HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange’s market capitalisation last week breached the $5 billion mark for the first time in nearly two years. The local bourse closed the week at $5 179 592 804 buoyed by gains in blue chip counters such as BAT, Delta, Innscor, SeedCo, Meikles and Colcom. [GoogleAd] One of Africa’s leading…
HARARE – Local music star Jah Prayzah is among three African musicians who have teamed up with Jason Derulo to remix the internationally-acclaimed American star’s 2010 hit titled In my head at Coke Studio Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. Apart from Jah Prayzah, Jason Derulo is remixing his famous hit with Ethiopian artiste Betty G and…
HARARE – Miss Tourism Zimbabwe (MTZ) 2017 will take place on December 9 in Harare. MTZ patron Barbara Mzembi told journalists at a press conference held at a Harare hotel on Saturday that 15 girls will be in the running to replace reigning queen Ashley Morgan. [GoogleAd] “Starting next month applications will be accessible on…
GWERU – A buoyant opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday told thousands of his supporters who braved the chilly and drizzly weather in the Midlands capital that President Robert Mugabe’s advanced age — coupled with the ruling Zanu PF’s vicious infighting — would deliver victory to the MDC in next year’s make-or-break national elections. The popular…
HARARE – Zanu PF insiders say while fired Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana contributed to his own demise regarding his inglorious exit from his powerful State position, he was also a victim of the ruling party’s vicious tribal, factional and succession wars. Tomana was relieved of his duties as PG on Friday by President Robert Mugabe, after…
HARARE – A law expert has filed another urgent lawsuit in the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) seeking to stop biometric voter registration (BVR) by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) using an Electoral Act under legal challenge. The latest suit comes in the wake of constitutional law expert Alfred Mavedzenge’s May 15 suit in the same court,…
HARARE – All public buses must be compulsorily fitted with devices that stop them going over speed limits as a road safety measure to cut deaths from road accidents, the Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) has said. Paz made the proposal after 45 people were killed when the driver of a passenger bus lost control…
HARARE – He might be old and increasingly frail, slow and stuttering, but there is no doubt that in Zanu PF, President Robert Mugabe is still the glue that holds, albeit loosely, the fragmented party together. Judging by the sea of people who flocked to his youth rally in Marondera last weekend, analysts said Mugabe…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe plays host once more to thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses visiting for annual conventions, the tell-tale knock at the door may be an invitation to join them. Thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses are expected to attend a series of three-day annual conventions with the theme “Don’t Give Up” starting this week. The first…
HARARE – Mounds of waste in garbage dumps around the Zimbabwe’s capital are hindering the citizenry’s confidence in local government. Trash cans or bins overflow with rotten fruit, spoiled eggs, and other garbage. Pedestrians have to jump over disgusting trash scattered on the sidewalks, at bus ranks, shopping centres and street corners across Harare, meanwhile…
