HARARE – Credit Insurance Zimbabwe (Credsure) and Sanctuary Insurance Company (Sanctuary), have failed to meet the $1,5 million minimum threshold during the first half of this year due to deteriorating economic conditions, an Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) report has shown. This comes as performance of the insurance and pension sector has largely remained depressed…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading mobile operator, Econet, has partnered with South Africa’s Mukuru Money Transfer (Mukuru) in a move aimed at increasing cross-border remittances. Econet chief executive Douglas Mboweni yesterday said the partnership between Mukuru, a key player in the South African remittances space, and EcoCash, which has the largest last-mile distribution footprint in Zimbabwe,…
HARARE – Music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi’s 65th album will be released today at Pakare Paye Arts Centre, marking a great milestone in the musician’s illustrious career. The 12-track Eheka! Nhai Yahwe features South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela who collaborated with Tuku on Bhiza RaMambo and Kusateerera as well as Afro-pop, gospel singer and Muvhango…
HARARE – Dreamstar, a talent show run by the Chinese Federation in Zimbabwe, has begun nationwide auditions for the coveted competition. For this year’s edition, the winner will get $3 000, first runner-up $1 500 while the second runner-up will pocket $500. Chinese Federation of Zimbabwe vice chairman Zivanai Zhou said auditions have already been…
HARARE – Mbira DzeNharira will launch their 12th album next month which will reflect on the gruelling journey the group has traversed since its formation in 1987, band founder Tendayi Gahamadze has said. Titled Bvungurungwi KwaWaze, the seven-track album comprises hits such as Karomo which is about the consequences of a loud mouth. The highly-anticipated…
HARARE – The increasingly vocal local Church, alarmed by the country’s escalating political and economic crises, as well as the current crackdown on dissenting voices by panicking authorities, is pressing President Robert Mugabe to call for an emergency national dialogue, fearing a repeat of the Gukurahundi massacres of the early 1980s. In an unprecedented petition…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has washed his hands off the threats that were made by President Robert Mugabe against war veterans and the generality of the population who are challenging his disastrous 36-year rule. In his response to a court application by prominent anti-government activist Promise Mkwananzi, calling on Mugabe to step down…
HARARE – The drugs crisis that has ravaged State hospitals is far from over after government said it will take between four to six months to acquire the urgently needed medicines. This comes as the hard-pressed Zimbabwe government is struggling to adequately fund public hospitals, forcing some of the institutions to suspend critical medical procedures….
BULAWAYO – Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has suspended deputy mayor of Bulawayo Gift Banda and four councillors over alleged corruption involving land in the city. The suspension followed a probe ordered to look into the affairs of the Bulawayo City Council after residents alleged councillors were parcelling out vast tracts of land to themselves….
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s paranoid government, reeling from swelling public anger over its policies, has warned it will imprison ‘‘abusers’’ of the national flag, as it bids to tighten screws on dissenters. In a strongly-worded statement yesterday, the Justice ministry warned that it will invoke the relevant clauses that will see ‘‘abusers’’ of the…
