HARARE – Oliver Mtukudzi’s Greatest Hits Concert is on tonight at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). Guest artistes for Tuku’s special shows include Gary Tight, Ammara Brown, Guspy Warrior, Douglas Chimbetu, Tariro neGitare, Jean Masters, Sekuru Gweshe, Tanga wekwaSando and Pakare Paye outfit, Tsvete. Chipfumo, Shiga to share the stage Progress Chipfumo and Shiga…
BULAWAYO – Highly-rated Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda is delighted by the opportunity to record his one-man show at this year’s Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIfa). The stand-up comedy show called Daliso Chaponda — Barely Legal will be directed by award-winning Zimbabwean comedian Carl Joshua Ncube. Chaponda has promised to make the most of…
HARARE – The United States says Zimbabwe must rebuild confidence in its vulnerable banking sector to enable the country to attract foreign investment. Bruce Wharton, the US ambassador to Zimbabwe, said foreign investors prefer investment destinations with a solid banking system and clear economic policies. “Zimbabwe must… rebuild confidence in the nation’s economic and banking…
HARARE – Although I am not a specialist in the vortex that is the mind of the typical politician — having worked in that field for more than 50 years as a journalist — I can claim to know, at the very least, a thing or two on the subject. My theory is that most…
HARARE – Calls by the MDC to immediately amend the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, a law that compels all foreign-owned companies to sell or cede 51 percent of their assets to black Zimbabweans to reflect the government’s new thrust must be backed by all right thinking citizens of this country. It is not enough…
HARARE – Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa has insisted that Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa is not in the running to succeed President Robert Mugabe, as the party’s succession politics become more convoluted. This comes as the Presidential Affairs minister has — for the umpteenth time — tipped Vice President Joice Mujuru to take…
BULAWAYO – Bruce Wharton, the American Ambassador to Zimbabwe, has praised Harare for its positive trade relations with Washington over the past 15 years despite seemingly frosty relations. In an address at the Zimbabwe International Business Conference, Wharton said Zimbabwe and the US had been working hand-in-glove for long and the results had been good….
HARARE – The government’s policy rethink in its plan to force all foreign-owned companies to sell or cede 51 percent of their assets to black Zimbabweans must be effected through legislative amendments, an opposition official said yesterday. Tapiwa Mashakada, the MDC’s shadow minister of Industry, told a news conference at Harvest House, the MDC headquarters…
CHITUNGWIZA – Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday granted an interdict staying the demolition of houses the municipality said were built on undesignated sites. The magistrate ruled that council should abide by Section 74 of the new Constitution which states that no person may be evicted from their home, or have their home demolished, without an order…
HARARE – When a relationship has broken down so bad as in the case between Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) and followers of the game here, spurning an offer that could have so rapidly overturned the fortunes of the sport becomes the final nail in that relationship. It is now well-known to the cricket-loving public, much to…
