HARARE – Zimbabwe female Under-23 mountain biker Stacey Hyslop made sure the African Championship gold medal remained in the country for the second successive year after claiming her maiden gold in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday. Racing as a solo Zimbabwean athlete in the absence of last year’s gold medallist Sky Davidson, who could not get…
HARARE – Government will in the next few weeks gazette solar water heating (SWH) geyser regulations, a senior government has revealed. The gazetting of regulations will mark the beginning of ambitious national project. Permanent secretary in the ministry of Energy and Power Development Partson Mbiriri said the new law will force property owners countrywide to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to establish an independent insurance crimes unit to fight rising fraud claims amounting to $165 million annually in the country. Over the past few years Zimbabwe has witnessed an increase in insurance fraud largely due to an increase in cyber-crimes and complexities in the insurance industry. The Insurance and Pension…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) on Friday railed against Vice President Constantino Chiwenga for firing striking nurses, saying the former commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces was completely out of order and his actions must be condemned in the strongest terms. In a statement, the union noted that it was a…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been challenged to maintain peace and justice by averting a repeat of the previous violence in the country’s forthcoming 2018 harmonised elections. This comes as the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) joined other civil society organisations under the church-led Zimbabwe Divine Destiny (ZDD) during a march on April 13…
HARARE – Opposition political parties are unhappy with amendments to the Electoral Act, which they allege to be another ploy by the ruling Zanu PF party to stall reform using its majority in Parliament. This came out during a political parties’ interface meeting convened last week by Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition in conjunction with the…
HARARE – Popular Nigerian singer Davido real name David Adedeji Adeleke gave a spirited, flawless act on Sunday morning as if he was compensating for his previous no-shows to Zimbabwe. With a Zimbabwean flag on his neck, the Fall hit-maker rolled on stage at exactly 1:15am and he finished the remarkable act at 2:45am. Sharing…
HARARE – At least 31 tables worth $2 000 each were reportedly occupied at the recent All-White party which ran concurrently with Nigerian star Davido’s 30 Billion Concert held at Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on Saturday, a development which confirms that Zimbabweans are party-loving animals. The VVIP section of the HICC All-White party, courtesy…
HARARE – Despite that Davido gave a good act at HICC, the event was marred by violence. Outside the imposing HICC, dog-wielding security guards ran endless battles with rowdy crowd dominated by youths who tried to force their way into the venue to witness Davido’s act. At one point in time, the guards lost the…
HARARE – Local artistes are jostling to have a collaboration with United States-based Chimurenga music icon Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo who is in the country for just half-a-month. Mukanya arrived in the country last week for a once-off Mukanya Homecoming Gig performance scheduled for Glamis Arena in the capital on Friday. Traditional musician Bryn Taurai Mteki…
