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Residents resist BCC tariff hikes
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday bowed to pressure from residents and slightly slashed its proposed 2022 budget by $900 million, with the tariff regime going down by 16 percent.During las...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
14 community radio stations licensed
GOVERNMENT has made tremendous progress in opening up the airwaves with 14 community radio stations having been licensed so far.In her post-Cabinet briefing, Information, Publicity and Broadca...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:07hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Govt needs to stabilise bread and butter prices
THE looming increase in bread price will pile pressure on the country's citizens already battling a wildly inflationary environment aided by poor monetary policies by Treasury.To say that the ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 791 | by Eddie Cross
RBZ vows to tame forex black market
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday pledged to continue availing foreign currency through the foreign exchange auction system to ensure uninterrupted supply.Mangudy...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:58hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
RBZ, business reach consensus on exchange rates, pricing
A number of agreements were thrashed out yesterday between the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and leaders of the business sector to deal with what everyone agreed were unjustified jumps in black-market exch...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:55hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
ZCC appeals for broadcasting licence
The Government has pledged to assist the ZCC Mutendi Church to acquire a broadcasting licence for one of its educational colleges as part of ongoing efforts to take broadcasting services to the people...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube threatens companies
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube resorted to threats yesterday as he battled to bring sanity to the foreign currency market.Ncube said the government was planning impromptu audits and to suspend ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:04hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Govt threatens crackdown on businesses fuelling forex black market
GOVERNMENT has threatened to suspend operating licences for business entities manipulating the official foreign currency rate, thus fuelling the high parallel market exchange rate.In a stateme...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Noose tightened on Innscor and other retailers using black market rates
Retailers that continue to flout foreign currency regulations by setting prices in US dollars and then converting at the blackmarket rate will have their operating licences immediately suspended while...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Govt to adequately fund forex auction system
The Second Republic will leave no stone unturned in its endeavour to turnaround the economy and will ensure that the foreign currency auction system is adequately funded and that the relevant authorit...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Schools still COVID-19 hotspots
SCHOOLS have remained COVID-19 hotspots despite a downward trend in new infections recorded throughout the country in the past week, government has said.Government yesterday extended the level...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Wheat harvesting begins
Harvesting of wheat has begun, with the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) designating 18 collection depots as the country expects a bumper harvest owing to minimum interruption of power supply by Zesa, whic...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Bars, nightclubs allowed to re-open
Licensed bars and nightclubs can now reopen after being closed since March last year but only for the fully-vaccinated and will still have to follow all the other lockdown health rules and the permitt...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:45hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
5 arrested with 12 diamonds after tip-off
FIVE people have been arrested in Mutare after they were found in possession of 12 diamonds weighing 75 carats.The value of the diamonds is yet to be ascertained as investigations continue....Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:44hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe extends lockdown
Zimbabwe on Tuesday extended its Covid-19 lockdown by a further two weeks, but licenced bars will be allowed to re-open to fully vaccinated patrons.Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 20:42hrs | 2332 | by Staff reporter
Proposed BCC budget for 2022: $12 000 a month for rates in Bulawayo
THE proposed 2022 budget by the City of Bulawayo will see residents in some places paying as much as $12 000 for rates only, before factoring in water charges as the local authority targets to introdu...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:14hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Old shop licence fees cost BCC $29 million
THE Bulawayo City Council lost $29 million revenue due to charging old fees on shop licences.The council also overshot its 2021 budget by $71,5 million on town planning, environment management...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:05hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents face 216% rates hike
BULAWAYO rate payers are expected to pay an average of 216 percent more in tariffs as the local authority has proposed a $24 billion budget for the coming year.The budget consists of a $16,8 b...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:53hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs target foreign coach
AMBITIOUS Premier Soccer League side Bulawayo Chiefs are reportedly scouting for a foreign coach following the expulsion of Thulani Sibanda.There are unconfirmed reports that the club is close...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's man back in charge
AFTER a bruising battle President Emmerson Mnangagwa's agenda to retain the services of Chief Justice Luke Malaba at the helm of the administration of justice, as part of his power consolidation and r...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:53hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Viewers must desert propaganda broadcasters
I CALL upon all fair-minded citizens to continue with the boycott of the State broadcaster, ZBC and State-controlled print media, until something sensible is done to at least show a bit of respect to ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:22hrs | 259 | by Refanos Rute
MDC mayor bootlicks Mnangagwa
WHILE the MDC Alliance is blaming Zanu-PF for using Local government minister July Moyo to interfere into the operations of the councils under its ambit, MDC-T mayor for Mutare Blessing Tandi, last we...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:45hrs | 3058 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt admits mistake in Chinese mine saga
TOP government and Zanu-PF officials on Tuesday descended on Kaseke Village, Uzumba, on a fact-finding mission after a Chinese mining company reportedly took over an entire village to extract black gr...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
Zinara offers motorists amnesty
Motorists who have fallen behind in their vehicle licensing can now catch up this week and next week by just paying what they owe since Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has granted its t...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Misa happy with issuing of community radio station licences
MISA Zimbabwe welcomes the licensing of eight more community radio stations as this will enhance access to information and exchange of ideas on issues that affect marginalised communities for the gove...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 114 | by Misa Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa govt's fake mega-deals raised false hopes
IN the run-up to the 30 July 2018 elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa repeatedly claimed that Zimbabwe had attracted investment commitments amounting to over US$16 billion since he took over power...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:38hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Misa Zim hails licencing of community radios
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe yesterday said the licensing of eight more community radio stations will enhance access to information and exchange of ideas on issues that affec...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:19hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Baz urged to help set up Bulawayo community radio station
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services has called on the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz) to assist a Bulawayo radio initiative to establish a co...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:28hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Explosive dossier exposes Chiadzwa gems tax sleaze
A whistleblower has submitted an explosive dossier to the Zimbabwe revenue Authority (Zimra) providing insight into how diamond mining firms in the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland, evaded tax ob...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks release of 'smuggled' vehicles
The High Court has blocked the release by Zimra of vehicles imported by 53 people as it is suspected they were brought into the country using fake import licences in what is a far-reaching swathe of s...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Govt closes in on 'unscrupulous' fuel dealers
GOVERNMENT has threatened stern measures, including cancelling operating licences for fuel companies importing fuel with cash sourced from the foreign currency auction system, but selling the commodit...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Power firm demands payment in forex, drags Zesa to arbitration
ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest independent power projects (IPPs) has approached the Johannesburg-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to arbitrate over a payment dispute with the State-run Zimbabw...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:38hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Fuel importers face ban over forex abuse
Companies importing fuel using foreign currency obtained from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's auction system and refusing to retail in local currency now face punitive action following a Government res...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:32hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Students, teachers arrested over lessons
Enforcement of the Covid-19 lockdown is being intensified with 36 students and nine teachers from a private Harare college arrested on Tuesday, when police found the college operating in defiance of t...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:32hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Gold deliveries slump
Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) is worried about the decline in gold deliveries over the years owing to a number of factors and the firm is working on a cocktail of measures to address the challe...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 16:35hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Thieves plunge Byo suburbs into darkness
BULAWAYO has been hit by a series of power outages with several suburbs going for weeks without electricity as organised copper theft syndicates continue to strike in the city. The Zimbabwe El...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
Coast 2 coast should be banned from operating in Zimbabwe
It is with a heavy heart that we write this communication and the sad bit is you continue to advertise and sending your ads to our WhatsApp numbers. As a family we made a decision to buy and import ou...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:23hrs | 3354 | by Sandy Mwnza
Pair in trouble over blank national IDs
TWO men recently appeared at Chitungwiza Magistrates Court after they were found in possession of 400 blank national identity cards, fake local and international drivers licences, fake Zimbabwe Anti-C...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe issues 55 medicinal mbanje/ cannabis licences
THE Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (Zida) has to date licensed 55 local and foreign investors for their medicinal cannabis sector-based strategy, meant to promote investments into the country....Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Customs impounds 300 imported cars
AT LEAST 300 vehicles are held at Beitbridge Border Post after eight import licence books were stolen at the Industry and Commerce ministry.This has resulted in Industry ministry officials int...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | 4259 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exporting waste for recycling
ZIMBABWE is now collecting waste and exporting it to Dubai for recycling, Parliament was told yesterday.This was disclosed by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) director-general Aaron C...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 904 | 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 | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe says administrators rescued the insolvent airline
AIR Zimbabwe administrators Grant Thornton, whose term of office came to an end last week when government appointed a six-member board, saved the airline from litigious creditors and set the troubled ...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | 788 | 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 | 1758 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has reached climax in COVID-19 deaths'
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said the country had reached the climax in COVID-19-related deaths, warning, however, that more fatalities could be recorded if the country does not ta...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1683 | by Staff reporter
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 | 83 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening delayed
President Mnangagwa yesterday extended by two more weeks the enhanced Level 4 lockdown, and under this level of lockdown schools remain closed, and promised tighter enforcement of rules while committi...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:23hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends lockdown by two weeks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extened the current Level Four lockdown by a further two weeks.In his state of the nation (SONA) address which was held at the State house this evening, Mnanga...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 18:58hrs | 1310 | by Shelton Muchena
Funerals now COVID-19 super spreaders
CABINET yesterday noted that funerals were fast becoming COVID-19 super spreaders as mourners are not adhering to the laiddown regulations.As part of efforts to contain the spread of the respi...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 11:04hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown enforcement tightens
While preparations continue for a safe reopening of schools, Government wants to see full enforcement and compliance of the enhanced Level 4 lockdown put in place last month and last week and is fundi...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:57hrs | 1156 | by Staff reporter
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