HARARE – Local artistes now realise that producing music does not end with getting airplay on various radio stations. If trends around the globe are anything to go by, then releasing music to radio stations is just a fraction of what it really means to get one’s music out there. One such artiste, who has…
HARARE – London-listed investment firm, Masawara Plc, has registered a 63 percent decline in profits to $2,6 million in the half year to June compared to a $6,1 million profit recorded in the same period last year. The Shingai Mutasa-led group said principal risks and uncertainties affecting the business relate to the political and economic…
HARARE – Medical insurance firm, Altfin Health, said it will soon embark on a rebranding exercise following its acquisition by unnamed local investors. This was after the company’s parent company, Altfin Holdings (Altfin), which also held a controlling stake in suspended Altfin Life Assurance, collapsed in 2013. [Adz] “…Altfin Health is not at all related…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will this week hold a Creative Marketing Indaba aimed at coming up with new strategies to revive the country’s ailing economy. Simon Bere, one of the organisers of the event said the major goal of the conference was to move Zimbabwe towards crafting a highly effective, results generating, integrated marketing system for…
MUTARE – Lack of access to viral load count (VLC) machines is driving up the country’s costs of managing the HIV /Aids epidemic, a health rights group has said. Zimbabwe Network of People Living with HIV (ZNPP+) Manicaland Provincial Coordinator Lloyd Dembure told the Daily News last week that only five percent of people infected…
HARARE – It is high time that Zimbabwe should come up with proper policies that woo investors into the country. The controversial indigenisation policy, in particular, has been a major scare to foreign financiers. [GoogleAd] The policy, which demands that foreign companies cede 51 percent of their shareholding to locals has proved to be militating…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is intensifying its fight against white collar crimes as part of strategies to improve the ease of doing business and lure foreign investors. President Robert Mugabe last week said the country would soon merge the small claims court, commercial court and High Court in a move aimed at fighting fraud and other…
HARARE – The Tourism ministry made a mess of its belated World Tourism Day celebrations in Kwekwe last week. Scores of journalists who were bussed in from Harare were left stranded with no food and accommodation due to the ministry’s bungling and lack of proper event management skills. The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) — through…
HARARE – In a move that is expected to ease water woes in Harare, the capital is set to enter into a public private partnership to construct a $250 million dam in Gletwyn. According to Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni the Gletwyn project is long overdue and needs urgent implementation. [GoogleAd] He, however, warned that Harare…
HARARE – The State yesterday pushed for imprisonment of urban grooves artiste Desmond “Stunner” Chideme after he was convicted of negligently driving into four parked cars — at his own plea. Chideme was convicted of not having a driver’s licence and negligent driving by Harare magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta. His sentence will be handed down today….
