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Chiwenga to headline ZITF Business Conference
VICE President, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, will be the guest of honour during the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) International Business Conference to be held in Bulawayo next Wednesday. ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 241 | by Staff reporter
'No under 18 at ZITF'
ORGANISERS of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) have put in place strict COVID-19 measures for this year's trade exhibition, with children under the age of 18 not allowed to attend....Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:52hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa on another official opening ceremony next week
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will officially open this year's edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) slated for next week in Bulawayo. The prime trade showcase will be held under strict Covid-...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 19:21hrs | 2510 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands dies
Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Mr Ringson Joseph Chitsiko has died. Family spokesperson Tapiwa Chitsiko confirmed.Passing his c...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 12:28hrs | 3924 | by Staff reporter
Catholic nuns seize control of US$2m Covid-19 project
CATHOLIC Church nuns, through Sisters of the Little Company of Mary (LCM), owners of St. Anne's Hospital in Harare, have acrimoniously seized control of the refurbished health facility's Covid-19 cent...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:38hrs | 2254 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry feels impact of SA protests
Businesses and consumers have already begun feeling the contagion effect of the country's heavy dependency on South Africa after the unrest that plagued the rainbow nation last week over the incarcera...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:57hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
When South Africa sneezes Zimbabwe catches a cold
HISTORY tells us we owe it to Klemens von Metternich, the distinguished 19th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat, one of the most famous phrases about the global economy and its dynamics.I...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:25hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Cooking oil shortage looms
Zimbabwe should brace for a shortage in cooking oil following a 60% increase in crude oil prices in the international markets to US$1650 per tonne and the failure by oil expressers to get the bulk of ...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:35hrs | 2303 | by Staff reporter
Vision 2030 on course, says President
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the country's vision of achieving an upper middle-income economy by 2030 is on course and the private sector should continue to complement Government efforts to revive the...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:57hrs | 357 | by Staff Reporter
No kids at ZITF
THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company is planning an exhibition with a difference this year that will see schoolchildren barred on the single public day set aside, while conferences, me...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs' debts choke CSC
A Cold storage Company (CSC) debtors' list shows that Zanu-PF top officials renting the parastatal's farms owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to the ailing company, with revenue collections dropping...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in fresh trouble
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a fresh investigation into allegations that Zanu-PF bigwigs unjustly benefited from lengthy leases from the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 10680 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe UK Business Chamber launches platform for entrepreneurs
A group of leading entrepreneurs have come together to create a business platform to support UK based Zimbabwean business people. The Zimbabwe UK Business Chamber (ZUKBC), launching this Satur...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 14:51hrs | 1497 | by Agencies
Crude oil big debate
The "crude" ignorance of opposition-minded people about the various usages and applications of the term "crude oil" is being exposed by the day. The "crude" ignorance posted by the oppositioni...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 20:06hrs | 1973 | by Conway Tutani
Mr President open Ekusileni Hospital - People are Dying
In June 2018, ahead of the July 2018 general elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the government had engaged the Indian Sharda Group of Institutions (SGI) to operate the health facil...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:14hrs | 1118 | by Dr Edwin Moyo
Busisa Moyo: Voice of reason on industrial matters in Zimbabwe
HE is the chief executive officer (CEO) of one of Bulawayo's most successful companies, United Refineries Limited (URL). Mr Busisa Moyo is the board chairman of the Zimbabwe International Trad...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:03hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Consortium secretly inspects CSC assets
FRESH details have emerged revealing how a consortium of local industrialists and companies - CSC (2016) - is angling to take over the defunct Cold Storage Company (CSC) through a US$225 million bid....Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Local firms vie for CSC
A CONSORTIUM of local companies and industrialists are seeking to seize a 75% stake in the defunct Cold Storage Company (CSC) after tabling a US$225 million investment proposal to the government....Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe dies of COVID-19
Well-known Bulawayo tycoon Worthwhile Mugabe has died.He died of Covid-19 in Harare.Mugabe was DSK Holdings managing director.Mr Mugabe was Worthwhile Investments founder....Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | 11590 | by Staff reporter
One-stop shop to lure investors for Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) came into life yesterday as it was officially launched by President Mnangagwa, raising hopes that the country will now go a step further in attrac...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:06hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Cooking oil production levels improve
Cooking oil prices have stabilised in the wake of improved production levels as manufacturers are accessing foreign currency for raw materials from the central bank's auction system.The firms ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 13:47hrs | 1503 | by Staff Reporter
Police speak on RoilBAAs stoppage
POLICE yesterday said they were forced to walk on stage and stop proceedings during the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAAs) last Saturday after organisers failed to stick to agreed timelines for the ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
BCC intervenes in United Refineries hitch
UNITED Refineries Limited (URL) is expected to resume operations at its factory on Monday following interventions by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to solve water supply challenges that forced the co...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Investment Agency lures diaspora investors into VFEX
THE Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (ZIDA) says the diaspora community and potential international investors could ride on the newly established Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) to harvest ...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 07:49hrs | 550 | by Staff Reporter
'We need more Zimdollar than US$'
UNITED Refineries Limited (URL) chief executive officer, Mr Busisa Moyo says the Bulawayo headquartered agro-processing company needs more of the local dollar to localise production of key raw materia...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 1151 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar demand spikes
THE continued consolidation of the Zimbabwean dollar gains on the official market-driven foreign currency auction platform has created huge demand for the local currency on the back of growing confide...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1982 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa salutes citizens, corporates
President Mnangagwa has expressed gratitude to Zimbabweans and those in the Diaspora for collaborating in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, which has seen the country being ranked among countri...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe imports 56% dietary needs
ZIMBABWE is struggling to produce enough for its dietary necessities, importing 56% of its requirements every year businessdigest has learnt.The Southern African country, once regarded as the ...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:53hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisor Sam Malaba dies
Former Agribank Chief Executive , Somkhosi Mahamba Temba Malaba has died. He had been suffering from kidney illness for the past 12 years.Malaba was also a members of the PAC (Presidential Adv...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 13:20hrs | 11093 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC struggles to pay workers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says its coffers are running dry and as such it is struggling to pay its workers and deliver services effectively. The council which says its revenue declined by 80...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwean banks removed from sanctions list
Agribank and the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) have now been fully removed from the US sanctions list, the American Department of the Treasury has announced, allowing them to do i...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:23hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns Chamisa
GOVERNMENT yesterday accused opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa of putting people's lives in danger by embarking on unsanctioned demonstrations but was mum on the alleged abduction and assa...Published: 21 May 2020 at 08:06hrs | 7939 | by Staff reporter
PAC was meant to advice Mnangagwa, he should now listen
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a Presidential Advisory Council in January last year, it was taken as a sign that Zimbabwe was indeed in a new dispensation and that it was open for busines...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 4373 | by Staff reporter
Another Mnangagwa advisor speaks out
Busisa Moyo, a member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Advisory Council has called upon the State to investigate the abduction on citizens that took place a week ago in Harare. Three MDC offi...Published: 20 May 2020 at 11:18hrs | 9708 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's advisers condemn MDC leaders' abduction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisers under the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) have condemned the abduction of opposition MDC Alliance officials, saying the actions of his regime were taking th...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1979 | by Staff reporter
King Zwide Kumalo donate blankets to fight COVID-19
King Lobengula Royal Family Trust leader King Zwide Peter Khumalo (third from right) hands over 96 blankets to #IAM4BYO trustee Janah Ncube (second from right) while #IAM4BYO chairperson Busisa Moyo (...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:54hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Why Bulawayo is coming together
A group of prominent Bulawayo residents has taken the lead in helping to prepare the city's health facilities to handle Covid-19 patients at a time the government is struggling to put together a coher...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:25hrs | 4032 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo contains Covid-19 so far
BULAWAYO has not recorded any Covid-19 positive cases for almost two weeks, bringing relief to residents and health authorities after the city briefly became the epicentre of the virus. The ci...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:33hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe should be self-sufficient'
ZIMBABWE should come up with new policies to ensure that the country is self-sufficient in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen several countries shutting down their borders to control...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 09:51hrs | 520 | by staff reporter
No date for Ekusileni Medical Centre opening
EVEN the threat of coronavirus might fail to finally see the doors of Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo opened.The hospital, a brainchild of late Vice-President Dr Joshua Nkomo, has experienced a...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:08hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Arenel sweets donates $250 000 to Bulawayo
Leading Bulawayo firm Arenel Sweets and Biscuits has donated ZWL$ 250 000 (US$5 000) to assist the Bulawayo community in the fight against the deadly Coronavirus. The funds were channeled thro...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 16:37hrs | 892 | by Mandla Ndlovu
500 Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa face starvation
OVER 500 Zimbabwean migrants living in South Africa are reportedly facing starvation as most of them have been subjected to a "no work, no pay" policy due to COVID-19 lockdown.Bongani Mkhwanan...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo needs 200 ventilators
BULAWAYO hospitals require 200 ventilators and 500 beds for them to be fully equipped to deal with coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the event that more people are infected and need hospitalisation in t...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown to wipe out 25% of Zimbabwe jobs
ZIMBABWE should brace for massive economic dislocation as business leaders project that 25% of formal and 75% of informal jobs in the country will be lost as a result of Covid-19 amid calls by industr...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1669 | by Staff reporter
IAM4BYO seeks US$10,7m for city medical facilities
A BULAWAYO-BASED multi-stakeholder initiative, IAM4BYO-Fighting COVID-19, which was launched on Friday at Ekusileni Medical Centre, has embark on fund-raising programme to equip health institutions ha...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Churches, colleges to be turned into isolation centres
CHURCHES have availed their facilities to be turned into isolation centres during the Government's fight against the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.This comes amid revelations t...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:43hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa awards son-in-law with top hospital post
Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed his son in law Gerald Mlotshwa as a Trustee for the CAPS holdings owned St Anne's hospital in Harare. Said P...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 13:40hrs | 6839 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Walter Mzembi calls for banning of ZANU PF
Former ZANU PF cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi has urged the Chairperson of Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Busisa Moyo to ban ZANU PF from exhibiting at the prestigious platform.Postin...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 11:14hrs | 7994 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's adviser Busisa Moyo appointed ZITF Boss
The' Minister of Industry and Commerce, Honourable Dr Sekai Nzeza has appointed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor Busisa Moyo as the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair. ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 10:46hrs | 3598 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Calls to punish roller meal cartels soar
A cross-section of Zimbabweans has urged authorities to deal ruthlessly with those abusing taxpayers' money and depriving the market of subsidised commodities through hoarding or diversion to the blac...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:51hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
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