Mbulelo Mpofu/Mthabisi Tshuma, Showbiz Reporters ON Monday, local creatives joined the world in celebrating World Poetry Day. The day was adopted by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) to celebrate one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. World Poetry Day is the occasion to honour poets; […] …
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Monthly Archives: March 2022
BCC suspends 20-hour weekly water-shedding
Source: BCC suspends 20-hour weekly water-shedding – NewsDay Zimbabwe bulawayo town clerk Christopher Dube BY SILAS NKALA BULAWAYO City Council yesterday suspended the 20-hour weekly water-shedding schedule it introduced last month when its main pumps were failing to draw enough water for the city. In a statement, town clerk Christopher Dube said council had suspended […]
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Mageto lands AU vice-chancellorship
Source: Mageto lands AU vice-chancellorship – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY VARAIDZO MUDEWAIRI THE Africa University (AU) Zimbabwe board of directors has appointed Peter Mageto as the fifth vice-chancellor of the institution. Mageto, from Kenya, is the first non-Zimbabwean to lead AU. A former deputy vice-chancellor at AU, Mageto has been serving as interim vice-chancellor since the […]
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Fidelity launches housing linked investment product
Source: Fidelity launches housing linked investment product | The Herald FIDELITY Life Assurance has launched a unit-linked investment product, “Vaka Yako”, which is designed to facilitate customers to build up savings towards individual home ownership at an affordable cost Michael Tome Business Reporter FIDELITY Life Assurance has launched a unit-linked investment product, “Vaka Yako”, which […]
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Cyberbullying haunts female politicians
Source: Cyberbullying haunts female politicians – NewsDay Zimbabwe Ellen Dingani BY EVANS MATHANDA ELECTORAL watchdogs and women’s rights groups have cited cyberbullying as a major factor discouraging women from actively participating in politics. Addressing delegates at the Institute for Young Women’s Development (IYWD) election sensitisation workshop in Harare, Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) programmes director […]
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Tuli-Manyange dam project takes shape
Yoliswa Dube-Moyo, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief THE construction of Tuli Manyange Dam has commenced in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, where preliminary works — to be completed by June this year — involving the building of saddle dams are underway in Ntalale area. Saddle dams are auxiliary dams constructed in low spots or “saddle” through which […] …
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WATCH: Govt opens state-of-the-art Byo e-passport facility
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter A state-of-the-art e-passport bio-enrolment centre was officially opened yesterday at the Bulawayo Provincial Civil Registry offices as Government moves to decentralise access to travel documents in line with the devolution thrust. As of yesterday, members of the public had already started applying for the e-passports in Bulawayo. An ordinary e-passport, which […] …
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Zimbo, Makhoe Drey to share stage with Omah Lay
Mthabisi Tshuma, Showbiz Reporter AUSTRALIA-based versatile musician Makhoe Drey who was the first local to land a collaboration with South Africa’s Big Zulu is not slowing down. Having produced a single titled Emazweni with Big Zulu that was released last year, Makhoe Drey (real name Makhosini Dominic Nkomo) is set to make history again by […] …
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CBD parking fiasco clamps Simbisa Brands revenue
Rutendo Nyeve, Business Reporter LISTED fast-food chain, Simbisa Brands, says it is losing about 30 percent of revenue due to loss of potential business linked to the contentious parking fees in Bulawayo’s city centre. The company is one of the successful entities listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) and is among the biggest employers […] …
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Mnangagwa threatens to ‘shorten’ the lives of Mthwakazi separatists
Invoking language he used during Gukurahundi, Mnangagwa vows Zimbabwe to remain a unitary state …
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