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Go Beer Breweries nears revival
Gweru residents are anticipating a brighter festive season with the imminent revival of Go Beer Breweries, which has been dormant for nearly a decade. The Gweru City Council has committed US$2.3 milli...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:29hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents demand transparency on Dutch water utility deal
Concerns are growing among Bulawayo residents over the involvement of the Dutch water utility company Vitens Evides International (VEI) in managing the city's water and sanitation services, with many ...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 09:00hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu fails to pay transporters
Truck owners in Bulawayo have clashed with Ingwebu Breweries (Pvt) Limited, a company owned by the Bulawayo City Council, over unpaid dues for car hire services. The truck operators claim they have no...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:55hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Gweru airport project stalls
Plans by the Gweru City Council to transform its aerodrome into a fully operational airport have hit a snag, with delays at the Deeds Office cited as the primary obstacle. This revelation emerged duri...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu Breweries faces backlash for unpaid transporters as it invests in own trucks
Truck owners contracted by Ingwebu Breweries, a Bulawayo City Council-owned company, have complained of unpaid services. Some truckers claim they are owed thousands of United States dollars.Th...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 14:02hrs | 1090 | by Stephen Jakes
Ingwebu seeks bill payment holiday
Ingwebu Breweries, owned by Bulawayo City Council, has requested an exemption from paying its water bill, which has accumulated to over US$400,000. This request was detailed in the latest council minu...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 06:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu requests water payment holiday
Ingwebu Breweries, owned by the Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Unit, requested a one-time water payment holiday from the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) due to the 2023/24 El Niño-induced drought. This dr...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza's Chibuku Breweries in hot soup for environmental violations
Chitungwiza's Chibuku Breweries has found itself at the center of controversy after reports surfaced of the company allowing liquid waste to flow into food processors, industrial areas, and Mapostori ...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 06:28hrs | 11 | by George Tshuma
Indian business mogul tried to defraud Zimbabwean govt over $100 million
Documents obtained by NewZimbabwe reveal that Ashok Jain, an Indian businessman, attempted to defraud the Zimbabwean government of over US$100 million in a dubious deal. According to these doc...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Go Beer to reopen in 8 months
GWERU mayor Martin Chivhoko has announced that the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer will commence production in November this year.Chivhoko said a memorandum of agreement had been signe...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to revive Go Beer Breweries
Gweru city council is locked in talks with an unnamed investor to revive the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer, in a bid to start operations this year, it has been established.Mayor Mart...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sticky fingers accountant nicks 160 000 Pula
AN employee at Skyz Metro FM in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing 18 charges of theft after he allegedly stole about P160 000 in the past three years.Majahawodwa Dubindlela appeared before...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Former minister eyes Kwekwe mayor position
Former Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr. Henry Madzorera, took the oath as the ward 10 councillor in Kwekwe on Thursday under the banner of the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC). With this s...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 21:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council divided over Go Beer revival
Gweru City councillors have called on management to compile a report on the defunct Go Beer Breweries before the local authority entertains any plans of reclaiming the business.The brewery was...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Meet Jito Kayumba: Africa's rising star
Africa has several talented and highly skilled young people who are energetic and poised towards rewriting the continent's narrative.Jito Kayumba is one of the continent's shooting stars who h...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 13:18hrs | 26 | by Nicholas Ncube
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 | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu Breweries hunts for board members
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking, Ingwebu Breweries, is hunting for three new board members to fill gaps created by the expiry of the term of office of previous members.The board'...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
KeYona TV station goes live
THE forthcoming Kings and Queens Festival which will serve as a celebration of the launch of KeYona TV station on Saturday is set to be a permanent feature in the city's entertainment calendar....Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 00:20hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Government orders Luveve Road rehab
GOVERNMENT has instructed the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to immediately release funds to Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to enable the local authority to rehabilitate roads that are in...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rains expose Bulawayo council's shoddy job
SEVERAL roads in Bulawayo are riddled with potholes making them a death trap following the onset of the rainy season, a development that has exposed the city council for doing a shoddy job in terms of...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Councils pay for undelivered goods'
MOST local authorities have yet to submit last year's accounts for audit, with only 21 of the 92 having done so by the end of the May deadline, the Auditor-General, Mrs Mildred Chiri, has said....Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta Beverages faces MPs grilling over beer levy
DELTA Beverages bosses are facing a Parliamentary grilling over beer levy remittances to local authorities amid fears some were capitalising on lack of proper accounting systems to unlawfully under-re...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Magriza Made Me Cook takes township tourism to another level
IN our African society, grandmothers play an integral part in the family. From telling folktales to disciplining, and taking care of grandchildren, these matriarchs are the glue that strengthens blood...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Production costs, competition strain Ingwebu
BULAWAYO Municipal Commercial Undertaking's beverages producer, Ingwebu Breweries, says rising costs of production coupled with increasing competition strained its earnings, which saw profit dropping ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Delta subsidiaries in revenue fix
BEVERAGES manufacturer Delta Corporation Limited says the volatility of the exchange rate-driven inflation is pressuring its operational costs and hurting the revenue generation capabilities of its fo...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu workers protest poor working conditions
WORKERS at Bulawayo City Council's (BCC's) privatised Ingwebu Breweries are up in arms with their employer over poor working conditions, including unfair dismissals.Some of the works council m...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu Breweries workers cry foul
Ingwebu Breweries Employees, are said to have Applied for a Strike against their Managing Director Mr Dumisani Mhlanga , and the Human Resources Manager Dumisani Moyo , the Board of Directors, w...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 15:33hrs | | by Mbonisi Gumbo
33% drop in Bulawayo diarrhoea cases
THE City of Bulawayo has recorded a 33% decrease in diarrhoea cases from 148 in March to 97 in April this year.Latest Bulawayo City Council minutes state that although the city is still experi...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:34hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
CCC targets Bulawayo City Council's business operations
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has grown its cattle herd to 526, and several goats, while it also has 2,5 hectares of sorghum as it embarks on farming ventures to get more revenue.This was reveal...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Hunt for new CEO further divides Bosso hierarchy
THE hunt for the new Highlanders Football Club chief executive officer has reportedly further divided Bosso decision makers who are said to be at loggerheads over the final appointment.Last Mo...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu re-introduces 'Shake Shake' beer
BULAWAYO Municipal Commercial Undertaking's beverages manufacturing unit, Ingwebu Breweries, has re-introduced its "Shake It" opaque beer brand as the company augments its market share and operational...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu Breweries brand ambassador endorses Chamisa for 2023 presidency
Ingwebu Breweries brand ambassador and socialite Tarisai Chikocho, better known as Madam Boss has endorsed MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa for the 2023 presidency after raising concerns on how the governm...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 20:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu to set up PET, water bottling plants
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking owned Ingwebu Breweries is working on establishing a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant at their depot so as to package their beer in takeaway bottles...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:01hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Proposed BCC budget for 2022: $12 000 a month for rates in Bulawayo
THE proposed 2022 budget by the City of Bulawayo will see residents in some places paying as much as $12 000 for rates only, before factoring in water charges as the local authority targets to introdu...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Toponymic identity in Bulawayo and the need to recognise Black women
Histories of many states and nations in the world are generally histories of men and in some cases a few outstanding women, seemingly those whose absence in the historical narrative may discredit hist...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 2 | by Staff
SA police recover R176,00 smuggled goods from Zimbabwe
South African police have intercepted a Zimbabwean bus transporting nine border jumpers and an assortment of smuggled goods worth R175 800 as they clamp down on smuggling.The Johannesburg-boun...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Umahlekisa engage Carl Joshua Ncube
Umahlekisa Comedy Club in partnership with ingwebu Breweries have taken their comedy tourism drive to Umzigwane in Matabeleland south province where they host a show today that features award-winning ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:42hrs | 1 | 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
Ingwebu Breweries makes a mistake, appoints Tyra Chikocho
COMEDIAN and actor Madam Boss (real name Tyra Chikocho) has been appointed as Ingwebu Breweries brand ambassador with the company saying they want to penetrate other markets, through her.Besid...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 22:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda boy takes over as Delta Corporation's CEO
Zimbabwe's biggest brewer, Delta Corporation's CEO, Pearson Gowero, is stepping down from his position with effect from June 30, 2021 after eight years at the helm of the beverages manufacturer, the c...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Delta completes MBC takeover
BEVERAGES blue-chip Delta Corporation has achieved its plan to expand its multiple brands' footprint into Manicaland province after a key regulator approved a transaction to take over Mutare Bottling ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Zanu-PF supporters disrupt Mutare council meeting
ZANU-PF supporters reportedly disrupted a Pungwe Breweries meeting in Mutare last week in what is believed to be politically-motivated move.It is alleged that Zanu-PF activists, who included O...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Delta lager volumes up 48%
Delta Corporation reported a buoyant Christmas quarter with the key lager beer volumes rising 48% against the comparable year ago period, due to positives arising from the payment of end of year bonus...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu scales down operations
INGWEBU Breweries has scaled-down operations to 50 percent due to Covid-19 pandemic that has forced the Government to ban bottle stores from operating as part of measures to contain the disease. Befor...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa causes R2.5 billion investment cancellation
South African Breweries (SAB) has cancelled a further R2.5 billion of capital investment following the third blanket ban on alcohol sales, it announced on Friday.In announcing the ban, Preside...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains collapse city road network
BULAWAYO'S road network has collapsed following heavy rains that are being experienced in the city and elsewhere across the country and council needs approximately US$500 million to fix them. ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors gobble $1,5m in 2 days
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is under fire from residents after its councillors gobbled $1,5 million in two days at a workshop, while the city faces perennial water problems.A BCC confident...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC disconnects water supplies to defaulting rate payers
BULAWAYO City Council will today start disconnecting water supplies to defaulting rate payers as the municipality moves to recover what it is owed by residents and commercial entities in the city. Res...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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