DESPITE the current economic pressures in Zimbabwe, Edgars Stores Limited has registered a steady growth in sales and an overall promising performance. [GoogleAd] The group recorded a profit of $8,5 million (RTGS$) for the full year to December 31, 2018 period. This was a significant rise from $3,98 million in 2017. A 114 percent growth…
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) says it is looking at developing four student accommodation projects around the country valued at $26,4 million by year end. [GoogleAd] IDBZ’s chief executive Thomas Zondo Sakala, last week, said the State-owned bank — which is presently implementing its $14,2 million Bulawayo student accommodation complex — has seen…
TICKETING startup SeatGeek Inc. has hired Danielle du Toit as president of SeatGeek Enterprise, a new position leading a business that’s become 10 times bigger than the company first expected. A longtime marketing executive, du Toit took an unlikely route to SeatGeek. [GoogleaAd] She said she knew little about ticketing when SeatGeek’s co-founders, Russ D’Souza…
ZIMBABWEAN capital markets players are expected to meet in the capital next Thursday to discuss implications of the Securities and Exchange Bill. [GoogleAd] The Compliance Society of Zimbabwe, which is organising the event, said several players including analysts, general managers, legal practitioners, company secretaries, compliance managers and officers, and money laundering reporting officers among others…
HIP-HOP music enthusiasts mainly from colleges and universities in the capital city packed Club Connect Harare to the rafters on Saturday as the high-end joint hosted the aptly titled “Varsity Students Party”. [GoogleAd] Popular hip-hop musicians such as Stunner, Coco, Kikky Badass and Nutty O entertained the crowds and indeed, they delivered. Stunner gave a…
YOUTHFUL author-cum-motivational speaker Marshal Chiza came face to face with the high rate of crime in neighbouring South Africa after he was robbed of R150 000. [GoogleAd] Chiza who is the founder of Billionaire Publishers was in that country where he had clinched a deal with Rapid Business Registrations Company in South Africa to establish…
AMAKHOSI Theatre has produced its second radio soap Kunjalo Makhelwane after the runaway success of Sakhelene Zinini in the late 70s on Radio Mthwakazi. [GoogleAd] The soap was written by Nonhlalo Dube and produced by Luke Mnkandla for Amakhosi Theatre Rep. Amakhosi Cultural Centre chairperson Cont Mhlanga said this radio soap aims to introduce the…
WHILE last month the world celebrated International Women’s Day, it is interesting to note that women in the arts were celebrated less and more so those who hail from the City of Kings. [GoogleAd] Bulawayo has produced most of the female artists who are doing well in Zimbabwe and across the world; many of them…
NYAWO Lwami project carried out the first Training and Capacity Building Workshop on the 2003 Unesco Convention and the Inventorying process for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, with 22 participants last month. [GoogleAd] Funded by Unesco, the aim of the project is to enhance the capacity of communities to safeguard traditional dance expressions as…
ALL-ROUNDER Precious Marange put in a man-of-the-match performance to help Zimbabwe beat hosts Uganda by 25 runs in their second match of the Victoria Twenty20 Tri series at Lugogo Oval yesterday. [GoogleAd] Marange took two wickets, held on to two catches as well as scoring 18 runs in an action packed afternoon that broke the…
