HARARE – Dendera artiste Tryson Chimbetu has added brothers Daniel and Shepherd Machakanja to his bloated management team that also includes Trycose “Musoni” Mutodzaniswa and Simbarashe Mahenga. Tryson, who has lately faced turbulent times at the helm of his Marxist Brothers band, confirmed to the Daily News that the Machakanja were now part of his…
HARARE – Tight liquidity conditions coupled with the deteriorating economy continue to hit the property sector’s growth, latest realtor’s financials have indicated. According to listed Dawn Properties (Dawn) and Mashonaland Holdings (Mash Holdings), property market players’ revenues have significantly declined due to a decrease in occupancy levels. Tenants are also struggling to pay rentals resulting…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s economic blueprint, ZimAsset, cannot be funded in its current form and needs to be reviewed to make it practical, Japanese ambassador Yoshi “Tendai” Hiraishi says. In an interview with businessdaily this week, Hiraishi noted that while the document lays out government’s economic targets for the next five years, it fails to specify…
HARARE – The Dynamos executive led by Kenny Mubaiwa has been hypocritical in the manner they have treated coach Calisto Pasuwa. Since taking over the club in August 2011, Pasuwa has been a revelation by winning the Castle Premiership an unprecedented four times in a row. Despite his success, the 43-year-old has not been appreciated…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF politburo member Simba Makoni has savaged President Robert Mugabe’s party as a lawless organisation, saying its brutal factional dogfights would continue well beyond the party’s damp squib “elective” congress slated for next week. And in a thinly-veiled attack on Mugabe’s wife, Grace, the former finance minister and leader of Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn…
HARARE – Chaos and confusion reigned within the education sector yesterday after President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF party forced the early closure of primary and secondary schools in Harare to accommodate its “elective” congress scheduled for next week. Affected schools in Harare complained bitterly that their programmes, which were due to run until next…
HARARE – Police quizzed former MDC St Mary’s legislator Job Sikhala for hours on Thursday on sensational allegations of plotting to topple President Robert Mugabe. The Daily News heard that the name of Zanu PF legislator Nicholas Goche featured prominently during the interrogation. Sikhala told the Daily News yesterday that he was released without any…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has slashed exercise duty on clear beer from 45 percent to 40 percent with effect from next year, a move that is likely to further reduce the price of lager beer. This comes as the country’s largest beverages maker Delta Corporation last month slashed the retail price of beer…
JOHANNESBURG – Former president Thabo Mbeki has maintained that the 2002 Zimbabwe elections were free and fair, despite the Khampepe report suggesting otherwise. “The South African government did not pluck its views about the outcome of these elections out of thin air,” Mbeki said in a letter published in the Mail & Guardian yesterday. “South…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Rugby Sevens chairman Donald Mangenje says the country is more than capable of hosting a successful Confederations of African Rugby (Car) Sevens Africa Cup this weekend. “I can say we are ready for the tournament,” Mangenje told the Daily News yesterday at Prince Edward, the tournament venue. “Everybody who needed a visa…
