ALL is set for the Zim Open Table Tennis tournament that is set for Divaris Makaharis International School in Harare this weekend. The tournament, in which players from around the Southern African region are expected to take part, will run from April 29-30 with athletes competing in various categories from the under-10 to open sections….
FOUR Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) executives have been hauled before the courts after they allegedly stole money from the company to fund their personal gold-buying scheme. PSMAS chief executive Farai Muchena, 54, group strategy and performance executive Victor Chaipa, 49, group secretary Cosmas Mukwesha, 50, and group strategy performance manager Polite Mugwagwa, 41,…
Ashley Moyo and Anesu Mirisawu CONTROVERSIAL Zimdancehall heavyweight Winky D is back on stage at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo tomorrow where he is expected to share the stage with Sandra Ndebele and Jah Signal among others. Ignatius Mabasa descends on National Gallery of Zimbabwe VETERAN novelist Ignatius Mabasa, who authored Mapenzi, is set to…
Ashley Moyo and Anesu Mirisawu ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS TODAY the Victoria Falls Festival stage will reverberate to an eclectic mix of beats from Botswana, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The artistes on stage today include Mafikizolo from South Africa, Musa Keys and Black Motion (South Africa), Rwandese singer Alyn Sano, Tswana duo Khoisan, Namibian star…
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has banned the use of some 48kg liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders that are being smuggled into the country for domestic use. According to Zera, the gas cylinders being smuggled into the country were tampered with and are unsafe to use and no one bears responsibility for their maintenance…
By Ketty Nyoni THE British government has reiterated that it wants to see Zimbabwe succeeding. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, British Ambassador Melanie Robinson, also restated that the United Kingdom (UK) stood ready to help Zimbabwe lift the quality of lives of its people….
AUTHORITIES say they will throw the book at retail outlets selling their products exclusively in US dollars. The deputy minister of Finance, Clemence Chiduwa, told the Daily News that selling goods exclusively in foreign currencies transgressed the law. This comes as the Zimbabwe dollar has now gone past the $2 000 mark against the greenback…
Ashley Moyo and Anesu Mirisawu ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS Sherwood Golf Club, is hosting Dendera musician Sulumani “Sulu” Chimbetu tonight at a gig dubbed “All White Party” and he will be supported by his Orchestra Dendera Kings band. Tomorrow, he is expected to rock Makuluwani Gardens, situated at White House in the outskirts of Harare. At Makuluwani Gardens, Chimbetu will showcase his…
FORMER Public Service deputy minister and the son of the late Vice President Simon Muzenda, Tongai Muzenda, died on Wednesday evening in a tragic car accident in Harare. Muzenda, 57, was now the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) general manager. He died when the vehicle he was driving hit an electricity pole in the…
TRANSFORM Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume, who was on trial for organising the July 31 anti-government protests, has been found guilty. Ngarivhume was facing a charge of incitement of violence after he used his Twitter account to send a call to Zimbabweans to join the protests against corruption and economic decay. He appeared before Harare magistrate…
