adminSimbaGee 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
Gold deliveries up
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Business ReporterTHE country’s gold deliveries for the month of April increased by 9,25 percent from 990,35kg in March to 1 081,93kg in April 2013 on the back of an increased output by large-scale producers. According to figures released by the African Development Bank, deliveries by
One country, one destiny
Reason WafawarovaIN order to rally people around their cause it is strategically important for political parties to create fear-instilling enemies. Where no such enemies exist they are often conveniently created, and for opposition parties, the leadership of the incumbent
Of MDC-T, blood-letting, AK47 rifles, war veterans
The Arena Hildegarde
SOME people have missed great opportunities, bright futures and even messed up friendships because of reckless utterances? We have freedom of speech, but if that freedom is used irresponsibly, it costs. The writer of the book of Proverbs gives a stark
Impala escapes hungry predators by jumping into a car full of tourists
Desperate times require desperate measures – and when an impala was targeted by two vicious cheetahs, it made a jump for it that will not soon be forgotten. The distressed animal was captured on camera leaping into a car full of tourists in order to escape the predators. The terrified animal appeared to be seconds away from death when an
New ART guidelines out
Cathrine Murombedzi HIV WalkIn developed countries a person can start anti-retroviral therapy the moment they find out that they are HIV positive. One does not have to wait for the virus to progress thereby causing deterioration in one’s health. That would be an ideal set-up – nip the virus in the bud before it nestles. A country’s economic background usually determines
Let’s make the most of UNWTO
Victoria Ruzvidzo Business FocusThat Zimbabwe will next month host the 20th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly is a momentous development that we should not take lightly at all as a country. Debate around the impending harmonised elections, now just three
Biti frustrating grain imports
Elita Chikwati, Agriculture ReporterThe distribution of the maize imported from Zambia is ongoing in drought stricken provinces but Finance Minister Tendai Biti was derailing the importation of more grain. Government imported