HARARE – Musclemania Zimbabwe organisers are mooting plans to spread the prizes evenly among the top athletes per category. This will see the elimination of the traditional motor vehicle prize, which has been criticised as a “winner takes all” format. The country’s most lucrative private bodybuilding contest initially slotted for August 9 returns on October…
HARARE – Pastor Charles Charamba, who recently completed a three-date tour of Australia with the Fishers of Men, is convinced that Zimbabwean music is headed for greater heights. He believes that soon Zimbabwe will be at the same level with countries like Jamaica, India, Britain, Brazil and the United States of America who are music…
HARARE – Big Brother Africa (BBA), the continent’s biggest reality show, will unveil three housemates daily on their website from today. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager for MultiChoice, said in a statement yesterday that BBA fans will no longer have to wait until the launch of the show on October 5 to know…
HARARE – South Africa-based musician Shame “Shamie” Mabvudzi says Zimbabwean artistes are suffering from lack of exposure because the country’s radio stations are placing more emphasis on foreign music. Mabvudzi, who broke onto the Zimbabwean music scene as part of a duo called Shame & Nathan, told the Daily News that local artistes could only…
HARARE – Zimbabwe plans to seize unused mines and hand them to productive local and international miners, the country’s Mines minister Walter Chidhakwa said. He said government would repossess the non-productive miners’ claims. “Those fortunate enough to have these claims must use them. Let me take this opportunity to encourage those that sit on concessions…
HARARE – Zimbabwe expects to receive $416 million from bilateral partners and multi-lateral institutions by year end, Finance minister Patrickm Chinamasa said. He said the funds would be channelled towards bankrolling various economic activities outside the national budget framework. Zimbabwe received $370,6m from bilateral partners and multilateral institutions in the first half of 2014. “Of…
HARARE – Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda made a bold statement on Tuesday when he nullified Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa’s supplementary budget which the latter had tried to smuggle in as part of the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review. The move by Chinamasa is an indication of how President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF government has been…
EDITOR— Zimbabweans are now very much addicted to our own type of music (Zim Dancehall) and as far as I can see no other artistes will make the crowds, especially the youths, go wild as long as they are not originally from Zimbabwe. Well, this proves that we are concentrating more on promoting our own…
HARARE – Denford Mutashu, the man who accused Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader, Walter Magaya of having an illicit sexual relationship with his wife, has openly confessed about his $500 000 demand. Mutashu yesterday appeared at a PHD midweek service in Harare where he denied ever receiving money from Magaya and asked for…
HARARE – The retail price of beer has marginally gone down from between 5 cents and 20 cents across the whole portfolio since Monday, Delta Corporation (Delta) has said. According to the latest statement from the listed beer manufacturer, a 375ml pint of lager is now sold at a recommended retail price of $0,95 although…
