HARARE – MDC legislator Jessie Majome has removed her car radio so as to make sure she is not harassed by ZBC officials over radio licence fees. Apart from dragging ZBC to the Constitutional Court (Con-Court)over radio licences, the Harare West MP has also removed her car radio in protest. Three years ago she approached…
MUTARE – Dynamos finally registered their first win of the 2016 Castle Premiership season after edging newboys Mutare City Rovers in a closely-contested tie here yesterday, easing pressure on coach Paulo Jorge Silva. Silva came into yesterday’s match sitting on a three-match ultimatum after opening the season with a defeat away to reigning champions Chicken…
HARARE – The Matabeleland Junior Golf Championships teed off in Bulawayo yesterday with a new flavour of golfers eager to climb the golfing ladder. After featuring in the Manicaland Junior Golf Championships a fortnight ago, athletes from Matsetso Stars Sport to Conservation descend on Bulawayo for the equivalent Matabeleland tournament. Seven junior golfers will compete…
HARARE – The Purse, a Christian movie featuring music star Jah Prayzah, will premiere at Ster Kinekor Eastgate on Thursday. Serial award-winner Jah Prayzah acts as a spiritual warrior in the movie about a young lady Maria (played by Rachael Maketa) who enters the spiritual realm during a fervent prayer. She meets an angel who…
HARARE – Shona poems and mbira music claimed centre stage at celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare held at Alliance Francaise Harare last Saturday. While several poems in English were fairly well-received, it was, ironically, performances in Shona that set the stage alight. First to raise the bar, at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is working on a new debt financing programme aimed at clearing the country’s $10 billion debt using local resources, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. Chinamasa, whose tenure at Treasury has transformed him from a hawkish member of President Robert Mugabe’s Cabinet to a sharp-elbowed reformer, told reporters on Friday that the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s struggling telecommunications companies have been ordered to invest heavily in infrastructure to ensure total service availability in all areas in the country within three years. Information Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira last Friday gazetted new quality of service regulations for the telecommunications sector that force firms to achieve at least 90 percent…
HARARE – The British American Tobacco Zimbabwe (BAT Zimbabwe) recently appointed Clara Mlambo as its new managing director taking over from long-serving executive Lovemore Manatsa. Our business editor John Kachembere speaks to Mlambo over her new appointment and her vision for the cigarette manufacturing company. Below are excerpts of the interview Q: Congratulations on your…
EDITOR — Local Government minister and Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere’s reasons for the suspension of Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni emanate from the recent appointment of James Mushore by the City of Harare councillors as town clerk. The basis for his suspension is in terms of section 114 (1) (d) (ii) of the Urban…
HARARE – According to an expert on the history of cholera, Barua D, in the last 190 years, the world has experienced seven cholera pandemics claiming hundreds of thousands of lives globally. And they say the disease still remains a major global challenge to countries where access to safe drinking-water and adequate sanitation could not…
