© MILLIONS of Zimbabweans face the spectre of a famine for the second year in a row after drought hit sub-Saharan Africa’s erstwhile breadbasket — now a basket case — the [GoogleAd] Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said as the United Nations ramped up its aid appeal to more than $331 million. The current El Niño-linked…
© GRACE Mugabe was the controversial first lady of Zimbabwe before a military coup ousted her doddering husband, an intellectual despot who died in Singapore two weeks ago aged 95. [GoogleAd] Detestably nicknamed “Gucci Grace” by the public, Grace’s lavish lifestyle symbolised the unchecked extravagance of the Zimbabwean elite and led to her husband’s ouster…
© THE worst drought in almost four decades, cyclone-induced floods and an economic collapse have left Zimbabwe on the verge of its worst-ever famine. [GoogleAd] The southern African nation will probably run out of maize — its staple food — by January and about three out of five Zimbabweans won’t have enough to eat, according…
© IN THE past months, prices of basic goods and services have been going up uncontrollably on the back of the ever-increasing parallel market rate for the United States dollar. [GoogleAd] The Daily News on Sunday’s Pauline Hurungudo sat down with National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora) advocacy and campaigns adviser Effie Ncube to discuss the…
© HARARE City Council (Harare) has been dragged to court over double allocation of a stand to the Johane Masowe Chishanu apostolic sect and End Time Message Church. [GoogleAd] Harare and End Time Message were cited as respondents in a matter in which Johane Masowe is seeking an order interdicting the council from evicting the…
© NMBZ Holdings non-performing loans (NPLs) ratio dropped to 3,38 percent during the half year ended June 30, 2019 from 7,43 percent in previous year due to improved collections. [GoogleAd] This comes as the country’s banking sector NPLs to total loans declined from 6,92 percent by the end of last year to 3,95 percent as…
© FORMER National Social Security Authority (Nssa) board chairperson Robin Vela has applied for the cancellation of a warrant of arrest issued against him in July last year by the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. [GoogleAd] Vela was wanted for alleged fraud involving $16 million Nssa funds in a construction deal with Housing Corporation of Zimbabwe (HCZ)…
© WHILE musicians like Alick Macheso, Jah Prayzah, Killer T, Selmor Mtukudzi, Ammara Brown and gospel power couple Charles and Olivia Charamba are celebrated because of their songs, little is known about their producers who tirelessly work behind the scenes. [GoogleAd] A music producer majors in record production which is a skilled craft that ideally…
© BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will on Monday re-introduce 48-hour water rationing due to rolling power cuts and a burst supply pipe. [GoogleAd] Acting town clerk Sikhangele Zhou said the central business district (CBD), mines and industry would be exempted from the 48-hour rationing but warned residents in high-lying areas that they could go beyond…
© IT’S an interesting and rewarding experience to witness a dining venue’s evolution from small beginnings to greater things. Against a background of current “challenges” it is equally fascinating to see how restaurateurs, longstanding or new to the business, cope with what is thrown at them and rise to the challenge. [GoogleAd] This was in…
