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R10 million worth of unlicensed Zimbabwean tobacco recovered in SA
SURROGATES in the tobacco industry have come under fire for destroying the industry and illegally taking unlicensed tobacco worth R10 million to South Africa and other countries at the expense of the ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 581 | by Staff reporter
LP Gas shortage hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is facing a shortage of Liquid Petroleum (LP) Gas which has seen the commodity's price going up in the few centres where it is being sold. Sources said the shortage is partly due to d...Published: 11 hrs ago | 267 | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs in messy sugar tender storm
A group of transporters linked to Zanu PF bigwigs have allegedly threatened sugar-producing giant Tongaat Hullet with unspecified action if it fails to award them tenders. In May, the sugar producer f...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:24hrs | 1677 | by Staff reporter
Zim students' battle to get internship
NGQABUTHO Mhlophe spends his days at home, burrowing around the internet in search of a marketing internship.A second-year student at the National University of Science and Technology, he need...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Mukanya drafts 'retirement' plan
CHIMURENGA musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo says he is setting up an arts and culture centre in Domboshava on the outskirts of Harare as part of his departure from the mainstream music industry, whic...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2139 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean models catwalk for penury
LOCAL model Nomazulu Patience Gumbo has not yet received the prize she was promised two years ago after walking away with the Miss Zuri Africa — Zimbabwe crown at a tightly-contested pageant held at...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:13hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders resort to smuggling
WItH no formal employment, Bekithemba Ncube* says smuggling groceries and other goods from neighbouring Botswana for resale in Bulawayo helps him put food on the table for his family.the finan...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Canada vs Zimbabwe: Two divergent paths of Covid-19 vaccination
When mother-of-three Amanda Wood heard that hundreds of coronavirus shots were available for teens, only one thing prevented her from racing to the vaccination site at a Toronto high school - her 13-y...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 18:20hrs | 1507 | by AP
Zimbabwe companies map alternative routes as SA burns
ZIMBABWE'S industry has begun mapping out longer and expensive trade routes to export their products overseas after vital transport corridors via South African ports were hit by two weeks of violence,...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firms fret over Mozambique crisis
ZIMBABWE'S industries have warned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare's fragile economy...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:57hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Companies struggle to raise US$2 billion
ZIMBABWE'S manufacturing companies have struggled to raise about US$2 billion in fresh capital to drive production back to pre-crisis levels, industry data indicated this week, as executives warned th...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:53hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean business tycoon says Ivermectin saved his life
West Properties chairman Ken Sharpe on Friday donated US$50,000 to government for the purchase of Ivermectin, saying he and his wife only escaped death thanks to the drug after they contracted the Cov...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:43hrs | 3339 | by Staff reporter
Teachers reject 'measly' pay hike
TEACHERS have rejected the 45% to 50% salary increment that government has offered them, saying it was inadequate as it will result in the lowest-paid teacher earning $28 600 against a poverty datum l...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Forex pricing SI haunts Mnangagwa's govt
ZIMBABWE'S Senate yesterday said the controversial statutory instrument (SI) promulgated in May spelling out restrictions on trade in foreign currency had turned businesses into "saboteurs" after the ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
US$4,2m boost for Boterekwa Road dualisation
GOVERNMENT says it has allocated US$4,2 million for the dualisation of the Boterekwa stretch along the Gweru-Zvishavane Highway.A newsletter released by Midlands Provincial Affairs minister La...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:00hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
US$1,8 million steel project fails to take off
THE planned US$1,8 million steel manufacturing plant in Bulawayo through a joint venture agreement between Primetone Investment, a local company and an Asian group companies, Kanku International, has ...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:48hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet introduces third aircraft into service
LOW-COST airline, fastjet Zimbabwe, has introduced a third Embraer ERJ145 aircraft into commercial service in the country. The 50-seater aircraft that was introduced on the Harare-Bulawayo rou...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:40hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Fresh wave of protests loom in South Africa
SOUTH African authorities fear a new wave of uprisings as networks loyal to jailed former president Jacob Zuma seek to force his freedom.Investigators believe the unrest last week, which kille...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 2571 | 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 | 255 | 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 | 545 | by Staff reporter
US$3,5m vehicle scandal rocks govt
INDUSTRY and Commerce ministry officials are allegedly corruptly issuing import licences for second-hand vehicles while import licence books valued at US$3,5 million have vanished over the past two mo...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:24hrs | 1728 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's Ramaphosa walking on a tight rope
I HAVE been watching countless videos about the crisis in South Africa.I have been enjoying the witted debates going on. South Africa is at a turning point, a turn into uncharted territory....Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:13hrs | 1435 | by The Watcher
SA unrest further dampens transporters operations
CROSS-border transporters in Zimbabwe say the sector, which has been subdued due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has been dealt another blow as a result of violence and looting in South Africa that is affec...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:04hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet approves six copper projects
CABINET has approved the Greater Chinhoyi Copper Development Programme which is set to contribute to the US$12 billion mining economy by 2023. The Government has recognised the mining industry...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:03hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe feeling heat from SA riots
Zimbabwe's industries will likely feel the pinch of the violent demonstrations and looting unfolding in South Africa, its largest trading partner, as trade channels get clogged and supply chains disru...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:02hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-made budget car Mureza Prim8 is finally going on sale
Zimbabwean low-cost vehicle maker Mureza Auto Co says it is ready with its first 100 vehicles going on sale at US$13,500 each.The company was recently granted a licence to assemble motor vehic...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 12:05hrs | 4899 | by Staff reporter
Underground geologist vacancy
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTUNDERGROUND GEOLOGISTApplications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates with the right credentials to fill a vacancy which have arisen at above...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 16:41hrs | 679 | by DGL5 Investments
What does it take for the judiciary to hear a matter before them?
Marvo Stationary Manufacturing Company employees have not been paid their unpaid salaries since the United States Dollar and the use of the multi currency regime during the Government of Nationa...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 16:37hrs | 213 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
How to start your own successful business
Starting up a business is challenging. Even with years of experience, you should expect the unexpected, because there are factors you simply can't fully control. But proper preparation will get you fa...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 16:31hrs | 844 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe yet to enact laws to curb mineral smuggling
WHILE deliberations continue over joining an international group formed to reduce corruption in mining countries, Zimbabwe continues to lose billions of dollars from the smuggling of extracted resourc...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:35hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Diamonds worth US$140m vanish
ROUGH diamonds worth an estimated US$140 million dollars have disappeared from the supposedly impenetrable Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
What does it take for the judiciary to hear a matter before them?
Marvo Stationary Manufacturing Company employees have not been paid their unpaid salaries since the United States Dollar and the use of the multi currency regime during the Government of Nationa...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 20:24hrs | 630 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
GMAZ mourns Haritatos
Grain Millers Association (GMAZ) has sent condolence messages to the Haritatos family following the untimely death of fORMER Muzvezve MP and ZANU PF Central Committee member Peter Haritatos who succum...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1136 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Is the South African rainbow on the cusp of disarray?
Events are unfolding very fast in the rainbow nation, South Africa. And just like the previous week, the country is in suspense as the Free Zuma campaign gathers momentum in KwaZulu Natal province. It...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:41hrs | 566 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Bulawayo rolls out jabs for all adults
BULAWAYO Province is today expected to start mass vaccination of all adults. The jabs will be accessed at all council clinics and hospitals across the city as the country received two million Sinovac ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:37hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Bill Gates should stop telling Africans what kind of agriculture Africans need
Africans have long been told that our agriculture is backward and should be abandoned for a 21st-century version of the Green Revolution that enabled India to feed itself. Western science and technolo...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 22:58hrs | 1293 | by Million Belay,Bridget Mugambe
Top 100 Leaders in Transportation Award adds our very own native Zimbabwean to the great automotive world stage
ZIMBABWEAN serial-entrepreneur, artist and technology aficionado Devine Mafa recently received Global Honors for being a Top 100 World Innovator at the International Transportation and Automotive Summ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 13:13hrs | 2787 | by Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter
Russian vehicle manufacturer to partner Zimbabwean firms
Russian vehicle giant Urals Automotive Plant (UralAZ) intends to partner local firms to build a bus and truck assembling plant in the country, Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Sekai Nzenza has reveal...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:36hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa put KZN protesters on notice, wants 'concomitant action'?
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on communities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) to desist from undermining the rule of law and inflicting damage on the economy.Ramaphosa's call comes after sporadic...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 20:31hrs | 3388 | by Staff reporter
Help with desktop application development
Compared to other industry sectors like travel where the Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected the revenues of businesses and job opportunities, there are plenty of opportunities available for comp...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 21:43hrs | 205 | by Staff writer
36 vie for High Court judges vacancies
Thirty-six candidates, among them regional magistrates and lawyers are jostling to fill the nine vacant positions of judges of the High Court bench, according to the list of nominated candidates short...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:11hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Rising operational costs prompt Econet bundle tariff adjustment
HARARE - Econet Wireless has confirmed the review of its promotional bundle prices, saying the average 20 percent adjustment effective tomorrow (July 8) w...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 17:47hrs | 1276 | by Agencies
US$53 000 fraudster who implicated Mnangagwa's son get bail
A HARARE man, who allegedly swindled a local investor of US$53 000 and implicated President Emmerson Mnangangwa's son, Collins, has been granted $10 000 bail.Sean Chiriseri (33), who appeared ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 11:05hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe resuscitation scandal explodes
EFFORTS to resuscitate the troubled national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), are effectively dead in the water after the exposition by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) of a systemati...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:55hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco auction floors face collapse
FEARS of a potential collapse of Zimbabwe's tobacco auction system mounted last week, with official data indicating that auction floors were trailing way behind revenues earned by contracting firms at...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:30hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Ministry official arrested for issuing out 350 motor vehicle import licenses
ZACC has arrested a Ministry of Industry and Commerce Licence Clerk Andrew Matevere for issuing out 350 motor vehicle import licenses to importers of second hand that did not qualify under the recentl...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 21:27hrs | 3076 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son 'linked' to US$53 000 fraud
A HARARE man, who allegedly swindled a local investor of more than US$53 000, has told the court that he committed the crime on behalf of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins.Sean Chiri...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:36hrs | 4030 | by Staff Reporter
The best sports betting sites
Finding the best online sports betting site can be challenging. As legal sports betting options become more prevalent, both dedicated bettors and everyday sports fans are looking for the best online c...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 19:10hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba builds lavish castle in Bulawayo
ZIMBABWEAN midfield maestro Marvelous Nakamba is making the most of his career in the lucrative English Premier League after it emerged that he is constructing a multimillion dollar castle in Bulawayo...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:41hrs | 11602 | by Staff reporter
Why Bulawayo service delivery is collapsing
LONG-TOUTED as the best-run local authority in the country, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is failing to offer efficient services as seen by collapsing water and sewer infrastructure, failureto f...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:33hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
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