adminSchweppes invests US$15m in new plant
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
BEVERAGES firm Schweppes has invested nearly US$15 million in a new production line as the company targets to double its current capacity. Installation of the plant is in progress and its commissioning is expected during the second quarter of this year,
Scandal’s Shakira wanted to study law
Johannesburg. – Dawn Matthews, whose role as Shakira on the popular e.tv soapie Scandal involves her in activities that could land her in trouble with the law, says she had wanted to study law as she grew up. There was a remote chance of being an actress. “I never knew I was going to have make a career in the arts. There is something in the arts. I haven’t looked back
Hifa to post video clips on Internet
Entertainment Reporter
THE Harare International Festival of the Arts will soon upload video clips of performances staged over the last three years on the Internet as it seeks to bring the festival to wider audiences. This means that Internet users will be able to access these
Retrospective exhibition of Rashid Jogee’s works
Dr Tony Monda Art Zone
It is gratifying to note that the national Gallery of Zimbabwe has spread its tentacles beyond the capital city of Harare and are commemorating the works of a great Bulawayo-based Zimbabwean artist – Rashid Jogee, born on the February 11, 1951.
Iranian ambassador calls for cultural co-operation
Entertainment Reporter
Islamic Republic of Iran Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mohammad Pournajaf has called on greater collaboration between Zimbabwean artists and Iranians to promote social and cultural cohesion. Speaking at the embassy in Harare after receiving a
Spinning tunes and singing them too
Johannesburg. – He is going to do what few radio presenters have done before: Make a music album and this time, it will not be compiling CDs. And had it not been for procrastination, Kaya FM afternoon host George Munetsi’s dream of becoming a musician would have long been realised. But, as they say, it’s better late than never, I guess, and for Munetsi, host of Georgie In
Macheso, Mjintu bury the hatchet?
Jairos Saunyama
Former Orchestra Mberikwazvo rhythm guitarist Innocent Mjintu, who left Alick Macheso’s band after being fired for secretly recording an album, is expected to return into the Extrabasso’s orbit albeit as a supporting act. The talented guitarist has been
Zambezi Express delights theatre-goers
Entertainment Reporter
Zambezi Express roared at Harare’s Reps Theatre when it opened last Tuesday and delighted an appreciative crowd.
The 90-minute musical opens with the introduction of a young boy named Mzilikazi (Makula Moyo), who has a dream to be a
Mutodi, Utakataka strike deal
UTAKATAKA Express band leader Peter Moyo has agreed to sell off two of his band members, Spencer Khumulani and Gift “Shiga Shiga” Katulika, to Energy Mutodi’s Real Sounds of Africa in a deal set to change the face of the music industry.
The deal brokered byPartson “Chipaz” Chimbodza, the president of the Music Promoters Association of Zimbabwe, sought to
Western media brainwashed us?
Brian Mnkosana
From times past, it has been impossible to get a good man down, yet it is in this instance that an issue arises that pertains to the qualities that do determine or define a good man though these might differ from race to religion and culture. The