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  • Three foreign drivers roll in

    Three of the five foreign drivers who entered this year’s Toyota Zimbabwe Challenge Rally arrived in Harare on Monday, well ahead of the start of the big motor racing competition scheduled for Friday. Rwandese champion Giancarlo Davite, crack Ugandan ...
  • NetOne Shield boost

    The 2012 domestic football season officially got un-derway yesterday with the unveiling of the second edition of the NetOne Charity Shield that will be bank-rolled to the tune of US$250 000 this year. NetOne stuck to their promise when they annou-nced an...
  • Zimbabwean karatekas win

    Zimbabwe’s karatekas raised the nation’s flag high when they scooped five medals at the Hayashi-ha Gaborone Open Karate Championships on Saturday in Botswana. The event attracted fighters from South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Zimbabwe se...
  • Master and his student

    The duet between sungura kingpin Alick Macheso and dendera protégé Tryson Chimbetu seems to be stamping its authority in the entertainment scene. Macheso and Chimbetu this Friday return to Pamuzinda Highway Xscape open-air joint along Bulawayo Road, wh...
  • Zimplats submits fresh indigenisation plan

    South Afica’s Implats has submitted a fresh indigenisation plan for its Zimbabwean subsidiary, Zimplats, which complies with requirements of indigenisation and empowerment laws, bringing to an end protracted discussions on the issue. This follows a mee...
  • Cattle re-stocking a national priority

    Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have challenged the Ministries of Finance and Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development to work closely in crafting a budget for agriculture that covers both crop and livestock production. In an intervi...
  • New Dawn share proposal gets the nod

    Zimbabwe-focused gold producer New Dawn Mining Corporation’s shareholders have agreed to make a number of changes in respect of its share trading. The Toronto Exchange-listed company recently held a shareholders meeting in which they approved to reduce ...
  • Charity Shield package unveiling today

    SOMETHING bigger and better is in the offing today when cellular network operator, NetOne unveil their sponsorship package for the season-opening Charity Shield in Harare. The company’s spokesperson, Rutendo Chabururuka, yesterday said NetOne, who retur...
  • DeMbare date Mozambican side

    DYNAMOS will be a hoping that a meeting with Mozambican opposition in the Champions League this year will bring the good fortune it has brought in this competition in the past. The Glamour Boys have, somehow, done very well in the Champions League every t...
  • PSL show charm fans

    THE 2010 Castle Lager Premiership, spiced up by the arrival of a number of sponsors, triggered increased interest among the fans with more supporters paying to watch the championship. An average 2 500 fans paid to watch every Premiership game last season ...
  • The unsung hero of Chimurenga beat

    Music critics often argue that Thomas Mapfumo would not have been what he is today without Jonah Sithole’s staccato guitar prowess. They say that it is that guitar which imitated the mbira sound that made Mapfumo’s music unique. Guitarists such as ...
  • Fans vote for gala’s top performers

    VOTES for artistes who were outstanding at the 21st Movement Celebrations Gala held in Chipinge recently continue to pour in, with members of the public voting for artistes of their choice. This was revealed by gala organiser Retired Major Anywhere Mutam...
  • Studio 263 eyes tourism market

    ZIMBABWE’S longest running soap opera, Studio 263, is negotiating with the original cast to regroup and shoot 30 episodes to promote the country’s tourist destinations. This is in preparation for the 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation Gen...
  • Japanese car imports face new Zimbabwe ban

    SOME second-hand vehicles being imported from Japan might be contaminated with radioactive material released into the atmosphere when the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant was damaged by a tsunami in March last year. Government has begun working on monitorin...
  • UNWTO Secretary General heading for Zimbabwe

    The United Nations World Tourism Organisation Secretary General, Mr Taleb Rifai has officially confirmed his visit to Zimbabwe and Zambia from May 28 to 30 this year. Mr Rifai confirmed his visit to the two countries during a meeting held in Berlin, Germ...
  • President promotes 8 Colonels to Brigadier Generals

    Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces President Mugabe has promoted eight Colonels to the rank of Brigadier General. The eight are Brigadier Generals Anselem Sanyatwe, Howard Matombo, Ronnie Mutizhe, Evaristo Dzihwema, Thando Madzvamuse, Jo...
  • President promotes 8 Colonels to Brigadier Generals

    Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces President Mugabe has promoted eight Colonels to the rank of Brigadier General. The eight are Brigadier Generals Anselem Sanyatwe, Howard Matombo, Ronnie Mutizhe, Evaristo Dzihwema, Thando Madzvamuse, Jo...
  • EU invites Zim for dialogue

    The European Union has invited Zimbabwe to resume re-engagement talks to explore ways of normalising relations. The dialogue is expected to resume end of this month or early next month. The invitation comes at a time the European bloc has removed some in...
  • Farmers urged to complement Govt effort

    Mhondoro-Mubaira legislator Cde Sylvester Nguni has urged communal farmers to complement Government programmes that contribute in the resuscitation of the economy. Addressing hundreds of villagers at Rwizi Business Centre last week during the handover of ...
  • Fans vote for gala’s top performers

    Votes for artistes who were outstanding at the 21st Movement Celebrations Gala held in Chipinge recently continue to pour in, with members of the public voting for artistes of their choice. This was revealed by gala organiser Retired Major Anywhere Mutamb...