HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe Trust is charging $300 for each ticket to those who would like to watch this year’s national pageant’s final be held at the Borrowdale Brooke Golf Course in Harare on 22 July. While the ticket prices are steep, considering that in neighbouring South Africa they range between R225 and R250 which…
HARARE – Exiled Chimurenga music star Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo says contrary to popular opinion, he has always been friends with fellow Zimbabwean music legend Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi. The two artistes, who were both part of a band called Wagon Wheels in the late 70s, have often differed publicly on a variety of issues. Mukanya and…
HARARE – Government of Zimbabwe takes full cognisance of the benefits derived from the Harare International Carnival, hence has already allocated adequate resources to ensure the successful staging of an excellent event. Deputy Minister of Tourism and Hospitality, A Ndhlovu told thousands of people gathered in Highfield on Saturday at the launch of this year’s…
HARARE – Last week, I carried myself to go and enjoy myself at Harare’s premier strippers club, Private Lounge. I had to embark on this journey after a long time out of the Harare entertainment circuit and the experience and encounter was one I haven’t witnessed during my myriad nightspot sojourns. And customarily, I have…
NAIROBI – Kenyan MPs, who are some of the best paid lawmakers in the world, are to get a pay cut intended to reduce the public wage bill. The MPs’ $7,200 (£5,500) monthly pay will be cut by 15% and they will lose some generous allowances. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) said that the…
HARARE – Congratulations to the Zimbabwe senior men’s soccer team, the Warriors, for winning a record fifth Council of Southern Africa (Cosafa) Cup title by beating Zambia yesterday in South Africa. There is every reason to look into the future with so much optimism after the heroics of this largely fringe team which underlined the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s first Speaker of the National Assembly Didymus Mutasa who held many Cabinet posts before he was fired from Zanu PF in 2015, at the height of the party’s infamous purges, has hit hard times as he is struggling to send his children to school and servicing huge debts including $70 000 owed…
HARARE – Teachers and government are headed for a showdown over the proposed Teachers Professional Council (TPC) which the educators fear is intended to kill trade unionism among their huge membership. However, Primary and Secondary Education ministry has allayed those fears maintaining that it is continuing with wider consultations with the teachers. Progressive Teachers Union…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has begun the process of accrediting civic organisations that it will collaborate with when it rolls out its voter education campaign ahead of the eagerly-anticipated next year’s elections. This comes as there were growing concerns among the civic society organisations (CSOs) that the national elections management body was…
HARARE – Cabinet ministers who have gained notoriety for absconding Parliament will not be punished despite Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda’s threats. In February Mudenda read the riot act in the National Assembly threatening to write to President Robert Mugabe urging him to reprimand errant Cabinet ministers who were absconding grilling by legislators…
