HARARE – It will cost Jah Prayzah’s fans an arm and a leg to attend the launch of the award-winning star’s new album titled Kutonga Kwaro that will feature Nigerian music star Davido. Ordinary tickets for the highly-anticipated gig set for the Harare International Conference Centre on October 13 are going for $20 while the…
BULAWAYO – Although they might not be a well-resourced national team, the Mighty Warriors continue to do the nation proud after they reached the final of the ongoing Cosafa Women’s Championship. Zimbabwe booked their place in tomorrow’s final at Barbourfields Stadium with a convincing 4-0 win over Kenya at the same venue during Thursday’s semi-final….
HARARE – Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa ducked a tricky question in the National Assembly on Wednesday which had the potential to aggravate his fallout with First Lady Grace Mugabe, currently in New York, accompanying her husband to the United Nations General Assembly. Mnangagwa, who has been the target of the first lady’s vicious attacks over…
HARARE – Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo, pictured, is ready to clear his name in the wake of a ruling by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) that threw out his application. In a statement issued through his lawyer, Hussein Ranchhod and Company, on Wednesday Moyo said he was looking forward to the opportunity to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau has said she kneeled and curtseyed for President Robert Mugabe as a sign of humility and respect. This comes after a picture of Makarau — a Supreme Court judge – kneeling before Mugabe at State House during the launch of biometric voter registration went viral on…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has contracted a South African company to manufacture six million 50 cent bond coins — equivalent to $3 million — that could be injected into circulation soon. According to a leaked invoice that has set social media ablaze, the firm — South African Mint Company (SAMC) —…
HARARE – United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa has said former congregants demanding $6,5 million from him and his wife Ruth for alleged “fake prophecies, fraud and defamation” have no cause of action, adding that a secular court cannot be invited to rule on faith issues. This comes after Harare-based businessman Upenyu Mashangwa…
HARARE – Surveying of the Harare-Beitbridge highway has started from Skyline to Beatrice under an agreement with the Austrian contractor Geiger International. The highway is Zimbabwe’s busiest and most economically significant, and is part of the North-South Corridor that directly links landlocked Zimbabwe and Zambia with access to the Indian Ocean ports of Durban and…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must state how data collected during electronic voter registration will be stored amid fears there are inadequate security measures to guard against unauthorised access to the voter register database. “The MDC demands full details, chapter and verse, of the company that is supplying…
HARARE – Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo has escaped a 90-day jail term after High Court judge Charles Hungwe cleared him of contempt of court charges in a case in which Mutare businessman Tendai Blessing Mangwiro is seeking to recover over $1, 5 million confiscated by the police in 2008. “It is ordered that: the…
