A visit to the mansion, built in the 1990s at a then staggering ZW$50 million in the posh suburb of Gunhill, indicates that the mansion is now well-maintained by council staff.Masunda, the ceremonial mayor of Harare, declined to occupy the mayoral mansion when he was elected the mayor…

The fact is that GWM has nothing to do with bricks and mortar, but lots to do with the burgeoning Chinese motor industry as visitors to the Zimoco stand at the  recent Zimbabwe Motor Show will have observed.  The GWM mini on show was the equally oddly-named Florid,…

 Locals will know exactly what that statement encompasses, but for the benefit of outsiders, it tells you that all sorts of obstacles need to be faced and overcome in order to reach goals that may be relatively routine in many other countries.Last week's Zimbabwe Motor Show was a…

Rudolph Diesel, whose compression ignition engine design first saw the light of day in a passenger car in a 1936 Mercedes-Benz, would indeed be a very proud man, were he still with us, to see how an engine that was once deemed only appropriate in commercial applications, has…

The rainforest area, bordering the Zimbabwe side of the Victoria Falls, has also become a heated subject in an ownership wrangle between the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZNPWMA) and the country's National Museums and Monuments.The restaurant, constructed by one of the Victoria Falls town's biggest…

Appropriately, our hotel was right opposite the Shakespeare Theatre where we were to dine in the company of many of the department heads of the JLR Group. With all due respect to the famous Stratford bard, the next morning’s visit to Gaydon to learn about the tech secrets…

Today’s article carries the most significant news of all on the XF front and that is the impending introduction of an additional model fitted with a 2,2 turbo diesel motor and eight-speed auto box. Here in front of us was living proof of Jaguar’s intent to broaden its…

 This one was a little different from what you might envisage as it’s situated not in a nasty industrial area, but in the heart of the beautiful British West Midland countryside at Whitley near Coventry. This is home to around 2 000 employees who work at the Jaguar Design,…

Lynette Karenyi, the legislator for Chimanimani West, who doubles up as the chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Commit-tee on Local Government, has given notice to demand a response from Chombo on the controversial airport deal during the House of Assembly’s question and answer session.According to the latest issue…

 Here goes:Disaster struck at the start of the Le Mans Series 6 Hour race at Le Castellet in France on Sunday 3 April. The pack follows the pace car around on the warm-up lap and is then unleashed in a rolling start as soon as the safety car…