Ashley MoyoSENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zwCHIMURENGA music legend Thomas ‘‘Mukanya’’ Mapfumo says local artistes who sing authentic Zimbabwean music stand a better chance of making it on the international stage. Mapfumo, who is based in the United States of America, made the remarks ahead of African Vibration Music Festival to be held in Texas, USA on Saturday…
By Thembinkosi NyathiLIFESTYLE WRITERnyathit@dailynews.co.zw THE Cultural Centre of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Zimbabwe has availed sponsorship for a short story writing competition being organised by Women Writers Support Network. The cultural counsellor at the Iranian Embassy, Hamid Bakhtiyar, said the short story writing competition which will accept submissions until July…
OLD Mutual Zimbabwe has launched a US$12 million upmarket housing project in Prospect, Harare, designed to provide a modern living experience for local residents. On completion, the project would have 136 standalone four-bedroomed apartments in six high-rise flats. Other apartments would have 72 one-bedroomed, 36 two-bedroomed units and 36 bedsitters. Speaking at a ground-breaking ceremony…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has budgeted US$120 million to undertake the country’s first economic census from next month until 2026. Speaking at the training of Zimstat mappers in Harare yesterday, the agency’s acting director general, Aluwiso Mukavhi, said the census was meant to come up with comprehensive baseline figures on the size and…
AUTHORITIES have banned, with immediate effect, individual farmers from selling their cattle at household level, but through government-monitored ward-based business units to protect them from “panic sales” as the country faces the El Ninoinduced drought. This was confirmed by the deputy minister of Agriculture, Vangelis Haritatos, yesterday while addressing journalists in Harare and presenting the…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MUTAPA Investment Fund (MIF) chief executive John Mangudya says Zesa must find an urgent solution to the current prolonged power cuts, adding they are tarnishing the utility’s image. This comes as the rolling blackouts have returned with authorities saying this was due to the maintenance works being carried out at the…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw BUSINESSMEN Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu were yesterday interviewed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on allegations of corruption being raised against the two. This comes as the duo and another businessman Wicknell Chivayo are under Zacc investigations into allegations that they bagged a fortune from a multi-million dollar Zimbabwe Electoral Commission…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have started screening travellers coming into the country for the deadly Mpox. This comes as the highly infectious viral disease has been reported in the region, including in neighbouring South Africa and Zambia. It also comes as Zimbabwe has never recorded cases of Mpox — which has so far killed…
By Ketty Nyoni HARARE City Council (HCC) is facing operational challenges due to the loss of key revenue streams, former Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda has said. He said this while testifying before the public hearings being conducted by a commission of inquiry set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last month to investigate the operations of…
IN a move aimed at enhancing data affordability to the majority of Zimbabweans, Liquid Intelligent Technologies has reduced the US dollar unlimited…
