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Vocational Centre demolished to make way for spaza shop

Outrage is mounting in Mbare after the demolition of the township's only vocational training centre to make way for 144 tuckshops, a move residents say betrays President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Vision 2030 and undermines youth empowerment.For…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe slides into a spaza nation

Zimbabwe's commercial landscape is undergoing a profound transformation - and not for the better. Across major cities, once-thriving formal businesses have either shuttered or drastically downsized, their spacious premises now partitioned …

Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 13:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Indiginisation by Spazafication for black South Africans

The African National Congress' secretary general says the 'largest' and 'most sophisticated' economy in Africa is learning from around the continent purportedly in countries like Ghana and Zimbabwe to indigenise and preserve local business…

Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 13:29hrs | 493 | by Jonathan Moyo

South Africa's big business wants spaza shop economy?

Major businesses across South Africa are looking to capitalise on the country's booming informal economy, with many companies licking their lips at an opportunity worth hundreds of billions of rands.New research from Trade Intelligence hig…

Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Whites want South Africa's township economy

South Africa has had Spaza shops controlled by foreigners for the better part of 30 years, and we never had food poisoning. But all of a sudden, now that white foreigners are building malls in the townships and ShopRite and Pick n Pay want…

Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 15:16hrs | | by Rutendo Matinyarare

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Search / Spaza

Vocational Centre demolished to make way for spaza shop

Zimbabwe slides into a spaza nation

Indiginisation by Spazafication for black South Africans

South Africa's big business wants spaza shop economy?

Whites want South Africa's township economy

Harare chicken farmer loses 250 birds and US$1,500 to scam

Ledwaba misapplied Rule 62(7): Was CR17 unlawfully sealed?

Varakashi4ED condemns 'calculated arson for donor sympathy'

South Africa pushing to deport more undocumented migrants

MP Mangondo raises alarm over rural road conditions as rainy season begins

Ibbo Mandaza's Sapes Trust premises firebombed

Dangote's visit to Zimbabwe gets Mnangagwa greenlight

Zera, ZETDC iron out proposed private sector power retail deal

Landmark ruling clears way for fraud lawsuit

Bulawayo steps up crackdown on illegal vendors

Cop arrested for selling 30 police uniforms

Victoria Falls, Chirundu borders to operate 24 hours

400 000 houses to get private sector electricity connection

Bulawayo water shortages a critical problem

Nyambirai stirs succession troubled waters

Zanu PF appoints new Director General

Dangote to invest US$1 billion in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe speeds up mercury phase-out

Girls warned against visiting 'prophets' alone

Domestic worker fined for assaulting employer's toddler

Baby dies after slipping from mother's back as parents fight

Govt approves 5,000 health posts to boost sector capacity

Police arrest suspect in fatal shooting of officer

Minister's aide arrested over gun at Zanu PF Conference

Mnangagwa critic arrested in US$10,000 trap

Chivayo gifts comedian US$150,000 for 'making Mnangagwa laugh'

Dembare edge Bosso on penalties

Man rapes woman at axe point

Security guards convicted for stealing company truck

US flags Zimbabwe's rigid labour laws