SOMETIMES dreams do come true! For Tafadzwa Rue Nhamburo, dreams became a reality when she got to collaborate with her long-time model Pastor G on her just-released single titled Nemi. Produced by Simba Moyo, the duet is a fulfillment of a long-held dream for the rising contemporary gospel musician who goes by the moniker TaffyRue….
THE era of maintaining non-performing State-owned enterprises (SOEs) for nostalgic reasons is long gone, Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira has said. He was speaking on Wednesday at the 10th edition of the CEO Africa Roundtable in the resort city of Victoria Falls, where he said some SOEs had reached their “sunset” and must…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the West’s sanctions on Zimbabwe have had unintended positive effects on the country. Officially opening the CEO Africa Roundtable here yesterday, Mnangagwa said the sanctions had united Zimbabweans and also resulted in the growth of the key manufacturing sector. “Because of sanctions, we became more united and focused. We have grown…
THE African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be one of the key subjects up for discussion at the 10th edition of the CEO Africa Roundtable to be held in Victoria Falls early next month. The conference, to run from June 12 to 15 under the theme, The future of Africa: Modernise, reshape and grow,…
A TOP Indian entrepreneur Gaurav Ralhan says he will jump at the chance to invest in Zimbabwe if opportunities with compelling value materialise. Ralhan is the founder and chief executive officer of Health on Top, India’s leading health and lifestyle company, which, among other things, manufactures gym equipment, fitness accessories, fitness apparel, and mobility aids…
TRADITIONAL Zimbabwean music and its instruments will be under the spotlight later this month at Domboshava-based Ngoma Ingungu Cultural Arts Centre where various experts in the field are scheduled to share their knowledge with enthusiasts. Conceptualised and curated by ethnomusicologist Othnell Mangoma Moyo, the event to run from the 24 April until May 2, will…
THERE are times when names live up to their billing as was the case on Friday night when Afro-fusion music star Victor Kunonga launched his sixth album titled ‘Induna.’ True to his name, Victor successfully launched the 12-track ‘Induna’ at Sherwood Golf Club in Harare before a bumper crowd that included Sports, Recreation, Arts and…
A BITTER standoff is brewing between songbird Tahle Wedzinza and film maker Jonathan Samukange over the Damage song video, which landed a National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) gong at the weekend. The Damage song video, directed by Samukange, was adjudged by the Nama jury to be better than Anita Jackson’s Famba directed by Taurai Zidya…
GROWING up, earning a living from goats was the last thing on Desberia Mutara’s mind. In fact, the first born in a family of four was determined to use education to escape herding goats and the poverty that generally characterised Gowakowa village in Headlands, about 28 kilometres from Rusape. “I always knew that I needed…
POLISH artist and spiritualist, Klara Ana Rosa Wojtkowska has set tongues wagging after claiming she is a spirit medium (svikiro) of a Zimbabwean ancestor. Despite the general view in Shona religion that spirits of dead people possess individuals within their ancestral line, Wojtkowska insisted during a recent discussion at the University of Zimbabwe Department of…
