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Names of fans suspected to be behind BF violence
The police have disclosed the identities of 19 individuals who have been apprehended in connection with the public unrest that occurred at Barbourfields Stadium during a league match between the home ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 19:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare based Zimbabwe Cricket neglecting Bulawayo Athletic Club on purpose?
A SIMMERING war between the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) and Bulawayo Athletic Club (BAC) is heating up with allegations that the cricket mother body released limited funding for the makeover and takeover of...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lions cause havoc in Matebeleland North
A pride of lions is reportedly causing havoc in parts of Lupane, Matebeleland North, where herds of cattle belonging to different farmers have been killed.Children have not been to school as v...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu appoints new board members
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking-owned Ingwebu Breweries recently had two members added to its eight-member board.Mr Kalani Ndlovu who owns Umjayeli Security and Mavuna Lodge and ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zesa 'ignored' calls over Kariba water
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) made costly blunders by ignoring valuable advice by the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) to stick to 550MW generation electricity at the Kariba South Hydro Power Station....Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1 | by Staff rteporter
11.9kg gold seized as gunmen attack How Mine CIT van
Gold worth US$650,000 was snatched on Tuesday morning after heavily armed men attacked a security convoy conveying the gold from How Mine to Fidelity Printers in Bulawayo.A Securitas cash-in-t...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 22:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fatal accident at How Mine
AN employee has died after an accident during underground mining operations at Bulawayo Mining Company (BMC)'s How Mine.The company said air loader operator, William James, sustained fatal inj...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makokoba residents fight eviction
OCCUPANTS of BMC houses in Makokoba, owned by Bulawayo City Council (BCC), have refused to engage the local authority as individuals to stop their eviction, saying this will promote corruption....Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chimanasa threatens mine with seizure
Zanu-PF politburo member Patrick Chinamasa has threatened that the government will seize Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, accusing the owners of failing to run it.Launching a Zanu-PF by-election ca...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bureaux de change operator opens shop in western suburbs
WHILE many financial service businesses are concentrated in the Central Business District, Swift Global Forex Bureaux de Change has decided to be different.The entity has become the first comp...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu mulls opaque beer exports
IN an effort to position itself for a wider regional footprint under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), beverages producer, Ingwebu Breweries, is considering packaging of its traditiona...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Blessing Chebundo praises Matemadanda for the hard work
The newest member of ZANU PF cde Blessing Chebundo praised the ZANU PF NATIONAL POLITICAL COMMISSAR cde Victor Matemadanda for the hard work he did in bringing Chebundo over to ZANU PF. ...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 12:57hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Covid-19 chokes Ingwebu
BULAWAYO Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)'s beverages manufacturing unit, Ingwebu Breweries has laid off more than 100 workers, citing depressed volumes in product sales.The prevailing ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu Breweries re-introduces mahewu
REBOUNDING Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)'s beverages manufacturing unit, Ingwebu Breweries will re-introduce its non-alcoholic sorghum drink, Royal Mahewu next month as it seeks to ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu's remarkable turnaround
BULAWAYO Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)'s beverages manufacturing unit, Ingwebu Breweries, which has close to a decade been reeling under massive losses, has had a remarkable turnaround....Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Sytaff reporter
Bulawayo to host motor racing
BULAWAYO's Motoring Club (BMC) will tomorrow host the first leg of the national series motor racing, with the staging of the John Love Trophy at the Bulawayo Motorsport Park, Highmount.The com...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CABS secures Spanish banking partner
LOCAL financial institution, Central African Building Society (CABS) has expanded its network of correspondent banking by tying up with a Spanish bank to cater for inward and outward foreign currency ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu Breweries caught in the eye of a storm
The Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)-run Ingwebu Breweries has been caught in a storm after failing to furnish its contractors who are running tenders of transporting the opaque beer w...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ingwebu Breweries invites suppliers
The Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)-run Ingwebu Breweries has called for fresh applications from current and prospective suppliers who are registered by Procurement and Regulation Aut...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu seeks $20million for recapitalisation
Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)'s beverages manufacturing unit Ingwebu Breweries is seeking about $20 million to recapitalise its business operations.Speaking after a tour of ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to lease two farms
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is leasing out its two farms, Aisleby and Good Hope to interested business people after failing to run them profitably.The two farms were declared underutilised...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
New boss for Ingwebu Breweries
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)-run Ingwebu Breweries will soon get a new managing director after Bulawayo councillors decided against extending the contract of the incumbent....Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mine FC has folded up
HOW Mine FC has folded up after its principal sponsor decided to review its corporate social responsibility strategy to focus on projects that are mandated and driven by the local community.In...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu suspends aMahewu production
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)-run Ingwebu Breweries has suspended its non-alcoholic sorghum mahewu production after raising a paltry $6 143 in the fourth quarter to Dece...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa sues Ingwebu Breweries over debt
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has taken Ingwebu Breweries to court over a debt of more than $53 000 in unpaid electricity bills.ZETDC this week fil...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu Breweries in trouble
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking-run Ingwebu Breweries has been thrown into turmoil amid revelations that the brewery is on the brink of collapse due to alleged mismanagement and corr...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stockfeed demand goes down
THE decline in the prices of cattle has affected the demand for stockfeed as farmers are now failing to raise adequate money to purchase the commodity, an official has said.In an interview las...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 12:59hrs | 1 | by Dickson Mangena
Clash over beer gardens rates
THE Bulawayo City Council and franchises of Ingwebu Breweries' owned beer gardens are at loggerheads over rates and rentals charged by the local authority with council now considering reducing the num...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 09:06hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Curriculum revives Tonga culture
THE practice in Zimbabwean schools of limiting the teaching of local languages to Isindebele and Shona only is now a thing of the past. Languages previously undermined by the school curriculum...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 05:35hrs | | by Kamangeni Phiri
BMC raises prices to boost throughput
The Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) has decided to adjust purchase prices of higher grade beef in a bid to increase sales for the lucrative EU market. On Monday, the abattoir issued an announcement sta...Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ingwebu franchises beerhalls - Advert
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is scouting for prospective business partners to operate their beer retailing outlets dotted around the city's high-density suburbs.BCC's commercialised business un...Published: 15 Apr 2015 at 08:36hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Foot and Mouth disease scuttle Botswana, Zim deal
THE reported resurgence of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in parts of Botswana is reported to have scuttled that country's Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) deal with Zimbabwe's Cold Storage Company pr...Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 09:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
City Council chairman denies corruption
The Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU) board chairman Dumisani Sibanda on Thursday dismissed 'burning' allegations of maladministration and corruption levelled against the company's exec...Published: 14 Nov 2014 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Officials considering shutting down some BCC business ventures
THE Bulawayo City Council's commercial undertakings are reportedly faced with a bleak future with city councillors and officials considering shutting down some of the business ventures after they ...Published: 17 Aug 2014 at 08:41hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
CSC in bid to tap into the Angolan beef market
THE Cold Storage Company (CSC) says it plans to tap into the Angolan beef market as it plots ways to escape from crippling financial problems.CSC's marketing director Isiah Machingura told Sou...Published: 22 Jun 2014 at 08:13hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Man bashes neighbour for driving cattle through his field
A Binga man has been arraigned before the courts facing charges of assault after he beat up a fellow villager for driving cattle through his fields.Vusumuzi Munkombo Mguni (49) of Lusulu Villa...Published: 08 Jun 2014 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Car spinning hits the City of Kings and Queens
Car spinning has become a weekly top entertaining sport in the City of Kings and Queens and the country at large. The sport, as evidenced by the high turnout recorded at last week's burn out ...Published: 19 Oct 2013 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Master Masitara joins Bosso
Botswana be Mobile League Nico United gunman, Master Masitara has joined Zimbabwean soccer giants, Highlanders. "I have joined Highlanders, it is obviously an exciting move for me and I hope to score...Published: 30 Jul 2013 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders name 2013 squad
BULAWAYO giants Highlanders dropped five players from their 2012 list as they managed to beat the Premier Soccer League registration deadline yesterday.Making way was former Black Mambas defe...Published: 01 Mar 2013 at 10:02hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Chenjerai Dube set to rejoin Wankie
FORMER Hwange, Warriors, and Highlanders goalkeeper Chenjerai Dube has set his sights at rejoining Chipangano after a four-year stint in the B-Mobile soccer league in Botswana.The agile goal m...Published: 06 Feb 2013 at 05:02hrs | | by Dumisani Nsingo
Botswana resumes cattle sales to Zimbabwe
MAUN - Cattle exports to Zimbabwe from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)-affected areas will resume next month as Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) battles to reduce overstocking in areas like Ngamiland....Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 07:21hrs | | by Mmegi
Ingwebu franchise - Councillors on a collision course
BULAWAYO City Councillors and the Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU) Ingwebu board are headed for a collision course after it emerged that councillors recently rejected a report on the ...Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 20:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Sageby Sandaka arrested in Botswana
Gaborone United (GU) have suspended Zimbabwean striker, Sageby Sandaka pending a criminal case the player is said to be under investigation for. GU secretary, Hebert Letsebe confirmed yesterday that...Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 06:07hrs | 24 | by Reporter
Karting set to return to Bulawayo
KART racing is set to return to Bulawayo for the first time in many years at the Breedon Everard Track along Victoria Falls road this Saturday.This will be the third race in the Zimbabwean Nat...Published: 19 Jun 2012 at 07:54hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Botswana stops supply of cattle to Zimbabwe
Botswana has stopped supplying the Cold Storage Company (CSC) with cattle for slaughter because the Zimbabwean company has been failing to pay its debts, reports said on Friday.The two countr...Published: 01 May 2012 at 10:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu set to lease 18 beer outlets
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU) liquor firm, Ingwebu Breweries, is franchising out 18 of its beer outlets in Bulawayo, which are facing viability problems.The retail busi...Published: 13 Feb 2012 at 23:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders fall to visiting Botswana side
Highlanders 1 - (1) 2 BMCHIGHLANDERS put up an uninspiring performance in an international friendly match against visiting Botswana side, BMC, played before an equally disappointing crowd at...Published: 06 Feb 2012 at 04:57hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
No bonus for beer brewery workers!
JUDGING by drinking habits of residents of the city of Kings and Queens, one would conclude with confidence without thinking twice that those that brew the holy waters have been thanked with a fat th...Published: 19 Dec 2011 at 13:28hrs | | by Ncube Busani
100 Ingwebu security officers receives certificates from ZRP
One hundred security officers for Ingwebu Breweries trained by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) received certificates on Friday after completing a basic security operations course....Published: 07 Dec 2011 at 17:23hrs | | by Sehlule Zondo
Zimbabwe and Botswana strike a beef deal
...Published: 18 Jul 2011 at 11:58hrs | | by Hilton Munendoro
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