Zimbabwe
Mapfumo, Winky D smoke peace pipe
September 13, 2011
THOMAS Mapfumo has called Winky D to “clear the air” after a newspaper report claimed he had accused the dancehall hotshot of “destroying Zimbabwean music”.
Mapfumo, who is based in the United States, spoke to Winky D a fortnight ago while the latter was on a tour of the UK and told him he had been misquoted.
“I only had good advice for him and said ‘look, young brother, this is a jungle and for you to break into it you have to beat them at their own game’. People like the late Lucky Dube didn’t sing in any of the South African languages, so I just said to Winky he could also make it internationally by singing maybe in English to be appreciated all over and challenge those who are already established in reggae or ragga.
Winky D, who shot to fame with his smash hit ‘Musarova Bigman’, said he had a good discussion with the Chimurenga legend, and was convinced his comments had been sensationalised.
“He didn’t say that,” Winky D said on Tuesday. “Even if he had, I would not have been flabbergasted because in this industry there’s always criticism.
“When we spoke he told me he had been misquoted and I believe him because he would not have said that when, during his days in Zimbabwe, he had a dancehall musician, Yappie Banton, as the opening act at his shows.”
“It’s been a significant year for my career and essentially what’s going down is the result of thinking outside the box,” he said.
“We have been doing the unthinkable since day one and we told ourselves if we are going to sing and get relevant we have to relate to the daily struggles in the ghettos.
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September 13, 2011
THOMAS Mapfumo has called Winky D to “clear the air” after a newspaper report claimed he had accused the dancehall hotshot of “destroying Zimbabwean music”.
Mapfumo, who is based in the United States, spoke to Winky D a fortnight ago while the latter was on a tour of the UK and told him he had been misquoted.
“I only had good advice for him and said ‘look, young brother, this is a jungle and for you to break into it you have to beat them at their own game’. People like the late Lucky Dube didn’t sing in any of the South African languages, so I just said to Winky he could also make it internationally by singing maybe in English to be appreciated all over and challenge those who are already established in reggae or ragga.
Winky D, who shot to fame with his smash hit ‘Musarova Bigman’, said he had a good discussion with the Chimurenga legend, and was convinced his comments had been sensationalised.
“He didn’t say that,” Winky D said on Tuesday. “Even if he had, I would not have been flabbergasted because in this industry there’s always criticism.
“When we spoke he told me he had been misquoted and I believe him because he would not have said that when, during his days in Zimbabwe, he had a dancehall musician, Yappie Banton, as the opening act at his shows.”
“It’s been a significant year for my career and essentially what’s going down is the result of thinking outside the box,” he said.
“We have been doing the unthinkable since day one and we told ourselves if we are going to sing and get relevant we have to relate to the daily struggles in the ghettos.
Mapfumo, Winky D smoke peace pipe
September 13, 2011
THOMAS Mapfumo has called Winky D to “clear the air” after a newspaper report claimed he had accused the dancehall hotshot of “destroying Zimbabwean music”.
Mapfumo, who is based in the United States, spoke to Winky D a fortnight ago while the latter was on a tour of the UK and told him he had been misquoted.
“I only had good advice for him and said ‘look, young brother, this is a jungle and for you to break into it you have to beat them at their own game’. People like the late Lucky Dube didn’t sing in any of the South African languages, so I just said to Winky he could also make it internationally by singing maybe in English to be appreciated all over and challenge those who are already established in reggae or ragga.
Winky D, who shot to fame with his smash hit ‘Musarova Bigman’, said he had a good discussion with the Chimurenga legend, and was convinced his comments had been sensationalised.
“He didn’t say that,” Winky D said on Tuesday. “Even if he had, I would not have been flabbergasted because in this industry there’s always criticism.
“When we spoke he told me he had been misquoted and I believe him because he would not have said that when, during his days in Zimbabwe, he had a dancehall musician, Yappie Banton, as the opening act at his shows.”
“It’s been a significant year for my career and essentially what’s going down is the result of thinking outside the box,” he said.
“We have been doing the unthinkable since day one and we told ourselves if we are going to sing and get relevant we have to relate to the daily struggles in the ghettos.
CAF synchronises final kick-offs
September 13, 2011
THE Confederation of African Football has announced that the final group matches of Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2012 qualifiers will kick off at the same time to thwart match fixing.
Should that fail, they would hope to qualify as one of two best runners up from Group A-E and G-J. To determine the best losers, CAF says nine runners up will have their results compared based on the outcome of their matches against the group winners and the team finishing third.
If that does not narrow down the field enough, the teams would then be compared – on top of the points — based on the highest number of points [only in matches against group winners and team placed third], goal difference, highest number of goals scored and if they still cannot be separated, still they would play a decider.
Group A: Liberia v Mali; Cape Verde v Zimbabwe
Group B: Ethiopia v Madagascar; Nigeria v Guinea
Group C: Zambia v Libya; Mozambique v Comoros
Group D: Morocco v Tanzania; Algeria v CA Republic
Group E: Mauritius v Senegal; DRC v Cameroon
Group F: Gambia v Burkina Faso
Group G: Egypt v Niger; South Africa v Sierra Leone
Group H: Benin v Rwanda; Ivory Coast v Burundi
Group I: Swaziland v Congo; Sudan v Ghana
Group J: Uganda v Kenya; Guinea Bissau v Angola
Group K: Chad v Malawi; Tunisia v Togo
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Majabvi chases Australia move
September 13, 2011
FORMER Zimbabwe international Justice Majabvi has been training with Dynamos while trying to engineer a move to Australia or South Africa.
The player’s agent Gibson Mahachi said he was talking to at least four South African clubs to get the 27-year-old midfielder a job.
“Recently, Gold Coast United in Australia made inquiries on Justice. We are working hard on it. It’s a race against time because most teams are finalising their squads,” Mahachi said.
Majabvi, who started his career at Lancashire Steel, declined to discuss his future, even as Dynamos indicated that they would welcome him.
Two weeks ago, another former Dynamos player Cuthbert Malajila rejoined the club after unsuccessful stints in Tunisia and Libya. He has scored twice in three games since his return.
Majabvi’s failure to get a club has cost him a place in the national team having been dropped for the international friendly against Zambia on August 10 and last Sunday’s 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Liberia.
Zimplats, govt agree November deadline
September 13, 2011
THE government and Zimplats, the local unit of the world’s second-largest platinum producer Impala Platinum, said on Tuesday they had agreed to produce a revised plan for a law requiring mining firms to turn over a 51 percent stake to local blacks.
Zimplat’s initial share transfer plan was rejected by Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere. As a result, the empowerment minister asked the mining ministry to cancel the unit’s operating licence, Zimplats said last week.
"The parties met on September 12 and agreed on a process that will result in the production of a revised indigenisation implementation plan for Zimplats in line with, and reflective of the country’s indigenisation legislation," the company and Kasukuwere said in a joint statement.
"In the meantime, Zimplats and the ministry will immediately proceed to implement a community share ownership trust," the statement said.
Analysts see the Empowerment law as a way to squeeze more funds out of companies trying to build operations in the country with the world’s second biggest platinum reserves after South Africa.
There likely is not enough money in the impoverished state to buy controlling stakes in foreign mining firms. Zimbabwe neither has the money or expertise to run mines, where production will almost certainly dwindle under forced local ownership.
Implats’ Chief Executive David Brown said despite Zimbabwe’s equity policy the company was keen to proceed with a planned $ 460 million expansion project there, which would bring its total investment to close to $ 1 billion, the single largest investment in the politically troubled nation.
"We’re still moving ahead with the phase 2 of the plan. Obviously we will be consulting with the authorities on that," he told Reuters on the side lines of a news conference.
The expansion is meant to lift Zimplats’ annual output of refined platinum by 90,000 ounces to 270,000 ounces. The Zimbabwe unit contributes about 10 percent of Implats’ output.
Zimplats, govt agree November deadline
September 13, 2011
THE government and Zimplats, the local unit of the world’s second-largest platinum producer Impala Platinum, said on Tuesday they had agreed to produce a revised plan for a law requiring mining firms to turn over a 51 percent stake to local blacks.
Zimplat’s initial share transfer plan was rejected by Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere. As a result, the empowerment minister asked the mining ministry to cancel the unit’s operating licence, Zimplats said last week.
"The parties met on September 12 and agreed on a process that will result in the production of a revised indigenisation implementation plan for Zimplats in line with, and reflective of the country’s indigenisation legislation," the company and Kasukuwere said in a joint statement.
"In the meantime, Zimplats and the ministry will immediately proceed to implement a community share ownership trust," the statement said.
Analysts see the Empowerment law as a way to squeeze more funds out of companies trying to build operations in the country with the world’s second biggest platinum reserves after South Africa.
There likely is not enough money in the impoverished state to buy controlling stakes in foreign mining firms. Zimbabwe neither has the money or expertise to run mines, where production will almost certainly dwindle under forced local ownership.
Implats’ Chief Executive David Brown said despite Zimbabwe’s equity policy the company was keen to proceed with a planned $ 460 million expansion project there, which would bring its total investment to close to $ 1 billion, the single largest investment in the politically troubled nation.
"We’re still moving ahead with the phase 2 of the plan. Obviously we will be consulting with the authorities on that," he told Reuters on the side lines of a news conference.
The expansion is meant to lift Zimplats’ annual output of refined platinum by 90,000 ounces to 270,000 ounces. The Zimbabwe unit contributes about 10 percent of Implats’ output.
Zimplats, govt agree November deadline
September 13, 2011
THE government and Zimplats, the local unit of the world’s second-largest platinum producer Impala Platinum, said on Tuesday they had agreed to produce a revised plan for a law requiring mining firms to turn over a 51 percent stake to local blacks.
Zimplat’s initial share transfer plan was rejected by Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere. As a result, the empowerment minister asked the mining ministry to cancel the unit’s operating licence, Zimplats said last week.
"The parties met on September 12 and agreed on a process that will result in the production of a revised indigenisation implementation plan for Zimplats in line with, and reflective of the country’s indigenisation legislation," the company and Kasukuwere said in a joint statement.
"In the meantime, Zimplats and the ministry will immediately proceed to implement a community share ownership trust," the statement said.
Analysts see the Empowerment law as a way to squeeze more funds out of companies trying to build operations in the country with the world’s second biggest platinum reserves after South Africa.
There likely is not enough money in the impoverished state to buy controlling stakes in foreign mining firms. Zimbabwe neither has the money or expertise to run mines, where production will almost certainly dwindle under forced local ownership.
Implats’ Chief Executive David Brown said despite Zimbabwe’s equity policy the company was keen to proceed with a planned $ 460 million expansion project there, which would bring its total investment to close to $ 1 billion, the single largest investment in the politically troubled nation.
"We’re still moving ahead with the phase 2 of the plan. Obviously we will be consulting with the authorities on that," he told Reuters on the side lines of a news conference.
The expansion is meant to lift Zimplats’ annual output of refined platinum by 90,000 ounces to 270,000 ounces. The Zimbabwe unit contributes about 10 percent of Implats’ output.
Zimplats, govt agree November deadline
September 13, 2011
THE government and Zimplats, the local unit of the world’s second-largest platinum producer Impala Platinum, said on Tuesday they had agreed to produce a revised plan for a law requiring mining firms to turn over a 51 percent stake to local blacks.
Zimplat’s initial share transfer plan was rejected by Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere. As a result, the empowerment minister asked the mining ministry to cancel the unit’s operating licence, Zimplats said last week.
"The parties met on September 12 and agreed on a process that will result in the production of a revised indigenisation implementation plan for Zimplats in line with, and reflective of the country’s indigenisation legislation," the company and Kasukuwere said in a joint statement.
"In the meantime, Zimplats and the ministry will immediately proceed to implement a community share ownership trust," the statement said.
Analysts see the Empowerment law as a way to squeeze more funds out of companies trying to build operations in the country with the world’s second biggest platinum reserves after South Africa.
There likely is not enough money in the impoverished state to buy controlling stakes in foreign mining firms. Zimbabwe neither has the money or expertise to run mines, where production will almost certainly dwindle under forced local ownership.
Implats’ Chief Executive David Brown said despite Zimbabwe’s equity policy the company was keen to proceed with a planned $ 460 million expansion project there, which would bring its total investment to close to $ 1 billion, the single largest investment in the politically troubled nation.
"We’re still moving ahead with the phase 2 of the plan. Obviously we will be consulting with the authorities on that," he told Reuters on the side lines of a news conference.
The expansion is meant to lift Zimplats’ annual output of refined platinum by 90,000 ounces to 270,000 ounces. The Zimbabwe unit contributes about 10 percent of Implats’ output.
Zimplats, govt agree November deadline
September 13, 2011
THE government and Zimplats, the local unit of the world’s second-largest platinum producer Impala Platinum, said on Tuesday they had agreed to produce a revised plan for a law requiring mining firms to turn over a 51 percent stake to local blacks.
Zimplat’s initial share transfer plan was rejected by Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere. As a result, the empowerment minister asked the mining ministry to cancel the unit’s operating licence, Zimplats said last week.
"The parties met on September 12 and agreed on a process that will result in the production of a revised indigenisation implementation plan for Zimplats in line with, and reflective of the country’s indigenisation legislation," the company and Kasukuwere said in a joint statement.
"In the meantime, Zimplats and the ministry will immediately proceed to implement a community share ownership trust," the statement said.
Analysts see the Empowerment law as a way to squeeze more funds out of companies trying to build operations in the country with the world’s second biggest platinum reserves after South Africa.
There likely is not enough money in the impoverished state to buy controlling stakes in foreign mining firms. Zimbabwe neither has the money or expertise to run mines, where production will almost certainly dwindle under forced local ownership.
Implats’ Chief Executive David Brown said despite Zimbabwe’s equity policy the company was keen to proceed with a planned $ 460 million expansion project there, which would bring its total investment to close to $ 1 billion, the single largest investment in the politically troubled nation.
"We’re still moving ahead with the phase 2 of the plan. Obviously we will be consulting with the authorities on that," he told Reuters on the side lines of a news conference.
The expansion is meant to lift Zimplats’ annual output of refined platinum by 90,000 ounces to 270,000 ounces. The Zimbabwe unit contributes about 10 percent of Implats’ output.
