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Problem Masau Arts CorrespondentGodwin Gogwe (23) and Odert Kosimoni (27) are the only two contestants left in this year’s My Own Boss edition. The two contestants have proved their marketing skills by excellently executing their tasks. Gogwe has so far managed to sell 10 cars at Willowvale Motors and also secured a stand for the company at the just
Youthful trio spices up Charity Race
Tawanda Ngena Arts CorrespondentA bumper crowd turned up at the Borrowdale Race Course on Sunday for a rare dose of Sunday horse racing, courtesy of the Zimbabwe National Army Charity horse race. However, it was the musicians who stole the limelight. The three musicians — Sniper Storm, Jah Prayzah and Sulumani Chimbetu — all added their own military
Arts indaba ends on high note
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment ReporterThe recently held two-day National Arts Council of Zimbabwe’s annual Indaba in Masvingo ended on a high note with the setting up of a taskforce that compiled challenges bedevilling the arts and culture industry. The list of problems was given to the council’s board chairperson, Dr Thokozile Chitepo, who would then hand it over
Show puts Zim on fashion map
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka TVLast week I attended the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe’s annual indaba in Masvingo. Besides the resounding success of that indaba which was about “funding for the arts” I had the opportunity to visit the Great Zimbabwe and what a wonder it is! Like they always say there is a first time for everything. I had never been to this
Jive Zimbabwe a laudable initiative
Fred Zindi MusicOn October 24, The Kebab Centre in Harare was alive with urban grooves activities. Ex-Q, Cindy Munyawi, Diana Samkange, Stunner, Extra Large, Leonard Mapfumo and many more took to the stage to present their acts to a new enterprise calling itself Jive Zimbabwe. Jive Zimbabwe headed by Benjamin Nyandoro
Delta investment hits US$250m
Business ReportersBEVERAGES manufacturer Delta Beverages has so far invested around US$250 million since dollarisation to boost its capacity and contribution to the fiscus. Delta chairman Mr Canaan Dube yesterday said the investment was beginning to pay dividends. “The re-capitalisation programme started in 2009 and to date we have
Ultimatum for banks
Business ReportersFINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has given the banks an ultimatum — support the Reserve Bank’s Treasury Bills or be compelled to do so through negotiable certificates of deposit. Minister Biti made the call after most of the banks, especially foreign-owned ones, snubbed the Government paper last month. Today, the RBZ will float
Madziwanyika appointed new RTG boss
Walter Muchinguri Assistant Business EditorTHE Rainbow Tourism Board has appointed a new chief executive officer, Mr Tendai Madziwanyika. He takes over from the group’s finance director Mr Paschal Changunda, who has been acting CEO since the resignation of Mrs Chipo Mtasa in March 2011. Mr Madziwanyika is not new name to the tourism sector as he was
Changing lives through empowerment
Bradwell Mhonderwa Business EthicsDuring the weekend of October 27-28, 2012, it was heartening to witness the tremendous work that Plan International is doing to alleviate the plight of the marginalised in the densely populated and impoverished peri-urban settlement of Epworth, particularly the girl child and women, through empowerment programmes
‘Zim fastest-growing economy in Africa’
SUN CITY. — A LEADING United Nations environmentalist cited Zimbabwe as the fastest-growing economy in Africa after defying a decade of economic meltdown.Addressing more than 25 African countries attending the Systems Applications Products (SAP) Saphila Summit at Sun City in the North West Province of South Africa