IT’S sad that recent negotiations between the government, labour and business, under the Tripartite Negotiating Forum, ended in disagreement over remuneration of workers. While the government and labour sided on the need to improve wages and salaries taking into consideration how they have been eroded by hyper-inflation, business was adamant that the economy is in…
THE music industry was on Saturday robbed of a young and promising Afro-jazz star Prince Musarurwa who succumbed to lung cancer at Chinhoyi Hospital. Fondly known as Prince K, Musarurwa, 31, rose to prominence with the hit song Runonzi Rudo, a duet with Pah Chihera. His death has sent a wave of sadness in the…
ZIMBABWE A-list entertainers are now charging for their shows in the elusive United States dollar, putting a strain on promoters and of course revellers. Passing the costs to merrymakers, artists, be they musicians, DJs or dancers, now prefer hard currency because they also have to dig deep into their pockets to pay for venues, PA…
AFRO-DANCE musical group Celebrate Africa has released a single titled Home off their forthcoming EP album due for release next month. The group, which comprises artists from different parts of the world, is led by Tommy and Daniel who are sons of Celebration Church founders Tom and Bonnie Deuschle. In an interview with the Daily…
BULAWAYO-based artists are mourning Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder, Joseph Shabalala who died last Tuesday in his home country South Africa aged 78. Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s music was popular in Zimbabwe particularly in the southern region where a number of groups playing similar traditional choral music were formed. Until today, imbube music is still a popular…
THE Warriors will know their opponents at this year’s African Nations Championship (Chan) finals to be held in Cameroon when the draw for the tournament is conducted in Yaounde today. Indomitable Lions legends Stephen Tataw and Salomon Olembe will assist Confederation of African Football (Caf) director of competitions Samson Adamu to conduct the draw at…
BULAWAYO City coach Philani “Beefy” Ncube, pictured, hopes to fuse together the experienced players training with the club and upcoming talent in order to safeguard their Castle Lager premiership status. Amakhosi were promoted back into the top flight after winning the 2019 Zifa Southern Region Division One League. This will be the team’s second stint…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says the government must strengthen its social security nets to compliment humanitarian aid being offered to food insecure families. This comes at a time when the country’s food and economic crises are worsening with about eight million people facing starvation. It also comes after the WFP recently revealed that it…
LOCAL non-governmental organisations under the banner of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) have appealed to the public to reject the recently-gazetted Constitution Amendment Bill, saying it takes the country back to dictatorship. The much-criticised Amendment Bill proposes changes ranging from scrapping the contentious provision of presidential running mates to the selection of judges and prosecutors…
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says MDC councillors running several municipalities across the country are not to blame for poor service delivery as they do not have total control of the local authorities. Speaking at the Bulawayo Press Club recently, Chamisa said local authorities were at the mercy of the government. He said the councillors had…
