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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 | 642 | 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 | 10281 | 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 | 1443 | 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 | 1951 | 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 | 1108 | 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 | 479 | 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 | 977 | 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$225 million investment proposal to the government....Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe dies of COVID-19
Well-known Bulawayo tycoon Worthwhile Mugabe has died.He died of Covid-19 in Harare.Mugabe was DSK Holdings managing director.Mr Mugabe was Worthwhile Investments founder....Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | 11560 | by Staff reporter
One-stop shop to lure investors for Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) came into life yesterday as it was officially launched by President Mnangagwa, raising hopes that the country will now go a step further in attrac...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:06hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Cooking oil production levels improve
Cooking oil prices have stabilised in the wake of improved production levels as manufacturers are accessing foreign currency for raw materials from the central bank's auction system.The firms ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 13:47hrs | 1483 | by Staff Reporter
Police speak on RoilBAAs stoppage
POLICE yesterday said they were forced to walk on stage and stop proceedings during the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAAs) last Saturday after organisers failed to stick to agreed timelines for the ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
BCC intervenes in United Refineries hitch
UNITED Refineries Limited (URL) is expected to resume operations at its factory on Monday following interventions by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to solve water supply challenges that forced the co...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Investment Agency lures diaspora investors into VFEX
THE Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (ZIDA) says the diaspora community and potential international investors could ride on the newly established Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) to harvest ...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 07:49hrs | 539 | by Staff Reporter
'We need more Zimdollar than US$'
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 | 1148 | 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 | 11082 | 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 | 627 | 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 | 7938 | 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 | 4207 | 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 | 9705 | 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 | 1978 | 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 | 655 | 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 | 421 | 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 | 225 | 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 | 879 | 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 | 1664 | 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 | 290 | 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 | 236 | 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 | 6807 | 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 | 3591 | 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
Vegetables shortage hits Bulawayo, is it Mnangagwa inspired?
BULAWAYO is experiencing a shortage of vegetables due to water shortage, Chronicle has established. This has pushed prices up while removing vegetables from menus of most homes and restaurants. ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:01hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisor resigns from top bank
Member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Advisory Council Busisa Moyo has resigned from his position as a board member of First Capital Bank. In a press release on Thursday the bank said Moyo ...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 13:57hrs | 9722 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo residents to get nutrition boost
People in Bulawayo's townships in Zimbabwe primarily survive on maize.Even so, the year 2019 has hit them particularly hard, with the drought drying up the supply of grain to the city....Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:53hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
New Zimdollar notes excite market
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s move to inject new notes and coins into circulation in two weeks' time has excited the market with economists saying this would restore normal transactions and wee...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 6980 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions derail Zimbabwe's economic growth agenda
IT'S almost two decades now Zimbabwe has been alienated from the global financial systems due to sanctions imposed by western countries protesting the land reform programme implemented by the Governme...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:50hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
'MDC better off with Biti, not Cobra'
My PeopleThe ever clueless opposition, which always behaves suspiciously like Zanu-PF employees would make a good case study of how a vibrant opposition political party can remain in opposition fo...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 5619 | by Dr Stop IT
Zimbabwe needs higher productivity and exports
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Dr Jesimen Chipika emphasised to chartered secretaries meeting in Victoria Falls last week that the government's Transitional Stabilisation Programme is a two-...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 15:01hrs | 289 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe's MPC, RBZ boards face a daunting task
The new Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) boards face a daunting task in dealing with the country's monetary problems and bring the much-needed stability and confidenc...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 13:02hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya faces daunting task
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya will soon present his mid- term Monetary Policy Statement, tasked with introducing a cocktail of measures to instil confidence in the market amid a deep...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisor gets top RBZ post
Member' of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidential Advisory Council and United Refineries CEO Busisa Moyo has landed himself a top post as one of the board members of the Reserve Bank ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 15:58hrs | 6114 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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