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ARTUZ political ploy threatens the planned ZUAWU strike
Opposition-affiliated Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is allegedly scheming to exploit the forthcoming strike being organised by the Zimbabwe University and Allied Workers Union (...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by George Tshuma
Parly mulls returning voter registration to RG's Office
The position taken during the inclusive Government to migrate voter registration from the Registrar-General to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has created a lot of red tape through duplication of du...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Millers choke under cheap maize meal imports
GRAIN millers have appealed to government to stop imports of mealie-meal into the country, saying they had become a threat to the local milling industry.On Friday last week, Grain Millers Asso...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
GMAZ threatens legal action against Daily Maverick
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has released a scathing response to the Daily Maverick Cartel Dynamics report.In a statement released by the Acting General manager Garikai Chaunza, t...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 13:03hrs | 6 | by Nicholas Ncube
Stockfeeds shortage hits the market
A SHORTAGE of stockfeeds has hit the market, with poultry farmers going from one supplier to another in search of the major input for their business.This comes at a time the country is faced with ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Musarara re-elected to lead GMAZ
MR Tafadzwa Musarara and his deputies have been unanimously re-elected to lead the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) for the next three years.He retained the post during the associa...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Millers want Musarara re-elected
Some millers have started canvassing for re-election of the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) national chairman, Tafadzwa Musarara and his entire executive "because of the role they played ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lobels shut down Bulawayo plant again
LOBELS bakery on Friday reportedly indefinitely closed its Bulawayo plant due to dwindling flour stocks.Workers at the plant told NewZimbabwe.com they were told to go home for an unspecified p...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread supplies to improve
Bread supplies are set to improve in the coming days following the arrival of 19 000 tonnes of wheat which was bonded in Beira. The wheat was released after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe paid US$7 mill...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lobel's shuts down Bulawayo plant
Lobel's bakery on Tuesday indefinitely closed its Bulawayo plant, just days after shutting down its Harare operation.Officials at the bakery said they had exhausted their flour stocks and had ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 16:55hrs | | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe runs out of bread
There was no bread in most shops around Zimbabwe today Monday evening and millers have reported that there is no wheat in the country. Scores of people scoured supermarkets in Bulawayo a...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 21:47hrs | | by Methusi Ncube
Price monitors descend on shops
THE Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is mulling plans to cut supplies to unscrupulous retailers found liable of pricing basic commodities beyond stipulated margins, an official has said....Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Price monitors unleashed in Zimbabwe
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) will this week dispatch price monitors countrywide to ascertain the model being employed by retailers on basic commodities amid an outcry from consumer...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government urges bakers to defer bread price hike
GOVERNMENT yesterday called on the Bakers' Association of Zimbabwe to reconsider its position to hike the price of bread and allow for consultations to take place first before any increase is effected...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wheat trucks finally leave Beira
THE dozens of wheat-laden trucks that had been stuck at Beira port in Mozambique following Cyclone Idai devastation more than a fortnight ago are said to be finally heading for Zimbabwe.Grain ...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to import 900,000 tonnes of maize
Meanwhile, a Mauritius based firm, Afrigran Trading, has terminated its cereal supply contract with National Foods Limited (Natfoods) after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) failed to honour a US$55 ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bread price slashed
THE price of bread has gone down to $1,90 per loaf from $2,50 but shortages remain. In Bulawayo supermarkets and Baker's Inn outlets, bread was selling at $1,90. A few outlets were selling a loaf at $...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bread prices goes up 66%
BAKERS have increased the price of bread, with a standard loaf now pegged at $2,60 or alternatively US$0,90, citing the rising cost of production after government failed to provide support to maintain...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wheat stuck in Mozambique
Aconsignment of 30 000 metric tonnes of wheat which was sourced from Lithuania by the Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is stuck at Beira port in Mozambique after the Reserve Bank of Zimba...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
RBZ releases $2,5m for wheat imports
Government has moved in to secure 30 000 metric tonnes of wheat worth $12,2 million with a 20 percent down payment following threats by an international supplier to cut off the deal citing Harare's de...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Packaging manufacturers backtrack on decision to sell in forex: Millers
MILLERS have said manufacturers of packaging materials have agreed to reverse their decision to sell their products in foreign currency while also revising downwards prices payable in RTGS.Gra...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread shortage scare grips Zimbabwe
THE government is racing against time to avoid a potential bread shortage by providing much-needed foreign currency to pay for wheat imports.Since the country started experiencing foreign curr...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by TimesLive
'Mnangagwa a down to earth leader with business mind'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is a down to earth leader with a business mind who interacts with citizens and has a vision to uplift those in need, the Minister of State for Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs...Published: 19 May 2018 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe riot cops evict white farmer in 'fresh land grabs'
Heavily armed Zimbabwean riot police this week besieged the property of a white commercial farmer, Robert Smart outside Rusape town and forcefully evicted him from his farm.President Robert Mu...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
End Harassment and Intimidation of Journalists-- IFJ
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), in demanding immediate government action to protect journalists who are facing an epidem...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZUJ calls for govt to protect journos
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has called on the government to protect journalists who have fallen victim to an epidemic of arrests and detentions primarily at the hands of the Police....Published: 28 Jun 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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