HARARE – Dynamos turned in a super second half performance to sweep aside Botswana champions Mochudi Centre Chiefs 3-0 and put one foot into the first round of the African Champions League yesterday at the National Sports Stadium. Washington Pakamisa scored a brace while Masimba Mambare added a third as the Glamour Boys took a…
HARARE – Suspended Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive officer, Happison Muchechetere, who stands accused of plundering the bankrupt broadcaster through obscene salaries and allowances, reportedly paid himself $90 000 in yearly bonuses. Between 2009 and 2012, according to a salary schedule seen by the Daily News on Sunday, ZBC ran a payroll of over…
HARARE – Urban grooves artistes, who arguably constitute the largest number of musicians in Zimbabwe, have hit out at the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) for marginalising them in nominations announced last week. In all the four music categories on offer in this year’s Nama, no bona fide urban groover was considered except dancehall star…
HARARE – Over the years the Starbrite Talent Search Show (Starbrite) production line has unleashed artistes such as Tendai ‘Sasa’ Chidarikire, Afro-jazz songstress Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana and marabi star Kireni Zulu. These artistes have not only managed to build illustrious careers but they have also gained some recognition beyond the borders of Zimbabwe. The achievements of…
HARARE – The creative industry has been hard hit by piracy over a very long time now. Piracy has been serious partly because there are now very few formal structures for marketing and sales of arts and culture products. The book industry, for example, used to have bookshops in every corner of Harare, all urban…
HARARE – National power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) says it is owed $818 million by consumers — including government, domestic and commercial users. It said the unpaid bills were hampering its operations and viability. Last week, Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC) — a Zesa subsidiary — told a stakeholders’ meeting that the defaults were a…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s silence while the country is engulfed in a corruption storm is baffling and as captain of a ship in stormy waters, we urge him to wake up from his slumber and take charge. Since the media started unearthing corruption scandals, Mugabe has kept quiet and we wonder what is happening…
HARARE – When Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, he showed incomparable fortitude to triumph over obstacles thrown at him by the devil. He refused to jump from the top of a mountain arguing, “You shall not tempt your God!” Weary and famished, he refused food to hold on to his mission of…
HARARE – I grew up in the ‘’nose brigade era’’ and I cannot help but feel responsible for being part of a snobbish generation that orchestrated a ‘hate’ for all locally made products. The term local was a reference to anything that was substandard or lacking any appeal. A visit to a tailor would be…
HARARE – Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) has summoned incarcerated Robert Martin Gumbura’s church, Independent End Time Message, to review whether to ban the church or allow it to carry its services. Johannes Ndanga, ACCZ president, who suspended the church from carrying out services using a directive given by the Cabinet to regulate churches…
