HARARE – Zanu PF’s ugly tribal, factional and succession tussles boiled over into deadly violence in Harare yesterday when party supporters from opposing camps turned on each other and against police over embattled national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere. The clashes occurred despite President Robert Mugabe’s reported calls for all party structures to end the current…
HARARE – The United States will only ease sanctions on Zimbabwe after there are demonstrable economic and political reforms, Washington’s envoy said, after an African Union envoy maintained most of US’s economic restrictions were impoverishing poor citizens. US ambassador to Zimbabwe Harry Thomas and the African Union (AU) ambassador to Washington Arikana Chihombori-Quao went head-to-head…
HARARE – The divorce industry in Zimbabwe is worth millions a year and mega-bucks settlements abound. And when stay-at-home mum Sibusisiwe Melody Marapira recently demanded custody of her three children with deputy Agriculture minister Davis Marapira, a monthly maintenance of $500 per child, school fees and 65 hectares of arable land at Lamonte Farm, nine…
HARARE – Zimbabwe could be losing millions of dollars through misuse of retained funds by various government departments who are withholding 100 percent of the cash they are collecting from the public in a side pocket. This comes after Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) retained the highest amount of $204,6 million it collected last year,…
HARARE – If visibility and predictability are two foundations upon which stable financial markets are built, comments from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week on the adoption of bond notes as a primary currency to alleviate cash shortages suggest Zimbabweans should brace for increased currency volatility. While the RBZ has said bond notes…
HARARE – Saint John Apostolic is building a state-of-the-art hospital in Mhondoro which they hope to complete by the end of the year. The church’s archbishop Sydney Mabiza said the church had noticed with great concern that disadvantaged members of the community were travelling long distances to access healthcare. “The construction of this hospital named…
HARARE – The cash shortages affecting Zimbabwe today are nothing new; this is familiar territory people trudged during the tumultuous years of 2008-9. We warned before that the signs were ominous when government introduced bond notes last year, ostensibly as an export incentive which would also ease the obtaining cash shortages. On Thursday last week,…
HARARE – Selemani “Majuice” Mpochi, sungura star Alick Macheso’s Orchestra Mberikwazvo’s lead dancer, claims his “wild days are over.” Since he joined Macheso almost a decade ago, the talented Majuice has routinely got caught up in scandals largely due to womanising and general indiscipline. The 30-year-old, who was born in Rugare, Harare, conceded in an…
HARARE – Bulawayo-born artiste-cum-producer Thaiwanda Thai has made a name for himself in South Africa largely due to the The Bangers and Mashups series — a compilation of reworked and retuned versions of some of top global hits. Thaiwanda Thai, who holds a degree in branding communication specialising in art direction, also attracted attention in…
HARARE – Over the years, Prince Edward School in Harare has unleashed noteworthy musicians such as yesteryear star David Scobie, Jazz bassist and vocalist Josh Meck, Zimboita drummer Blessing “Bled”Chimanga, the late Sam Mtukudzi, Zim hip-hop star Stunner and talented instrumentalist Raymond Mupfumira. The prestigious school’s ability to discover and nurture music talent has set it…
