BULAWAYO – ZimPraise, the country’s leading choral group, is set to perform at MegaFest in Dallas, Texas in August at the invitation of televangelist Bishop TD Jakes. The three-day festival that will run from August 20 to 22 is expected to attract more than 85 000 attendees from more than 30 countries. Tendai Zhou, the…
HARARE – Tetrad Investment Bank’s future hangs in the balance as creditors and depositors meet for the last time today in the capital to decide the troubled financial institution’s fate. At the last meeting held in March, creditors gave a potential Russian investor one month to inject fresh capital into the troubled bank or else…
HARARE – China continues to dominate the country’s tobacco exports after the Asian country snapped up 19,4 million kilogrammes (kg) worth $167,6 million out of $218 million earned by Zimbabwe so far. Statistics released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (Timb) show that South Africa came in second having spent $13,7 million on 3,6…
EDITOR — The government, and the ministry of Health and Child Care in particular, should try and make sure that medication needed by patients is readily available at hospitals. Recently, one of my relatives was admitted at a provincial hospital and I was surprised that all the medication that was needed had to be sourced…
LONDON – It is about a month now since Itai Dzamara was abducted by suspected State agents. His abductors accused him of having stolen cattle. First, let us get the small matter of “evidence” out of the way. In their ever mindless exoneration of Zanu PF egregiousness, State media have pointed to lack of evidence…
HARARE – Disaffected Zanu PF stalwarts, who have defiantly broken ranks with President Robert Mugabe to coalesce under the banner and principles of the “original Zanu PF”, and who now operate as Zanu People First, say the hero-worshipping of politicians such as the nonagenarian needs to end if Zimbabwe is ever to come right. Documents…
HARARE – Some Zanu PF hardliners are turning on the party’s new political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere as relations within the so-called Gang of Four continue to fray and close allies of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa flex their muscles, the Daily News has learnt. Sources said yesterday that the stunning turn of events follows growing criticism…
HARARE – Convicted Harare businessman Brian Tarisai Kambasha who is serving three years for duping Airforce of Zimbabwe commander Air Marshal Perrance Shiri of more than $50 000 is seeking a review of his sentence and bail pending appeal. Kambasha, 32, and his company Hemmingworth Cartwright (Private) Limited were convicted of theft of trust property….
HARARE – Jamaican reggae star Luciano is set to arrive in Zimbabwe tomorrow for his upcoming “Return to Africa 2015” concert at the Glamis Arena on April 10. On Wednesday evening he will meet his fans at Harare’s Private Lounge in a party dubbed ‘Mingle and Mix’. A spokesperson for Private Lounge said his fans…
HARARE – Gospel musician Mathias Mhere has conceded that the alleged adultery between his wife Susan Dzinamarira and his friend Gift Mahlupeka forced him to postpone his maiden tour of the United States (US). The Favour singer, who was initially scheduled to begin his US tour on February 16, told the Daily News that he…
