adminZim gets more time to raise ATI funds
Business ReporterTHE African Trade Insurance Agency has agreed to give Zimbabwe more time to mobilise funds to make the payments required for the country to start benefiting from the institution’s risk cover. Industry and Commerce Deputy Minister Mike Bimha
Snoop Lion excommunicated
IT was no surprise when Bunny Wailer announced in February that he has excommunicated Snoop Lion from the Rastafari Millennium Council in Jamaica. Snoop Lion, formerly Snoop Dogg, has been beefing with Bunny Wailer since last year. In a message posted on his Facebook, Bunny Wailer cited “fraudulent use of Rastafari personalities and
Indigenous airlines cry foul
Business EditorINDIGENOUS airlines who have plans to service both domestic and regional routes have criticised the Government for not offering them viable routes in line with the open skies policy. Government, on the other hand, insists that the local airlines who have been given more
Telecel licence expires
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterTELECEL Zimbabwe’s mobile operator’s licence has expired and the company is battling to address anomalies in its shareholding, a precondition to having it renewed.
The country’s second biggest mobile phone operator’s 15-year licence expired last month, but extending
‘Vybz Kartel murder trial being sabotaged’
GAZA SLIM is speaking out and fans would agree with her that there is a conspiracy to sabotage Vybz Kartel murder trial. The “Summer Time” deejay high-profile murder trial was postponed for a second day straight on Tuesday. On Monday prosecutors said the case file for the dancehall star was missing. As if that was not enough, on Tuesday prosecutorsDon’t rush into marriage, Kim advised
KRIS JENNER has advised her daughter Kim Kardashian not to get married again in the near future because a third divorce could ruin her reputation. The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians’’ star thinks that twice-divorced Kim (32), who recently welcomed her first daughter, North West, with her rapper boyfriend Kanye West, shouldn’t tie the knot with himRiRi rekindles love with Drake
RIHANNA seems to be finally moving on from Chris Brown. The Bajan pop beauty is rekindling her old flame with Drake, according to reports. Last month RiRi posted a video online of herself twerking to a verse by Drake. That video fuelled rumours that she and the Toronto rapper are getting back together. “When she was dating Chris, he banned herSimbaGee releases dvd
Arts CorrespondentMutare-based producer and video director Simbarashe Gwati, better known as SimbaGee, is set to change the face of Zimbabwean music with the release of his new DVD compilation. In the project, the 24-year-old – who is rated among the best video directors in the country – is set to release a compilation of the best music videos
Festival network born
Stephen Chifunyise Theatre CorridorsManagers of 19 cultural festivals in Zimbabwe who attended the festival managers workshop convened by Nhimbe Trust in Harare from June 26 to June 28 created the Zimbabwe Festivals Network. The workshop was the first activity in a three-part project funded by Unesco’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity as part of national action in the
Nama preps on course
Entertainment ReporterPreparations for the 13th edition of the National Arts Merit Awards to be held for the second successive year in Bulawayo are on course. The awards, organised by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, will be held in Bulawayo on 15 February 15, 2014. In a statement yesterday, NACZ said the awards were a platform to recognise excellence in creativity and