HARARE – Music star Pharrell Williams has praised Zimbabwean musician Brian Nhira, 23, for the excellent manner in which he sang the American musician’s hit song Happy. Nhira sang William’s song while auditioning for The Voice — an American reality television singing competition broadcast on NBC. “Singing-wise, I felt like you went up there and…
HARARE – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed Zimbabwe’s economic growth forecast to 1,4 percent this year against Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa’s 2,7 percent growth target. An IMF official leading a delegation from the Bretton Woods Institution — currently in the country to assess economic reform progress — Domenico Fanizza on Tuesday told the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest mobile telecommunications group Econet Wireless has ventured into the security industry following the launch of its ‘connected home’ service that brings together security and energy management under a single internet-based platform. The product known as Econet Connected Home allows one to access, monitor and secure a home from anywhere with the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe says it is targeting to draw at least 100 000 German tourists into the country in the next four years. Germany contributes 18 percent of European arrivals into Zimbabwe and is ranked third after the United States of America and UK, contributing 26 355 arrivals, a far cry from the 76 000…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is facing a crunch time this week when an International Monetary Fund (IMF) visiting team is expected to give reports on the third and final assessment of the staff-monitored programme which ended on December 31 last year. The country started working on the IMF-administered programme in 2013 but Zimbabwe has repeatedly missed…
HARARE – More supporters of embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa are being ruthlessly chucked out of President Robert Mugabe’s warring Zanu PF, drilling more holes into the Midlands godfather’s mooted presidential aspirations. The Zanu PF women’s league chairperson for Mashonaland West, Angeline Mucheneyi, told the Daily News yesterday that four bigwigs from the province —…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai made sensational claims yesterday that missing human rights activist, Itai Dzamara, was abducted by suspected State agents because he had in his possession damning evidence of ballot fraud from the controversial 2013 polls. The former prime minister in the government of national unity made the claim after joining the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s jet-setting President Robert Mugabe has been forced to head back home from India where he had flown for a low-key “cultural festival”, which his Indian counterpart and host President Pranab Mukherjee is not even attending. “…Mugabe has called off his engagement in India where he was scheduled to be guest of honour…
HARARE – As the country joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Women’s Day, we call upon the powers that be, who are presently entangled in virtually useless power struggles to focus more on providing for our mothers and sisters who mostly bear the full brunt of social, economic and political hardships spawned…
HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) team, who officially announced their entry into opposition politics last week, are building up a head of steam as they prepare for the country’s eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections. Yesterday, the widow of the late liberation struggle icon, General Solomon Mujuru, was interviewed…
