HARARE – London-based musician and producer Charlie Kay, 27, has collaborated with Enock “Nox” Guni on a single titled Ndokuda Wakadaro. The love single, which was released yesterday to coincide with Valentine’s Day, is a follow-up to his 2016 debut Vimbai which was the top hit for several months on the Zim Top Ten on…
HARARE – Afro-fusion artiste Sam Dondo performed new tracks off his forthcoming 11-track album at City Sports Bar’s jam session gig on Monday night. Dondo performed the title track Game Changer and another potential banger called Handinete Kushandira Mhuri off his second album titled Game Changer set to be launched in Harare on March 15….
HARARE – St. Giles Special School teacher Trust Mutekwa, better known as Teacher Muzavazi, has produced a mbira book as part of his attempts to popularise and preserve the cultural musical instrument. The book titled Nyunga Mbira Handbook will be launched on March 11 at the Alliance Francaise. “The handbook is on how to play…
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has admitted that the country’s roads are now a “national embarrassment”, but argued they could not do much as a huge chunk of their revenue was being gobbled by heavy taxes. The Administration refused to shoulder the blame for the country’s derelict roads, contending that local authorities were…
HARARE – A French company — Razel BEC — has been granted a $300 million contract to rehabilitate the Kariba plunge pool and flood gates in order to stop the dam’s wall from collapsing. The project — funded by the European Union, World Bank, African Development Bank, the Swedish government and the Zimbabwe River Authority…
HARARE – A losing Zanu PF candidate for ward four in Epworth was dragged to court yesterday after he allegedly mobilised a group of youths to disrupt a meeting convened by a local councillor. Kudakwashe Damson, from Overspill, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa facing charges of disrupting a public gathering by engaging in disorderly…
HARARE – Teachers have said the new curriculum cannot be practically implemented, with schools around the country struggling to introduce it, six weeks into the first term. Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) said there is need to revise the controversial curriculum. “As Zimta, we have requested a meeting with government so that they can get feedback…
HARARE – Prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has said judges must by all means avoid playing to the whims of politicians as this defies the separation of powers principle provided for in the Constitution. Her sentiments come at a time the Executive is seeking to amend the Constitution to allow President Robert Mugabe to…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s stone-broke government is struggling to complete the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)’s headquarters (HQ) because of financial constraints, the Senate heard last week. The building has been under construction for more than a decade. Local Government deputy minister Christopher Chingosho told a question and answer session that “economic hardships” were hampering…
HARARE – Sweden’s new ambassador to Zimbabwe, Sofia Calltorp, has said she would immediately start working to restart stalled investment here and resume exports from the southern African country that plummeted after the controversial land grab programme. Welcoming pledges from President Robert Mugabe for improved cooperation after presenting her credentials at the State House on…
