HARARE – The Zimbabwe A cricket team fell to Afghanistan A by five wickets in the second 50 over match of their tour of India yesterday. Afghanistan, who chased down 269 runs in the first match, won the toss and elected to field and were vindicated in their call after restricting Zimbabwe to 214 runs…
HARARE – Dancehall music sensation Winky D’s hit song Disappear has risen from number five to number one on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio 1 Extra Destination Africa Top Five (5). Disappear was produced by Oskid at KeNako Muzik. Winky D’s hit is followed by Ghanaian star’s Shatta Wale’s self-produced tune titled Hol’ It…
BULAWAYO – Acclaimed Austria-based arts director Stephan Rabl has collaborated with Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts (Iyasa) in a children’s theatre production, titled Farm House. Rabl, the man who took Iyasa to Europe for their first-ever international tour in 2011 and has been working with the outfit since then in the process facilitating their annual…
HARARE – Amid intense debate about the fate of a $300 million tax bill or debt owed to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) by the seven or so Chiadzwa diamond mining companies to be consolidated into one entity, Mines minister Walter Chidakwa says the process does not mean the miners will be freed from paying…
HARARE – Brick manufacturing concern, Radar Holdings Limited (Radar) is moving to delist from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), the group has said. In an abridged information memorandum to shareholders and notice of an extraordinary general meeting to be held later this month, the group said the reason for its delisting proposal was under-performance. “The…
HARARE – State-owned social security agency, National Social Security Authority (Nssa) says it has started a search for top management after firing its top executives last year. In a 2015 fourth quarter update statement, Nssa chairperson Robin Vela said the organisation expected appointments to be made and announced by this April. “The search for a…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Monday threat to NGOs and civil society organisations is disturbing. If the president makes good his threat that aid agencies “must remain in their countries”, never mind that these groups do not receive any money from the Zimbabwean taxpayer, then the country will have seriously regressed overnight. Maybe the president…
HARARE – As Zanu PF’s deadly factional and succession wars get nastier, Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo yesterday reacted with venom to threats by the pro-Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) to deal with him. In a hard-hitting statement, Moyo also savaged War Veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa as a “rogue”…
HARARE – Zanu PF insiders say President Robert Mugabe is in a pickle over how to handle and end the ruling party’s worsening factional and succession wars, hence his “tepid” statement when he returned from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Sunday, where he handed over the chairmanship of the African Union. Well-placed ruling party sources told…
HARARE – International charities working to stem chronic disease and hunger in crisis-torn Zimbabwe are facing increased threats of expulsion from the country for allegedly promoting “regime change”, with charities insisting they are here to advance development. This comes amid an increasing trend of harassment and interference targeting NGOs that is marked by increased hostility…
