HARARE – Popular hip-hop artiste Tehn Diamond will make his debut performance at “The Word Garden” bi-monthly poetry event to be held at Old Mutual Theatre at Alliance Francaise tonight. Tehn Diamond will share the stage with a riveting line-up of leading poets who include U-Mind, Momo the Empress, Barbra Breeze, Aspya and So Profound….
BULAWAYO – Budding painter Godfrey Lotus Makopa and metal sculptor Abigail Mathe will begin a month long joint exhibition at the National Gallery in Bulawayo 0n July 31. The exhibition, which will also feature seasoned contemporary painter Lawrence Bango who will be a guest artist, will seek to reflect national realities particularly the current economic…
HARARE – There are renewed fears that the government may be considering re-introducing the discarded and much-derided Zimbabwe dollar after Finance and Economic Development minister Patrick Chinamasa said on Monday that the introduction of the multi-currency regime in 2009 was to blame for the economic challenges Zimbabwe is facing. Giving evidence on the state of…
HARARE – Nothing illustrates more starkly the Zanu PF government’s ruinous policy confusion, and how bereft it is of workable economic ideas, than this week’s contradictory, Alice-in-Wonderland statements by President Robert Mugabe and Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa. In comments that left most Zimbabweans in shock, Mugabe said on Sunday the economy was on a recovery…
HARARE – Former Mines minister Obert Mpofu is today expected to testify in the ongoing trial of Core Mining and Minerals (Private) Limited director Lovemore Kurotwi, accused of defrauding the government of $2 billion. The matter was postponed two weeks ago to allow chief law officer Chris Mutangadura time to make arrangements for Mpofu’s testimony….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s highest court has ruled that a criminal defamation law which criminalises publishing falsehoods was unconstitutional. The judgment delivered yesterday by the full bench of the Constitutional Court declared the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23 as ultra vires the Constitution. The ruling means Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has lost his…
HARARE – Josia Hungwe, the minister of State for Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in Education, yesterday in Senate said Zimbabwe’s education system is outdated because it emphasises scholars’ cognitive development at the expense of life skills. Hungwe told the thematic committee on Millennium Development Goals that Zimbabwe’s education system was not addressing the needs of…
HARARE – The Harare Magistrates Court has granted an interim order barring businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi from accessing funds from his National Housing Development Trust (NHDT) bank account. Magistrate Brighton Pabwe granted the order following an application filed by Boniface Chikono, one of NHDT’s trustees. Chikono said Mutodi, who is currently on trial for allegedly swindling…
HARARE – African Sun Limited chief executive officer, Shingi Munyeza says there is enough wealth in Zimbabwe to turn around the economy, currently on a downward spiral. The business executive, who heads one of the biggest hospitality groups in Sub-Saharan Africa, said this during a builders’ conference held at the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Belvedere…
SHANGHAI – When a Chinese customer asked for the interior of his new Bombardier Challenger 850 jet to be covered with pricey black carbon fibre, the designer was shocked – but happy to oblige. “We’ll do whatever you want, as long as it’s within the realm of certification,” said Sean Gillespie, executive vice president for…
