adminMereki: A pale shadow of its old self
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Will sanity ever prevail at Mereki, the popular open-air braai and “watering hole” that resembles the “tshisa nyamas” found in Hillbrow in South Africa? Just when many people thought the usually brisk and noisy place had a proper facelift with the new
Tuku, Ismael Lo to bring Hifa curtain down
Richmore Tera Arts CorrespondentZIMBABWEAN music legend Oliver Mtukudzi is billed to share the stage with his Senegalese counterpart, Ishmael Lo, at the closing ceremony of this year’s edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts at the Telecel Main Stage in the Harare
Japan needs bigger ‘sense of crisis’
TOKYO. — The head of the club of the world’s richest countries said yesterday Japan needed to have a bigger “sense of crisis” about its financial predicament. Angel Gurria, the secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, said Japan’s stratifying society and widening income inequalities need to be addressed. Gurria said the country’sECB wants liquidity to reach real economy faster
BRUSSELS. — The European Central Bank expressed disappointment yesterday that the liquidity it has pumped into the banking system in recent months has not fed through into the real economy more quickly. “We had hoped the LTRO money would go faster into the real economy,” ECB president Mario Draghi told the European Parliament’s Committee for Economic
Zesa pays US$10m to Hydro Cahora Bassa
Felex Share Herald Reporter
ZESA Holdings yesterday paid US$10 million to Hydro Cahora Bassa as the power utility battles to clear its debt to the Mozambican company. The money was sourced from two local platinum-mining companies — Mimosa and Zimplats — and will
Hats off to our self-taught artists
Art Brut or “raw art” is a label that was created by French artist and philosopher Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official formal art and cultural systems. It is an art form based entirely on natural artistic intuition. The term was later redefined in 1972, by art critic Rodger Cardinal to “Outsider Art”; a term broadly including self-taught orVictoria Beckham talks cars
Victoria Beckham has already ticked off the boxes for international pop star, award-winning fashion designer, style icon, supermom, and luckiest wife in the world. She can now add automobile designer to her list. Since 2010, Victoria has been a creative design executive for legendary luxury off-road brand Land Rover, and the fruits of her labour have just beenMeaning behind the Last Supper
Richmore TeraA LOT has been said about the Lord’s Last Supper, giving rise to myriad interpretations about the true meaning behind the occasion. Many Christians may agree that The Last Supper was the last gathering that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples
Tight bounces back
Entertainment CorrespondentThey are back. And what better way to make their grand return than on the hallowed stages of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) slated for May 1 to 6, 2012. Performing in the Landrover 7 Arts Theatre at Hifa this year, afro-jazz crooner
Fans upbeat as Hifa approaches
More Tirivashoma Arts CorrespondentWITH less than a week before the 13th edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts roars into life, excitement has once again gripped the nation with fans expecting scintillating performances at the event. The event is a medley of music,