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'Most Zimbabwe productions are junk,' says Radio Zimbabwe station manager
GOVERNMENT came up with a deliberate policy to support indigenous content in the early, to mid 2000s; a 75% local content policy on both radio and television productions.The same policy howeve...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cross-border grocery shopping trips decline
THE number of locals travelling to neighbouring countries such as South Africa and Botswana to buy groceries has considerably gone down following a steady rise in capacity utilisation in the local man...Published: 05 May 2022 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa applauds Zimbabwe's biggest trade showcase ever
THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) ended in Bulawayo yesterday, marking another milestone for the city, with President Mnangagwa noting that the success of the event was evidence that the co...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks investors for motor industry
GOVERNMENT has announced plans to revamp the local motor industry, which will result in the sector increasing its capacity levels.Zimbabwe's new vehicles market collapsed from a peak of 20 000...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hunt puts oil barons' capacity to the test
THE Australian firm exploring for gas and petroleum resources in Zimbabwe's Muzarabani district this week said the quality of data coming out of swathes of their claims in the Zambezi Valley had surpa...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's State of the Nation address
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa delivered a State of the Nation Address and officially opened the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday. He tackled a wide r...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Zimbabweans to buy locally produced goods
ZIMBABWEANS should buy locally manufactured products given the significant growth of the manufacturing sector that has seen an increase in capacity utilisation and ease of doing business anchored by t...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says anyone offended by Roki's Patati Patata lyrics lacked 'a moral compass'
EXILED former Cabinet Minister, Jonathan Moyo has defended urban grooves artist, Rockford 'Roki' Josphats from social media attacks following the release of his latest track, Patati Patata.Thi...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 19:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean brands need to step up to the plate
Production seems to be the driving spirit of the new dispensation, as the country pursues a modernisation and industrialisation agenda whose objective is to grow the economy, create rewarding and sust...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa thinks Zimbabwe economy is showing rapid growth
Zimbabwe is on a path to rapid socio-economic growth driven mainly by measures put in place to boost production, which has risen remarkably across various sectors of the economy in the last few months...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New flour plant for Bulawayo
DIVERSIFIED agro-industrial concern, National Foods is set to install a new state-of-the art US$5 million flour milling plant at the firm's factory in Bulawayo. The new plant, whose installati...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimdollar must be backed by production'
THE newly introduced Zimbabwe dollar should be backed by production to maintain value against major currencies and sustain strong economic activity in the country, economist, Dr Gift Mugano, has said....Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages Afreximbank over US$70m package
THE African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is working on a financial package in the region of US$70 million for the local manufacturing sector. This was revealed by Industry and Commerce Min...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Local content threshold set at 80%
GOVERNMENT's much awaited Local Content Strategy (LCS) which was approved by Cabinet on Tuesday has set an 80 percent minimum threshold for all products. This strategy forms part of interventi...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Basic goods prices shoot up 200%
PRICES of basic commodities have risen sharply with some increasing by almost 200% between October last year and April this year, according to official statistics.Presenting a paper titled Zim...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Removal of duty and VAT on sanitary wear imports not an end in itself
We applaud Treasury for its commitment in the 2019 National Budget that it will prioritise integration of gender across all sectors of the economy critical for achieving equitable, sustainable and inc...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 07:54hrs | 3 | by Theresa Nyava
'We must Buy Zimbabwe or die'
The Israelites reportedly took 40 years in the wilderness on a journey that ordinarily took a month.Clearly, something was not right.Suffice to say, gross indiscipline and an inability...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:45hrs | 2 | by Munyaradzi Hwengwere
Mnangagwa calls for culture of buying local
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday appealed to Zimbabweans to develop a culture of buying locally produced goods and services to promote domestic industry and economic transformation. Officiating a...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel stations lose licences
GOVERNMENT has withdrawn service licences for some service stations that were charging fuel prices above those recommended by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority. Briefing journalists aft...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buy Zimbabwe sings imports tune
BUY Zimbabwe says all stakeholders must co-operate and ensure that the supply of goods and services return to normalcy in the country following the suspension of import restriction measures.Go...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets business leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will meet members of the business community at State House in Harare tomorrow for a "predominantly interactive" session that seeks to tap industry's views as Government sh...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will rise
In his book titled "How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor", Professor Erik Reinert explains to us that it will only be when we adopt strategies to deliberately industrialise thr...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 18:10hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Zimbabwe targets tax cuts for SMEs
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) plans to cut taxes for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) as part of efforts to help them formalise their operations through compliance.A working paper t...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa opens $40m refinery plant
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the $40 million Willowton Group's refinery plant in Mutare and commended the company for responding to Government's call for beneficiation of a...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim closer to power self-sufficiency
THE country is edging closer towards electricity self-sufficiency after the country's power utility, Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), completed Kariba South extensio...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Private sector should play ball in 2018
At a time when Zimbabwe is celebrating the dawn of a new era, the people's mood has been dampened by ridiculous price increases across various sectors of the economy, ranging from building and constru...Published: 30 Dec 2017 at 23:02hrs | 2 | by Dr Gift Mugano
President Mnangagwa sets trajectory for economic turnaround
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his government would introduce a range of measures to boost the country's dwindling exports, fight corruption and cushion the local manufacturing sector to ...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa targets economic jumpstart
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has described his first 10 days in office as hectic, but expressed optimism that his Cabinet team would live up to expectations and give the country's battered economy a m...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe celebrates regaining food security status
1,1 million tonnes of grain harvested in the 2016/2017 farming season under the Maize Production for Import Substitution Programme has been delivered to the Grain Marketing Board, enabling the country...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 10:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa warned against abusing media
THE Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Dr Chris Mushohwe, has castigated politicians who fight factional battles using the media, saying they were abusing their Constitutional r...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 11:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to command financial sector to reduce charges
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has again called on the financial sector to reduce charges on the use of debit and credit cards to ease the cost of transacting in the country, in view of the current...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government in import ban climb-down
Minister of Industry and Commerce Mike Bimha has made a U-turn on scrapping of Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016 and replacing it with a local content policy.On Monday, state-controlled Her...Published: 23 May 2017 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Alice Down
Import ban on locally-available products remains
GOVERNMENT says the tenure of Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016 is dependent on a report from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce's Evaluation and Monitoring Committee which had been tasked to ex...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government dump Statutory Instrument 64
The government is set to get rid of the controversial Statutory Instrument 64 and replace it with a "local content policy".According to Industry Minister, Mike Bimha SI64 has achieved its obje...Published: 22 May 2017 at 06:55hrs | | by Alice Dube
Zimbabwe forced to scrap ban on imports
STATUTORY Instrument 64 that was promulgated last year will now be scrapped as it has achieved its objectives and targets of boosting industrial capacity utilisation, stimulating retooling and investm...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Local Content laws coming in June
Government and the private sector will soon be compelled to purchase most of their goods and services locally under new production-stimulating regulations authorities are crafting. The Local C...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 14:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
'English was used to undermine Zimbabwe's native languages'
ENGLISH is a colonial language that was used to undermine the country's native languages and destroy the culture of Zimbabweans, Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Dr Chr...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo at it again, attacks Command Content
Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo on Thursday evening escalated his unrestrained attacks on government sponsored programmes. Recently, Moyo has been critical ...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 04:43hrs | | by Alice Dube
'Don't be cry babies,' Cont tells Matabeleland youths
YOUNG people in Matabeleland will need to let go of "victim mentality" if they are to fully benefit from the opportunities that the proposed changes to the broadcasting sector in Zimbabwe would ...Published: 31 Mar 2014 at 12:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will meet digitalisation deadline'
Government says it is confident that it will meet the June 2015 international digital migration deadline.With the struggling national broadcaster ZBC having missed the 2012 Southern African De...Published: 27 Mar 2014 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maskiri drops new 15 track album
Urban grooves artist Alishias Musimbe, affectionately known in the music circles as "Maskiri" has released a 15-track album titled Recovery.The self-styled king of Zimbabwean hip hop launched ...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 13:19hrs | 2 | by Entertainment reporter
75% local content policy back
GOVERNMENT will enforce the 75 percent local content policy to promote local artistes because music is an industry with potential to create employment, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Min...Published: 04 Oct 2013 at 03:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'75% local content on broadcasting station will be enforced'
New deputy minister of Information Supa Mandiwanzira says the 75 percent local content on broadcasting stations will be enforced.He said it was important that local broadcasting stations imple...Published: 21 Sep 2013 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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