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Shortage of ZiG coins, notes affects Bulawayo vendors
Informal traders in Bulawayo are grappling with significant challenges due to the scarcity of Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) notes and coins, which has severely impacted their ability to conduct business effecti...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF force-marches Bulawayo vendors
BULAWAYO street vendors yesterday accused Zanu-PF of force-marching them to the Independence Day celebrations held at Barbourfields Stadium.When NewsDay visited 5th Avenue, vendors along that ...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Motorists desert CBD over high parking fees
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo have deserted parking bays in the central business district (CBD) following the introduction of US$1 parking fees per 30 minutes, which motorists feel was exorbitant.Seve...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors livid over council raids
INFORMAL traders have blasted the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for confiscating their goods and at the same time failing to provide legal vending bays.Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
60% of Bulawayo companies close shop
THE labour movement, consumer rights groups, small enterprises and informal traders have lamented the continuous collapse of Bulawayo industries amid revelations that up to 60% of companies have close...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa ready to pump Epping Forest water to Bulawayo
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has indicated that it will start providing borehole water drawn from Epping Forest to Bulawayo residents this month.This was after the Bulawayo Wa...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents reject new budget
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will have to go back to the drawing board after stakeholders, including residents and vendors, rejected its plans to hike rates by a whopping 57 percent.This comes ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors protest
BULAWAYO informal traders on Monday besieged council offices to register their anger over plans to double vending licence fees, saying they were already struggling to pay the current levies.Th...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vendors reject BCC proposal to hike fees
INFORMAL traders and transport operators in Bulawayo yesterday rejected a proposal by the Bulawayo City Council to raise vending licence and other council fees by 56 percent, saying they can only affo...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Push for citizens' participation in governance issues
CHURCHES have joined hands with civic society organisations (CSOs) to roll up an educational programme aimed at mobilising citizens to increase their participation in governance issues and stop leavin...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cash crisis hits informal traders
STREETWISE Informal Traders Association director Percy Mcijo has expressed concern that members of his organisation were operating under harsh economic conditions as a result of the escalating cash cr...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Informal sector blasts military and govt over streets killings in Harare
Streetwise Informal Traders Director Percy Mcijo has lambasted the government and the military for failing to recognise that they caused the loss of innocent lives during an MDC Alliance demonstration...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Electoral code of conduct must be adhered to - Mcijo
Streetwise Informal Traders director Percy Mcijo has said the electoral code of conduct must be adhered to by all political players amid concerns there were escalating violations of it."What i...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
CSOs, political parties condemn Njelele bombing
CIVIC Society Organisations (CSOs) and political parties have sternly condemned the bombing and desecration of the sacred Njelele rainmaking shrine, a traditional and cultural heritage site, in Matobo...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to repeal draconian laws
AS Zimbabweans across the globe celebrate the downfall of President Robert Mugabe, who resigned on Tuesday, civic society organisations (CSOs) have called for the removal of draconian laws and opening...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bill faces rejection
BULAWAYO residents are gearing up for a fight against government's proposed constitutional amendments amid fears Zanu-PF will use its two thirds majority in Parliament to force through the first c...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vendors bemoan govt neglect
Vendors in Bulawayo have expressed concern over lack of policies that support informal traders.Unemployed people's number is increasing in the country due to economic turn down hence there has...Published: 01 Oct 2016 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Tendai Biti lose 200 supported to Tsvangirai
NEARLY 200 MDC-T supporters in Cowdray Park and Luveve suburbs who defected to Tendai Biti's MDC Renewal party before deciding to re-join the main opposition party are finding it difficult to be accom...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:46hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
No bonuses for private sector workers
Most workers in the private sector say employers have not yet paid them annual bonuses due to the poor performance of the economy resulting in low production in all sectors.The workers say...Published: 30 Nov 2013 at 03:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ten Companies closed in 1 week
About 10 companies have closed shop in Bulawayo since Monday (27 Aug) as the de-industrialisation of the city reaches crisis levels.This is at a time when the govt is still dilly-dallying with...Published: 03 Sep 2012 at 15:53hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Bennett differs with MDC-T on Gukurahundi
Self-exiled MDC-T treasurer, Roy Bennett has said cases of human rights abuses which happened during the 2008 Presidential election run-off and Gukurahundi massacres in the 1980s should not be swept ...Published: 16 Jul 2012 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bhalagwe gukurahundi memorial site proposal rejected by government
The Zimbabwe government has turned down an application to erect a Gukurahundi memorial site at a camp in Matopo where hundreds of civilians were tortured and killed during the Matabeleland disturbanc...Published: 14 Mar 2012 at 15:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU calls for the arrest of C Gauche owner for ill treatment of employees
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called for the arrest of the Zimbabwe Competition and Tariff Commission chairman, Dumisani Sibanda for ill-treating his employees at his company....Published: 12 Feb 2012 at 17:12hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
Govt should take urgent steps to revive Byo's ailing companies: Unions groups
Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Union (ZFTU) and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) in Bulawayo have challenged the Government to take urgent steps to revive the city's ailing companies in or...Published: 10 Jan 2012 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo companies fail to pay workers in full
HUNDREDS of workers from Bulawayo companies are facing a bleak Christmas and New Year's holiday as their employers have failed to pay them their full salaries, the Chronicle reported....Published: 20 Dec 2011 at 15:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Youths urged to register to vote
Voter registration drive programmes should target young people as they constitute the majority of the Zimbabwean population, civic activists in Bulawayo have suggested.The sentiments were ech...Published: 25 Oct 2011 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
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