HARARE – Zimbabwean women are being urged to wear black clothing tomorrow in solidarity with army rape victims. The all-black dress code protest — being organised by TsimbaKadzi — is meant to highlight ongoing widespread abuse of women and to stop the disgraceful sexual aggression by the army against defenceless and vulnerable women. TsimbaKadzi national…
HARARE – Chicken Inn coach Joey “Mafero” Antipas wants his side to challenge reigning champions FC Platinum for the title when the Castle Lager Premiership commences on March 30. The Gamecocks finished the 2018 season in third place some 21 points behind the back-to-back champions FC Platinum. For some period along the campaign, the Bulawayo-based…
HARARE – South African gold producers have asked Zimbabweans who used to work there as mine workers in the 1970s and contracted the fatal lung diseases silicosis and tuberculosis to come forward and benefit from a $400 million compensation fund. This comes after the settlement of a far-reaching class action in South Africa that…
HARARE – The price of maize meal is set to go up after the rise in the cost of fuel by over 150 percent, with grain millers saying transport costs for outside deliveries and raw materials have shot up by over 80 percent. Zimbabweans — already feeling the pinch from the recent fuel price hike…
HARARE – The burial of music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi — the first musician to be accorded national hero status -— was unprecedented in many respects. It was the first time a national hero was buried by Nyaradzo Funeral Services, breaking a monopoly that had been enjoyed by the oldest player in the industry. To…
HARARE – Internationally renowned stone sculptor and afro- music singer Bryn Taurai Mteki has blasted super star Oliver Mtukudzi’s family for refusing to bury the singer at the National Heroes Acre. Mtukudzi died last Wednesday and was declared a National Hero which meant that he had the privileged of being buried at the national shrine….
HARARE – THE High Court is tomorrow set to hear an application to permanently halt criminal proceedings against former Finance minister Augustine Chombo, charged on suspicion of corruption, including trying to defraud the central bank in 2004 and being a criminal nuisance. Chombo, a staunch ally of former president Robert Mugabe, has said in his…
HARARE – African Medallion Group (AMG) has signed a landmark cooperation deal with a subsidiary of the South African Reserve Bank to resell and redistribute its gold and related products such as medallions and krugerrands The multi-year deal with AMG, founded by trailblazing Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga and the South African mint company, will allow…
HARARE – A UK-based Zimbabwean businessman has mooted a plan to form twinning links between several local authorities and those in the Diaspora — something which could attract foreign funding. Spearheading the idea is Trust Simbarashe Gushure — an international business ambassador for the City of Nottingham in England and chairperson of Equality and Fairness…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have always been obsessed with looking good and they believe an outfit is not complete without a professionally made-up face. While fashion trends have always been borrowed from other countries as locals seldom come up with their own original trends, Zimbos are outstanding when it comes to imitating and they do it…
