HARARE – The tourism sector would benefit greatly from a well-functioning film industry as that effect is seen through the development of film sectors such as Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood and most recently Qatar. Doreen Sibanda, the executive director of National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe said the film industry would provide employment for locals and foreigners…
HARARE – Meat processors know exactly what Zimbabweans are serving for dinner. And increasingly, steak is dropping off the menu. Coming from a low base in the hyperinflationary period that peaked in 2008, shoppers and restaurants are turning away from pricey beef and opting for chicken instead. The prospects for the country’s poultry industry look…
MUTARE – Samuel Tsau is a man with a taste for little vintage cars. And he is making a show of it. Displaying part of his 18-car strong fleet of Morris’ and Mini Coopers at a public bus termini in Dangamvura in Mutare, he has set the agenda on antique cars for passers-by. “I also…
MUTARE – With US coins scarce, trade in South African coins is proving to be brisk business for locals. And Mutare’s vendors are the city’s unlikely but most aggressive Rand coin dealers — twisting local business maths. A US dollar note has been trading constant to eight Rand on the black market for years now…
HARARE – Despite the pomp and fanfare that characterised President Robert Mugabe’s seventh inauguration at the National Sports Stadium in Harare last week, little has changed for the thousands of people who watched the veteran leader receive a new mandate and solemn pledges of loyalty from security chiefs. Power outages are set to persist, the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new government must prioritise agriculture if the country has hopes of reviving the economy, experts have said. Last year, the southern African country was forced to slash its economic growth forecast from 9,4 percent to 4,4 percent due to a massive slump in agriculture production. Elia Majoni, a senior Agri Business Consultant…
HARARE – Spiwe Kasumba has been looking after her disabled child, Munashe for the past 17 years with difficulty but filled with motherly love. For the first five years after Munashe’s birth, Kasamba used to take her to Harare Hospital every Friday for exercises. She described how she used to cry from sheer helplessness every…
HARARE – The use of food as a weapon is an age-old strategy. In ancient and Biblical times, armies laid siege to enemies to weaken them before attacking. Food in the modern world continues to be used as a weapon — albeit a political one. The principle still holds that those who have food have…
HARARE – Cars have always been a status symbol in Zimbabwe. The past five years under the coalition government has experienced an unprecedented boom in car imports. During the colonial days, very few Africans owned cars. And among the minority were business people, headmasters, teachers, nurses, medical orderlies and some clerks. Because of poor salaries…
HARARE – Warren Park One’s 5th Avenue suffered unprecedented traffic jam as countless vehicles and thousands of MDC supporters thronged House Number 34 to pay their last respects to the late Harare Youth Assembly secretary-general Rebecca Mafikeni. Some residents peeped through windows, verandas, while others stood at their gates with cell phones in hand, capturing…
