HARARE – Zimbabwe has formed two committees tasked with improving the cost and ease of doing business in the country, and also to control inflow of imports. Industry minister Mike Bimha said the first committee will “identify the causes of increased cost of doing business and other areas which have resulted in the country’s industry…
HARARE – Mwana Africa’s Zimbabwean unit Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) said it expects its profit after tax for the second half to March 2014 to be significantly higher than first half’s $3,3 million. The miner, which incurred a $12,9 million loss in the year to March 2013, said the improved performance was on the back…
HARARE– Twenty-two-year-old Thabiso Phiri was crowned Miss Zimbabwe 2014 on Saturday evening during a colourful pageant held at Harare’s Mabvazuva Village. Thabiso, who hails from Chitungwiza, shrugged off the challenge from first princess Letwin Chinomona, second princess Tendai Hunda and 12 other beauties. The People’s Choice Award went to Maita Kainga who was voted for…
CHIVI – Dendera star Suluman Chimbetu and rising gospel artiste Mathias Mhere have donated building material worth thousands of dollars to a Chivi widow Elizabeth Sithole who lives in a pole and dagga hut with seven orphans. The two popular musicians helped the Chivi Rural District Council to mobilise for the building material that will be…
HARARE – There appears to be no let-up in the feud between musician Ammara Brown and the producers of Zim Punk’d, a satirical ZTV programme that pokes fun at celebrities. Last week Ammara, the daughter of late legendary guitarist and vocalist Andy Brown, alleged that Zim Punk’d lured her onto their programme by lying that…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe, displaying his boundless energy and penchant for the world stage, left the controls of his economically-ravaged nation last week for a two-day dash to participate in the G77 plus China summit in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia. The globe-trotting appears to be doing little good to Mugabe’s low…
HARARE – The row between President Robert Mugabe’s Gushungo clan and Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo is escalating, with the chiefs demanding that the minister’s wings be clipped, after he insisted on the imposition of an unpopular chief. While the minister was unreachable for comment yesterday, he is accused of trying to impose Matheas Matare…
HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe finals held in Harare on Saturday was a night of many pretty girls, sparkly clothes, pearly-white smiles, amazing bikini bods, music, drumming, the army, the environment and economic blueprint ZimAsset. The theme, “Lifting ZimAsset to greater heights”, was the gospel throughout the exclusively-attended pageant finals. After all the sashaying, posing and…
LONDON – Argentina’s Lionel Messi was hailed as one of the best players of all time by his coach – whatever happens at the World Cup – after scoring a classic goal to see off Bosnia-Herzegovina. Messi’s trademark run and strike will go down as one of the great World Cup goals even though it…
HARARE – The Health Transition Fund (HTF) is providing 16 000 units of blood annually to government to fight Zimbabwe’s high maternal mortality, but the cost of blood on the end user remains too high, a Cabinet minister has said. With blood retailing for $200 a unit on average, the 16 000 units from donors…
