HARARE – Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences, formerly called the Queen Victoria Museum, provides a detailed insight into the country’s rich cultural heritage and history. Situated in the Zimbabwean capital city Harare, the museum showcases the country’s history in one place and is home to some very unique objects acquired over several generations. The museum,…
HARARE – Upcoming gospel musician Gift Mahlupeka has released a second album titled Warfare. The Chimanimani-raised musician says his new eight-track album demonstrates his new-found maturity. “Warfare is miles ahead and it shows that I have developed a lot since I released my debut album last year,” said the 29-year-old gospel star. Songs on the…
HARARE – Madiba, you inspired us to believe and realise that freedom is possible in our life time. Yes, this life of ours. You taught us to manage and condition anger into a moral force and to deflate bitterness into positive energy for human progress. You taught us to be symbols of goodness for mankind…
HARARE – There are times when the sense of profligate entitlement among corporate heads of quasi-governmental institutions prompts ordinary people to ask for an intrinsic re-definition of patriotism. Patriotism defines a habit of identifying oneself with a single unit nation and placing it beyond good and evil while recognising no other obligation than that of…
EDITOR — I applaud Media minister Jonathan Moyo and his deputy Supa Mandiwanzira on their swift action over the mess at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH). Surely, how can one earn $40 000 or so at such a badly performing institution where workers have gone for months without pay? We read so many stories emanating from…
EDITOR – Ordinary Zimbabweans are reaping the bleak harvest of the 2013 populist election promises just four months after the July poll. Despite the fact that most people have yet to see the debt relief promised, at the behest of Zanu PF, by Zesa, Zinwa and local municipalities, the impact is crippling our everyday lives…
EDITOR — After voting resoundingly for Zanu PF, Mash Central residents are wondering if the ruling party can save them from hunger. The three-year grain loan scheme provided under inclusive government and massive donor interventions vanished along with the inclusive government. The level of hunger in areas under Dande region — Mount North, Rushinga, Muzarabani…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s current account deficit ballooned by half a billion dollars in the 10 months to October 2013 as the country remains a net importer. Figures released by the Zimbabwe Statistical Agency indicate that the southern African country ? whose industry is depressed, operating at way below 50 percent capacity ? imported goods worth…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) says its automated trading system (ATS), expected to function in the first quarter of next year, will augment efforts to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country. This comes as the system is anticipated to boost equities’ daily turnover to more than $5 million as global trends…
HARARE – Government must develop a national branding strategy aimed at revamping Zimbabwe’s image as part of efforts to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), analysts say. Tafadzwa Matiza, a researcher with the University of Limpopo, says the country must shake off its “bad boy” tag if it is to raise hopes of getting a significant…
