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By Evans Dakwa The internet revolution has had a huge positive impact on the music industry by simplifying and subsequent development of the trade in Zimbabwe and the world at large. This was said by Mr Denny Marandure, ZOL Zimbabwe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at a recent Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) arranged press conference in the capital. The ZOL boss highlighted the symbiotic relationship that exist between the music and art industry at large and the positive changes that the advent of internet has brought to the sector. "The internet has been part of the music and art revolution by making it easier for both production houses and the artists themselves to prduce and market their art products." "Production costs have been reduced,distribution nad marketing of art products have been made even more easier,"added the ZOL CEO. Internet marketing for artist has taken over from the conventional ways and reaching thousands of other p...

By Tinashe Chipembere Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has revealed that government will not pay civil servants bonuses this year and the coming one. In addition, Chinamasa also revealed that the gorvenment will not be recruiting workers in the same period. This comes as the cash strapped government is trying to minimise recurrent expenditure that is gobbling up to 85% of its revenue The move is part of the government's measures to redress the buldging wage bill the country has to pay per month. In his address the Minister said that the state is paying a wage bill of 280 million dollars monthly. As such the indefinate cut of bonuses will allow the economy to grow as the funds will be channelled to other productive sectors of the economy.Chinamasa said his ministry is aiming at reducing the wage bill drastically to 40% and the temporary scrapping of civil service bonuses is just the beginning of a series of measures to attain the above. Reducing the current wage bill ...

From Kenya to Zimbabwe,grazing and cultivation land has been a major cause of conflicts in the rural Africa.In this picture collage,a herd of cattle grazes in rural Masvingo and below villagers cleared a patch of land for cultivation in the midst of a mountainous area.

A Chiredzi man(partly obscured) stares at an excessively loaded vehicle driving towards Chiredzi. Such vehicles have been a menace on the roads but travellers have no other options for transport in this rural area.

By Evans Dakwa The African Cup of Nations Qualifiers for 2017 are scheduled to start in June, less than two months away and our beloved Warriors still do not have a substantive gaffer. Still smarting from the shocking but inevitable expulsion from the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, the football family in the country will no doubt like to use the 2017 qualifiers to redeem lost pride from years of successive failures on the pitch aided by a bungling leadership. Football fans and analyst alike as usullal have been debating as to the right man for the job, to redeem the country from the quagmire that its fooball finds itself in. The firm favourite to land the job is no doubt Kallisto Pasuwa, a man who is no doubt the man of the moment after guiding the Young Warriors to a memorable 2-1 aggregate win over the much fancied Young Indomitable lions to qualify for the All Africa Games scheduled to take part in Congo later in the year, for the first time since 1995 when the country partook in t...

By Evans Dakwa A recent youth employment conference organised by Youth Forum in Harare has blamed government for not doing enough to address the unemployment crisis. Wellington Zindove, the national coordinator for the Youth Forum, said government’s heavy spending was not helping the situation by procuring goods from outside the country, even when some of them are available locally. `Why can’t government use vehicles produced locally, no matter how inferior they are. This will help to save millions of jobs that are lost annually,” said Zindove in apparent reference to the government`s importation of vehicles for parliamentarians at a time when the country`s motor industry giant, Willovale motors is struggling with viability problems largely attributed to the shrinking of its market base. The government under the ZIMASSET economic blueprint is aiming at creating employment and the move to procure from outside seems a direct contradiction to what the economic ...

By Chipo Madzima Chipango  Multitudes of women  recently thronged the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Church (PHD)  church venue in Zindoga to attend a ladies all night prayer held by the church under the theme' My Marital Life.' Women from all walks of life  and different nationalities filled the overflow sections of the congregation all in the bid to get a word from Prophet Walter Magaya.  Some  came from as far afield as Tanzania to attend the all night prayer in search of spiritual  answers .  During the all night prayer ,the prophet touched on a number of issues affecting  women and their marital unions. Issues ranging from general hygiene issues, to issues that have to do with spiritual attacks that affect women which in turn affect their marriages were dealt with. Women got the opportunity to ask the prophet questions about their marital challenges which were dealt with according to biblical principles. One ...

By Chipo Madzima Chipango When you see her walking down the street you can only just see the outward beauty ,the smile that she plasters on her face ;one would think that everything is alright in her corner. What many do not realise is inside she is a woman who is in turmoil.  She worries about what her family will eat, where her children will get clothes. For some the worry will be about the father of the children, a man who has long abandoned his role as a father to man up and take responsibility for his children. Women face various challenges that they often have to juggle in these hard economic conditions, they  have taken up jobs in order to help supplement the income in their homes. When she comes back from work she is expected to take off that hat and wear another hat of being the caring mum and wife who will do the chores household  and take care of the home because that is what is expected of her.  Even when head ,body and soul are exhausted...