HARARE – Monte Cassino Secondary School in Mashonaland East Province produced the best Zimbabwe Schools Examination (Zimsec) November 2013 Ordinary Level results, recording a 100 percent pass rate. At least 82 candidates sat for the exam. Perched between two mountain ranges some seven kilometres South-East of Macheke, Monte Cassino is a girls-only Catholic boarding school….
HARARE – Lyton Ngolomi, who has produced several gospel albums that have won recognition from the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), wants a gong reserved for music producers. Ngolomi of Harare-based Lyton Studios produced Blessing Shumba’s NdiMwari that won the 2012 Nama award and the album Shongwe by the same artiste that was nominated for…
HARARE – Upcoming musician Lovers Pamire believes he has what it takes to restore the prominence once enjoyed by country music in Zimbabwe a few decades ago. Pamire recently launched his second album titled Ndangariro which he hopes will reawaken dwindling interest in country music. “People always venture into different kinds of genres such as…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s first ever multi-arts extravaganza featuring dance, theatre and music will be launched at the Book Café on Saturday. According to John Cole, one of the organisers of the event, the production is “the first ever dance concert to capture the mosaic patterns of life, weaving through music, dance and theatre”. Dance Evolution,…
BULAWAYO – Amakhosi Cultural Centre has created a film club that will provide filmmakers and movie fans a platform to interact. The initiative, that will involve weekly film screenings is spearheaded by the Bulawayo arts organisation to develop the capacity of the local film industry and service television stations that the government has promise to…
HARARE – Banking group Barclays Plc’s Zimbabwe unit says it may lay off some of its workers if the move improves operational efficiencies. This comes as the parent company has decided to axe at least 12 000 jobs by 2015 in a bid to contain costs and counter falling income. George Guvamatanga, Barclays Bank of…
HARARE – Expansion of Kariba South power plant is yet to commence as China’s Sino Hydro Corporation (SHC) is still moving construction equipment from Zambia, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said. SHC won the tender for the $355 million project, the bulk of which will be funded by Export Import Bank of China under a deal…
MUTARE – Giles Mutsekwa, the former minister of Housing and Social Amenities, has claimed the political violence charges he is facing were meant to scuttle his bid for the Dangamvura-Chikanga constituency. Giving his oral defence summary before Mutare magistrate Noah Gwatidzo yesterday, Mutsekwa’s lawyer Chris Ndlovu said the charges were designed to disqualify his client…
HARARE – The European Union is to further ease sanctions against Zimbabwe next week, but will keep a travel ban and asset freeze on President Robert Mugabe and his wife, EU sources said on Tuesday. But the EU has held out an olive branch to Mugabe, inviting him to take part in an EU-Africa summit…
HARARE – A female ex-convict claims she was given a traditional healer as her husband by the “Holy Spirit” while she was in prison. This emerged after Tobias Chibaya, a traditional healer dragged ex-convict, Juliet Nechikwara before the Harare Civil Court seeking peace with her. Chibaya said Nechikwara has been troubling him and is claiming …
