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Entertainment ReporterOne of the talented and leading Brazilian guitarists, Yamandu Costa, will perform at this year’s Harare International Festival of the Arts at 7 Arts Theatre on Thursday May 3. Brazil is known the world over for its diverse culture and electrifying musical
British Council to premiere nine plays
Ruth Butaumocho Entertainment EditorThe British Council will premiere nine plays at this year’s Harare International Festival of the Arts that kicks off in Harare tomorrow. This probably will be the biggest commissioning by one production house this year and already theatre enthusiasts
Investing in young girls is smart economics
ZWRCN Women Empowerment
EIGHTEEN-year-old Rangariroyashe Chipika is no ordinary young woman as she not only came out top of her Advanced Level class in the 2011 Cambridge Examinations but was also best student in her school. She had As in all her science subjects —
Gold deliveries up 6pc in first quarter
Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S gold deliveries for the first three months of the year rose by an average 6 percent to reach 3 126 kilogrammes.
The African Development Bank in its Monthly Economic Review for April noted that the country’s primary producers were the
Resilience, hard work pays off
Fanuel Kangondo EntrepreneurshipRESILIENCE and hard work has paid off for a 55-year-old Chitungwiza widow who has successfully managed to transform her lifestyle by venturing into business with the support of her son. For Barbara Gwede Sihlangu what first started as all doom
Climate change: Farming’s biggest threat
Jeffrey Gogo Climate storyCOLLECTING memories from Zimbabwe’s 32-year history, the reforms on land ownership stand prominent, apart from political freedom. The reforms represented a major shift in the balance of economic power within the agriculture sector, after
Loan-to-deposit ratio drops
Business ReporterLOAN-to-deposit ratio in the banking sector declined from 87,4 percent in January to 82,2 percent in February this year, despite an increase in total bank deposits. This means that loans issued by banks were less than deposits received.
Equities end week in the red
Business ReporterSTOCKS on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange closed last week in the red, losing 2,94 percent to close at 129,90 points.
The mainstream industrial index was weighed down by losses in AICO, which slipped 3,57 percent to a 52-week low of
Fault affects power generation at HPS
Bright Madera Senior Business Reporter
POWER generation at Hwange Thermal Power Station dropped to 81MW from an average of 400MW last week due to a technical fault, resulting in most parts of the country being plunged into darkness. Zesa spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira said
Allan shines at mid-week show
Entertainment ReporterFEW artistes manage to hold mid-week shows and attract a huge crowd, unless your name is Oliver Mtukudzi or Alick Macheso.
But dendera musician Allan Chimbetu did just that at City Sports Bar in Harare last Wednesday night, which saw him staking a