JOHANNESBURG – Mamelodi Sundowns striker Cuthbert Malajila concedes Kaizer Chiefs could break the Brazilians’ points record this season.Sundowns set the mark of 65 points last term – the highest since the PSL became a 16-team league at the start of 2002/03 – as they powered their way to their sixth League title. Chiefs, who can…
HARARE – No amount of challenges can deter Zimbabwe number one karateka, Sensei Samson Muripo from achieving greatness. Despite winning many regional and international competitions, Muripo and his fellow fighters remain marginalised when it comes to sponsorship. Last week, the Zimbabwe Karate Union (ZKU) team of four fighters had to endure a 24-hour bus journey…
HARARE – Eight short-term insurance companies reported losses in the full year to December 2014 as Zimbabwe’s moribund economy continues to affect the country’s insurance industry. A report by the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) released yesterday revealed that the increase in losses was due to a more difficult macro-economic environment faced by insurers in…
HARARE – Businessman Shingi Munyeza has clinched three more international restaurant franchises as he seeks to extend his dominance in the fast-food sector. The former African Sun Limited chief executive, who already owns Mugg & Bean, Ocean Basket and News Café franchises in Zimbabwe, told businessdaily yesterday that he will soon be opening three new…
HARARE – Zimbabwe must seriously venture into solar power generation for the country to address its electricity shortages and reduce load-shedding, economic experts say. This comes as the country is currently grappling with massive power shortages emanating from the generation of approximately 1 100 megawatts (MW) against national demand of at least 2 200MW as…
HARARE – Dawn Properties (Dawn) might delist from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) following an offer to acquire minority shares by major shareholder Brainworks Capital Management Limited (Brainworks). Brainworks recently acquired a 61,65 percent controlling stake in Dawn after taking over a further 18,58 percent from the 43,07 percent it already held in the firm….
HARARE – Recent reports in the media about the government’s intention to set up information communication centres in marginalised rural communities make interesting reading and it makes us who have been advocating for community broadcasting in Zimbabwe curious. One is forced to think this is a really genuine intention to develop these communities and ensuring…
HARARE – Zimbabweans are learning more and more about Zanu PF’s ugly modus operandi — thanks to the party’s worsening internal wars and its purged senior officials who are singing like canaries. And at the rate at which things are going in the ruling party, it is surely a matter of time before some really…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place, with the unenviable burden of having to defend President Robert Mugabe’s political irrationality while dismissing the economic wisdom of his earlier decision to suspend civil servants’ bonuses. The 91-year-old publicly rebuked Chinamasa at Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, emphatically…
HARARE – Rasta-Kwasa musician Dino Mudondo has resurfaced with a ‘social marketing’ song he collaborated on with old friend and Chimurenga artiste Jairos Chabvonga. The song is about the Ebola virus. “I have been putting my house in order hence keeping a low profile in showbiz. I have discovered a winning formula therefore fans should…
