HARARE – The reported anger by captains of industry when President Emmerson Mnangagwa and finance minister Mthuli Ncube snubbed the recent CEO Africa Roundtable meeting in Victoria Falls is understandable as this was their only opportunity to showcase the vital role played by the private sector in fostering growth across the continent. Mnangagwa and more than…
HARARE – Recent mandatory jail sentences of rioters which range from one year to 5 years are stiffer compared to those imposed in Smith’s regime, lawyers and analysts contend. The harsh sentences being passed by the courts on suspected rioters of the 14 January three-day stay away strike called by labour unions after President Emmerson Mnangagwa raised…
HARARE – Tributes continue to pour for veteran jazz singer Dorothy Masuku who died on Saturday at the age of 83. The songstress had been suffering from complications related to hypertension after a mild stroke last year. Her family said she spent her last moments at home, surrounded by those close to her. [GoogleAd] Arts publicist…
HARARE – Sports minister Kirsty Coventry has encouraged Abu Dhabi World Games-bound Special Olympics Zimbabwe (Soz) team not to be intimidated with the environment but to take pride in competing at the grand stage. [GoogleAd] The 16-member team made up of eight golfers, four athletics and four bocce is set to leave on Wednesday. The games are…
NGEZI Platinum Stars coach Erol Akbay has shown faith in utility star Liberty Chakoroma by retaining him as the team captain ahead of the 2019 Castle Lager Premiership season which commences at the end of this month. [GoogleAd] Chakoroma wore the armband last season leading the Mhondoro-based side to a second-place finish on the log…
National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) has announced the list of nominees for the 18th National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) edition to be held on March 23, 2019 at Harare International Conference Centre in Harare. [GoogleAd] Gospel music sensation Janet Manyowa has dominated this year’s edition of Nama with three nominations in different categories. Manyowa…
PETROTRADE acting chief executive officer Godfrey Ncube says the ISO 9001/2015 certification his company has just achieved will enhance the state-owned petroleum dealer’s capacity to become the preferred supplier of petroleum products in the country and in the region. [GoogleAd] Ncube made the remarks early this week after Petrotrade had transitioned from ISO 9001:2008 to…
GETBUCKS Microfinance Bank (Getbucks) recorded a 16 percent increase in profit to $3 million for the six months ended December 31, 2018 compared to a $2,578 million recorded in prior period. Rungano Mbire, the microfinance institution’s chairperson, said higher revenues are expected from loans driven by a larger loan book. [GoogleAd] “This result was achieved…
EDITOR — For over a decade now Zimbabwe has managed to transfer land ownership from the few white commercial farmers who were just about 4 500 to the indigenous black farmers now numbering over 300 000. [GoogleAd] Zimbabweans for nearly a century were denied, by their colonial masters, opportunities to show their skills in farming…
EDITOR — It is undeniable that the cost of living for an ordinary Zimbabwean is increasingly becoming expensive, but the latest RTGS$3 000 salary demand by Teachers’ Unions is astonishing to say the least. I for one sympathise with every citizen of this country in such trying times where the prices of almost everything has…
