HARARE – Gold production at Blanket Mine (Blanket) increased by 10,7 percent to 11 592 ounces in the second quarter compared with 10 472 ounces in the first quarter this year, the company announced on Tuesday. The total for the first half of 2013 was 22 064 ounces, up 6,5 percent on the same period…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has missed the 170 million kg tobacco production target set for the industry this year as the selling season for the golden leaf comes to an end on Friday. Statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (Timb) show that 156,2 million kg, a 20,4 percent increase from the same period last…
HARARE – After successfully completing his music degree programme, Pastor Charles Charamba will be graduating next month. The years that Charamba has been absorbed in books, four of them to be precise, had slowed a number of his artistic projects; among them the regional and international tours. Last week, Charamba commenced on regional tours with…
HARARE – “Give peace a chance,” is the message inscribed on a billboard in the sprawling Mbare slum of Harare ahead of elections due in weeks, the first since post-poll violence almost five years ago. The peace message appeals to Mbare, a flash-point for the 2008 poll violence, all part of a campaign to encourage…
HARARE – In what will be the biggest dance party, the Dance Association of Zimbabwe (Daz) will on Tuesday night delight audiences when they show their dancing skills. The all-night gala set for Harare’s City Sports Bar will comprise 45 dance acts that are registered with Daz. The dance fiesta bill includes pole dancing, led…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF, which rigged its own elections last week, has allegedly roped in a shadowy Israeli group Nikuv International to tinker with the voters’ roll ahead of polls, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said yesterday. Tsvangirai told Rita Makarau, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson and her deputy Joyce Kazembe in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe international and Ajax Cape Town forward Khama Billiat could soon secure a dream move into the big European leagues after he left last night for trials with Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow. Billiat, one of the most sought players in the Absa Premiership, left his base in South Africa yesterday for Russia on…
TRIANGLE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa is still traumatised by his sending off in the BancABC Sup8r quarterfinal against Buffaloes on Sunday at Gibbo Stadium. Pasuwa had to watch the rest of the match from the terraces after he was given his marching orders by referee Munyaradzi Majoni in the 63rd minute for protesting Themba…
HARARE – The formidable pair of Nick Welch and Kundai Matigimu spearheads the Zimbabwe Under-16 batting and bowling hopes for the Eastern Junior Club Cricket Association (EJCCA) Southern African Festival at Benoni in South Africa this week. The team leaves for South African tomorrow together with their seniors, the Under18. Both players aspire to higher…
BULAWAYO – Log leaders Bulawayo Chiefs took advantage of second-placed Black Boots’ slip up to open a six-point lead at the summit of the Southern Region Division One log at the weekend. Goals from Tedius Mugumanya and Trevor Nkomo helped Chiefs recover from their shock 0-1 defeat to Tsholotsho in Week 13 and overcome faltering…
