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Zimbabwe police receive donation of 11 empty drums
Proton Bakers today donated 11 drums to the Bulawayo Police Traffic Section to support road safety at roadblocks. The handover ceremony, held at the Bulawayo Central Traffic Police Station, was attend...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 16:17hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Ingutsheni Hospital promotes mental health in workplaces with campaign walk
Ingutsheni Hospital in Bulawayo held a belated World Mental Health Day event on Thursday, organizing a campaign walk to promote mental health in workplaces. The initiative comes in response to growing...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:12hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF disciplines land invaders
The ruling party Zanu-PF has implemented disciplinary measures against the Mutare DCC Chairman and certain party members implicated in the unlawful sale and allocation of land.In a statement f...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 09:01hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF draws line in the sand
Zanu-PF has demanded that all illegal land occupations, sale or parcelling out of land and stands, as well as illegal developments, stop forthwith, as the ruling party only supports planned settlement...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's black farmers should take agriculture seriously
Mr. Elvis Ncube, the Chief Human Resources Officer of Proton Bakers, emphasized the importance of taking agriculture seriously due to its significant contributions to economic development through the ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will always suffer with a govt perpetually crying over sanctions!
As Zimbabweans continue to suffer through unmitigated poverty, under the ZANU PF regime, for the past two decades - do they honestly see any light at the end of the tunnel?Surely, every time I...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:06hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo's street 'shops' flood city by night
FILLED to the brim with groceries ranging from foodstuffs, toiletry to skin care products, a pushcart — commonly known as iScania in the streets of Bulawayo — is strategically positioned at a busy...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lobels in bread packaging wrangle
STRUGGLING bread maker, Lobels has threatened to sue local competitor, Natbake, over use of blue and red colour packaging which it claims is associated with its premium white bread.Lobels lawy...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread price up 15%
THE price of flour has gone up by 6.5% from $112 000 to $119 000 per metric ton, a situation that also pushed the price of bread up by 15% from $175 to $210.Grain Millers Association of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Apostolic sect sets condition for COVID-19 vaccines
MEMBERS of the apostolic sect have said they were ready to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but the government should bring the programme right at the shrines to speed up the process.Speaking o...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nebank bankrolls Sables' WC quest
NEDBANK Zimbabwe has pledged to play a leading role in ensuring the Sables achieve their goal of qualifying for the 2023 Rugby World Cup after being unveiled as the new headline sponsors of the senior...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 test positive at Marondera roadblock
Five people have tested positive to Covid-19 at a security checkpoint set up by the ministry of health and child care in Marondera to curb the spread of the deadly virus.The five who tested po...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Goromonzi farm wrangle: More details emerge
A FARM wrangle between former Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe and 600 Goromonzi farmers has opened a can of worms with the Local Government ministry saying the disputed piece of land was legall...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government starts recapitalising small bakeries
THE Government has identified eight small to medium enterprises (SMEs) bakeries for recapitalisation as it moves to resuscitate the depressed bread-making industry.Women Affairs, Community and...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mukupe land grab stopped
GOVERNMENT has come to the rescue of about 600 farmers at Mt Olympus in Goromonzi who were being threatened with eviction by former Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe to pave way for residential d...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread crews promoting bread shortages for self gain
The bread delivery van crews from the country's three main bakeries are feeding the prevailing bread shortages for personal gains, the Harare Post has established. During the weekend, this pub...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Bakers divert bread to parallel market
Bakers are diverting bread from the official market by creating cartels of their sales representatives and vendors who sell the basic commodity on the streets across Harare at exorbitant prices of bet...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ releases US$7m for bonded wheat
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says it has secured US$7 million from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to import 19 000 metric tonnes of wheat.The revelation came after sour...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of wheat
Zimbabwe has run out of wheat and bakeries in the country may soon not be able to produce bread.One of the leading bakeries has suspended operations and other major players are holding their b...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for carrying US$10 000
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested a man for carrying large sums of money in cash on his vehicle. "Police in Mutare are investigating a case in which a 35 year old man was f...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 12:01hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man beaten to death over firewood
Police in Goromonzi have arrested seven men who allegedly fatally assaulted a firewood poacher after he tried to recover his wheelbarrow which they had seized.Innocent Mukazika (24), Like Makw...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes on bread cartels
THE Government has moved to break the monopoly in the bread industry through resuscitation of indigenous bakeries that used to operate in various communities, a Cabinet Minister said.In his in...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Faith is for low level Christians, to know God is the Apex
No one has ever seen oxygen, and yet, every second, we all breathe in oxygen. A very basic learner, needs to have Faith, as transition to know that oxygen exists. A lower than basic person, does not e...Published: 04 May 2019 at 23:44hrs | 2 | by Ryton Dzimiri
The rationale behind Mnangagwa's pro-poor interventions
Since October last year prices of most basic commodities and services have been on an upward trajectory making life difficult for the majority of people. Manufacturers, retailers and other sup...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Khumbulani Vodlaza Sibanda
Mnangagwa moves to slash bread price
GOVERNMENT plans to support small bakeries and confectionaries in small towns around the country to help increase their capacity and eventually bring down the cost of bread, Industry and Commerce mini...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government urges bakers to defer bread price hike
GOVERNMENT yesterday called on the Bakers' Association of Zimbabwe to reconsider its position to hike the price of bread and allow for consultations to take place first before any increase is effected...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Price of bread goes up
THE price of bread has gone up to RTGS$2,30 from RTGS$2 with millers saying the increase is not associated with the cost of flour as the price of the product has remained constant. Yesterday, ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Support local motor industry: Govt urged
Automobile manufacturer Quest motors has urged government departments and local authorities to put a stop to the importation of its vehicles and procure locally to support the local motor industry....Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread prices goes up 66%
BAKERS have increased the price of bread, with a standard loaf now pegged at $2,60 or alternatively US$0,90, citing the rising cost of production after government failed to provide support to maintain...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Millers resort to flour rationing
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has resorted to flour rationing to avert possible bread shortages as the country battles a crippling shortage of wheat, its worst cereal crisis since i...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo celebrates centenarians
His Worship the Mayor of the City of Bulawayo Councillor Solomon Mnguni has cherished the elderly people who have at least reached the age of one hundred.Speaking during the Mayor's day with t...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 12:33hrs | | by Sithabile Mafu
Bread price shoots up, bakeries shut down
THE price of bread is set to go up today as bakers struggle to secure flour amid rising operational costs and shortage of foreign currency to buy essential raw materials and equipment, it has emerged....Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF orders Proton to employ youths
ZANU-PF youths in Marondera have ordered Proton Bakeries to employ at least 100 party supporters.This was revealed by provincial youth executive member Ozin Chitani at a rally in Marondera on ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Proton records 400% sales growth in Bulawayo
PROTON Bakers says it has recorded 400 percent growth in sales in Bulawayo alone where it has created 153 jobs, a year after entering the market in the southern region.The Marondera-headquarte...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread prices go up
A survey conducted by H-Metro yesterday showed that the prices went up by 10 cents.Previously, the bread price was 90 cents for a standard loaf and a dollar for the popular Bakers Inn, Lobels ...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 16:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nceku, Madlela tease fans with video skit
CHRISTIAN comedian Nceku and axe-wielding character Madlela Skhobokhobo seem to be brewing something hilarious after the two shared pictures of a video skit that they are filming on social media....Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu belligerence, USA vs North Korea and the final Third World War
Ninety days ago, President Emerson Mnangagwa was a fugitive Dissident in Mozambique. His strength and command of the gun had proven to be nothing but vanity of vanities. Like Richard Gwesela of 1983, ...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Ryton Dzirimi
Bakers selling under-weight bread
Investigations by Standardbusiness have revealed that bread makers in Zimbabwe are short-changing consumers by making and selling bread weighing less than the government stipulated mass of 700g per lo...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
More than 20 top Bulawayo companies regaining footing
MORE than 20 top companies in Bulawayo have recorded positive growth this year as evidenced by increasing capacity utilisation, fresh investment and opening of new plants. According to the Con...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 08:42hrs | 28 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo on the rebound
After decades of progressive decay, signs of recovery have started to show for Bulawayo's beleaguered industry as factories where birds had come to roost begin to rise out of their slumber.The...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the political cultural psychology in public policy administration
This past week has been filled with epiphanies that led to a rethought of popular subscribed ideologies. Allow me to start with rooting of the thinking here. Popular movements have often succeeded or ...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 13:16hrs | | by Tedious Ncube
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
Wealthy Knowledge should strengthen Tsvangirai 'Never to Fear Death'
Everyone WILL die at some point. When birth happens, it is ALWAYS preceded by death and this is how God, the Architect Designer of our atoms made all of us and there is a good reason for that. There i...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Outing Mugabe in 24 Hours, Power of WORD!!!
"In the beginning was the WORD…." I beg Zimbabwean Theologians, Scientists, Philosophers, Hypothesisers, Politicians, Thinkers, Researchers, Change seekers, and Academics to finish that phrase in th...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 16:38hrs | | by Rakanga Danble
Lobel's not leaving Bulawayo
The country's oldest bread maker, Lobel's Bread, is not planning to shut down its operations in the second largest city of Bulawayo, contrary to speculation that it could join many other firms that ha...Published: 23 Jun 2016 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cheating driver nabbed
AN adulterous affair between a Marondera-based Proton Bakery delivery truck driver and a married client was recently exposed following a shocking incident in which the driver mistook his lover’s hus...Published: 29 May 2016 at 07:22hrs | | by Blessing Rwizi
Mnangagwa's son fined for negligent driving
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons, Samora Samuel, was yesterday fined $100 or one-month imprisonment by Marondera magistrate Josephine Sande for negligent driving.Samora (28), of 127 Br...Published: 14 May 2016 at 14:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Wanted person - Picture
Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with fraud and theft of trust property.Zorodzai Zvoushe, 40, ID number 07-089556-N-07's last known address is 15 Dimba street, Rujeko, Maron...Published: 02 Mar 2015 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bakers Inn employs 'dirty tactics' in bread war
Innscor Zimbabwe's bread making subsidiary Bakers Inn has been accused for employing 'dirty tactics' in its fight for market dominance in the baking industry.Accusations levelled against the b...Published: 02 May 2014 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Cattle thieves squeeze four live cows into small car
Thieves in Malaysia had to abandon their car after it broke down when they had squeezed four stolen cows into it. They had used a blowpipe to tranquillise the animals before loading them int...Published: 09 Jan 2014 at 14:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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