HARARE – Zora star Leonard Zhakata will perform for free at Dandaro Inn tomorrow night as a show of gratitude to music fans for helping him claim the top two positions on the Radio Zimbabwe Coca Cola Top 50. Zhakata’s Dhonza Makomborero and Dollar Boy were number one and two respectively on the annual music…
HARARE – Afro-pop singers Seiraj Khan (Bkay) and Farhaan Khan (Kazz), better known as Bkay and Kaz, will perform as a single act tonight at the Book Café for the first time in two years. The United Kingdom-based brothers, who have been pursuing solo careers since 2012, will share the stage with former CBZ A-Academy…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is negotiating with creditors in an effort to reduce and find ways to pay off its staggering $1,35 billion debt. John Mangudya, the RBZ governor, told Parliament this week that discussions are on-going with the various creditors, some of them owed for more than a decade. “…at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s move to impose a 15 percent tax on unprocessed platinum exports could threaten producers’ viability, compromise future mining investments and is yet another instance of policy discord by authorities, analysts said. The country — holding the second-largest known platinum reserves in the world after South Africa — recently effected the levy, which…
HARARE – Anyone who believes that the older they get, the wiser they become has to be warned seriously: you could be kidding yourself into an early grave — you are not Methuselah. I might not be referring to anyone I know, in particular. But I am a citizen and a voter in a country…
HARARE – The probe team set up by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) on November 8, last year to investigate the reasons behind the violence that blighted the dancehall clash organised by Chipaz Promotions held at the City Sports Centre was widely welcomed by music stakeholders. When Nacz director Elvas Mari appointed the…
HARARE – A day after President Robert Mugabe fell off a podium at Harare International Airport, in a worrisome incident that elicited loud gasps of concern among gathered senior government officials, service chiefs and Zanu PF supporters, his critics say it is now time for the nonagenarian to either resign or retire due to advanced…
HARARE – Social media went berserk yesterday after pictures and video footage of President Robert Mugabe’s fall on Wednesday were released on the Internet. Although photojournalists who had managed to capture the fall at Harare International Airport were ordered to delete their prized pictures of the mortifying incident, dramatic images of the tumble still found…
HARARE – Munyaradzi Kereke, Zanu PF MP for Bikita West, yesterday uncharacteristically thanked retired Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono for saving Zimbabwe’s economy through quasi-fiscal activities during his tenure as head of the central bank. Kereke made a volte face after Gono said he was ready to explain how the Bank’s $1,3…
BULAWAYO – Preparations for the 21st February Movement to celebrate the birthday of President Robert Mugabe are now at an advanced stage, Zanu PF Youth League executives have said. The bash will be held on February 28 at Elephant Hills Golf Course under the theme ‘‘Celebrating the birth of Gushungo, the Icon of Zimbabwe’s revolution…
