© PROFESSIONAL Master of Ceremonies (MCs) have formed the Zimbabwe Directors of Ceremonies Association (Zidoka) that will represent their welfare. “This association is not owned by an individual but membership driven and anyone who has a passion to officiate as an MC is welcome to join us,” said Zidoka spokesper- son Energy Chinake, better known…
OPPOSITION MDC legislators yesterday boycotted the national budget presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube. MDC spokesperson Daniel Molokele said his party’s parliamentarians did not attend the budget presentation attended by President Emmerson Mnangagwa because they were attending a funeral of two of its members who perished in a car crash. [GoogleAd] “We are at a…
© IT’S sad that the newly-minted notes and coins introduced on Monday into the national payment system by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) found themselves on the grey market, used to buy hard currency, mainly the greenback. The introduction of the notes and coins is part of measures by the central bank to ease…
© ORGANISERS of the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) are calling for entries for the 2020 edition. This will be Nama’s 19th edi- tion and will be held in Harare on February 29, 2020. Nama is the forum where Nacz recognises outstanding achievements in the arts sector. Nacz…
© GOVERNMENT has set aside nearly $400 million for compen- sation of white farmers who lost land under former president Robert Mugabe’s land reform programme nearly two decades ago. Mugabe’s government carried out violent evictions of 4 500 white farmers and redistributed the land to around 300 000 black families, arguing it was redressing imbalances…
© ZIMBABWE’S economy is expected to grow by 3 percent in 2020, rebounding from a contraction of 6,5 per- cent this year, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said yesterday while presenting the national budget. Initially, Ncube had forecast a growth of 4,6 percent premised on improved rains, but updated weather forecasts predict a season of below…
© SASAI, the new all-in-one App from Cassava Fintech International (CFI), exhibited at AfricaTech, the fintech and digital expo that runs concurrently with AfricaCom, the continent’s largest telco and tech conference held in Cape Town, South Africa, annually. The conference, which brings togeth- er hundreds of telco, fintech and digital technology players, financial services providers,…
© MACHETE-WIELDING gangs popularly known as Mashurugwi are wreaking havoc in Chegutu West, attacking civilians, following a gold rush in the area, a parliamentarian has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chegutu West Member of Parliament Dexter Nduna said there was a gold rush in the town, which had seen an increase in criminal…
© ZIMRE Holdings Limited(ZHL)’s says its total revenue in the third quarter plummeted 14 percent below budget due to muted perfor- mance in regional operations and a slowdown in stand sales at Zimre Property Investments (ZPI). Lovemore Madzinga, the insurance giant’s company secretary, said the macro-economic reforms being implemented by government have had a direct…
