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Death knell for Zimbabwe's departmental shops
The demand for partitioned lettable shops in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) has reached unprecedented levels, with the Bulawayo City Council receiving a flood of applications for the conve...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:50hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
High interest rates choking Zimbabwe currency borrowing
Listed clothing retailer, Edgars Stores Limited, has reported a resilient performance for the half-year period ending July 7, 2024, despite the ongoing economic setbacks and high interest rates that c...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 11:02hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
A tale of illegal night trading in Bulawayo
In the heart of Bulawayo's central business district, a bustling underground market emerges as night falls, contrasting sharply with the daytime vibrancy of legal vendors. While daytime sees legitimat...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 08:14hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Bosso out to defend Uhuru Cup
HIGHLANDERS will hope to replicate their league form in the Independence Trophy as they clash with perennial rivals Dynamos in this year's final at Murambinda B High School in Buhera on Thursday....Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign currency dealers ditch trading spots
MOST illegal money changers popularly known as "Osiphatheleni" have abandoned their traditional trading spots in Bulawayo following the launch by the Government of the new gold-backed currency, the Zi...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Edgars sidelines Matebeleland executives
Two executive directors at the clothing maker and retailer Edgars Stores have tendered their resignations, effective today, as part of sweeping changes initiated by the new majority shareholder, Mauri...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Edgars CEO controversially booted out
EDGARS Stores Limited has announced the resignation of its group chief executive officer, Ms Tjeludo Ndlovu, effective tomorrow, Tuesday. The company's Group Chief Finance Officer, Ms Happiness Vundla...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:38hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-listed companies get leeway to report financials in US dollars
Zimbabwean companies listed on the stock exchange are now permitted to present their financial statements in US dollars due to the swift dollarization of the economy. The CEO of the Zimbabwe Stock Exc...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints line ministries permanent secretaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has with immediate effect appointed deputy chief secretaries, line ministries' permanent secretaries and provincial affairs secretaries for devolution.In a stateme...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 21:10hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
BCC takes Terracotta to court over Egodini project stall
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resolved to take Egodini Mall contractor, Terracotta Private Limited, to court for delaying to complete the project after winning the US$60 million tender to rebuild Bu...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Auditors condemn Edgars financial results
DELOITTE and Touche Zimbabwe auditors have condemned Edgars Stores Limited financial results for the year ended January 8, 2023, saying they failed to comply with International Financial Reporting Sta...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Edgars branch forced to relocation by vendors
GIANT retail clothing company, Edgars Stores Limited, has closed one of its prominent branches in Bulawayo citing the need to secure an alternative location that suits its brand expectation amid press...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Missing ECD teacher found dead
Budiriro 4 Primary School ECD teacher, Josephine Magdalene Mandivei, who went missing nearly a week ago, was Saturday found dead in a maize field by a hill in Mufakose high density suburb, Harare....Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's street 'shops' flood city by night
FILLED to the brim with groceries ranging from foodstuffs, toiletry to skin care products, a pushcart — commonly known as iScania in the streets of Bulawayo — is strategically positioned at a busy...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parking fees too high for Bulawayo'
BULAWAYO businesses and residents associations have insisted that fees under the new parking system implemented by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in partnership with the privately-owned company Tendy...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Econet boss bags top director award
DEPUTY chief executive officer at Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed telecommunications giant, Econet, Roy Chimanikire was on Friday named Director of the Year for 2021.The director of the year aw...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
EcoCash brings more convenience for its users, unveils new bill management service
EcoCash has introduced 'EcoCash Bill Manager', a new service that brings more convenience for its users and simplifies how EcoCash customers manage their bill payments to different service providers, ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 04:42hrs | 15 | by Agencies
RBZ lifts Access Forex suspension
Access Forex is back in the business of local remittances after a few days of suspension due to pending Exchange Control regulatory approvals.This comes after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe gave...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ gives Access Forex the greenlight on local transfers
THE country's fastest growing domestic and international money transfer platform Access Forex is back in the business of local remittances after a few days of suspension due to pending Exchange Contro...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 18:38hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Taguta laid to rest
THOUSANDS of Johane Marange Apostolic Church members converged at their Mafararikwa shrine to pay their last respects to High Priest St Noah Taguta Momberume who was buried here in Bocha yesterday. ...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Johane Marange leader dies
The leader of Johane Marange Apostolic Church, High Priest St Noah Taguta Momberume has died. He died yesterday afternoon and believed to be in his gos. Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Aff...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's donated computers lying idle 12 years later
AT LEAST 100 computers donated by the late deposed president, Robert Mugabe, to Arda Transau secondary school in 2010 are still lying idle due to lack of electricity at the institution, NewZimbabwe.co...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 perish in horror crash
FOUR people were killed when a Beta bus burst into flames after colliding with a fuel tanker at the 242km peg along the Harare-Mutare highway yesterday.The deceased included two passengers on ...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Edgars to expand online, branch network
LISTED clothing retailer, Edgars Stores Limited says it will expand its online, brick and mortar branch network in order to build resilience to withstand the impact of future shocks and disruptions....Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Dr Edwin Moyo
Chalane recedes, no major damage recorded
Tropical Depression Chalane, which entered Zimbabwe on Wednesday, further weakened and finally dissipated with its remnants moving into Botswana, leaving minimal damage and no loss of life or injuries...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police dogs called in to control Black Friday shoppers
Bulawayo was a hive of activity on Friday morning as people thronged various retail shops with the hope to cash in on the Black Friday shopping craze.Long queues were witnessed at the city's m...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi party activists arrested
TWO Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists were arrested Wednesday in Bulawayo while on their way to Filabusi where they intended to hold scheduled party meetings.The two are; Welcome Moyo a...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiri to audit Covid-19 donations
Auditor-General Mrs Mildred Chiri is taking stock of all donations and resources directed towards Covid-19. Mrs Chiri has ordered all Government departments to furnish her with details and she i...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reorter
Disaster preparedness intensifies ahead of rains
Government has started reserving some of the Covid-19 donations for contingent disaster management plans as the country approaches the rainy season, which might displace some families, an official has...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:08hrs | | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Pastor sues church over unpaid salary
An Anglican Church priest in Bulawayo has taken his employers to court demanding his salary arrears and compensation for using his personal car.Edgars Kasongo, who is based at the St Columbus ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Latest on MDC protests in Bulawayo
Some parts of Bulawayo CBD were on business as usual on Monday morning with heavy security forces patrolling the streets. Other shops like Zapalala and Edgars remained closed .Police officers ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 09:18hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimdollar return will yield stability'
CLOTHING retailer, Edgars Stores Limited, expects the re-adoption of the Zimbabwean dollar as the sole currency of exchange to bring stability in the country's economy.The group has said its y...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Edgars Stores ups interest rates
Edgars Stores Limited says it is in the process of increasing interest rates charged on customer accounts due to inflation and increased cost of borrowing.In a trading update at the company's ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Taming the Shrew' - Deaths on our Roads
Driving in Harare and in the highways of Zimbabwe has become distressful. Recent reports of high profile road traffic deaths refer. The traffic chaos has become a 'shrew.' There is urgent need to 'tam...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Rising demand pushes the ZSE
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) climbed significantly during the week ended June 14 2019, on rising demand across the board. The market recorded gains for the 12th week in a row. All equity gauges t...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:43hrs | 21 | by Fungai Nyaungwa
Edcon to sell Edgars Zimbabwe
South African retail giant, Edcon, is selling its shareholding in local clothing chain Edgars Zimbabwe, as the struggling group realigns operations to stay afloat.News of a possible collapse o...Published: 29 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Auditor for Cylone Idai donations
Government has emphasised its commitment to ensuring accountability as donations for the victims of Cyclone Idai continue to come from various corporates, churches, schools and clubs.Presentin...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Horror Cyclone destruction trail unravels
THE human toll of Cyclone Idai which hit parts of Manicaland and Masvingo recently has exceeded official estimates with the scale of the tragedy imprinting deep emotional scars on those directly affec...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 18:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
40 bodies buried #CycloneIdai
BURIAL of victims of Cyclone Idai started yesterday with 40 identified bodies being interred at Ngangu Township in Chimanimani. Salvation Army Major Absalom Makanga confirmed the burial of the...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Muradzikwa quits Nicoz Diamond
Distinguished insurance executive, Grace Muradzikwa is stepping down from NicozDiamond, Zimbabwe's largest short-term insurer after 30 years with the company.Muradzikwa had been managing direc...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Edcon ups Edgars stake
EDGARS Stores Limited (EDL) shareholders have approved the acquisition of trademarks to brands owned by the retailer's South African shareholder Edcon in exchange for an increased stake in the company...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman axes hubby to death
HOMICIDE detectives in Mutare are looking for a Chikanga woman who disappeared soon after axing her husband to death following a domestic dispute on December 24.The chilling incident, which sh...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 17:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Edcon to up stake in Zimbabwe Edgars Stores
STRUGGLING South African firm, Edcon, is set to increase its shareholding in listed clothing retailer Edgars Stores Limited (EDL) to 41,07% after the conclusion of a transaction which will see the loc...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motlanthe inquiry report in brief
Executive SummaryZimbabwe held its national elections on the 30th of July 2018. The electoral process was generally peaceful until the 1st of August 2018, when many demonstrators took to the s...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:50hrs | | by Motlanthe
Edgars Zimbabwe customers win big in fashion extravaganza
THE annual Edgars Fashion Extravaganza's show curtains came down in Harare on Saturday as Zvishavane-based Nelly Mariri scooped the $10 000 grand prize at the promotion's grand draw.The ultima...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fire incidents explained
Zimbabwe Republic Police has urged members of the public to be cautious of individuals or groups who are trying to link recent fire incidents to all sorts of speculations yet facts on the ground are c...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira receives death threats
MDC-T spokesperson Ms Linda Masarira has said she is now living in fear after receiving death threats from unknown people for spilling beans on the MDC-Alliance's alleged terrorism activities. ...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister suspects hidden hand behind infernos
A FIRE razed a girls' hostel at Mbuyazwe Secondary School in Umguza District, Matabeleland North yesterday amid calls for security services to investigate the alarming cases of infernos being experien...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
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