© THE arts sector has been plunged into mourning again following the death of veteran mbira player David Gweshe, popularly known as Sekuru Gweshe. Gweshe died on Sunday afternoon after a long battle with to prostate cancer. He was 75. [GoogleAd] Mbira Centre expressed their grief through a Facebook post on their page upon hearing the…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged artists to take a leaf from legendary artists who were proud of his culture. Officially launching the week long Culture Week celebrations, the president urged artists to take a leaf from the late legends such as Oliver Mtukudzi, Charles Mungoshi and Dorothy Masuka who were not ashamed of their…
© INCARCERATED Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura who stands accused of masterminding a foiled jail break from Chikurubi Maximum Prison in 2013, has applied for acquittal at the High Court. [GoogleAd] Gumbura approached the upper court after magistrate Francis Mapfumo dismissed his application for discharge at the close of the State’s case….
© A POWER outage cut short revellers’ joy at Murewa Council Bar during sungura maestro Alick Macheso’s performance early on Sunday morning after the back generator ran out of fuel. Disappointed by the power hiccup, revellers refused to leave the venue at around 4am, jumping and singing in the dark. [GoogleAd] The musician had performed…
© ZIMBABWE’S hard-pressed consumers have challenged the country’s telecommunications regulator to intensify its awareness campaigns and shed more light on developments in the sector. [GoogleAd] This comes as consumers got a chance to meet the regulator and be educated on various postal and telecommunications issues as the regulator was in Mashonaland Central last week carrying…
© NEWLY-APPOINTED Energy minister Fortune Chasi has called on all stakeholders to play their part in ending the energy crisis besetting the country’s economy. [GoogleAd] Chasi, who was addressing delegates at an ISO Certification event organised by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera), said resolving the fuel and electricity crises plaguing the local economy is…
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) says government needs to increase the tempo of its parastatals reform exercise which is moving at a snail’s pace. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government last year indicated its desire to sell some or all shares in 43 of its companies, most of them loss-making and have relied on…
© EDITOR — As a concerned Zimbabwean citizen, I write this letter in dismay pertaining to the bad behaviour that Chief Ndiweni exhibited to the nation. [GoogleAd] To begin with, the path that you have decided to travel as a chief undermines your office, which should be pursuing indigenous solutions to local challenges. The chief’s…
© THE Department of Immigration has disassociated itself from a bogus website, reportedly accepting visa applications online. In a statement, the department advised all clients wishing to obtain online visas to use www.evisa.gov.zw which is its official website. [GoogleAd] “It has come to the attention of the Department of Immigration that some of our clients…
© EDITOR — Zimbabwe’s health delivery services seem to be deteriorating rapidly due to lack of foreign currency. The country is facing essential drug shortages such as life-saving anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs when a large population is dependent on them for survival. [GoogleAd] As citizens of this country, we are very concerned at the slow pace…
