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Mozambican vendors invade Zimbabwe
On January 2, 2025, 18-year-old Castigo Quembo from Matazi village near Manica in Mozambique left home and crossed into Zimbabwe through an illegal entry point close to the Machipanda-Forbes Border Po...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 12:35hrs | 2125 | by Staff reporter
Gweru, Kwekwe flagged as hotspots for fuel adulteration
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has raised alarm over rampant fuel fraud in Gweru and Kwekwe, identifying the two Midlands cities as high-risk zones where unscrupulous traders are adul...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:30hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3995 | by Staff reporter
Harare remand prison a haven for drugs and corruption
Despite being guarded round the clock, Harare Remand Prison has become a notorious hub for drugs, smuggling, and illicit trading, activities abetted by some of the very guards assigned to enforce orde...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:27hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners tighten grip on Zimbabwe's retail sector
Foreign nationals are increasingly dominating Zimbabwe's retail sector, raising concerns over the flouting of laws that reserve the industry for indigenous Zimbabweans.Despite legal provisions...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 08:52hrs | 1047 | 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 | 203 | by Staff reporter
'Half of stock sold in Zimbabwean tuck shops are fake goods'
Nearly 50 percent of groceries seized from tuck shops and vending stalls during Zimbabwe's ongoing crackdown on counterfeit and smuggled goods have been tested and found to be fake and potentially haz...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 08:07hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council revives shop repossession policy
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reignited a 17-year-old resolution mandating the repossession of council-leased shops whose tenants have exceeded a 10-year tenure. Originally passed on December 5,...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:36hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
BCC leases land for business to boost local economy
The City of Bulawayo has announced the opening of a new tender process inviting bids for the lease of several business premises across the city. This initiative is part of the local authority's effort...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:52hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Travellers stranded as bus services halt in Beitbridge
Hundreds of travellers, including cross-border traders and shoppers, were left stranded in Beitbridge on Wednesday after bus operators suspended services in response to a government-led anti-smuggling...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:51hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Mbalula attacks Madam Zille
Cracks within the Government of National Unity (GNU) have continued to widen after ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula launched a blistering attack on the DA's federal chairperson Helen Zille, accusi...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 09:49hrs | 949 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shops impose limits amid panic-buying?
Some shops across Zimbabwe have imposed "one item per person" rules for products such as milk to fend off panic-buying triggered by a new loss of faith in the country's latest currency.Last we...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants flee Dudula raids in Soweto
A STREET trader ran into her house and locked herself inside and watched in trauma while a group of people wearing Operation Dudula T-shirts ransacked her vegetable stall.For about 30 minutes,...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:44hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners flee as Dudula raids Soweto spazas
A street trader ran into her house and locked herself inside and watched in trauma while a group of people wearing Operation Dudula T-shirts ransacked her vegetable stall in Soweto, Johannesburg, Sout...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 15:30hrs | 2034 | by Staff reporter
Mass deportation still Gayton McKenzie party's top priority
The Patriotic Alliance (PA) is not backing down on the call for mass deportation of illegal immigrants, despite them being featured in the Government of National Unity (GNU).The PA’s deputy ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 09:25hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans being sold expired, underweight goods
Over a thousand businesses have been charged with selling expired and underweight goods, among other offenses, according to the Industry and Commerce Ministry.Most of the semi-formal shops wer...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga rubbishes retailers' complaints over spaza shop influx
George Guvamatanga, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, has chosen to downplay the impact of tuck shops on formal retailers. Instead, he has suggested that many businesses are being managed by i...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why Dudula hates foreigners
South African vigilante group Operation Dudula has become notorious for raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals and forcing shops to close. BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members o...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners 'invade' retail space reserved for Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have been allocating retail licenses to foreigners in contravention of the law, investigations have established.Retail space in the capital Harare is now dominated by In...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Smuggler, police in 250km high speed chase
A truck driver fleeing Beitbridge Border Post with a load of smuggled groceries in his 30-tonne rig was cornered after a 250km high-speed chase and although he managed to run off into the fields, his ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:11hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Zimra goes after buses smuggling goods
Crews and owners of buses caught smuggling goods across the border at Beitbridge face rising fines and the possible seizure of the bus involved as Zimra step up compliance of customs and increasingly ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
300 industries for Cowdray Park
BULAWAYO is establishing industries in Cowdray Park suburb and nearly 300 industrial stands are set for development in the city's most populous suburb.According to the 2022 Population Census p...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe puts demolition of illegal tuck shops on hold
KWEKWE City Council has put the demolition of illegal tuck shops on hold pending consultations with stakeholders.The local authority had given an ultimatum to illegal tuck shop and gas vendors...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Machete now a weapon of choice for armed robbers
THE emergence of machete gangs in Zimbabwe's mining towns has given birth to a new breed of armed robbers who use machetes as a weapon of choice since the broad blade, which is traditionally used as a...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to continue with 'meet the people' tours
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa remains defiant and will continue with his national "Meet The People Tour" despite the recent attempts on his life by suspected Zanu-PF activists in Masvingo and ...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 22:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Police fire tear gas on mourners
POLICE in Chinhoyi have courted the ire of local residents after indiscriminately deploying tear-smoke in the populous Chikonohono township, forcing a group of mourners to desert a funeral in a hurry....Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Paltry taxes cripple recovery
SHOCKING evidence of tax leakages hogged the limelight this week, with Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube saying the informal sector, which makes up 70% of Zimbabwe's gross domesti...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:24hrs | 11 | by Eddie Cross
Paltry taxes cripple recovery
SHOCKING evidence of tax leakages hogged the limelight this week, with Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube saying the informal sector, which makes up 70% of Zimbabwe's gross domesti...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Eddie Cross
'Demolition of tuckshops inevitable'
Harare City Council has said the scheduled demolitions of illegal tuckshops across the city will continue with the owners currently being given ample time to put their house in order. In an in...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 die in fresh SA xenophobic attacks after Ramaphisa threat
SUSPECTED fresh xenophobic attacks in South Africa have resurfaced in some parts of Limpopo province and Durban in KwaZulu Natal, leaving three people dead and several houses burnt to ashes. T...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF backs urban renewal
Zanu-PF Harare Province stands fully behind the Government's move to demolish illegal structures in the capital city and Chitungwiza to pave way for urban renewal.This was resolved at all the ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC, the anatomy of an economic saboteur
The new dispensation under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has committed itself to resuscitating the country's economy and re-engage with the international community in order to end the...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:14hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Zimra starts forex tax collection
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started collecting taxes, especially Value Added Tax (VAT) and Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) in foreign currency from companies that collect payments in that curren...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 16:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Long live Comrade: Constantino WaChiwenga
On July 1, 2018, Vice President Chiwenga exhorted people at a rally in Hatcliffe to stop paying rates until the council improved services like refuse collection, water supply, and sewer reticulation....Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Sam Wezhira
Tajamuka demonstrations meant to derail economic progress
Zimbabweans should not heed to the call by #Tajamuka/Sesjikile to demonstrate against RBZ as well as not practice panic buying as it is a ploy by the country's detractors to destabilize the coun...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 08:04hrs | | by Tatenda Gono
Parents petition Dokora over poor services at Mzingwane high school
Parents at Mzingwane High school in Matabeleland South have petitioned the minister of primary and secondary education over poor services and administration of the school.In a petition seen by...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 13:15hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Challenges of Local Governance In Zimbabwe
Local governance is a crucial facet and tier of governance in any country and as such sufficient investment has to be made into this level to ensure sustainable development, sound service delivery and...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Dumisani O Nkomo
Zimbabwe prophet makes congregants drink 'anointed sewage'
CONTROVERSIAL pastor Paul Sanyangore is at it again!The man of cloth is said to have made his congregants drink raw sewage on Saturday while clearing ground at his church stand along Seke ...Published: 07 Dec 2016 at 05:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Plastic money transactions rise
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) says plastic money transactions in the retail sector has increased by 70 percent following calls by monetary authorities on the transacting public to incr...Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 07:19hrs | | by Bianca Mlilo
Blitz on backyard industries launched
MASVINGO City Council has embarked on a blitz targeting backyard industries such as illegal garages, overnight car parking premises and tuck-shops. The campaign will see those found operating illegall...Published: 28 Jun 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
War vets join million man march
WAR veterans yesterday said they were "duty bound" to attend tomorrow's One Million-Man March and celebrate President Robert Mugabe's successes as a Statesman and leader of the revolutionary party, Za...Published: 24 May 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Felex Share
We're 'duty-bound' to attend Million Man-March, says war vets
WAR veterans yesterday said they were "duty-bound" to attend tomorrow's One Million-Man March and celebrate President Mugabe's successes as a Statesman and leader of the revolutionary party, Zanu-PF....Published: 24 May 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Felex Share
Harare City Council accused of targeting the poor residents
Harare City Council has been accused of targeting the poor residents in demanding payment of their outstanding bills in an effort to dispossess them of their property. This was revealed by the Harare ...Published: 02 Apr 2016 at 07:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
No pay for doom Sayers
The much awaited explosive ZANU PF, politburo meeting came and it passed without much of the anticipated drama as some sections of the media and the revolutionary party's protagonists made us to belie...Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 10:30hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Harare council demolitions to continue
The Harare City Council says it will continue the demolition of illegal structures in all suburbs as efforts to bring sanity in the housing sector intensifies."The demolition of unregistered h...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 10:31hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
A haven of fake products
As the Christmas shopping season begins in earnest and the public scouts for the best bargains, there is need to be on the lookout for fake products.Investigations carried out by The Sunday Ma...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 08:57hrs | | by Tendai Chara
Zimbabwean pensioners in abject poverty
Being a Pensioner in Zimbabwe has now become a curse, as many Zimbabwean pensioners are struggling to put food on their tables on a daily basis owing to their monthly payouts, which are practically un...Published: 18 Oct 2015 at 11:17hrs | 1 | by Chris Tabvura
BCC risk being taken to court over tuck shops tender
BULAWAYO City Council risk being dragged to court for confining tenders for the lease of tuck shop sites to Cowdray Park residents of Hlalani Kuhle only excluding other suburbs, ...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 13:08hrs | 18 | by Thobekile Zhou
Robbery cases surge in Zimbabwe
Two business people lost $29 000 to armed robbers in separate incidents in Harare and Bulawayo over the weekend, as police continue to urge members of the public to be cautious of criminals. S...Published: 02 Sep 2015 at 06:13hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Council approves construction of Spaza shops in Cowdray Park
BULAWAYO City Council has allocated land to Cowdray Park residents, under the Hlalani Kuhle housing project, land to construct tuck shops due to a shortage of shopping facilities in the sprawling sub...Published: 10 Nov 2014 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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