HARARE – The brutal purging of ex-Vice President Joice Mujuru and those perceived to be supporting her is clear Machiavellian politics being played by President Robert Mugabe, his controversial wife Grace and those who think they will succeed the nonagenarian. Italian philosopher, Niccolo Machiavelli’s ideas on how to grab power or maintain it, seem to…
HARARE – Zimbabwean companies are losing over $100 million annually in wages and productivity through mental health or stress related absence from work, a latest survey has shown. Industrial Psychology Consultants (IPC)’s National Employee Engagement 2014 report released this week indicates that the loss was based on results that close to four in 10 working…
HARARE – Asian tourist arrivals to Zimbabwe has declined by 19 percent to 42 798 in 2014 from 52 959 recorded in 2013 despite the country’s aggressive Look East policy, latest tourism statistics show. Figures recently released by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) revealed that the southern African country registered growth in arrivals from all…
MUTARE – Sungura music godfather Nicholas Zakaria says he has agreed with his former protégé Alick Macheso to produce a joint album later this year. Zakaria made the revelation after a recent joint show with the Tafadzwa singer in the Eastern border city. “We started mulling the idea last year and this project has been…
HARARE – This week I had the opportunity to interview United Kingdom-based and Zimbabwe-born singer/songwriter and producer Farai Muvuti who leads a quintet called The Forest Dawn. I have been enthralled by this young man for a while now, so it was such a pleasure to speak to him about his passions and inspirations. Farai’s…
HARARE – Almasi Collaborative Arts will present a staged reading of Jose Rivera’s comedy, Sueno at the Zimbabwe German Society this evening. Almasi, a Zimbabwean-American dramatic arts organisation, co-founded by Zimbabwe-born Hollywood actress Danai Gurira and film director Patience Tawengwa, will hold this evening’s event as part of their ongoing mentee director series. Sueno, the…
HARARE – As the deadly factional and succession wars within President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF get uglier, the defiant former Presidential Affairs minister, Didymus Mutasa, says his political enemies have organised a hit squad to kill him in a desperate bid to silence him once and for all. Speaking in an exclusive interview with…
HARARE – Outspoken former Zanu PF legislator Temba Mliswa has added his voice to growing predictions by disaffected ex-party heavyweights who say President Robert Mugabe and the ruling party stand no chance in the 2018 national elections. At the same time, the former Hurungwe West Member of Parliament also declared in an interview with the…
HARARE – Government has increased Ordinary Level (“O” Level) examination fees from $13 to $15 while Advanced Level (“A” Level) fees have remained at $26. This comes as parents are also now going to contribute towards the cost of Grade 7 Examination. The upward revision of “O” Level examination fees comes on the back of…
HARARE – On the day that powerful First Lady Grace Mugabe returned to the Zanu PF politburo, the faction-riddled party yesterday expelled deposed Vice President Joice Mujuru (pictured) claiming she was indisciplined. As the brutal purges instigated by Grace continue, the party’s politburo resolved to expel Mujuru and just like former Presidential affairs minister Didymus…
