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OK Zimbabwe shuts down Food Lover's Market outlets
Retail giant OK Zimbabwe has announced the closure of its premium Food Lover's Market outlets in Borrowdale and Avondale, a move that underscores the mounting pressure on Zimbabwe's formal retail sect...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:46hrs | 3996 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda shuts down crime infested youth centre
The Gwanda Municipality has officially announced the closure of the Greenland Youth Centre in Phakama Township following years of complaints from residents about rampant drug abuse, violent crime, and...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:25hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zimra shuts down Unity Village Flea Market in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has locked up Unity Village Flea Market in Bulawayo as part of a nationwide crackdown on smuggled goods and counterfeit products. The move is part of ZIMRA's eff...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 15:42hrs | 2333 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya's Yadah TV channel shuts down
In a shocking turn of events, Yadah TV, a controversial television channel run by Zimbabwean preacher and self-proclaimed prophet Walter Magaya, has officially closed its doors. The channel, which air...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:48hrs | 2338 | by Staff reporter
Govt shuts down unregistered health facilities
The Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPA) shut down 22 unregistered health facilities in 2023 as part of its efforts to combat unlicensed medical practices, ensuring patient safety and mainta...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:25hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
Zera shuts down 73 unlicensed fuel stations
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has taken decisive action against unlicensed fuel stations, shutting down more than 70 facilities suspected of selling petroleum products from unauthori...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:19hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt shuts down 368 illegal colleges, VTCs
The government has shut down 368 technical and vocational training centres across the country for operating without the necessary documentation, in line with the Manpower Planning and Development Act ...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:00hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Villagers stranded after govt shuts down clinic
Mahwau Clinic in Chief Chirundu's area, Mashonaland West province, remains closed two years after it was built by Kariba REDD+, leaving around 3,000 villagers without nearby healthcare. The go...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:47hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council shuts down public toilets
BULAWAYO City Council has been forced to shut down public toilets in the central business district and surrounding suburbs fearing an outbreak of water-borne diseases as the city grapples with its wor...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
BCC shuts down 5th Avenue marketplace
THE Bulawayo City Council has decided to temporarily close 5th Avenue for vending activities as it plans to create 500 vending bays in the area and allow smooth vehicular passage. The council ...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt shuts down Bikita Minerals
ZIMBABWE'S largest lithium mine Bikita Minerals, currently owned by China's Sinomine Resource Group, has been ordered to suspend operations until it complies with legal provisions that include labour,...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Environmental Management Agency shuts down 2 lithium mines
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) in Mashonaland East province has shut down two lithium mines in Goromonzi district for allegedly operating without environmental impact assessment (EIA) certi...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says struggling to deal with power crisis
GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted that it was having difficulties in dealing with the power situation in the country, saying additional imports will be critical to solve the power crisis.This was ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
African Sun shuts down Victoria Falls Kingdom Hotel
African Sun Limited has announced it is shutting down its Kingdom Hotel in Victoria Falls January next year after failing to agree on lease terms with First Capital Bank, owners of the property....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
RBZ shuts down InnBucks
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ordered Simbisa Brands Pvt (Ltd) to stop operating its money transfer platform, InnBucks.InnBucks had become one of the country's main US dollar transfer...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 19:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Medicines Board Shuts Down Pharmacies Over Unauthorised Drugs
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has suspended four pharmacy supervisors and shut down three over suspected cases of illegal dealings.The MCAZ did not give any explanation an...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
22 000 learners stranded as govt shuts down unlicensed schools
OVER 22 000 learners enrolled at unlicensed private schools in the capital will not be able to attend classes when schools reopen for the first term on Monday after government ordered that they be shu...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Power cuts worsen as Zesa shuts down Kariba power station
LOAD-SHEDDING is expected to increase after ZESA announced Tuesday, some units at the Kariba South power stations would be taken out of service to allow for the completion of critical works on the dam...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shuts down dissenting voices
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa once famously declared that he is soft as wool, but beneath that woolie facade lies a ruthless determination to either co-opt or coerce those he believes are a threat to h...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 19:00hrs | 13 | by Blessing Goronga
BCC shuts down water for all Bulawayo residents
The Bulawayo City Council has announced that it is shutting down water for all residents of the City due to power outages experienced from Wednesday. The Council has advised residents to conserve wate...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 11:16hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
RBZ shuts down forex platform to stem currency decline
ZIMBABWEAN authorities shut down a popular black-market currency-tracking platform, the latest action to try and stop an accelerating decline in its currency.The central bank ordered marketwat...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo waits for death certificates as COVID-19 shuts down RG's office
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over failure by the Registrar-General to issue death certificates after the offices in the city were closed due to COVID-19 infections.Indications are...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 outbreak shuts down Nkayi clinic
SIVALO Clinic in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, was closed for two days after all staff members, including five nurses tested positive to COVID-19 as the third wave continues to hit the country....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt shuts down errant NGO
Zimbabwean authorities have ordered a non-governmental organisation to shut shop, resurfacing fears that the state is targeting NGOs it believes are pushing a political agenda.Connect, a famil...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo linked Klosad shuts down over Covid-19 scam
KLOSAD Clinical Diagnostics Lab, whose staff members were last week exposed by this publication for issuing fake Covid-19 certificates, has been shut down to pave way for full investigations.T...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 23:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parliament calls for suspension of exams
Rising Covid 19 cases in schools across the country has resulted in parliament recommending that it defers end of year examinations. Since last week Zimbabwe has been reporting a high number o...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Shut down schools,' MPs tell govt
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the government immediately shuts down schools, blaming the rising COVID-19 cases on its failure to adequately prepare for the reopening of learning institutions after 5...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
BCC intervenes in United Refineries hitch
UNITED Refineries Limited (URL) is expected to resume operations at its factory on Monday following interventions by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to solve water supply challenges that forced the co...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare shuts down Morton Jaffray Waterworks
A HEALTH hazard looms in Harare after the city's main water treatment plant, Morton Jaffray Waterworks, was shut down yesterday due to shortage of aluminium sulphate.In a notice to residents, ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malema shuts down Clicks' stores
SOUTH AFRICA - One of the country's leading pharmaceutical retail giant, Clicks, is currently embroiled in a racial storm following an online advertisement it aired last Friday.The ad describe...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 15:57hrs | | by Daniel Itai
ZESA shuts down Robert Mugabe's farm
The Zimbabwe Independent has reported that former President Robert Mugabe's Gushungo Dairies Farm had electricity disconnected recently over a huge debt it owes to ZESA.The farm is located in ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 10:52hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government shuts down service stations
The Zimbabwean government has started shutting down service stations around the country that are refusing other payment methods except cash for fuel.Energy Minister Fortune Chasi said the gove...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 16:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Labour registrar shuts down employment council to cover corruption
THE Registrar of Labour Grace Kanyayi has been taken to court after she unilaterally withdrew the certificate of registration for the National Employment Council (Nec) for Engineering and Iron and Ste...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 13:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lobel's shuts down Bulawayo plant
Lobel's bakery on Tuesday indefinitely closed its Bulawayo plant, just days after shutting down its Harare operation.Officials at the bakery said they had exhausted their flour stocks and had ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 16:55hrs | | by ZimLive
RBZ ordered to name, shame forex dealers
Government has tasked the central bank to reveal individuals and companies that were allocated foreign currency at par with the country's surrogate currency from October last year to February this yea...Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimpapers shuts down its weekly newspaper
Namibian media has reported that The Southern Times which was a partnership between the Zimpapers and Namibian government's New Era Publications Corporation will be closing down next week ....Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 11:30hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Olivine shuts down margarine plant
AGROPROCESSING firm, Olivine Industries Private Limited, has closed its margarine plant, management has confirmed. Olivine used to produce Buttercup margarine, Olivine cooking oil and jade soap among ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini mall developer shuts down public toilets
TERRACOTTA, the company contracted by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to construct Egodini Mall last week shut down public toilets used by vendors who operate along Lobengula Street, drawing the ire of re...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jet boat launch shuts down Victoria Falls Border Post
THE Victoria Falls Border Post will be closed for two hours this morning between 6AM and 8AM to cater for the launch of a majestic jet boat on the Zambezi River. Shearwater Adventures is re-introducin...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimglass shuts down
Zimbabwe Glass Industries has entered the final stages of liquidation as parent company, IDC moves to conclude a restructuring exercise by year end, an IDC executive has said. Benjamin Kumalo,...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must act on reforms, promote democracy
newsdayZimbabwe, a land of unparalleled beauty and infinite potential, is again under democratic and economic siege. Armed men are removing residents from their homes. Unknown assailants have burnt th...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why Africa finds it hard to support Chamisa's MDC
On the 11th of March 2007 the world woke up to shocking images of the bashed faces of Morgan Tsvangirai, Lovemore Madhuku and others after the police had forcibly dispersed an opposition organised gat...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Zimbabwe was right in shutting down the internet
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights took the government to court with the Zimbabwean chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, ZLHR. Access to Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter was closed...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:52hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Malema appeals to Sadc for Zimbabwe bailout
LEADER of South Africa's far-left party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema, has called on the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to come to Zimbabwe's rescue with a conditional ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Malema describes Mnangagwa as a 'fool'
Julius Malema, the leader of South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) called the Zimbabwe government "backward" and "barbaric" for shutting down the internet after deploying soldiers...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 12:13hrs | 2 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa will never change his spots
Tinashe Chidzonga, 31, is one of the many Zimbabweans who took to the streets in November 2017 to celebrate the ouster of former Zimbabwe strongman and President Robert Mugabe.To Chidzonga it ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:44hrs | 2 | by Fin24
Chiwenga shuts down internet again
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Zimbabwe) has reported that government has again instructed Internet Service Providers to shutdown the internet services till further notice."Around mi...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 06:35hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe crisis: What you need to know
Zimbabwe's anti-government protest strike has entered day three with streets, particularly in Harare, said to be deserted.Here is what you need to know....Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Olivine Industries shuts down
Olivine Industries has announced that it will not be opening its manufacturing plant and its employees are on indefinite leave due to lack of raw materials.Olivine Industries is the producer o...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 19:09hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Company that transports containers to Zimbabwe shuts down
Mediterranean Shipping Company SA (Zim), the world's second largest container shipping company has announced that it is contemplating halting the release of containers to Zimbabwean importers who have...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 17:07hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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