ZIMBABWE will on Wednesday host the inaugural Diaspora Investment Conference under the theme “Spotlight Zimbabwe” in Bulawayo as the country moves to lure more foreign investors. The investment conference would be held on the sidelines of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), which kicks off in the second capital this Tuesday and runs until next…
THE government has ended the Grain Marketing Board (GMB)’s monopoly on the purchase of grain after allowing farmers to sell their produce on the open market. This comes as maize, soya beans, wheat and barley were all on the controlled produce list, which restricted farmers to sell to the GMB or contractor who would have…
By Ketty Nyoni FORMER Zanu PF youth league big wheel, Godfrey Tsenengamu, says the opposition seemingly has no appetite to take on and beat President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party in this year’s crunch national elections. Tsenengamu, who now leads the Front for Economic Emancipation Zimbabwe (Feez), also said his organisation would back a…
BY SYMPATHY SIBANDA AS we continue celebrating our own, Sympathy Sibanda spoke to the ever-smiling 3Ktv news producer Memory “Manjenjenje” Nyakarenga last week and below are the excerpts of their discussion. Read on… Q. Ever dreamt you Would be on This path that you are on? A. No. To be honest, I always wanted to…
By Ketty Nyoni PATIENTS suffering from haemophilia have called for the government’s intervention so they have easy access to imported medication. Haemophilia is a disorder in which blood doesn’t clot normally, which causes excessive bleeding both externally and internally after an injury. Symptoms include large or deep bruises, joint pain and swelling, unexplained bleeding and…
DIASPORA Zimbabweans are the target of a new wave of construction and property development investment vehicles. Banks have been foraying into mortgage-based…
THE combined value of companies traded on Zimbabwe’s alternative, dollar-only stock market has soared 75 percent this year as investors take shelter from the rapid depreciation of the local currency. The market capitalisation of the Victoria Falls Exchange (VFEX) has climbed to almost US$1 billion, according to FBC Securities, a brokerage based in the capital,…
IT IS after 10 o’clock at night, and Zimbabwe’s capital Harare is uncharacteristically dark. Chatter and laughter emerge from a small factory…
By Boniface Nyaga DUBAI’S allure as a wealthy cosmopolitan city, aided by media portrayals and advertising campaigns, has made it a magnet for Africans who aspire to do the “good life.” Contrary to the long-held stereotype that Africans only go there as domestic workers, a good number of Africans are now preying on Dubai as…
By Ashley Moyo SUNGURA musician Peter Moyo has finally unveiled an allfemale eight-track studio album titled Mixed Bag Volume 2 which was meant to promote the female voices in the country. The album features Diana “Mangwenya” Samkange on Megga Love, Natasha Muz on Candle of my Life, Wanai on the song Mumoyo Wangu, Sasha Madhuve…
