HARARE – Ruth Makandiwa, wife to charismatic United Family International Church (UFIC) founder and leader, Emmanuel Makandiwa, has demonstrated her musical prowess by composing a gospel track titled Thank You Lord. The track is part of the 12-track album, In the Sanctuary, launched by the 600-member UFIC choir at Ster-Kinekor Eastgate in Harare on Thursday…
HARARE – Internationally-acclaimed Mokoomba has once again captured the imagination of the world with their self-produced third album titled Luyando. The beautifully-crafted album, to be launched at Harare’s Theatre in the Park on Mach 24, has already attracted rave reviews in several top newspapers all over the world. In a ringing endorsement, The Guardian in…
HARARE – Seven schools are scheduled to take part in the inaugural Prince Edward School High Schools Music Festival which will take place on April 1. The highly-anticipated event will feature St Johns College, Midlands Christian College,Churchill High School, St. Georges College, Heritage School, Watershed College and hosts Prince Edward School. Tynwald Primary School, thanks…
HARARE – Moto Republik founder Samm “Comrade Fatso” Monro insists the arts hub, which was set up two years ago by Magamba Network, should not be demolished because it has the necessary papers. City council officials attempted to tear down the creative hub located in a shipment container unit and based in the Greater Avenues…
HARARE – Multichoice Africa says there will be no price increase to its DStv service for all customers in Zimbabwe. MultiChoice Zimbabwe managing director, Lovemore Mangwende, said they have decided to keep subscription rates at current levels, despite a particularly tough year for MultiChoice Africa in the face of a harsh economic environment across the…
BULAWAYO – Gospel artiste Susan Mabandla Ratisai (37) has dropped her debut album titled Jesu Huya. The 37 year old believes the first recorded in 2008 will win over gospel music fans. “The album was recorded at Radio Dialogue studios but I just kept the work to myself until now. The main reason for the…
HARARE – Emerging entrepreneur Sipho Mudzingwa has scooped the CBZ Holdings (CBZ)’s Youth Entrepreneurs Programme (Yep) top prize. At a glitzy function held at a five-star hotel in the capital, Mudzingwa — who runs a mobile kitchen business called Chigutiro: Food on Wheels — got $3 000 that was injected into her business. The Gweru-based…
HARARE – The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, commonly known as PTA Bank, has rebranded to Trade and Development Bank (TDB) in line with its new mandate. The leading regional multilateral Development Finance Institution (DFI), which has been in operation for just over three decades, has also announced that it will continue…
HARARE – Back in the days when the Soviet Union was still a communist empire, its flagship broadsheet newspaper was called Pravda, or “Truth”. But all and sundry knew it was a supplier of lies. The credibility of Pravda was so small that those who bothered to peruse it would believe unerringly the opposite of…
HARARE – Health minister David Parirenyatwa’s recent revelation that over 1 000 cases of chronic kidney failure are being reported in Zimbabwe, with only 700 of these on dialysis, should make our government take this health challenge more seriously. In line with the Zimbabwe government’s policy on the matter, dialysis centres are being set up…
