Chinese Commodities Fair – Zimbabwe
Source: Zimtrade Bulletin 30th October 2008
Chinese Commodities Fair – Zimbabwe
13 th–16th
November 2008
Zimbabwe International Travel and Tours is organizing the first edition of the Chinese Commodities Fair - Zimbabwe. It is an exhibition, which will attract exhibitors from all sectors of industry both locally and internationally including mining, agriculture and manufacturing. The fair will run from the 13th to the 16th of November at the Harare International Conference Centre. Read more
Angels needed
Gotta find me an angel
To fly away with me
Gotta find me an angel
Who will set me free
- Mick Hucknall, Simply Red
Recently I read an engaging book titled “Being Afrikan: Rediscovering the Traditional Unhu- Ubuntu- Botho Pathways of Being Human” by Mandivamba Rukuni and this quotation grabbed my attention:
“We Afrikans on the other hand [unlike Westerners] have maintained strong family ties, but do not use them for business……….When it comes to business we shy away and avoid working with family members.” Read more
Of individualistic indifference and collective hatred
As a young boy I was raised in a socialistic family in which values of sharing, interdependence and community contribution where empathized. I remember my good uncle bringing home books and articles on Lenin, Trotsky, Mikhail Gorbachev and the mighty Union Of Soviet Socialist Republic(USSR). USSR was the dream country for me. Then I went to college and embraced the values of independent thinking and personal development and motivation enshrined in the capitalistic ideology of the western world. My college buddies avoided any talk on Jack Welsh or GE because that led to yours truly preaching to them why Jack Welch was the best thing to happen to the corporate world. Read more
Zimbabweans turn into hunter-gatherers
Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Zimbabwean diaries
HARARE, Zimbabwe – It is scorching midday at the western edge of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital; hordes of people crisis-cross (patters of feet leave plumes of dust in their wake) as they go in and out of a chain of little shops filled to the brim with an assortment of basic commodities.
The little shops are reminiscent of the now defunct grocery shops which are dotted around the country.
The air is clogged with dust; men pushing wheelbarrows filled with boxes of soap, cooking oil, or sugar etc. loudly motion to the crowd to give way. Vehicles bringing goods to the shops momentarily disperse the crowd further increasing the amount of dust in the air. The ground is matted with dusty remains of cardboxes, and vehicles tyres have eaten into the soil creating groves. Read more
On The Zimbo Jam- Alick Macheso- Lucky Guitarist or Musical Genius?By Memory Chirere Although many Zimbabwean music lovers are agreed that Alick Macheso is the King of Sungura, the Zimbabwean brand of Rhumba, that is as far as the agreement will go. As Masimba Kuchera admits in an article on the Chesopower website, ‘there have been many schools of thought on the (real) strength of Macheso- some arguing about his skills with the bass guitar, some contending that it is his vocals and others proffering his dancing skills, it is generally agreed that the musician is of immense talent.’ When people agree that you are extremely talented but go on to debate hotly about exactly whether your strength lies in theway you walk or the way you run, then that is a mark of genius. You actually put people in a crisis of naming aspects of a phenomenon.
- A Dance Farewell for Isabel MatolaBy Ruvimbo Hope Masike Here is one of the most beautiful things about Zimbabwe. It is inimitably Zimbabwean. We Zimbabweans love peace, of course, among other things. We love fun, joy and we are naturally celebratory people even when there isn’t much to celebrate about. For instance young children jump around joyously chanting “Ndege! Ndege!” when an aeroplane passes over them. Now when there is something worthy of the celebration, the joy is electric, understandably so, considering how almost everything else around us is seemingly dull and confusing and uninspiringly so. As a result, when Isabel Matola’s Mozambique Dance Festival came by, it turned out to be one of the brightest lights in town, which was a well deserved acclaim.
- Kanda Bongo Man Lands in Harare With One Guitar[Herald] France-based rhumba maestro Kanda Bongo Man had just one guitar when he set out to perform at the Harare International Conference Centre on Wednesday evening, and his day was saved by a local musician who offered him his instruments on the 11th hour to avert what could have turned out to be an international disaster.
- Alick Macheso- Lucky Guitarist or Musical Genius?
