Ashley Moyo SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER ZIMDANCEHALL star Freeman’s HKD annual festival has received a major boost, with some of the country’s most popular artistes joining him for the third edition of the event at Glamis Arena next month. The line-up features Holy Ten, Kadijah, Jnr Spragga, Baba Harare, Nutty O and Nisha Ts, among others,…
ZIMBABWE’S diaspora has long played a critical role in keeping households and communities afloat, but the time has come to move beyond remittances and unlock the diaspora’s full potential as a force for national development. The message from senior United Nations official Amson Sibanda is both timely and important: remittances sustain families, but they are…
Kudzanai GeredeSTAFF WRITER MUTAPA Gold Resources has commissioned a US$3 million pipeline to secure water for Freda Rebecca and Bindura Municipality.The project, part of the group’s corporate social responsibility thrust, was also partnered by Bindura Municipality and will strengthen water security for both mining and municipal operations.The project was accelerated after water levels at Mwenje…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR ZIMBABWE’s re-engagement offensive in the United States continues to gather momentum, with Harare escalating its drive to consolidate bilateral, trade and investment ties with Washington. This follows a high-level meeting yesterday between the minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Amon Murwira, and the USA’s assistant secretary of state for African…
Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWEAN football has moved closer to embracing Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology after a two-day Fifa workshop in Harare laid the groundwork for the introduction of the system into local competitions. Zifa president Nqobile Magwizi said the association had completed the initial phase and would now move into referee training, with…
Ashley MoyoSENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER THE National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) has opened submissions for its 25th edition, with National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) chief executive officer Napoleon Nyanhi urging artists not to leave their recognition to chance.The awards, organised by NACZ, scheduled for February next year, will mark Nama’s Silver Jubilee, celebrating 25 editions…
YVONNE NCUBE A 63-YEAR-OLD teacher sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old pupil twice has lost his appeal against both conviction and sentence.Clever Mutero had appealed to the High Court of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, challenging his conviction and sentence by the Kwekwe Regional Magistrates Court.Mutero was convicted on two counts of rape…
Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe has died by suicide after losing US$300 of his employer’s money in a gambling wager. Kuzivakwashe Gava, who worked at a mobile money shop, took his own life after squandering the funds on a bet. Gava had been struggling with a severe gambling addiction prior to…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERFIVE hundred informal vending stores have been destroyed at Makoni Business Centre in Chitungwiza as the council intensifies its Operation Chenesa campaign to restore order and remove illegal trading structures.The clean-up operation comes as local authorities across the country step up efforts to remove illegal vending stalls, unauthorised structures and other activities taking…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo GWANDA Provincial Hospital has unveiled a new intensive care unit (ICU) and dialysis machines to slash patient referrals.The developments are expected to reduce referrals to Bulawayo while giving doctors at the provincial hospital greater capacity to manage cases that previously posed challenges because of the absence of intensive care facilities.Speaking during the…
