HARARE – Listed ZB Financial Holdings Limited (ZBFH) says government’s projected 6,1 percent economic growth target is a tall order as the recently announced 2014 budget does not comprehensively address challenges facing the country. About a fortnight ago, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa presented a belated $4,1 billion budget under which he predicted Zimbabwe’s “investment-starved” economy…
HARARE – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $17,52 million emergency power infrastructure rehabilitation project phase II (EPIRP II) aimed at providing reliable electricity to over five million Zimbabweans. Alex Rugamba, AfDB’s director of energy, environment and climate change, said EPIRP’s objective is to improve the availability and reliability of electricity supply to…
EDITOR — Ring out the old, ring in the new will chime across the Universe as we see out the eventful 2013 and welcome 2014. New Year, the world over is associated with rebirth, renewal, reflection and resolution as the world bids farewell to one year and welcomes the next, in almost every culture and…
EDITOR — Please, may your paper help out on a problem I believe does not affect me only but the entire country concerning those with prepaid electricity meters installed in their premises/homes. Please, investigate this matter urgently and let us have a solution. When prepaid electricity meters were introduced, I cursed the development because it…
HARARE – One prominent development scholar did ask the question — if education is the answer, then what is the problem. As the first term begins, not all children will be able to continue with their education. Some whose parents are base of stock will certainly pin their hopes on stampeding into the government assistance…
HARARE – Flamboyant musician Energy Mutodi has congratulated sungura kingpin Alick Macheso for winning the 2013 edition of the National FM Top 50 with his hit song Macharangwanda. Mutodi and Macheso have previously traded barbs and bitter words. But the businessman-cum-singer has described Macheso’s backing band Orchestra Mberikwazvo as the brand of the moment. “Mutodi…
HARARE – Sixty one year-old upcoming Afro-jazz musician Jane “Muchembere” Marimo has released two albums within a year. Marimo released her debut album Daka Regore early last year before coming up with another Daka Regore 2 in November. She said from a tender age, music had always been a part of her life. “I used…
HARARE – Zimbabwe football coach Ian Gorowa will have one more chance to assess his team before they plunge into the African Nations Championships (Chan) after Gabon this week confirmed their pre-tournament friendly match. The Warriors are set to face The Panthers at the Rand Stadium in Johannesburg a day after touching down in Cape…
BULAWAYO – The Bulawayo Pool Association (BPA) has appealed for sponsors for the Bulawayo Pool League (BPL) as the sport is fast gaining popularity in the city. “We are self-sponsored; hence invite the corporate world to join the fastest-growing sport in the country,” BPA publicity secretary Donald Wadawu said. “Our activities have been funded through…
HARARE – Newly re-elected Basketball Union of Zimbabwe president Addison Chiware says national teams’ failure to travel to assignments will be a thing of the past. Chiware was elected at the Buz congress held last week together with a new board expected to take Zimbabwe’s basketball forward for the next four years. The board comprises…
