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Fastjet to ramp up flights from Johannesburg to Bulawayo
Zimbabwe's privately owned airline, Fastjet, will scale up its services between Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport and Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport.Fastjet ...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:21hrs | 1740 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube among top 100 global influencers
Gweru businesswoman Smelly Dube has been recognized as one of the top 100 most influential people globally for 2024. She was honored alongside notable figures such as former U.S. President Donald Trum...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 13:57hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
DA's Moonshot Pact rebranded under GNU name
The Government of National Unity (GNU) appears to be nothing more than the failed Democratic Alliance (DA)'s Moonshot Pact, rebranded under a different name.The African National Congress (ANC)...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 14:09hrs | 5 | by Junior Lebese
Victoria Falls charms São Tomé PM
Destination Zimbabwe, especially Victoria Falls, continues to rise after hosting São Tomé and Principe Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada, who was on a private holiday with his family, making him the l...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:15hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Richard Branson enjoys Zimbabwe's wildlife during two week visit
British billionaire Richard Branson – the founder of the Virgin Group – and his family spent considerable time touring Zimbabwe's prime wildlife resort areas during his visit to the country....Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business upbeat over Richard Branson's visit
THE Zimbabwe Business Council says the recent visit by one of the world's richest men and owner of Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson offered the country an opportunity to market its tourism potential....Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Richard Branson in Zambezi conservation walk
One of the world's richest men and owner of the Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, is in Zimbabwe taking part in the Zambezi Valley Walk for Wild Expedition covering Mana Pools and Matusadona national ...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 13:48hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Richard Branson jets into Zimbabwe
British billionaire magnate and commercial astronaut Richard Branson jets into Zimbabwe aboard a fastjet plane.The Fastjet plane flew in from Johannesburg...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 15:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
New Gates Foundation trustee led plot to overthrow Zim leader alongside US
WHILE Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, recently appointed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to add his other high-profile board appointments such as at Rockefeller Foundation, is a rol...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
How I first met Sir Richard Branson - by Strive Masiyiwa
On the eve of Sir Richard Branson flight to space aboard a Virgin Galactic spacecraft at the weekend, Strive Masiyiwa recounts how he first met Sir Richard and gives a glowing tribute to the mentor, t...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Journalism needs overhaul
Zimbabwean journalist Haru Mutasa recently drew fire from some local journalists and social media couch potatoes - many of whom masquerade as experts on each and every issue - when she pointed out the...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:06hrs | 12 | by Conway Tutani
First Lady joins philanthropist bandwagon; robbing the needy blind - her river of crocodile tears fooled me!
It is one thing when people like Bill Gates of Microsoft or Richard Branson of Virgin Planes and Trains, whose source of wealth has a traceable paper trail, become generous philanthropists. It is quit...Published: 18 Jan 2018 at 21:17hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Biti sticks the boot into Mugabe-led govt
Former Finance minister Tendai Laxton Biti has no kind words for President Robert Mugabe's government which he said cannot be expected to fix Zimbabwe's problems and he tells Deputy Chief Writer Tenda...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mandela mocked Mugabe and Mugabe also mocked Mandela
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's verbal barbs on Nelson Mandela have a historical context, which both men helped accentuate.South Africa's first majority and black President Nelson Mandela...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:05hrs | 2 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Mujuru writes tribute in Mandela book
National People's Party leader Joice Mujuru has become the first female African politician to enter a written message into Nelson Mandela tribute book alongside international icons such as former ...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
West, MDC-T, ZimPF strategies exposed
Western countries bankrolling MDC-T and Zimbabwe People First have undermined Zimbabwe's national institutions through patronage and dirty money in a bid to destroy the constitutional order and force ...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Felex Share
Presidents Mugabe Gabriel Robert; Zuma Jacob Gehleyihlekisa, Fort Hare students say voetzek!
Foot-sake is just the right word to tell both Mugabe and Zuma to go away! Voetzek Zuma, voetzek Mugabe! Those were Fort Hare students trying to force their way into the Hall where Preside...Published: 23 May 2016 at 18:52hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Geek to gun-runner: the super-villain with Zimbabwean links
Cape Town - He established hothouses in lawless Somalia, protecting them with a private militia to grow opium poppies, cocaine and other narcotic substances under scientifically controlled conditions....Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 10:09hrs | 13 | by Ivor Powell
Land Rover Media Release: Range Rover Helps Unveil New Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo at Global Reveal and Naming Ceremony
Pretoria, 26 February 2016 - Land Rover today helped Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson unveil Virgin Galactic's new SpaceShipTwo at a special reveal and naming ceremony at their Mojave Air and ...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 13:32hrs | 13 | by Angecies
Sustainable Development Goals are in sync with Africa's priorities
Newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals could transform the continentOn 26 September, a day after world leaders adopted the new development age...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 21:55hrs | 1 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Sir Richard Branson fined R2,000 in South Africa
Mpumalanga - The Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) has expressed disappointment with a South African Revenue Services (SARS) customs official who yelled at Virgin Airlines boss Sir Richar...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 19:54hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Sir Richard Branson speaks about the post Zuma era
Sir Richard Branson paid a surprise visit to Virgin Active RED in Jabulani, Soweto, yesterday. This is the most successful of the seven RED concept gyms in SA. He said his investment progr...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Virgin Atlantic plane makes emergency landing at Gatwick airport
London - A Virgin Atlantic flight performed a "non-standard" landing at London's Gatwick airport on Monday after a landing gear problem, with television pictures showing the plane intact and stationa...Published: 29 Dec 2014 at 15:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's amazing story
BY his 40th birthday, he'd outwitted strongman Robert Mugabe. By 50, he was a multimillionaire mogul. Now, Strive Masiyiwa - telecom entrepreneur, philanthropist and proud Pentecostal - is among a cad...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Ozy.com
Museveni won't rush to approve anti-gay law
Kampala - Uganda President Yoweri Museveni will not rush to approve a controversial anti-gay draft law, widely criticised internationally but overwhelmingly backed by local political and religious lea...Published: 02 Jan 2014 at 15:30hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
South2North discusses ethical leadership with The Elders
This Friday on Al Jazeera's talk show South2North, Redi Tlhabi discusses ethical leadership in the 21st century with The Elders, a group of independent global leaders working together for peace, j...Published: 31 Oct 2013 at 06:48hrs | | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Sir Richard Branson comments on Zimbabwe elections
The founder and chairman of Virgin Group of more than 400 companies, Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson alleges that Zimbabwe elections were severely rigged.In his ...Published: 08 Aug 2013 at 09:13hrs | 12 | by Ndou Paul
Is Jonathan Moyo eligible for Zanu-pf primary elections?
While it is subject to confirmation, Jonathan Moyo seems not eligible to contest all forthcoming Zanu-pf primary elections based on guidelines published Friday 14th June 2013.The rules ...Published: 15 Jun 2013 at 11:07hrs | 1 | by Dr. Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
April Fool is dead!
London - The April Fool is dead.Or at least the gentle jester of the common folk has metastised into a corporate colossus controlled by global marketing executives, bestriding the Internet to ...Published: 01 Apr 2013 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
2011: The year Jonathan Moyo may want to forget quickly
If there is a year that political serial flip-flopper and arguably architect of Zimbabwe's media revenge laws, Jonathan Moyo would NOT like to be reminded of, it is 2011.The year 2011 proved ...Published: 30 Dec 2011 at 17:50hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri | Political Analyst, London
Discussing Zimbabwe, without Zimbabwe
EARLY this month, the US government's House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights in Washington DC organised a hearing under the theme "Beyond the Reign ...Published: 09 Dec 2011 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Obi Egbuna
Zanu PF is overworking Mugabe: Dongo
On Tuesday the Daily News reported that firebrand politician Margaret Dongo has complained that Zanu PF stalwarts are overworking President Robert Mugabe for their own selfish and greedy gains by not...Published: 02 Nov 2011 at 03:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prof Moyo courted and connived with Sir Richard Branson to oust Mugabe
Daily News on Sunday (October 9) quotes WikiLeaks cables saying United States' "useful messenger" and serial political flip-flopper, Jonathan Moyo, courted and connived with British billionaire, Sir ...Published: 10 Oct 2011 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by -
Evans Ndebele 1959 – 2011
Former iconic Zimbabwe Express Airlines boss Evans Ndebele passed on this past Saturday.We were childhood friends, but I will hardly slide into an orgy of uncontrolled mourning.For me,...Published: 21 Jun 2011 at 03:57hrs | 37 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
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