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Ephraim Mwale to be buried in Bulawayo
Former footballer Ephraim Mwale, who passed away recently in South Africa at the age of 58, will be laid to rest tomorrow at Bulawayo's Umvutsha Cemetery. His sister, Cecilia, confirmed that all the n...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:39hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Ephraim Mwale to be buried in Bulawayo
Former footballer Ephraim Mwale, who passed away recently in South Africa at the age of 58, will be laid to rest tomorrow at Bulawayo's Umvutsha Cemetery. His sister, Cecilia, confirmed that all the n...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:30hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP candidate to push for laws against deindustrialisation
The Citizens Coalition Candidate for Change (CCC) candidate for Nketa Constituency, Obert Manduna, has a lofty goal to push for laws prohibiting deindustrialisation in Bulawayo once he is in Parliamen...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 16:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo still reeling from illegal sanctions
THE tale of the demise of Bulawayo's industries is a story which cannot be separated from the illegal sanctions imposed by Western countries on Zimbabwe.Once considered the country's industria...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Informal sector keeps Bulawayo running
THE informal sector in Bulawayo has contributed more than $13 million to council coffers through licence fees and rentals during the first six months of the year, Southern Eye has learnt.The l...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
75% of Bulawayo's industrial plants idle
THE battle to reposition Bulawayo as the heartbeat of Zimbabwe's industries appears to be hitting a brick wall.Just when national manufacturing output is reportedly rising, Bulawayo's industri...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Proudly made in Zimbabwe
The advent of globalization has demonstrated that each country has expertise in a certain trade and there are commodities that resonate with certain countries more than others. It is often argued that...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:25hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
BCC engages business community to revive industry
Bulawayo City Council is engaging the local business community to spearhead the development and revival of industries.This was revealed by council spokesperson Bongiwe Ngwenya yesterday in a n...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's plan to revive Bulawayo falters
Industries in the second city are still battling to survive despite pledges by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to breathe life into what was once the hub of the country's economy.Ahead of the har...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Job losses spike as economy deteriorates
POOR government policies have led to the escalation of the country's economic crisis with an estimated 13 000 people in the western region losing their jobs in the past 12 months, a labour official ha...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Indian firm to set up $40 million textile plant in Bulawayo
ONE of India's biggest and international acclaimed textile firms Shreejikrupa Spinners is considering investing over $40 million towards setting up a plant in Bulawayo soon.Industry and Commer...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Merlin squabbles stall progress
SQUABBLES between shareholders and judicial manager of struggling Bulawayo textile manufacturer, Merlin, are stalling the disbursement of a $5 million recapitalisation facility secured from the Zimbab...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Product dumping killing Zimbabwe industry
As local manufacturers struggle to raise foreign currency to import raw materials and equipment on one end, another uncontrolled delinquent flourishes on the other to their detriment. Cheap imports ha...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:31hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
Bulawayo leaping back into its former glory
Bulawayo is leaping back into its former glory as Zimbabwe's industrial hub, with several major companies either re-opening or increasing capacity utilisation that will result in the creation of emplo...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delma Lupepe not facing civil arrest, says Lawyers
PROMINENT businessman Mr Delma Lupepe is not facing arrest as insinuated by some media reports, his lawyers have said.In a statement through his personal legal representatives Messrs. Mashayam...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Made in Zimbabwe
The advent of globalization has demonstrated that each country has expertise in a certain trade and there are commodities that resonate with certain nations more than others. It is often argued that t...Published: 18 May 2018 at 17:48hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Chaos rocks Lupepe's company
DISCORD has hit Bulawayo's Merspin Limited, with the company's owner Delma Lupepe and judicial manager Cecil Madondo at each other's throats over the control and running of the firm's affairs....Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Snakes have been set to Swallow Snakes to Free Zimbabwe by 2019
Snakes have been set to Swallow Snakes to Free Zimbabwe by 2019Vengeance is mine!!!! says the architect of humanity. The Law of Balance soothes all World problems in phenomenal ways. To the re...Published: 06 May 2018 at 08:29hrs | | by Multiverse Dungani
Merlin viable, says judicial manager
TEXTILE firm, Merlin Limited, which is emerging from the woods, says it needs an estimated $17.1 million to set up a ginnery that is expected to add impetus to its survival in the long-term.Th...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa and the Start-Up economy
Disrupt Africa, an entrepreneurship portal, has just released a new study that shows that the number of African tech startups that succeeded in raising funding...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 17:38hrs | 3 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe's pricing dilemma
Zimbabwe's quest for economic competitiveness and new business is very much connected to market pricing of goods and services. Competitive prices incentivize suppliers through healthy profit margins w...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 13:33hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Renewed political will gives hope for economic revival
THE new political dispensation has brought with it a renewed sense of hope for a genuine national economic turnaround that is expected to better the lives of the country's citizenry with economic anal...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 09:33hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Merlin readies to resume production
TEXTILE manufacturing concern, Merlin has stockpiled 25 tonnes of yarn at its factory in Bulawayo as it prepares to resume production next month.The company suspended production long back and ...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two court officials up for abuse of office
TWO Rusape-based court officials allegedly duped relatives of an accused person of money and goods after promising them that they had the capacity to release him from custody. The two, Oliver ...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 09:25hrs | | by Straff Reporter
Our chiefs can now campaign for us, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am glad that as we prepare for the upcoming elections which we have no excuse not to win by the 98 percent margin now standardised by peer d...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by CZ
MLF condemns opening of donkey abattoir in Bulawayo
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has condemned the opening of the donkey abattoir.The party said the opening of a donkey abattoir is nothing less than an insult and declaration of war by Battl...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Revival of Bulawayo industries possible task
OVER the years a lot has been said about the deindustrialisation of the country's second largest city, Bulawayo. It has been reported that nearly 100 companies closed in Bulawayo causing the loss of m...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo scents industry revival
Diversification and innovation are the buzzwords for Bulawayo's surviving industries whose resilience in the face of a difficult macro-economic climate deserves applause. While the city has seen a dem...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda advises Merlin to make diapers not napkins
ONE of Bulawayo's iconic textile firms, Merlin, needs a total overhaul of its production model so it can be turned around, Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has said.Addressing de...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delma Lupepe says Merlin won't be liquidated
BUSINESSMAN, Mr Delma Lupepe, says his defunct textile firm Merlin Limited will not be liquidated ahead of tomorrow's liquidation deadline.The Bulawayo-based company was established in the 195...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government gives a stern warning to smugglers
In a move that will put an end to all smuggling activities at the same time promoting By-Zimbabwe products, Minister of Industry and Trade, Dr Mike Bimha, will in the next few weeks be visiting wholes...Published: 31 May 2017 at 16:39hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Lupepe, Madondo clash over Merlin
Delma Lupepe, the owner of Merlin Limited, could be headed for a bruising legal fight with the company's judicial manager, Cecil Madondo, for attempting to bring investors into the textile busines...Published: 05 May 2016 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judicial manager 'locks Mphoko out of Merlin'
ACTING President Phelekezela Mphoko could not tour the defunct clothing firm Merlin (Pvt) Limited in Bulawayo yesterday after the judicial manager, Cecil Madondo, reportedly refused with the keys to t...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 00:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Merlin re-opening in three months, says Lupepe
DORMANT Bulawayo textiles giant, Merlin (Pvt) Limited, is set for re-opening "in the next three months", key shareholder Delma Lupepe said yesterday.The company has remained defunct after bein...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delma Lupepe at war with Judicial Manager
Delma Lupepe, the major shareholder of struggling Bulawayo-based textile firm Merlin, has accused the judicial manager of “lying” to the nation that the company was struggling to attract investors...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to restore its breadbasket status
Through the agricultural farming equipment that was financed by the Brazilian government recently, Zimbabwe has the opportunity to regain its status as the bread basket of Africa once again....Published: 28 May 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Delma Lupepe accuses banking sector over industry collapse
PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman Delma Lupepe has accused the banking sector of contributing to the closure of companies through "punitive" lending rates that make it difficult for firms to pay back the...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Oliver Kazunga
'Let's revive Bulawayo'
THE revival of Bulawayo industries hinges on the government awarding state tenders to ailing companies in the city, Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko said yesterday. Speaking durin...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
'Rhodesian garden boys were better than Zim workers of today'
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says the standard of living for the majority of workers in the country has fallen below that of people who worked as "garden boys" and housemaids for the w...Published: 10 Aug 2014 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Byo @ 120! - A celebration of 34 years of destruction
Popular disk jockey turned politician, Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda, on Friday said there was no reason to celebrate Bulawayo's 120 years of existence "when the last 34 years has been a nightmare."Si...Published: 01 Aug 2014 at 18:28hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Woman attempts suicide in court
Gweru regional magistrate Morgan Nemadire got the shock of his life when a woman in the dock stripped to her underwear after he ruled that she be held in custody for lying under oath.Merli...Published: 17 Feb 2014 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will 2014 usher in an Egypt style revolution in Zimbabwe Part 2
Crane Brinton's Theory of Revolution Historian Crane Brinton argues that the revolutionary "fever" begins with certain "symptoms." It is only right and ...Published: 13 Jan 2014 at 05:07hrs | | by Dr Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
Merlin seeks $3 million capital injection
Closed Bulawayo based textile firm, Merlin, requires a minimum capital injection of $1,2 million to survive insolvency, the company's judicial manager has said.The firm was placed under provis...Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 11:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Urban to rural migration increases in Zimbabwe
THERE is a reported increase of people migrating from urban to rural areas, following hardships prompted by de-industrialisation, which Bulawayo and the rest of the country is grappling with.U...Published: 05 Nov 2013 at 16:37hrs | | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Delma Lupepe's empire appears to be crumbling
BULAWAYO business mogul Delma Lupepe's empire appears to be crumbling, as a number of banks have swooped on three of his houses in the city which they intend to auction to recover undisclosed debts h...Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Resuscitate Bulawayo industries,' says Khupe
DEPUTY Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe says Bulawayo's collapsed industries could be revived if all stakeholders work together.Once the country's industrial hub, companies in Bulawayo have eith...Published: 28 Apr 2013 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean couple in mysterious deaths in South Africa
MUIZENBERG, South Africa - Owners and staff of the Casa Labia Manor House are reeling from shock at the deaths of their Zimbabwean gardener/caretaker and his wife.Clyford Zifungo, 35, and Rut...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo - The city that once was
SINCE the 1840s when King Lobengula Khumalo founded Bulawayo, the city has gradually grown from a small kingdom to the second largest city in the country.One of its greatest attributes during ...Published: 15 Jul 2012 at 15:35hrs | | by unkown
Delma Lupepe's Merlin placed under judicial management
BULAWAYO-based textile company Merlin has been placed under provisional judicial management for the second time in 10 years. Management consultant Mr Cecil Madondo of Tudor House Consultancy has been ...Published: 04 Feb 2012 at 09:26hrs | | by Business reporter
Bleak future for Bulawayo firms
BULAWAYO - Inexplicable delays in the disbursement of the much-awaited Distressed Indu-stries and Marginalised Areas Fund (DIMAF) have left most companies clutching at the straws for survival as they ...Published: 19 Jan 2012 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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