RIO DE JANEIRO – Dilma Rousseff is about to be out of a job — at least temporarily. An all-night Senate debate in Brazil ended with a decisive result: the country’s first female president must step aside while an impeachment trial against her gets underway. That means Rousseff could be on the sidelines, fighting for…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s national broadcaster SABC has brought in a new quota system, requiring 90% of the music played on its 18 radio stations to be homegrown. SABC says the move, which has been hailed by local musicians after years of campaigning, will promote South African culture and heritage. There will be a special…
LAGOS – Nigeria’s trade union federation has said it will resist what it calls the “criminal” 67% rise in the petrol price, as fuel subsidies are removed. The government announced on Wednesday that the price was to increase in a bid to ease crippling fuel shortages. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said the rise from…
HARARE – Comedians from South Africa and Zimbabwe will feature in the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) comedy and satire programme which will run at Reps Theatre from today until Sunday. Participating comedians include Lindzy Lihle Msimang, Yasseen Barnes, Donavan Goliath (South Africa) while Zimbabwe will be represented by Simba the Comic King, Q…
HARARE – Award-winning music video director Willard “Slimaz” Magombedze’s first full-length film titled The Purse, which features music star Jah Prayzah, will be released on online platforms at the end of the month. Slimaz told the Daily News that the epic Christian movie, which premiered at Ster-kinekor Eastgate a fortnight ago, will also be available…
HARARE – Hunnar Management Agency, the organisers of Intwasa Fashion Show 2016, will hold model castings on May 28 at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. Model coordinator Rudo Nyoni is confident they will attract top models. “Running under the theme ‘No Colour’, we are looking forward to have a variety of models being…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s financial institutions are pleading with deep-pocketed clients to supply them with cash aimed at replenishing their nostro accounts as the country continues to grapple with a biting liquidity crunch. Nostro accounts are accounts held in a foreign country by a domestic or local bank which are used to facilitate settlement of foreign exchange…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa says government is happy with the performance of State-owned People Own Savings Bank (POSB), which registered a $7,9 million profit in the full year to December 2015. Addressing the bank’s board and management at an annual general meeting held in the capital yesterday, Chinamasa said other parastatals must emulate…
HARARE – Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira has appointed a new Zarnet board mandated to turn around fortunes of the cash-strapped parastatal. This comes as the little-known government Internet service provider last year acquired 60 percent shareholding in Telecel Zimbabwe (Telecel) from Netherlands-based VimpelCom for $40 million. The transaction was, however, facilitated by…
HARARE – The government’s decision to recruit 8 500 nurses will not only ease the current healthcare burden in public health institutions but will also go a long way in reducing the number of unemployed nurses in the country. Health minister David Parirenyatwa this week noted that government has finalised its audit and realised there…
