BULAWAYO – A civil society organisation meeting in Bulawayo under the Sadc People’s Summit banner has described the regional leaders’ bloc as an elitist club pre-occupied with maintaining power at the expense of addressing poverty, unemployment and deep inequalities in their countries. These sentiments were aired during a two-day people’s summit that was officially opened…
HARARE – Junior Members of Parliament and councillors in Muzarabani took matters into their own hands when they approached the local business community to source school fees and uniforms for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC’s). World Vision, an international organisation biased towards children’s welfare assisted the young leaders to collect a list of children that…
HARARE – Government must prioritise the construction of convention centres to boost the country’s tourism earnings, Zimbabwe Tourism Association (ZTA) chief executive said. Karikoga Kaseke told a press briefing in the capital on Thursday that the country was incapacitated to host conventions as it does not have a single convention centre. “At the moment South…
BULAWAYO – The cash-strapped Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has failed to employ 30 general nurses a year after government authorised them to fill in the vacant posts. This comes at a time when the local authority’s clinics are operating on skeletal staff in a move that has impacted negatively on the quality of health service…
HARARE – Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has sued Agriculture minister Joseph Made over the maize producer price back-dated to April this year, as the association’s members fear prosecution for failure to comply with the directive. The association together with Grain and Oil Seed Traders Association filed a Constitutional application on Friday, seeking to…
HARARE – African women from three countries reportedly spent about $1,1 billion on hair extensions and hair maintenance, news that has been received by others with awe. According to a recently published report, the three countries surveyed were South Africa, Cameroon and Nigeria. African hair care business has become a multi-billion dollar industry that stretches…
GWERU – During the afternoon Elina (not real name) ekes out a living as a beggar, but at night she puts on her best attire, perfume, spots a trendy hairstyle, good enough to attract the high and mighty. Those who see her during the day can easily be reduced to tears. But for Elina —…
HARARE – It surely should not escape President Robert Mugabe in his withering criticism of his senior Zanu PF colleagues over the past week that this is akin to the pot calling the kettle black. Staggeringly, our nonagenarian leader would want his followers to believe that the myriad of problems bedevilling his party and its…
HARARE – While the president’s daughter, Bona Mugabe, changed gowns twice for her wedding to Simba Chikore, most Zimbabwean brides are choosing to outshine her by changing at least three times, at a single wedding. Imported vehicles, horse drawn chariots, international wedding planners, exotic wedding locations, chartered air planes and in some cases yacht weddings…
HARARE – Gary Tight (19) says being included by music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi on Abi’angu II, an album that features Tuku’s musical friends, “is the stuff that dreams are made of”. The forthcoming album, which will be a sequel to Abi’angu released in 2011, will also feature Hugh Masekela (South Africa), Ladysmith Black Mambazo (South…
