HARARE – Flamboyant businessman Frank Buyanga is pressing ahead with his interest for a 40 percent stake in Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe (Lafarge) amid indications that the local company’s major shareholder had requested further information from the potential suitor. This also comes as the Hamilton Capital (Hamilton) boss and founder had first expressed his interest in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading mobile network operator Econet Wireless (Econet) has partnered with Ireland-headquartered firm, One Horizon Group (One Horizon), to launch proprietary VoIP technology in Africa through a license agreement. The application allows roamers to make high-quality phone calls home for approximately the same amount as a local call and is fully integrated with…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) listed Delta Corporation (Delta), will soon become part of the Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) family following a $101 billion megabrew merger between the Belgium-headquartered beverages maker and SABMiller. Delta — 38 percent owned by globally brewer SABMiller with over $1 billion market capitalisation on the ZSE — yesterday announced…
HARARE – Internationally-acclaimed Jamaican reggae family — Morgan Heritage — are in town and the 5 000-seater Harare International Conference Centre is ready to host the group tomorrow. The celebrated group is billed to perform in the capital for the first time and they will be sharing the stage with local artistes in the form…
HARARE – Award-winning South African singer Toya Delazy has included a concert in Harare on her Rocking The City tour of African cities, involving 20 shows in seven countries over seven weeks. The popular artiste has released details of the first part of her tour schedule, which will include the Harare concert on Friday October…
HARARE – Zora music loving people will be in for a treat this weekend as they will have a rare opportunity to see Leonard Zhakata and Suluman Chimbetu sharing the stage tonight and on Sunday. Chimbetu and Zhakata take to the stage at Ice and Fire Pamuzinda tonight for what is expected to be a…
PORT AU PRINCE – The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew – the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade – has soared to more than 300, officials say. Some 50 people were reported killed in the town of Roche-a-Bateau alone. The nearby city of Jeremie saw 80% of its buildings…
HARARE – The controversial appointment of President Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore to a top position at Air Zimbabwe (Airzim) has sparked nationwide outrage, with many people branding the move as “problematic” and calling for an investigation by relevant bodies. Chikore — who has been appointed as a chief operating officer at the struggling national…
HARARE – The opposition and pressure groups who were dealt a body blow when the High Court upheld a police ban on demonstrations in Harare have promised to roll out more protests in the coming weeks — setting the stage for a brutal fight with government. On Tuesday, the High Court ruled in favour of…
HARARE – The United States (US) has lifted sanctions on nine individuals and several companies in Zimbabwe, but President Robert Mugabe remains on the list. In an announcement on Tuesday, the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) said it updated the country’s Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN) by removing former Midlands provincial…
