HARARE – Tuesday this week was a day like no other. Early in the morning as I was getting into town, I was touched by the sight of hundreds of youths heading for the giant National Sports Stadium. Herein lay the future of Zimbabwe. This was our independence anniversary and they were ready for the…
HARARE – Global integrated midstream and downstream energy company, Puma Energy, which recently acquired a 60 percent equity stake in Redan Petroleum and Sakunda, has set aside $139 million in organic capital expenditure across the world. In Zimbabwe, Puma has a strong presence with 94 fuel service stations out of a total of 662 in…
HARARE – Troubled coal miner, Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), narrowed its half year losses to $28,4 million from $44,1 million recorded last year on the back of reduced administration costs and a string of other cost-containment measures implemented during the period. HCCL chairman Winston Chitando yesterday said the group, which is due to retrench nearly…
HARARE – Rattled Zanu PF, peeved by the rate of its own councillors beginning to appreciate the value of the Communities in Action campaign, has axed Mutare Rural District councillor for Ward 4, John Masondo, accusing him of associating with the opposition. Speaking in an interview, Masondo said it all began when he attended a…
HARARE – Selmor Mtukudzi, who featured in the film Escape that is set to premiere during the ongoing Zimbabwe International Film Festival (ZIFF), says her husband Tendai Manatsa was initially uncomfortable with a kissing scene on the movie. The 90-minute film was co-directed by British academic and filmmaker Agnieszka Piotrowska and Zimbabwean Joe Njagu. It…
HARARE – Musica 2016 will go a gear up tonight at Music Crossroads Academy where Zimboita and Made in Europe will share the stage. Interestingly, the two groups performing tonight are both collaborative entities. Zimboita is a joint project made up of Zimbabwean and Italian musicians while Made in Europe consists of artistes from Italy…
JOHANNESBURG – There has been chaos at Wits University, with two students arrested after protests. The university’s management says it will do everything in its power to ensure that academic activities resume. The situation on the university’s main campus in Braamfontein remains tense. Security forces fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse a small group…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF are now hanging onto power by their fingernails and cautioned Zimbabweans to be wary of being bought at this stage of the struggle for democracy as this would derail the gains that have been made so far. Tsvangirai’s passionate appeal…
HARARE – National elections management body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), has embarked on a nationwide polling station mapping exercise — which opposition parties say could be an attempt to appease them ahead of the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections. However, although the polling station catchment mapping exercise will run from this month until the end…
HARARE – People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown its weight behind former Zanu PF Mashonaland West provincial chairperson Temba Mliswa, who is standing as an independent candidate in the Norton constituency by-election. The Norton constituency seat was left vacant following the expulsion of former War Veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa from the ruling party Zanu PF in…
