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Traders pushing for special travel documents
Informal Traders in Bulawayo have embarked in efforts to push authorities to provide special travel documents for the traders as they wait for their passports considering the long waiting time before ...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 14:21hrs | 566 | by Stephen Jakes
BVTA, WICBTA concerned over sexual abuse of female traders
BULAWAYO Vendors and Traders Association in conjunction with Women Informal Cross Border Traders Association (WICBTs) have expressed concerns over the unfair treatment of women traders in the city....Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 07:28hrs | 714 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo residents slam proposed rates hike
BULAWAYO residents yesterday reacted angrily to proposals by the local authority to increase rates by over 700% under its supplementary and 2020 budgets announced on Monday.Council is proposin...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 20:08hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
US role in MDC demonstrations unmasked
DETAILS of how the United States of America Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols actively encouraged senior MDC officials to press on with Friday's demonstrations by assuring them that Washington "wou...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:37hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala accuses Chamisa of cowardice
Details of how the United States of America Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols actively encouraged senior MDC officials to press on with Friday's demonstrations by assuring them that Washington "wou...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:23hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
USA role in MDC demonstrations exposed
DETAILS of how the United States of America Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols actively encouraged senior MDC officials to press on with Friday's demonstrations by assuring them that Washington "wou...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1538 | by Staff Reporter
Civic society plots to smear Zimbabwe at Sadc
A plan by opposition-linked and foreign-sponsored civil society organisations from Zimbabwe to smear the country at the Sadc Summit in Tanzania tomorrow has been unearthed after the activists travelle...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 23:57hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland civic groups 'sells-out' to Mnangagwa?
MATEBELELAND based civic groups have rowed bitterly over a recent decision by a section of them to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is largely a resented figure in the region because of his role ...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:13hrs | 1199 | by newzimbabwe
'Women politicians are weak,' says MDC Alliance candidate
MDC Alliance's ward 28 candidate for Cowdray Park in Bulawayo, Collet Ndlovu, has triggered a storm with women rights activists after urging residents to rally behind a male candidate, saying women po...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:03hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and Matabeleland leaders finally find each other
Yesterday, 21 March 2019, more than 120 civic societies, church bodies, faith based and community based organisations' leadership met the President of Zimbabwe, His Excellency Emmerson Dambudzo Mnanga...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 18:42hrs | 2340 | by Matabeleland Collective
Bulawayo vendors lash out at council's archaic by-laws, wants city to be like Harare
Bulawayo vendors and informal traders here have taken aim at Bulawayo city fathers for simply trying to put cosmetic amendments to the existing archaic by-laws.The Bulawayo Vendors and Traders...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 14:11hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt to blame for sanctions'
The Bulawayo community has blamed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for the renewal of Zimbabwe sanctions by the United State of America (USA).United States (US) President Donald Trump...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
No toilets at new Bulawayo termini
BULAWAYO councillors have called on residents to be patient and make do with the temporary commuter omnibus ranks and vending bays as the city did not have enough space to accommodate them amid confus...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:30hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Councillor Mlandu Ncube utterances unfortunate and offside
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) is shocked by irresponsible utterances allegedly made by Ward 1 Councillor Mlandu Ncube to the effect that Bulawayo City Council will unleash municipal ...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1539 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo vendors blasts city council over harassment
Bulawayo Vendors Trust Association has blasted the City council for continuing to harass traders in the city."BVTA is deeply concerned by the continued harassment of vendors and informal trade...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 10:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
$4.5m externalised
ABOUT $4.5 million is externalised monthly by informal cross-border traders through imports of various goods that are being resold locally, a survey report has shown.Given low industrial activ...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:17hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's vendors blitz shock Bulawayo vendors
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) and Street Wise Informal Traders Association (SWITA) has said they are shocked by utterances made by President Mugabe when he referred to vendors as a m...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 06:55hrs | 6292 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo vendors to co-sponsor journalists awards
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) and Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) will this year co- sponsor an award for an Outstanding Economic Justice Journalist.In a ...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 08:00hrs | 130 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo vendors, Zimbabwe Prisons clash over vending sites
BULAWAYO street vendors have accused the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) of invading and selling cabbages at their vending sites.In a statement yesterday, Bulawayo Vendors an...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 06:50hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Vendors Trust blast ZPCS for invading vending space in Bulawayo
The Bulawayo Vendors Trust blast has accused the Zimbabwe Prisons Services (ZPCS) invading vending spaces in Bulawayo for invading vending spaces and sell cabbages in their official prisons truc...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 09:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Vendors demand arrest of osiphatheleni
BULAWAYO Vendors and Traders' Association (BVTA) has rapped the government and local authorities for clamping down on its members, while illegal cash dealers are left to operate freely on street corne...Published: 02 May 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vendors bemoan govt neglect
Vendors in Bulawayo have expressed concern over lack of policies that support informal traders.Unemployed people's number is increasing in the country due to economic turn down hence there has...Published: 01 Oct 2016 at 06:40hrs | 335 | by Stephen Jakes
Municipal Police raid vendors
BULAWAYO municipal police yesterday raided scores of "illegal" vendors in the city and confiscated their wares in a move aimed at restoring order in the growing informal sector.The council, wh...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 06:14hrs | 2577 | by Brighton Gumbo
BCC, vendors on collision course
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and informal traders are on a collision course over threats by the former to launch a blitz on all illegal vending activities. Acting Town Clerk, Sikhangele Zhou, said ...Published: 01 Dec 2015 at 06:00hrs | | by Brighton Gumbo
Bulawayo to announce new vending fees
THE Bulawayo City Council is set to announce new vending charges following a fees reduction request by informal traders.Through their association, small businesses submitted a petition to the ...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 05:38hrs | 1299 | by Brighton Gumbo
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