HARARE – Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe (Barclays) says government must implement policy reforms to revive the country’s moribund economy. Its managing director, George Guvamatanga, said Zimbabwe’s economy “requires significant decisive interventions to enhance investor confidence, promote local production and contain the imports bill”. “The economic landscape demands a responsive and scalable business approach,” he told…
HARARE – Distressed State-run postal services company Zimpost says it will not apply for a mobile network license to leverage its services. Its managing director Douglas Zimbango said the institution would instead collaborate with already existing mobile operators. This is despite the communications firm — mainly focused on letters delivery — having taken a knock…
HARARE – Musicians, who will perform for free at the Soap and Shirt Donation Winter Festival (SSDWF) to be held at Belgravia Sports Club on Saturday, regard the concert as an ideal opportunity for them to give back to society. The unique charity festival, to raise essential goods for victims of the Tokwe-Mukorsi and Tsholotsho…
HARARE – Comedian Samm “Comrade Fatso” Monro is excited by the ongoing collaboration between Zimbabwean comedy show, Zambezi News and South Africa’s Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola. The Zambezi News Crew, made up of Michael Kudakwashe, Comrade Fatso and Tongai Leslie Makawa who is better known by the stage name Outspoken, recently featured as…
HARARE – Eddie Ndlovu, the writer/producer of Wenera — a new Zimbabwean soapie set to hit the screens soon says the production of the forthcoming series will not involve the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC). “The last time we worked with the ZBC on Revelations, production was abruptly cut short as they said they no longer…
DAMATURU – At least 21 people have been killed in a bomb blast in northern Nigeria as they were watching a World Cup match, a hospital source has told the BBC. Witnesses in Damaturu, in Yobe state, say a suicide bomber in a tricycle taxi detonated explosives as people watched Brazil’s match against Mexico on…
HARARE – It has taken the clarity of the Soweto uprising for youths to grasp that the onus to remind government it owes them opportunities to improve their circumstances through provision of jobs lies with them. The Soweto uprising sparked by attempting to foist Afrikaans as the main medium of instruction in schools proved a…
HARARE – We, people of mixed race, want to know and want to know now. If you, black, indigenous people decide that we have no future here, lets us know plain and simple. “Don’t lead us down the garden path pretending you want nationhood for all Zimbabweans and then pick us off one by one…
HARARE – Government has put on hold salaries for newly-appointed boards for parastatals in the energy and power development sector until the corporate governance and remuneration policy is effected. Energy minister Dzikamai Mavhaire said government has to first approve the policy, expected to clearly stipulate remuneration parameters for State enterprises. “Until then, we… leave it…
HARARE – RnB artiste Audius Mtawarira, Cythia Mare and the Celebration Choir will be the star attractions at the inaugural Gospel Jazz Concert set for the Rainbow Cinema on July 5. The unique concert, that will also feature award-winning gospel music upstart Blessing “Flem B” Manyangadze and several other upcoming musicians, is being put together…
