HARARE – Festivals have always been part of human culture since time immemorial because they bring communities together to celebrate harvests, marriages, traditional rites, and many other commemorative community events. They are there to educate, inform, celebrate and indeed unite people. Zimbabwe has of late seen an exponential rise in the number of…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) says it is targeting $3 billion tourism receipts in the next five years. Karikoga Kaseke, ZTA chief executive told businessdaily in an exclusive interview last week that the tourism authority has put in place strategies to revamp the country’s tourism industry. “Depending on the outcome of the elections…
HARARE – Joshua Nkomo, Father Zimbabwe: The Life and Times of an African Legend, By Fortune Senamile Nkomo, Harare, Radiant Publishing, 1913. 244 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7974-4824-7 (Paperback) Last week, Zimbabweans remembered the passing on of one of Zimbabwe’s most illustrious sons — Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo — who passed away on July 1 1999. It…
HARARE – When Barrack Obama was on his way to become the first black President of the United States, his wife Michele and daughters were in the spotlight. While over the years we have been presented with First Ladies, the world has been dazzled by Michele’s charisma and character. In the media, she has been…
HARARE – One of the most charismatic politicians in the Government of National Unity (GNU) is Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Guseni Oliver Mutambara. Mutambara built a national profile as president of the Students Representative Council of the University of Zimbabwe between 1988 and 1989 where he led anti-government protests leading to his arrest and imprisonment….
LONDON – Andy Murray wiped out 77 years of pain and hurt as he became the first British man since 1936 to win the men’s title at Wimbledon with a 6-4 7-5 6-4 victory over world No 1 Novak Djokovic on Sunday. Just why Britain had to wait almost eight decades to witness such scenes…
LONDON – Sebastian Vettel finally ended the wait to win his home German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring in a race that left Formula One again under the safety spotlight. Red Bull’s triple World Champion fended off the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen to win by one second and increase his lead in this year’s title…
BULAWAYO – Ten-man CAPS United held Highlanders to a goalless draw in an incident-filled Castle Premiership match at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday. There was drama in the 21st minute when referee Philani Ncube awarded CAPS a penalty after Bosso’s Simon Munawa had brought down Rahman Kutsanzira inside the box. Before United could take the spot…
BULAWAYO – Dynamos head coach Calisto Pasuwa was left fuming after his team’s championship hopes suffered a setback when they were handed a narrow 1-0 defeat by Castle Premiership debutants How Mine on Saturday. An irate Pasuwa marched off the field after the final whistle without granting journalists a post-match interview and told members of…
