HARARE – Bangladesh are set to provide an international feel to this year’s edition of the Dairibord Schools Rugby Festival together with a host of regional teams when the tournament roars to life on April 29 to May 5. Prince Edward School the usual venue, will host the rugby extravaganza that will also see Botswana,…
HARARE – United Kingdom-based businesswoman and “socialite” Olinda Chapel (pictured) has been nominated in two categories under the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards United Kingdom edition. Chapel was nominated in the Female Personality of the Year as well as the People’s Choice in association with Savannah Freight. The same version of awards are also held in South…
HARARE – As the spotlight remains firmly focused on the country’s controversial new airline, Zimbabwe Airways — which has been linked to the family of former president Robert Mugabe — disturbing allegations are emerging that the purchase price of its aeroplanes bought from Malaysia Airlines was allegedly inflated by more than $100 million, from $70…
HARARE – Long-serving MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe’s association with the party is effectively and officially over, after she was recalled from Parliament yesterday. Khupe and two other former top MDC officials, national spokesperson Obert Gutu and organising secretary Abednigo Bhebhe, were also fired from the party last month — as the political movement’s bigwigs…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa faced growing pressure yesterday over remarks made by Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi in Parliament that government never promised to solve the current cash crisis in 100 days. Sworn in days after the overthrow of Robert Mugabe, Mnangagwa promised to guarantee the rights of foreign investors and to re-engage with the…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been warned against importing the Rwandan model of marketisation of the economy without democratisation and respect for fundamental civil and political liberties, analysts have said. This comes after Mnangagwa this week received the chief executive of the Rwanda Development Board, Clare Akamanzi, and her deputy Emmanuel Hategeka, keen to…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has dismissed claims that it is bussing people to attend its jam-packed rallies. Chamisa, who is riding on a wave of the so-called #Generational Consensus, has been pointing to the crowds he attracts as proof that he is not running behind President Emmerson Mnangagwa. While Chamisa has been addressing…
HARARE – Vice president Kembo Mohadi has been sucked into a nasty labour dispute involving a former employee of the Beitbridge Town Council, who is demanding his benefits, amid claims that the politician used council workers in his private business. This emerged in a labour dispute between Jevison Musariri and Beitbridge Town Council, in which…
HARARE – Zimdancehall star Winky D who is riding high with his latest album Gombwe will headline Campus Concert Part 3 scheduled for Caravan Park in Masvingo tonight, courtesy of One Fusion (Net One) in conjunction with the Great Zimbabwe University SRC. The “ultimate concert for all university students” will also feature Judgement Yard, Jah…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will join the rest of the world in celebrating World Intellectual Property Day on April 26. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in 2000 to raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life as well as celebrating the creativity, and the contribution…
