© A VIDEO circulating on social media showing Alick Macheso playing a mbira instrument shows the sungura kingpin is a man of many talents. Macheso is known for his unmatched bass guitar strumming skills as well as his vocal prowess but of late, the Kudzwai singer is showing his versatility. [GoogleAd] Apart from playing mbira,…
CIVIL servants salaries accounted for 68,4 percent of government’s expenditure during the first quarter of the year, latest figures revealed. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said during the period under review, expenditures were managed and restricted to $1,5 billion, against a planned spending of $1,7 billion. [GoogleAd] This resulted in savings of $218,9 million, from reduced…
© MIMOSA Mining corporate communications manager Elizabeth Nerwande-Chibanda, pictured, has made history by becoming the first female Chamber of Mines president. Nerwande-Chibanda was on Wednesday elected to lead Zimbabwe’s largest mining body at its annual general meeting in Victoria Falls. She will be deputised by Unki Mine’s chief financial officer Coleen Chibafa and Demand Gwatinetsa…
© AN INTERESTING battle is on the cards this afternoon when defending champions FC Platinum welcome struggling Harare giants Dynamos at Mandava Stadium in a Castle Lager Premiership encounter. After winning back-to-back championships, Pure Platinum Play are now the new aristocrats of domestic football after successfully ending the dominance of the traditional local giants. [GoogleAd]…
© BASICS4ZIM Hospitals, an organisation formed by Zimbabweans in the diaspora with the aim of assisting local medical institutions with essential drugs, equipment and consumables, will host a fundraising event The Thatched House, Barking, London tonight. [GoogleAd] According to Basics 4Zimhospitals founder, Tendai Nduku, proceeds from the event will be used to buy a variety of…
© THE Zimbabwe netball team’s journey to Liverpool received a boost after local telecoms company TelOne unveiled a $40 000 sponsorship package to assist the ladies in their preparations for the world cup tournament. [GoogleAd] Earlier, the Gems’ road to the World Cup was characterised by very quiet preparations akin to neglect as the team…
© THE Warriors will begin their Cosafa Cup defence with a quarter-final clash against the Comoros at the Princess Magogo Stadium in Durban, South Africa on Sunday afternoon. Zimbabwe are using the tournament as part of their preparations for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals to be held in Egypt next month. [GoogleAd]…
© THERE is a fresh bid for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to meet and work together to resolve Zimbabwe’s worsening political and economic crisis — which has seen the prices of basic consumer goods in the country hitting the roof over the past few months, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd]…
© FORMER South African presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki are among the high profile dignitaries who are expected to attend tomorrow’s burial of liberation war hero Dumiso Dabengwa in Ntabazinduna. The former Cabinet minister and Zapu leader, who has since been declared a national hero, died in Kenya last week on his way home…
© UNITED States (US) Embassy in Harare has urged Zimbabwe to respect human rights following the arrest of various civic leaders who are accused of being behind the plot to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa. [GoogleAd] In the last two weeks police arrested six activists who are facing charges of trying to overthrow a constitutionally elected…
