HARARE – The Chinese cigarette industry is helping ease cash crisis in Zimbabwe by snapping up 52,3 million kilogrammes (kg) of tobacco valued at $425,5 million in the eight months to November, latest data show. China, which has the world’s largest population and has more smokers in the world than any other country, has kept…
HARARE – Elsewhere in this newspaper, we carry a story on the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa)’s call for applications from artists wishing to be part of its 2017 edition. This is a rare dose of good news for our artists who suffered in a big way when Hifa pulled the plug on…
HARARE – Mutare businessman Tendai Blessing Mangwiro has threatened to take legal action against the High Court sheriff for failing to execute an order for the jailing of Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo following his conviction for defying the courts. Chombo was early this month slapped with a 90-day prison term after he failed to…
HARARE – Doctors are proposing to government sweeping amendments to the Health Professions Act to pave way for a new policy which allows health practitioners to advertise. This also comes as the Health Professions Authority (HPA) has come up with an electronic database of 3 500 health institutions and experts easily accessible to the public….
JOHANNESBURG – Music star Jah Prayzah’s sold-out show held at the Baseline in Johannesburg at the weekend was marred by chaos after non-ticket holders tried to force their way in. Security details had to resort to teargas to restore order at the club co-run by Zimbabwe-born artiste Jah Seed. Event organiser Tongai Mbidzo took to…
HARARE – Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries’ leader Walter Magaya last week distributed cucumbers from his farm in the church to demonstrate his farming prowess. Pictures showing congregants, including government officials such as Tourism and Hospitality Industry deputy minister Anastancia Ndhlovu lifting cucumbers in church went viral on social media with some people referring…
HARARE – Rising star Andy Muridzo has defiantly told those labelling him a copycat that he will have the last laugh. In addition to sounding like Jah Prayzah, Muridzo featured Tswana songstress Charma Gal on a remix of Derira following in the footsteps of the Jerusarema singer who had collaborated with the same singer on…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s biggest arts event — the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) — is calling for applications from artistes who want to perform at its 2017 edition which will run between April 25 to 30 next year. Hifa associate executive director Tafadzwa Simba said the six-day festival, which will bounce back next…
GWERU – Lloyd Chitembwe, on Saturday etched his name in the history books of CAPS United — becoming the first to win the league title at CAPS United both as a player and coach. Ascot Stadium, only 4km from the Gweru central business district was the venue — and a victory at the end of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is pushing for the arrest of former president Cuthbert Dube following his failure to provide written response on how his former executive ended up accruing a debt of $7 million. Ex-president Dube and his former board were given seven days to explain the $7 million debt that the association…
