By Novell Zwange – Catch Zim’s longstanding superstar on a live solo performance thisThursday, October 7 from 8:00pm – 10:00pm at Harare’s cultural meltpot, The Mannenberg, Fife Ave Mall, Cnr Fife Ave and Sixth Street (OK upstairs) Harare, Zimbabwe
Tawanda Karombo Harare – The long standing business feud between South Africa based businessman, John Moxon and Zimbabwean banker Nigel Chanakira – touted as one of the country’s first pioneers of black entrepreneurs – is far from over. Chanakira, whose Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited (KFHL) merged with Moxon’s Meikles Africa Limited in December 2007, has been locked in a bitter battle to wrest control of the financial services concern from Meikles following a merger deal that has turned sour. Upon their merger in 2007, the two companies incorporated Tanganda Tea Company and little known Cotton Printers, to form a blue... Continue Reading
KADOMA, 1 October 2010 (IRIN) – A new wave of farm invasions in Zimbabwe has been dubbed the Fourth Chimurenga (liberation struggle) – the fast track-land reform programme launched by President Robert Mugabe in 2000 was the third – but this time they are not looking to redistribute land, they are looking for gold. Thousands of unemployed Zimbabweans trying to survive in an economic meltdown that has lasted almost a decade have taken to unlicensed prospecting for gold and other minerals along the country’s rivers. As more and more illegal miners crowd the river banks, people have begun spreading onto... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwange – HARARE – The Amnesty International yesterday said that Zimbabwean authorities must halt the pending evictions of up to 20,000 people from an informal settlement on the outskirts of Harare for failure to pay prohibitively high lease renewal fees charged by the authorities. Most of the residents of Hatcliffe Extension were allocated plots of land for new homes after they were forcibly evicted by the authorities under the country’s 2005 mass forced evictions programme, Operation Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order) which saw around hundrends of thousands of people lose their homes and/or their livelihoods. Operation Restore Order, was... Continue Reading
By Michael Mabwe – Following the week of peace activities convened by Zimbabwe Youth Network (ZIYON) from the 21st to the 25th of September in Harare under the banner of this year’s theme for celebrating International Day of Peace, “Make Peace Happen” the youths of Zimbabwe came up with a declaration on peace and national healing which shall be called the ‘’UKUBAMBANA YOUTH DECLARATION ON PEACE AND NATIONAL HEALING” Some of the activities that were held from the peace festival include a peace workshop for key stakeholders in the field of peace building, a poetry party, youth peace summit, a... Continue Reading