Minister calls for investment in arts
Lovemore Meya Arts Correspondent Minister of Rural Development, the Promotion and Preservation of National Heritage and Culture Abednico Ncube has encouraged the nation to invest in the arts and benefit from…
FIFA funds frozen
ZURICH. — The Swiss Justice Ministry has frozen millions of Swiss francs related to world soccer body FIFA, a spokesman said yesterday, confirming a media report. World soccer’s governing body is…
Spirit Praise Choir launches second album
Tawanda Marwizi Arts Correspondent Gospel choir Spirit Praise will launch their second album, “Vatatu Mumwechete”, at Parklane Hall (former Rainbow Theatre) in the capital tomorrow. The six-track album has songs “Mambo Jesu”,…
Mountaineers crash-land Eagles
Another poor display by the Mashonaland Eagles top-order batsmen condemned their team to a three-day defeat by Mountaineers in their Logan Cup match at Old Hararians Sports Club. Only Joylord Gumbie…
The bane of ‘bootstrap’ theology
Stanely Mushava Features Correspondent A bootstrap project has the capacity to advance itself without outsourcing energy. The metaphor is drawn from the imaginary act of lifting oneself by pulling up the…
United should get Pep
LONDON. — It was September 2012 when Sir Alex Ferguson met Pep Guardiola for dinner in New York and expressed a desire for the former Barcelona coach to succeed him…
FDI: Zim clears all bottlenecks •ease of doing business improves •regulatory burdens removed
Happiness Zengeni and Tinashe Makichi— Zimbabwe has made considerable progress in improving its business environment after scoring high during the first 100 days of the Rapid Results Framework enunciated by…
Gold slips
London. – GOLD slipped yesterday to give back some of its overnight gains, with trading choppy as the dollar surged after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the…
Sanchez might face City
LONDON. — Alexis Sanchez will be given as long as possible to prove his fitness, but Arsene Wenger admitted the forward could play in the top-of-the-table English Premiership soccer clash…
West to blame for refugee crisis: Syrian President
BEIRUT. — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed Europe’s refugee crisis on Western support for “terrorists”, as people fleeing his country’s civil war stream towards the European Union. In his first…



