The High Court has ruled that former Zanu PF deputy youth league secretary Lewis Matutu, who was embroiled in a Kwekwe farm ownership wrangle, was allocated the property in error, as it had already been given to the current occupier Onisimo Zhavairo. This was after Matutu, with the assistance of Zanu PF youths, had violently…
THE government has set new passport fees which will see Zimbabweans fork out $150 for an ordinary passport and $600 for an emergency passport. This comes as the government is currently struggling to clear a backlog of up to 400 000 passports dating back to September 2018. Before the latest fee hikes, an ordinary passport…
FOREIGN Direct Investment (FDI) to Zimbabwe declined by 64 percent to US$259 million in 2019 from US$717 million in the previous year as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s under-fire government struggles to attract the much-needed capital to Harare. The southern African nation, which is shut out from international development financiers because of its history of defaults, is…
ZIMBABWE’S premier business and financial newspaper, The Financial Gazette, says all is set for the annual tax review meeting to be held on Thursday. The meeting, held in partnership with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (Icaz), would give insights, trends and tax developments in the country. The…
TOWERING singer Jah Prayzah and dendera star Suluman Chimbetu will battle it out for honours as they are set to release their 2020 projects in the same month of April. Jah Prayzah has announced that his album titled Hokoyo, loosely translated to beware will be out on April 3. Sulu has titled his album Asante…
A new music festival dubbed the Tinkabelltastic Inc. Music Festival will be hosted at Tinkabell Restaurant in Ardbenie, Harare on February 29. The debut music festival will be opened with performances from local musicians such as the Ovation and FaB Fusion band known as FaB Ovation, Kelly Rusike and Jazz Invitation band, Mande Snyman, Storm…
THE long-awaited 13-episode situational sitcom titled Indlalifa (The Heir) which features award-winning local musicians Tebza and Paulla Paloma premiered yesterday on ZBC TV, something which is positive news to local drama enthusiasts. The new weekly sitcom which highlights the day-to-day lives of youths in the country is a product of AJV AFRIART Entertainment Company in…
AN ARTS events restaurant will tomorrow host the first ever Harare Writers Open Mic with the inaugural show being the brainchild of Batsirai Chigama. Elephant and Pineapple in Newlands, Harare is home to the new arts hub whose initiative is to create a dynamic platform for writers to showcase their work. It will be the…
BULAWAYO-BASED chanter Emmanuel Majaya better known as Bovas has dropped a new video from his single titled Happy Sox. Basking in the glory of his recent award by local radio station Skyz Metro FM where he scooped the Best Urban Fire category gong, Bovas known for his Ndebele chanting lyrics has decided to set the…
KADOMA-BASED preacher-cum-musician Charles Pintec has joined artists that include Nyasha Mugari and Joe Local Nyamungoma who are into dendera music. Pioneered by the late Simon and Naison Chimbetu dendera continues to inspire singers years after the duo’s demise. The Chimbetu siblings; Suluman, Tryson and Allan have also seen to it that the dendera genre lives…
