HARARE – Zimbabwean musician Don Dada has been chosen to perform at the internationally-acclaimed Bob Marley Tribute Concert in Jamaica, next month, adding another super chapter in his blazing musical journey. Don Dada who is based in South Africa will perform in the Jamaican capital, Kingston on February 6. Things are certainly going his way…
HARARE – James Chapter Two verse 16 has so many lessons for those who promise to do something but go under when it’s time to fulfil their promises. “If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?” it…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says it is set to establish a pool of agents to sell prepaid electricity meters. Prepaid meters have recently been in high demand after Zesa Holdings (Zesa) began to bill consumers using the prepayment model, which has been vital for controlling defaults. Zesa was at one time owed…
HARARE – The Famine Early Warning Network System (FEWSNET) anticipates that the macroeconomic challenges will persist in Zimbabwe, until May 2019, negatively impacting on the country’s agricultural prospects. Forecasting on the economic and agricultural prospects for 2018/19 season, FEWSNET noted with concern that the start of the 2018/19 rainfall season had been delayed and rains…
HARARE – It is no longer as case of what-you-see-is -what-you-get with Victoria Falls-based comedian Carl Joshua Ncube who has now moved from renting an apartment into camping in a tent as part of saving for his own house. And Ncube is not moved by the reaction to it. “It’s really about my wife (Nelsy)…
HARARE – Local religious choir Spirit Praise, with effect from next month, will introduce a concept called Worship Nights as part of promoting choral music in the country. Spirit Praise is known for hosting the annual One Voice Concerts. “We are going to start with a concert at 99 Park Lane, near Harare Gardens in…
HARARE – Talks between government and its employees produced nothing tangible yesterday, heightening tensions between the two sides. After a marathon meeting called by government yesterday to calm restive unions arguing for better pay and improved working conditions, civil servants were left to fight another day. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Government has given some schools them green light to increase their tuition fees and levies to enable them to survive the harsh economic climate, the Daily News can report. The fee increases, approved on a case-by-case basis, compound pressures on struggling parents and guardians whose earnings are being eroded daily by the rising cost…
HARARE – Members of the Apex Council, which brings together unions in the civil service, will today meet representatives of government in a crucial meeting that will discuss civil servants’ working conditions and their remuneration. While the Apex Council has agreed to meet its employer today, its leadership is adamant that government should fulfil its…
HARARE – A cloud of uncertainty is hovering over the education sector, amid fears schools might not open after teachers vowed not to report for duty until their employer agrees to pay them in United States dollars (USD). In a statement issued over the weekend, the country’s biggest union for the educators, the Zimbabwe Teachers…
