HARARE – The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) last year raised about $22 million from infrastructure bonds floated to the investing public to fund various projects under preparation, the bank said. Data released by the State- owned institution — whose mandate is infrastructure development — to local media indicated that insurance companies and pension…
HARARE – Rapper Desmond “Stunner” Chideme and his wife Olinda Chapel on Thursday night shocked people by their public spate, which apparently now seems to have been a publicity stunt. Olinda took to Facebook to accuse Stunner of cheating on her with an 18-year-old named Deon, chatting with his ex-girlfriend Pokello Nare and a lot…
HARARE – In an interesting development yesterday, expelled former Zanu PF bigwigs, Christopher Mutsvangwa and Temba Mliswa, received VIP treatment at the burial of Peter Chanetsa at the Heroes Acre in Harare — as Zanu PF’s ugly tribal, factional and succession wars continue to burn hot. Although the occasion was a State and not a…
HARARE – The debate continues to rage furiously among analysts and within warring Zanu PF about the wisdom of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa granting a controversial interview to British publication, the New Statesman, last week. Although Mnangagwa did not admit, as usual, that he wants to succeed President Robert Mugabe in the interview, former Cabinet…
HARARE – There are fears that Zimbabwe’s maize harvest could be completely wiped out by an invasion of armyworms, so named because they eat most vegetation in their way. Maize is a staple crop in Zimbabwe and any threat to the harvest could push the country further into food insecurity. This comes as the United…
HARARE – You might want to sit down for this. As Zimbabwe’s preparations ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Gabon continue, there is still so much potential for devastating chaos. It’s only a matter of time before there is an upset — with only a week to go to the Nations Cup…
HARARE – Another stabbing in the Epworth neighbourhood, not with an axe, but a knife. The jacaranda was in bloom and the residents were going about their innocent business. At 3pm, a terrible screaming was heard coming from a nearby home and when police arrived, they found a man lying bleeding, knife on one side,…
HARARE – It is alarming that Zanu PF is again threatening to unleash abductions and violence if it loses the Bikita West by-election. The threats by Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa at Gwindingwi Primary School on Wednesday were not only primitive and unwarranted, but also served to show that violence is indeed a part…
HARARE – Lead guitarist Braveman Chizvino Mawanza (29), better known as Baba Harare, who has just quit Jah Prayzah’s Third Generation, says he will always cherish “the small role” he played to make the Uzumba-born artiste a top brand in Zimbabwe and beyond. Baba Harare, who was accompanied by his manager Voyage Dambuza, formally quit Jah…
HARARE – Embattled Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has issued an apology to the nation and Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa after the national team on Friday night snubbed a send-off dinner ahead of their participation at the 2017 Africa Cup Nations finals (Afcon). “Zifa apologises to all football stakeholders in Zimbabwe and … to the acting…
