HARARE – Fresh from the snub by the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso has decided to lick his wounds during a tour of South Africa and the United Kingdom next month. Macheso, who didn’t win a single award during the 12th Nama award ceremony held in Bulawayo last weekend, will take…
HARARE – The 2012 Spring jazz festival set the City of Kings ablaze on Thursday night as various jazz ensembles performed at the 8th edition of the Intwasa Festival of Arts. Jazz lovers got a rare treat as they watched their favourite artistes belting it out live on stage. Fans could not help but appreciate…
HARARE – Internationally-acclaimed jazz songstress Dudu Manhenga will launch her album For You at the Courthauld Theatre in Mutare this afternoon. The Mutare album launch is part of a national album launch tour which will take Dudu to other Zimbabwean cities. Last month Dudu hosted an event which brought together her business partners in an…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF is teetering on the brink of collapse in Manicaland province after the party yesterday overwhelmingly voted to have the provincial structure, which is embroiled in corruption and factionalism, to be dissolved. The turbulence in the former ruling party, not only in Manicaland but across other provinces, has left…
HARARE – With the country’s political protagonists readying themselves for arguably the biggest elections since the 1980 independence polls, the generality of citizens are on the edge. The spectre of violence still looms large given the bloodshed that has characterised past elections, including the 2008 charade which culminated in the current fragile ruling coalition. Institutions…
BULAWAYO – In an apparent bootlicking crusade that has become synonymous with Zanu PF officials, Bulawayo provincial chairperson Killian Sibanda has equated President Robert Mugabe to Jesus Christ. Sibanda who was elected into the position late last year said Mugabe was like Jesus, brought on earth to deliver people out of the political and economic…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe took a swipe at the media for peddling lies and using his name to push their sales. Mugabe said this after signing the Constitution Amendment Bill into law. “Some are using my name to sell their papers. Mugabe this Mugabe that, I am compiling all the Mugabe papers so that…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has said rogue bankers were contributing to the waning confidence in the financial services sector by the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). Mugabe spoke at the launch of a 2013 Micro, Small to Medium Enterprises Survey — conducted by Finmark and Finscope with funding from the World Bank…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is in the eye of a $5,4 million “roads and garbage truck” tender storm, as one of its lead suppliers has been struggling to meet its end of the bargain, and fulfil the key mandate. With Paul Chenjerai’s Paza Buster winning a bid to supply a majority of…
HARARE – Communities are not being run smoothly in Harare due to the dismal failure by council to service the people, Precious Shumba, the Harare Residents Trust Coordinator has said. “The City of Harare has dismally failed to address critical service delivery issues, namely the provision of adequate and quality water to the citizenry, refuse…
