HARARE – Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet) says it will continue investing in infrastructure to diversify its revenue streams after the company’s mobile money platform, EcoCash, moved over $6,6 billion since its launch five years ago. “The local telecommunication industry in line with global trends is experiencing a decline in voice revenues. We long saw this…
HARARE – Promoters and fans have urged seasoned sungura musician Paradzai Mesi to take his work seriously and exercise professionalism. Many believe his immense talent has gone to waste. Mesi, who made a rare performance at City Sports Bar’s weekly Jam Session on Monday, possesses apparent musical talent, but his business approach leaves a lot…
HARARE – The Voice USA contestant Brian Nhira is in the country. He will perform on Saturday at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) from 4pm. Nhira was in the top 20 of the music talent show which ended a few weeks ago. Close to 40 000 people auditioned. He was born of Zimbabwean parents…
HARARE – Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa was pleased with the way his team performed in the 2-0 win over Uganda during an international friendly match yesterday. Zimbabwe were using the practice match to gear up for Sunday’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group L qualifier against Malawi at the National Sports Stadium. Warriors fringe player…
HARARE – Former national cricket captain Tatenda Taibu has replaced Kenyon Ziehl as Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) convener of selectors following a reshuffle that also saw coach Dav Whatmore lose his job yesterday. Batsman Hamilton Masakadza was also relieved of his captain duties and was replaced by spinner Graeme Cremer in all three formats on an…
HARARE – Andre Dzikamai Gwaze thought his chance to play for the Warriors had passed him after spending the last seven years in Poland without getting any call-ups. The Gornik Zabrze midfielder was a surprise inclusion in Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa’s squad for Sunday’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi at the National…
HARARE – They say you are lonely when you are dead but not for Gishon Ntini, the former Triangle and CAPS United coach who died in the early hours of Monday after battling urological problems during his stint in neighbouring Botswana. A larger-than-life character whose passion for football did not escape his would-be first employer…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s army, implicated in the abduction of journalist-turned-democracy activist Itai Dzamara, yesterday denied involvement in the social justice campaigner’s disappearance. Patson Dzamara, a medical doctor and the younger brother of Itai, demanded that the military intelligence produces the prominent dissident of President Robert Mugabe who was kidnapped from a barber shop over a…
HARARE – Zimbabwean banks are seeking approval from the Central Bank to slash cash withdrawal limits to $500 per week in an effort to stem the worsening cash crisis. Barclays Bank Zimbabwe managing director George Guvamatanga told a Catholic Archdiocese of Harare-organised meeting in Harare yesterday that the present cash limit was unsustainable. [GoogleAd] Despite…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is confronted by a whispering crusade within his beleaguered Zanu PF party started by some of his deputies and lieutenants vying to succeed him. Mugabe also faces unprecedented pressure from the opposition MDC which has begun the first impeachment proceedings against him in Parliament when both Houses end the two-week…
