HARARE – The Daily News on Sunday has got it on good authority that the Zanu PF stalwarts who are aggrieved by the recent turn of events in the ruling party have now almost completed putting their papers together and that it is now a matter of time before they launch their court action. “My…
BULAWAYO – Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo (pictured) yesterday pushed for the removal of vendors from the streets with immediate effect arguing they were compromising health standards. He was addressing mayors and council chairpersons at the 73rd Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) annual general meeting in Bulawayo. “The role of the informal sector in…
HARARE – After the collapse of a certain local bank, Sekai (not real name) had to close her business and as if that was not enough, the single mother, who owned a small butchery, also lost property as creditors unleashed debt collectors on her. However, shareholders at her bank did not lose a dime after…
HARARE – The significance of the Zambian election to many Zimbabweans is not so much its outcome, but the reception that President Robert Mugabe got, which in my view underscored the disdain of many in the region towards the incoming AU chairman who is also the Sadc chairperson. I am referring here to the booing…
HARARE – South African hip-hop star Cassper Nyovest’s well-publicised plea for a maiden Zimbabwean gig has finally found a taker. The Doc Shebeleza hitmaker will perform in Zimbabwe for the first time on Valentine’s Day at the newly-established 1 + 1 Club located at Long Cheng Plaza. Nyovest publicly pleaded for a Zimbabwean concert on…
HARARE – Upcoming Pakare Paye Arts Centre guitar prodigy, Munya Mataruse, has expressed his excitement at being asked to join Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi on his latest tour of the United States and Canada. African musical giant Tuku’s seven-stop tour will take him and his band to venues in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts in the…
LONDON – The colonialists were finally caught up and made to acknowledge that their game was over many years ago. Africans refuse to be taken for a ride and be called “simple and friendly people”, while their inheritance is being taken from under them. The days of “I give you sugar and you give me…
HARARE – Amalgamated Regional Trading Corporation (ART) has appointed Tapiwa Murad Ameer as chief executive following the resignation of long-serving Richard Zirobwa. His appointment is with effect from next month. Prior to his new appointment, Ameer was the group’s chief operating officer and managing director of its batteries division. “He has been with the group…
HARARE – Anglo American Platinum (Amplats)’s Zimbabwean unit Unki Mine (Unki) production for the 2014 fourth quarter declined marginally to 412 000 tonnes from 414 000 tonnes achieved in prior quarter. The Shurugwi-based mine’s platinum group metals (four elements grade) output also dropped to 3,02 grammes per tonne from 3,16 grammes while it produced 15…
HARARE – What an interesting week it has been for Zimbabwean football. In a dramatic turn of events, the country’s deputy minister of Sports, Tabeth Kanengoni-Malinga, revealed in Parliament on Wednesday that Government was on the verge of sacking Cuthbert Dube and his entire Zifa board for gross incompetence. Zifa president Dube and the association’s…
