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Bread price slashed
THE price of bread has gone down to $1,90 per loaf from $2,50 but shortages remain. In Bulawayo supermarkets and Baker's Inn outlets, bread was selling at $1,90. A few outlets were selling a loaf at $...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:04hrs | 3357 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa on his own after UK ditches him
BRITAIN, Zimbabwe's only most promising ally in its quest to re-join the Commonwealth and pay arrears to international financial institutions says it will not be supporting Harare following the brutal...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1675 | by Editorial - Newsday
Govt averts National Foods closure
INDUSTRY minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu says the flour milling arm of National Foods will not close shop after government addressed the concerns brought by the company, which had warned of imminent closur...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:43hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
National Foods switches off wheat milling machines
ONE of the biggest millers in the country, National Foods Limited (NFL) says it will today switch off its wheat milling machines, citing non-payment of its foreign suppliers, with the country facing p...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:44hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
National Foods shutting down
National Foods the largest manufacturers and marketers of food products in Zimbabwe and the Southern African Region has announced that it is shutting down.In a letter dated 3 December 2018, th...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 08:27hrs | 9848 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fake brown bread on the market
Some unscrupulous bakers are reportedly colouring white flour brown in making bread as a substitute to using brown flour, NewsDay reported.The difference between colouring white flour brown an...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:52hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Natfoods bosses accused of looting trust shares
National Foods Limited (NFL) workers have accused their management of 'looting' their trust shares amounting to 0,15% of the company's entire issued share capital.According to the settlement o...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:12hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Innscor reports good performance in all business portfolios
INNSCOR Africa Limited posted a $48,6 million profit after tax in the full-year ended June 2018 from $34,4 million in prior period, as all its business portfolios reported good performance.The...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 07:07hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's US$800m forex reserve gap
Zimbabwe requires a foreign currency cover of US$1 billion, against current reserves of US$200 million and needs to further increase production to narrow the gap, an official has said.Ms Jesim...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Ministers, MPs' cars suspended
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday suspended plans to buy new vehicles for the new Cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament and channelled the money towards fighting the cholera ep...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
Over $29m mobilised for Zimbabwe cholera
Government has so far mobilised $29 million out of $64,1 million required to fight cholera, amid indications that the outbreak has been contained with the number of patients visiting health institutio...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube embarks on stakeholder listening & consulting roadshow
Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube embarks on stakeholder listening and consulting roadshow, starting with private meeting with fifty captains of industry.&nbs...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 12:46hrs | 8237 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe plunges into wheat crisis
ZIMBABWE was by yesterday left with less than a month of wheat stocks after a United Kingdom-based supplier held back a 30 000-tonne consignment at Mozambique's port of Beira until payment is confirme...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 401 | by Staff reporer
Gain Cash and Carry (National foods) managers fear losing jobs
Dear EditorAs branch managers of Gain Cash and Carry company formerly National Foods we would like to share our grievances with the nation of Zimbabwe at our company.We are not enjoyin...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 07:07hrs | 2081 | by Concerned managers
Millers allay flour shortage fears
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has allayed fears of flour shortages in the country and urged the public to desist from panic buying. The assurance follows panic buying of flo...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:13hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bread shortage averted
The milling industry has received a boost after it took delivery of 30 000 metric tonnes of wheat, which is enough for three weeks, to avert a potential bread shortage.The wheat was imported f...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:25hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Command Agriculture requires $1,3 billion
Zimbabwe's main agro-import substitution programme, commonly referred to as Command Agriculture, requires close to $1,3 billion to take off as the country steps up efforts to raise local production an...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:08hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Foreign investors prey on ZSE
Foreign investors are buying more than they are selling on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) with interest in blue-chip counters.Statistics from the bourse show that foreign investors have bee...Published: 06 May 2018 at 10:10hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa illuminates ZITF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday illuminated the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair as he toured various exhibition stands at arguably the biggest trade showcase in decades.The man who ho...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:28hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tours ZITF
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) grounds, touring exhibitor stands before officially opening the trade showcase.Accompanied by Vice President...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 12:39hrs | 1793 | by Staff Reporter
Why I became a dissident
Independence in Zimbabwe was not a time for jubilation for most ex-combatants as some found homes they had left intact destroyed and families killed, leaving them with nowhere to go.For the ma...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 14:50hrs | 2941 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's gukurahundi commission overlooks Ndebeles for commissioners
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission has suspended consultations that were expected to start today after human rights campaigners went to court for the process to be shelved pending the ap...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 17:03hrs | 5106 | by Staff reporter
#TBT: Why I became a dissident - Thambolenyoka
This article was first publish by the Southern Eye on the 16th of September 2014. #TBTIndependence in Zimbabwe was not a time for jubilation for most e...Published: 04 Jan 2018 at 11:48hrs | 8981 | by Staff Reporter
Innscor considers share buy-back
Innscor Africa Limited directors seek shareholders' approval to purchase its own shares listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange at the next Annual General Meeting (AGM) next month.Innscor will h...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 16:27hrs | 517 | by Takudzwa Chiwara
Armed robbery gang member jailed
A LUPANE man (23) who was part of an armed gang that broke into five premises, stole from one and robbed two people in one day, has been jailed.The gang, armed with a pistol, machete and an ax...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 06:51hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Natfoods leases depots to ex-managers
National Foods Holdings (Natfoods) has moved its 60 depots countrywide into a wholesale run by the group's former executives, a company official has said. Natfoods CE Mike Lashbrook ...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:18hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Woman cheats death by a whisker
A WOMAN cheated death with a whisker when the car she was driving rammed and went under a haulage truck which turned right in front, as a result its front half was reduced into a debris at National Fo...Published: 05 Nov 2016 at 18:16hrs | 2205 | by Staff reporter
Stockfeed demand goes down
THE decline in the prices of cattle has affected the demand for stockfeed as farmers are now failing to raise adequate money to purchase the commodity, an official has said.In an interview las...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 12:59hrs | 421 | by Dickson Mangena
'The whole future of Zimbabwe is now focused on removing one man'
Former Regional Programme Advisor for the UNDP's Africa Governance and Public Administration Programme as well as Officer in Charge (ad interim) of the UNDP Africa Governance Team Brian Tamuka Kagoro ...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 16:38hrs | 2915 | by Ndou Paul
NatFoods invests $6,5 million in contract farming
LISTED firm National Foods has invested US$6,5 million through PHI Commodities for contract farming for the 2015-2016 agricultural season.The company expects to spend US$15 million to buy the ...Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 10:05hrs | 855 | by Business Reporter
National Foods offering credit facility to farmers
The National foods limited (NFL) is offering a credit facility to farmers who can account for $5 000, $10 000, $30 000, $100 000, depending on built up capacity of fowl runs or feedlot. A...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 04:10hrs | 2061 | by Stephen Jakes
Innscor, Zimplats fingered in Panama Papers
Another high-profile Zimbabwean company has been named in the Panama Papers for payments and other transactions to directors which are viewed as illegal.The Panama Papers is a tranche of milli...Published: 10 May 2016 at 09:48hrs | 4625 | by Staff reporter
Treger, ZRP women's club steal the limelight
TREGER Products and ZRP Kuyedza Women's Club stole the limelight at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) yesterday as they scooped three accolades each in their respective categories.T...Published: 30 Apr 2016 at 20:33hrs | 2494 | by Nqobile Tshili
Sanctions on Zim: US ambassador reading from the hardcover
The United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Peter Harry Thomas (Jr)'s recent public denial that the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by his country were not affecting ordinary citizens but were only ...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 13:08hrs | 3340 | by Mukachana Hanyani
11 000 families get food aid in Lupane
ABOUT 11 000 families in Lupane are now receiving food aid to mitigate against the drought which has been declared a state of national disaster, the acting District Administrator, Mr Zacharia Jusa, ha...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 07:10hrs | 695 | by Dumisani Sibanda
Woman dumps hubby as 'he loves his mother more than me'
A Mutare woman - Yvonne Chigwanda revealed that she had divorced her husband because he seemed to love his mother more than her.This left Daniel Takawira left stunned in court.Ch...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 06:58hrs | 2085 | by Staff Reporter
Man allegedly divorce wife because he loves mother
A woman from Mutare last week left the court stunned when she claimed that she had divorced her husband because he seemed to love his mother more than her. Yvonne Chigwanda said this whi...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 13:06hrs | 4323 | by Tendai Gukutikwa
$1 million milling plant for Maphisa
AGRICULTURAL Rural Development Authority (Arda) and its partner Trek will set an estimated $1 million mealie meal milling plant and silos at Maphisa Growth Point in Kezi, Matabeleland South as part of...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 06:02hrs | 1460 | by Roberta Katunga
Strive Masiyiwa's Econet sheds $354 million in value
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) had $354 million of its value shaved off last year, tumbling from being second-biggest counter to the fourth largest by market capitalisation on...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:15hrs | 3022 | by Enacy Mapakame
Mphoko gives away 20 cars in Choppies draw
TWENTY lucky Choppies Supermarket shoppers yesterday walked away with cars during the supermarket's Save Big and Drive promotion draw.The draw was held at Choppies Aaromart branch at the Bulaw...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 08:18hrs | 2350 | by Tatenda Gapare
Zimbabweans love Mazda, OK and TelOne - survey
Zimbabweans show that when it comes to price-quality ratio, companies and brands ranging from Mazda, OK and TelOne to Nestlé, Delta and CABS have come out on top in their respective categories in the...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 08:33hrs | 5001 | by Staff reporter
Trio defraud National Foods
Three man from Kambuzuma in Harare have been dragged to court for failing to deliver returns of the broken or damaged goods worthy $535 to the National Foods after they delivered the undamaged goods t...Published: 29 Aug 2015 at 07:23hrs | 803 | by Stephen Jakes
Innscor will not pay CTC penalties
Innscor Africa Limited has been absolved from paying $2,5 million in penalties imposed by the Competition and Tariff Commission over the food group's merger with the agro-processor, National Food...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 07:03hrs | 3595 | by Staff reporter
'Its not OK with Ok grand challenge jackpot promotion,' says CCZ
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe has condemned OK grand challenge jackpot promotion saying scores of customers failed to access coupons due to IT challenges. CCZ said Ok Zimbabwe 'showed ...Published: 08 Jun 2015 at 13:01hrs | 5528 | by Staff reporter
Barbourfields Stadium to erupt into ZAPU songs as Highlanders displays its new bus.
Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo 'Emagumeni' is expected to be buzzing with Highlanders Football Club supporters coming to have a glimpse of Highlanders Football Club's newly acquired state of th...Published: 04 Jun 2015 at 23:08hrs | 10384 | by Themba Mthethwa
List of companies that are currently offering apprenticeship
The Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Dr Gandawa yesterday released a list of Zimbabwean companies that currently offer apprenticeship.The companies recr...Published: 20 May 2015 at 20:35hrs | 39330 | by Ndou Paul
'Nigel Chanakira, Kaukonde financing Mujuru's attempt to' topple Mugabe
It never rain but pours for President Mugabe's second in command, the state media on Sunday reported that a clique of businesspersons and companies - including Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial c...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 06:23hrs | 6306 | by Staff Reporter
Women's indaba back on the rails as VP Mujuru, corporates chip in
Zanu-PF'S 6th Women's League Conference, which begins in Harare today, received a major boost from VP Joice Mujuru, well-wishers and corporates which donated an assortment of foodstuffs and regali...Published: 14 Aug 2014 at 07:27hrs | 2154 | by Staff reporter
Prophet demands 50 beasts
A self-proclaimed Epworth prophet allegedly demanded 50 beasts from an Alexandra Park man after performing rituals at his house.Gordon Ganga (29) of New Gada, Overspill in Epworth appeared be...Published: 23 Jul 2014 at 06:26hrs | 3472 | by Court Reporter
TM & Pick Pay launch million dollar promotion
Meikles Limited retail arm, TM Supermarkets has launched a promotion worth over $1 million as the supermarket chain seeks to grow revenues and position in the retail sector. The promotion dub...Published: 19 Jul 2014 at 07:28hrs | 4054 | by Staff reporter
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