HARARE – History has proven that no team does well at a major tournament without its key players taking more responsibility for their work and leading from the front. All too often, this has been a major let-down for Zimbabwe’s cricket team, with the experienced players tending to withdraw into a shell when the situation…
HARARE – The make-up of Zimbabwe’s team against New Zealand side Northern District in their first warm-up match yesterday ahead of the Cricket World Cup shows that new coach Dav Whatmore is still trying to find winning combinations, and more such tweaking of the line-up can be expected in the remaining warm-ups before the tournament…
HARARE – Big-hitting Solomon Mire continued with his impressive start to his Zimbabwe career with a quick-silver half-century yesterday against New Zealand domestic side Northern Districts XI, as the African side won their first warm-up match by 22 runs ahead of the upcoming Cricket World Cup in Australasia. The 25-year-old right-hander, who hit two half-centuries…
HARARE – Bongo Maffin’s Jah Seed, who was recently in Harare, has promised to use his extensive links in South Africa and elsewhere to help Zimbabwean artistes reach a wider audience. The Zimbabwean artiste co-founded the famous Johannesburg-based African Storm Sound System in 1996 with Andy “Admiral” Kasrils — son of former South African intelligence…
HARARE – Mbira star Hope Masike’s new gospel video set to be launched on February 13 appears destined to break new ground. The video for Huyai Tinamate, shot in Musana in Bindura where Masike’s rural home is located, will be launched on Masike’s YouTube channel. The enchanting video, which depicts Masike as some supernatural goddess,…
HARARE – Netherlands-based young mbira artiste Vimbai Zimuto will launch her second album Kure Kwemeso at the Book Café on Thursday. Vimbai’s 14-year history in music includes participation in Zimbabwe Music Crossroads, Pamberi Trust’s Flame Literary Arts and Music Enterprise (Flame) and a three-year stint as backing vocalist for music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi. On the…
HARARE – Upcoming gospel musician Julia Banda says the success of her debut album Jesu Wangu, particularly in her home town of Kwekwe, has encouraged her to dream big. “My six-track album which has Shona, English and Nyanja lyrics has done very well, far better than I ever thought possible,” she told the Daily News….
HARARE – Troubled AfrAsia Zimbabwe Holdings Limited (AZHL)’s banking and microfinance subsidiaries are contesting $16,4 million lawsuits from various clients. Among the aggrieved is Alphavic Management Consultancy (Private) Limited which is suing the group’s flagship unit AfrAsia Bank Zimbabwe Limited (ABZL) for $15,3 million in damages for alleged financial prejudice suffered when it failed to…
HARARE – The European Union (EU) has resumed direct financial aid to Zimbabwe, with the bloc availing $60 million, the EU ambassador Phillipe van Damme said. Zimbabwe last received direct aid from the EU about 13 years ago. Van Damme, in an interview with an America-based news agency last week, said “direct aid will resume…
HARARE – An America-based company Got Produce Incorporated (Got Produce) is hoping to “revolutionise” African agriculture with its hydroponic and technology-driven greenhouses, executives say. Backed by group founder Deborah Walliser and Zimbabweans such as Herbert Chadehumbe, the company is hoping to make a difference in the country’s horticultural sector through its climate-controlled vegetable facilities, which…
