HARARE – Jamaican international artiste Charly Black is expected in Harare today in the afternoon for a once-off performance on Saturday at Longcheng Plaza. Chipaz Promotions, organisers of the concert’s director Partson “Chipaz” Chimbodza, confirmed the development. “Charly Black is arriving at 1430hours by South African Airways. There is a welcome party at Dandaro Inn…
HARARE – Despite the unparalleled levels of competence in reading and writing, Zimbabweans are among the least motivated readers, a Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) lecturer said. Godwin Makaudze of the Department of African Languages and Literature made these remarks at the just-ended Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF). “Zimbabwe currently boasts of one of the highest…
HARARE – Internationally-renowned stone sculptor Dominic Benhura’s upbringing as an orphan has opened his heart to helping his peers and other disadvantaged artists whom he has helped in building their artistic careers. While over the years, he has engaged disadvantaged children at his Dominic Studios in Greendale, Harare and taught them how to sculpt, this…
HARARE – Zimbabwe says work at the Kariba South hydro-electric plant is going ahead as planned despite earlier warnings that China Eximbank had withheld funds for the project until government clears its previous loan arrears. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said the project — expected to add an additional 300 megawatts (MW) to the national grid…
LAGOS – Nigerian forces have freed 178 captives held by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram during military operations in the country’s violence-plagued northeast, an army spokesman said Monday. Those rescued in the operations near the town of Bama include 101 children, 67 women and 10 men, Col. Tukur Gusau said in a statement. Photos…
HARARE – Defunct AfrAsia Zimbabwe Holdings Limited (AZHL) — formerly Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited — is set to dispose assets worth nearly $40 million to compensate creditors, the group’s liquidator has said. Grant Thornton managing director Reggie Saruchera told a creditors’ meeting last week Friday that he would follow up on AZHL non-performing loans (NPLs)…
TRIPOLI – Rescuers are searching for hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean after the boat they were on capsized off Libya. Some reports suggest as many as 700 people were on board the overcrowded vessel when it came into difficulty. The Irish navy said it feared “a significant loss of life” and Medecins Sans Frontieres…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government, for long accused of corruption and out of depth in arresting the current economic slide, lacks the will to restore confidence among Zimbabweans and foreign investors. Mugabe, especially, has failed to act on numerous cases of corruption involving senior government officials, including ministers, cementing the widely-held belief that he…
HARARE – More information is coming out suggesting that former Vice President Joice Mujuru had become exceedingly popular and powerful within President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF in the months leading to her brutal ouster from power late last year. Documents in the possession of the Daily News show that many current Cabinet ministers, service…
HARARE – With Zimbabwe’s 2018 national elections fast-approaching, Zanu PF looks decidedly fearful of a repeat of the party’s stunning 2008 election defeat, and has started working to eliminate all its perceived threats that could lead to another unexpected election outcome in three years’ time. Analysts say it was in this light that President Robert…
