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Temporary road closures for Mabvuku Interchange project

Motorists on the Harare - Mutare Highway will face traffic diversions from September 9, 2025, as construction begins on the new Mabvuku Traffic Interchange, a key infrastructure project aimed at easing congestion along one of the country's…

Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:02hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter

UK closure of care work visa to hit Zimbabweans hard

The United Kingdom's decision to permanently shut down its care worker visa route has sent shockwaves across Zimbabwe, where the scheme had offered thousands a much-needed escape from economic hardship and a pathway to financial stability.…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 16:33hrs | 9547 | by Staff reporter

Mass NGO, CSO closures loom in Zimbabwe

The Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill, long criticized by rights activists and opposition groups as a tool to suppress dissent and shrink democratic space, has cleared the Senate and now awaits Presidential assent. The B…

Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:08hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe central bank speaks on retailers

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has dismissed claims by registered retailers that the country's economic environment is to blame for their operational challenges, pointing instead to gross mismanagement as the root cause of their diffic…

Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:30hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter

'Dzamara family cry for closure'

AMNESTY International (AI) has called on the government to come clean on the whereabouts of pro-democracy activist and journalist, Itai Dzamara, who was abducted by alleged State security agents and disappeared nine years ago.Dzamara was a…

Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zim schools, Polytechnics face imminent closure: Govt

Several schools, Vocational Training Centers (VTCs), Polytechnic colleges and some universities will forcibly shut down as a result of stunted skill development, diminishing skills softwares and audits which are derived from existing monum…

Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 23:23hrs | 179 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole

Diarrhoea outbreak forces Mkoba Teachers College closure

Health authorities have temporarily suspended lectures at Mkoba Teachers College after a diarrhoea out break at the institution.In a statement, Midlands provincial medical director, Dr Marry Muchekeza said over 500 people. mainly teacher t…

Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Luveve Road to close for 10 hours

THE Bulawayo City Council has announced a 10-hour night road closure of Luveve Road from Waverley Street to Ngcebetsha Road/Nguboyenja Road commencing on Wednesday June 7, at 8.30PM and ending on Thursday June 8 at 6PM.Town clerk, Mr Chris…

Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 16:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Medicines Board Shuts Down Pharmacies Over Unauthorised Drugs

THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has suspended four pharmacy supervisors and shut down three over suspected cases of illegal dealings.The MCAZ did not give any explanation and calls were not being picked so that it clarif…

Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Telecel denies closure rumours

TELECEL Zimbabwe yesterday denied that it was facing closure despite rumours that it had shut down its operations after its subscribers failed to access data services or make voice calls for several days.Government has a 60% stake in Telec…

Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'COVID-19 surge won't force schools closure'

GOVERNMENT has resolved to keep schools open despite a surge in COVID-19 cases in schools since early this month. In a post-Cabinet Press briefing yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said although infections had increased, th…

Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Outcry over mine closure

DOMBOSHAvA villagers have bemoaned the closure of a local gold mine which they say has transformed their lives.The mining claim being operated by Munyukwa Chibanda Mining Syndicate was temporarily closed by the Environmental Management Age…

Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

MP rekindles push for closure of police training depot

MAGWEGWE legislator Anele Ndebele has renewed calls for the closure of Ntabazinduna Police Training Depot in Umguza district, Matabeleland North province, saying it should be turned into a youth vocational training centre.Chief Ndiweni onc…

Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Govt averts National Foods closure

INDUSTRY minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu says the flour milling arm of National Foods will not close shop after government addressed the concerns brought by the company, which had warned of imminent closure.Ndhlovu would not disclose the detail…

Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

Local content creators expected Kwese shutdown

LOCAL content creators have reacted to the closure of Econet's Kwese TV saying it was inevitable. The media group last week announced that it would be closing their Kwese satellite services from November 1 after operating in Zimbabwe for 1…

Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mugabe advocates closure of non-performing parastatals

President Mugabe yesterday said non-performing parastatals and State enterprises must be dissolved as they are stifling economic growth through perennial dependence on the fiscus.He said some ailing parastatals deserved to be "buried in co…

Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nkulumane residents demand bar closure

NKULUMANE residents have allegedly written a petition against the refurbished Umqombothi Sports Bar under new management over loud music and sex activities outside the joint.The petition was signed by residents calling for the closure of t…

Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Dokora backs down on Matabeleland South schools closure

THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Dr Lazarus Dokora has said no school will be closed in Matabeleland South province for low enrolment as earlier reported.Dr Dokora said Government had no such a policy and there was therefore…

Published: 29 May 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chegato High faces closure

Chegato High, the biggest secondary school in Mberengwa may close down in the next few weeks due to critical water shortages caused by the destruction of power lines that supply power to the boreholes.The power installations were destroyed…

Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 05:24hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe companies face closure

A payments gridlock within the banking sector threatens to ground the economy, already troubled by a liquidity crunch and an emerging foreign currency crisis, industry players warned this week.The situation was made grave by the fact that …

Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Eveline High School faces closure

Eveline Girls High School in Bulawayo is facing closure as it is operating without potable water after the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) disconnected supplies to the government institution over a $500 000 water debt.At an Annual General Meet…

Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 12:06hrs | | by Nkosana Sibanda

'Closure of firms is nationwide,' says Eric Block

DE-INDUSTRIALISATION is affecting the whole country despite the misconception that Bulawayo is the only city being affected by the closure and relocation of firms to other towns, an official has said.Speaking at the Confederation of Zimbab…

Published: 12 Apr 2013 at 03:30hrs | | by Business Reporter

Bread making firm - Lobels- faces closure

The once vibrant bread-making firm, Lobels Holding is said to be on the brink of collapse as most of its confectionery equipment and vehicles have been attached owing to unspecified amounts of money owed to creditors. The bread-making firm…

Published: 08 Jun 2011 at 05:29hrs | 2 | by Nare Msupatsila

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The long journey to a digitised, modernised Montrose Studios

One-stop border post at Beitbridge

ZESA to replace old prepaid electricity meters

Missing person alert

Bulawayo hit by 2 armed robberies, losses exceed US$30k

Fast-food levy nets US$1 million for Treasury in 6 months

Process to gazette slashed levies begins

Victoria Falls to host high-stakes conference

2 die in Bulawayo hit-and-runs

Lovers found dead in suspected murder-suicide

Zimbabwe's World Tourism Expo ends on a high note

Zimbabwe's informal economy a risk to anti-money laundering drive

Advocate Mpofu takes on State House security guards

Chinese nationals fined only US$150 for cocaine in the Banana republic

Zimbabwe grain import ban affecting SA farmers

7 dead in Masvingo-Beitbridge road crash

No excuses will end Zimbabwe's electricity shortages without accountability, investment, and reform

Zim schools to introduce anti-sanctions curriculum, from ECD

National Sports Stadium rehab will be completed by year-end

High Court nullifies US$140,000 property sale in divorce dispute

Bulawayo records major HIV decline

Elderly overlooked in HIV prevention

Tagwirei publishes snakebite management guidebook

General Mutamba honoured with Zimbabwe's top policing award

Woman found buried in garden, stepdaughter arrested

Zimbabwe's highways double as drug pipelines

Zimbabwe accelerates school construction drive

Married woman caught pants down

Mnangagwa caps 640 HIT graduates

Zim medics become lifeline for migrants in South Africa

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