HARARE – Writers will meet at the Zimbabwe Film and Television School of Southern Africa (Ziftessa) in Harare this morning to elect a new Zimbabwe Writers Association (Zwa) board. Zwa, which was formed three years ago, is currently headed by a committee that includes veteran poet and University of Zimbabwe lecturer Musaemura Zimunya who chairs…
HARARE – FBC Holdings Limited (FBCH) has appointed American company ShoreCap II Limited (ShoreCap)’s executive Franklin Kennedy as director. This comes as ShoreCap — specialising in small business banks and microfinance institutions — acquired a 7,3 percent stake in the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed financial group last year after injecting nearly $5 million as part of…
HARARE – Former Capital Bank chief executive Lawrence Tamayi has been appointed Fidelity Life Zimbabwe (Fidelity) chairperson. He takes over from Solomon Tembo who resigned after serving as chairperson for 10 years. Meanwhile, Fidelity shareholders approved a 10 percent share buyback. The group’s managing director Simon Chapereka said the shares would be purchased from the…
HARARE – Listed hotelier African Sun Limited (ASL) incurred an $813 995 loss in the half year to March 2014 compared to a $1,23 million profit incurred in prior comparable period. Of the total loss, the group’s Zimbabwe operation recorded a $231 978 while its Ghana units incurred $582 008. During the period under review,…
HARARE – American singer John Legend will perform at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on November 19 in a concert that has been put together by Davies Events. Both the Love in the Future singer and the organisers of the concert have confirmed the high profile gig expected to attract thousands of fans. Legend,…
HARARE – Miss Diversity, an annual beauty pageant founded by Bulawayo-born Musa James and Nollywood actress Samantha Ncube two years ago in the United Kingdom, will hold its second edition in Birmingham on July 5. The pageant, which aims to bring together beautiful women from different nationalities and cultural backgrounds, was won by South African…
HARARE – Sungura musician Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo and rising gospel artiste Mathias Mhere have the chance to land their maiden gongs at the inaugural Midlands Music Awards to be held at the Midlands Hotel in Gweru tonight. Moyo, who has one album under his name, has been nominated in the Best Sungura Artiste category…
HARARE – Zimbabwe begin their final quest to qualify for next year’s Rugby World Cup today against Madagascar at 2pm today in a make-or-break tournament for the Sables. The Sables play three high intensity matches inside two weeks in which they have very little margin for error with a World Cup ticket on the line….
HARARE – Zimbabwe have named four debutants in the starting line-up for today’s World Cup qualification tournament opener against hosts Madagascar in Antananarivo. The match will be broadcast live on Supersport 9 at 2pm. Lions half-back Gut Cronje starts in the number 10 jersey on debut while 20-year-old Sharks youth star Riaan O’Neill gets the…
HARARE – Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas predicted a tough battle against reigning Castle Premiership champions Dynamos this afternoon at Barbourfields Stadium The Gamecocks, who had an indifferent start to the 2014 season, will be hoping to maintain the form that saw them handing log leaders Hwange their first home defeat of the season last…
