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Counterfeit & expired goods flood Bulawayo streets
In Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD), an informal sector thrives under the cover of darkness, selling cheap foodstuffs and other products that are often expired or counterfeit. Operating betw...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans resort to comedy to cope with failing economy
Zimbabweans are resorting to comic relief in the face of a failing economy, as the local currency loses value by the day. After all, laughter is the best medicine.This week, government workers...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's strongest man eats 60kgs of isitshwala, 60kgs of rice every month
SIXTY kilogrammes of isitshwala, 60 kgs of rice and 750 bananas per month for just one man. For breakfast, he consumes two loaves of bread, 30 eggs (15 boiled and 15 fried), one litre of juice...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 08:38hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors sell meat on streets
FEARS abound that a major disease outbreak could hit Bulawayo following an increase in illegal meat vendors in the city's high-density suburbs.The most affected suburbs are Pumula, Emganwini, ...Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
The mantra customer is king matters no more
As I saw it, TM Chadcombe bottle store has been closed for the whole of past week, reason given, licencing issues. Where two elephants fight the ants will suffer, we the consumers and resident...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Tondo
Panner duped by hooker goes berserk
AN artisanal miner from Shurugwi went berserk and randomly attacked patrons at Mzansi Night Club in the gold mining town with a machete leaving three people dead and several others injured as revenge ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
3-gun thief committed to mental institution
A man who escaped from police custody before stealing three guns at Gwanda Urban Police Station has been committed to Mlondolozi Mental Prison after doctors confirmed that he was mentally unstable. ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa is not a Zimbabwean Intellectual Prostitutes: Jonathan Moyo is!
I am sharing this for the benefit of those who do not have a complete background of where Jonathan Moyo is coming from. Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF brothel is brimming with intellectual prostitute...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 17:38hrs | | by Dr. George B. Ayyittey
Man lures girl (14) for sex, gives her eggs, polony
A Zvishavane man allegedly lured a 14- year old girl to his house where he gave her eggs, polony and $5 before asking to be intimate with her.Charles Chizu (44) appeared before Zvishavan...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and Chiwenga turning Zimbabwe into a terrorist state!
As the Zimbabwe political situation becomes more and more precarious by the day, one can not help but be gripped by a fear that our leaders are busy scrupulously turning this nation into a terrorist s...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 09:34hrs | | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
Zimbabwe on WHO listeriosis watch list
ZIMBABWE is among the 16 African nations chosen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to provide support for preparedness and response to a possible listeriosis outbreak in Africa.The disease...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dispels listeriosis fears
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has assured Zimbabweans that they are safe from listeriosis as appropriate measures have been put in place at the Beitbridge Border Post to avoid importation of p...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe raids shops for SA cold meats
Government has dispatched teams to inspect ready-to-eat cold meats, particularly those imported from South Africa, that are being sold in supermarkets and the informal sector following the ban on cold...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe badly exposed to listeria outbreak
The country is badly exposed to the outbreak of the world's worst listeria outbreak, after it emerged that there is no legal framework to enforce a government ban on the importation of cold meats from...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Men whipped for stealing alcohol and meat
Two men from Tsolamosese were recently whipped after they were found guilty of stealing alcohol and meat respectively from different supermarkets.The Voice reported that the two appeared befor...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to ban sale of sausages
Zimbabwe Government is contemplating banning sausages and other processed meats after the World Health Organisation (WHO) last week classified the products as one of the major causes of cancer alongsi...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The trouble of Educating Robert Mugabe's Assassin
In recent days certain bold but infantile statements have been made that have caused some of us to reflect seriously on the problem of political silliness and historical idiocy in Zimbabwe. On the s...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 21:49hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Colcom's expects revenue to rise by 20 percent
Colcom has projected its revenues to increase by 20% in the current financial year to June 2013 while the pretax margin is forecast to ease by a percentage point to 12.7%, group CEO Theo Kumalo told a...Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 15:04hrs | | by Business reporter
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