ZVISHAVANE – Gift Bello has dumped champions Dynamos to join fellow Castle Premiership rivals FC Platinum on an undisclosed contract. Bello, who is arguably one of the best central defenders in the country, made the switch to Mandava Stadium Friday. The previous day the Dynamos hierarchy had refuted claims that the defender was on his…
HARARE – Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo is trying to undermine the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) by overturning all key municipal decisions made by the party. The decision to reverse the suspension of his crony, Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi, for refusing to furnish the mayor with a salary schedule of their obscene salaries…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ordered banks to stop issuing insider loans following a rise in abuse of depositors’ funds by shareholders and directors. According the central bank, last year insider loans in the banking sector totalled $175,3 million of which about $117,4 million (66,97 percent) were non-performing. Acting RBZ governor,…
HARARE – South Africa-based Aquarius Platinum Limited (Aquarius) says regulatory uncertainty in Zimbabwe continues to hamper its expansion plans in the country. The miner, holding a 50 percent stake in a joint venture with Impala Platinum Holdings, Mimosa Mining Company (Mimosa), said the country’s imposition of further taxes will have a significant negative impact on…
HARARE – Afro-Jazz artiste Alexio Kawara says he has forgiven the motorist who knocked him down along Second Street in December last year in an accident that left him nursing a broken leg. The Shaina hit-maker is learning to cope with the accident that resulted in his right leg getting broken in into two. “The…
HARARE – Gary Tight Muponda, son of Afro-jazz star Wilbroad ‘Willom Tight’ Muponda, is an exceptionally talented musician. Recently the elder Tight revealed how his son, now 19, started singing meaningfully at the tender age of three. But if ever there were people who thought the Ndinoda Wangu hit-maker was inflating the singing abilities of…
HARARE – Many people wonder why many artists are not generally-well off despite the fact that their works or concerts generate a lot of money. This article looks at how artists sell their creations. In less structured communities, it is possible that artistes can create, produce, market and sell their own works by themselves. In…
HARARE – The MDC National Executive on Friday formally censured Elton Mangoma for secretly dropping his damning statement to party leader Morgan Tsvangirai to the media in a resolution that essentially branded him “MDC in name only.” The top MDC organ voted overwhelmingly at its crucial first meeting of the year to censure Mangoma, who…
HARARE – There was tension yesterday as Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo reinstated suspended Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi in the presence of Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni. Mahachi was suspended on Thursday pending investigations into allegations of failing to discharge his duties and furnishing council with the salary schedule for Town House bosses. The three-month…
HARARE – Cuthbert Dube, the retired Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) chief executive officer (CEO) is still in office despite being fired by the medical society’s board, the Daily News has learnt. The Psmas board on Thursday reportedly convened a special meeting to try and come up with modalities to have the Psmas CEO…
