Potpourri of arts at Hifa

Mthandazo Dube In three weeks and one day, Zimbabwe’s premier arts event, the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa), roars into life.

New order threatens HCCL stranglehold

Prince Mushawevato recently in HWANGE THE emergence of coal mining businesses in the coal-rich Hwange is threatening to shatter Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL)’s 115-year stranglehold on the industry.

A resource so near, yet so far

Harmony Agere It covers approximately 70,9 percent of the earth’s surface, yet only 3 percent of the world’s water is safe to drink, leaving one in every eight people with…

Diamond beneficiation: Gateway to success

Edwin Mwase The port city, that has been the diamond capital since the 16th century, now boasts the lion’s share (80 percent) of the world’s total rough diamonds, 50 percent…

Winky D should break through ceiling

Mthandazo Dube  Unplugged He has given many visiting international artistes a run for their money, has shared the stage with top Zimbabwean artistes, not as some early- night curtain-raiser but…

Export companies drop by 70 percent

Enacy Mapakame THE number of local companies exporting their products has dropped by more than 70 percent in the past decade as capacity utilisation in industry continues to tumble, an…

Flexible labour laws can assist Zim’s growth

Taurayi Tawengwa “I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy,” wrote America’s second president, John Adams, who was arguably of the…

Innocent Mjintu at the crossroads

Tanyaradzwa Munouya Fiery rhythm guitarist Innocent Mjintu is torn between re-joining his former bands, Barura Express and Zare. Barura is a group that Mjintu helped structure back in the 1980s…

Car buyers being fleeced

Stanley Makombe  Motoring OF late, criminals have become increasingly cunning and they are now preying on potential used car buyers, fleecing them of their hard-earned money in an elaborate scam…

Beware of mobile cash scams

Detective Assistant Inspector Tom Muleya Fraud Alert Fraudsters are abusing the mobile network service providers’ concept of sending and receiving money via mobile phones. The facility was mainly aimed at…

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