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Big prizes, plans for Miss Carnival Zim
Brenda Phiri Arts CorrespondentTHE winner of the inaugural Miss Carnival Zimbabwe will take up the duties of Miss Tourism Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority chief executive Karikoga Kaseke has said.
“We have since abandoned the Miss Zimbabwe pageant due to internal reasons within the ZTA contrary to what the media has been speculating,” he said.
Hovhorosi Style goes a gear up
Freeman Razemba Arts CorrespondentDESIGNERS of the Hovhorosi Style have released two songs in a bid to promote their brand through music.
Herbert Huruba and James Pande, the two creative designers of the Hovhorosi Style, said the songs all entitled “Hovhorosi Style” will create the much needed hype.
Blow for theatre as audiences drop
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment ReporterWell-known theatre practitioner Elton Mjanana has attributed the decline in theatre audience to donor fatigue.
Mjanana, who was the consultant for the Harare International Festival of the Arts’ theatre programme, said if the situation continues then theatre will soon be a minority discipline.
Asian markets jump
HONG KONG. – Asian markets were mostly up last week with Japanese stocks jumping to their highest level in over five years after the dollar surged above the 100 yen mark and US jobs data boosted sentiment.Growth, forex top G7 agenda
LONDON. — Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven leading economies met in the English countryside on Friday for talks on spurring growth, amid US-Europe divisions over the scale of austerity.Focus on your destination
Nyaradzo Mavindidze Motivation for SuccessLast year on my way to Bulawayo I encountered quite a strong hailstorm in Kadoma that forced most drivers to pull off the highway.
There was a bus in front of me that did not pull over but drove on slowly . . . I decided to follow the bus (I wasn’t about to be caught in the traffic after the hailstorm) to gain
Shun corruption, private sector urged
The private sector should play a leading role in preventing corruption to create a transparent local business culture, an official said last week.Ethics Institute of South Africa chief executive officer Mr Deon Rossouw told an Institute of Directors of Zimbabwe meeting that it was possible to succeed in business without
Innscor faces penalty
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Business ReporterDIVERSIFIED group Innscor Africa Limited is likely to be penalised by the Competition and Tariff Commission over allegations that it did not follow proper regulatory procedures in its acquisition of a majority stake in the country’s largest miller, National Foods Limited.
Is Zim prepared for climate disasters?
Jeffry Gogo Climate Story
The recent weather calamities in the southwest and Midlands areas of Zimbabwe, where giant hailstones some weighing as much as 1kg battered households and public