NAIROBI – As crowds lined streets and bridges in anticipation, Barack Obama landed in Kenya amid the biggest security operation in the east African nation’s history. The president’s plane, Air Force One, touched down in Nairobi just after 8pm local time. The airport’s domestic terminal was shut down for the arrival and patrolled by US…
HARARE – The third edition of Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe (Bofoz) set for the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) tonight, will see 16 ladies battle it out for the $8 000 first prize. The winner will also walk away with a full year’s supply of Black Opal skincare and cosmetics while the second prize…
HARARE – Celebrated author Chenjerai Hove,59, who died in Norway on July 12, will be buried today at his rural home in Copper Queen, Gokwe. Hove’s body arrived in the country on Thursday night and was taken to his house in Chadcombe, Harare. Family spokesperson Ray Mawerera released the award-winning author’s burial arrangements yesterday. “We…
HARARE – Hollywood-based Zimbabwean actor Tongayi Arnold Chirisa is expected in the country next week on Friday for a mini-tour of the country that will see him interact with aspiring actors. Chirisa, who first rose to prominence on the now defunct local soapie, Studio 263, will jet into the country with Zimbabwean celebrity make-up artiste…
HARARE – Zimbabwe tobacco farmers have so far earned $565 million from the sale of 192 million kilogrammes of the golden leaf, a development that is expected to ease liquidity crisis in the country. Latest statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), however, show that sales on day 98 were down 16 percent…
HARARE – Listed engineering concern, Zeco Holdings (Zeco), has recorded a sixth consecutive loss since 2009 on the back of deteriorating economic conditions, casting doubt on the company’s future. However, Zeco board chairman, Phillip Chiyangwa, said the group was introducing various turnaround strategies as evidenced by the reduction in losses from $4,7 million recorded in…
HARARE – Tetrad Investment Bank (TIB) directors are facing prosecution after disgruntled depositors met on Thursday to discuss the fate of their fortunes trapped in the now defunct financial institution. Members of TIB Trust — recently formed with the aim of probing the struggling institution for a forensic audit — told Business Live that they…
HARARE – Honourable Julius Malema, a few weeks ago you were placed on record making very preposterous claims regarding the President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, his government, his policies, and the general welfare of Zimbabweans. In very implicit terms, you expressed very disturbing opinions to the effect that Zimbabwe’s problems are not the making of…
HARARE – As Zimbabweans, we have a propensity for claiming glory when we have contributed very little to that success. Take for example the way we have treated boxer Charles Manyuchi in his professional boxing career that spans 23 fights. Last weekend, Manyuchi successfully defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight title by stopping Italian…
HARARE – Despite his assertions to the contrary, it has been revealed that President Robert Mugabe is in fact among the highest paid African leaders, coming in at a tidy number 11 on the continent in terms of his remuneration — and not withstanding the fact that a recent survey deemed Zimbabwe to be the…
