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Biti criticizes Zimbabwe's economic policies
Former finance minister Tendai Biti has strongly criticized the economic policies under the current administration, describing them as "fictitious" and blaming them for Zimbabwe's ongoing de-industria...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 12:34hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Retail outlets closes amid ZWG fluctuation
The recent spate of closures among prominent retail outlets in Zimbabwe has prompted Parliament to demand an explanation from Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube. The closures, attributed to the ongoing eco...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:25hrs | 7804 | by Staff reporter
Unilever pulling out of Zimbabwe after 80 years
Unilever, one of the world's leading consumer goods companies, is pulling out of Zimbabwe after 80 years of operation.The company, which had reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the country ...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 11:21hrs | 1234 | by Staff reporter
Knorr recalls brown onion gravy sachets
Knorr is recalling its brown onion gravy sachets after manufacturers have discovered some packets may contain traces of cow's milk and soy.In a statement on Tuesday, Unilever said it recently ...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:57hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Class IN itself versus Class FOR itself
US goose versus NED ganderTHERE is always more to write about than there is space to publish. Last week I had to drop two key matters, to allow myself to address in extenso what I sought to ra...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
800 companies benefit from Foreign Currency Auction
Close to 800 companies have benefited from the weekly Foreign Currency Auction Trading System where a total of US$639,5 million has been allotted since the introduction of the platform in June last ye...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Proudly made in Zimbabwe
The advent of globalization has demonstrated that each country has expertise in a certain trade and there are commodities that resonate with certain countries more than others. It is often argued that...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:25hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
Why Netflix chose Masiyiwa for its board
ZIMBABWEAN tycoon and founder of pan-African telecoms heavyweight Econet Group Strive Masiyiwa has taken a board seat at Netflix, underlining the Silicon Valley giant's ambitions on the continent of m...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Netflix adds Strive Masiyiwa to Board Of Directors
Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, who founded telecom giant Econet Global, has joined the board of directors at Netflix. The move follow's last week's news that Susan Rice left her board...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean gets top Unilever Africa job
UNILEVER, one of the world's leading consumer goods companies, has appointed Wellington Chimwaradze as vice president responsible for legal affairs for Africa.The trained lawyer, who has been ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's Econet stranglehold challenged as shareholder tussle breaks out
AFTER years of brutal hyperinflation, Zimbabwe became known as a place where cash was almost worthless. Now, investors are fighting over EcoCash, the country's homegrown PayPal-like service that has z...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:32hrs | | by Gabriele Steinhauser I The Wall Street Journal
Sex vendor jailed 10 years for armed robbery
A notorious Harare Avenues area hooker who robbed a man at gun point and made off with his wallet and bank cards before going on a spending spree was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years imprisonmen...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimra insists on $100m loan tax
A DELAY by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority in clarifying tax issues around a $100 million commercial loan recently advanced by the British government, through the state-run Commonwealth Development Fun...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
International community no to rubber stamping on election outcome
The world at large is focused on Zimbabwe if we are going to have the free ,fair and credible election as a country. It seems passing the test of credibility is far from being achieved. Only few days ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 15:37hrs | | by Enos Denhere
The tale of a jewel and a giant: Facts about revival of Zimbabwe's economy
The Country, Nation and Our WorldMany have talked, written and caricatured Zimbabwe as a country of educated but inept leaders. A country once a jewel of Africa brought down by corruption, greed a...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:35hrs | | by Vincent Gwarazimba
Bulawayo's Chelsea Shield players named
BULAWAYO's finest 15 footballers – unattached to professional clubs – have been named to represent the city in the search for the player who will make it into the Shield-Chelsea Africa XI squad. ...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Chase the Chelsea dream at Gifford High School
VETERAN football coach, Cosmas "Tsano" Zulu, has challenged both male and female football players between the ages of 18 and 25 who are not attached to any professional league to throng Bulawayo's Gif...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pasuwa lands Shield-Chelsea job
FORMER Warriors coach Callisto Pasuwa has welcomed the launch of the Shield-Chelsea campaign, an innovative football talent search programme that will see 30 players vying for a ticket into the Africa...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Big companies turned down Mnangagwa amnesty
The Zimbabwean government accused auditing firm Ernst and Young, Unilever South East Africa and Boc Gases Zimbabwe of externalising $35000 (R418070), $315000 and $55000 respectively.The compan...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 09:20hrs | | by Business Report
Industry sees economy surpassing growth targets
INDUSTRY body, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries says the economy is likely to grow beyond the projected 4,5 percent this year on the back of anticipated industrial growth due to improved inves...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by staff reporter
Investors smile on Zimbabwe?
Prospects for local industrial growth are brighter this year, with more company resuscitations expected as the country continues to gain ground as a fertile investment destination, a senior official h...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex woes hit Unilever
UNILEVER Zimbabwe has failed to produce Sunlight dishwashing liquid for the past two weeks due to foreign currency shortages, which have hindered the importation of raw materials from South Africa, wi...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unilever Zimbabwe set for a rebound
The key outcomes of foreign direct investment (FDI) are already manifesting after multinational company Unilever made a capital investment of close to half a million dollars towards transforming its U...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 17:29hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean guaranteed Chelsea trip
ZIMBABWE is guaranteed of sending at least one player to Chelsea Football Club's Cobham training centre in London next year under the English Premiership club's partnership deal with Shield deodorant....Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwean artists among Africa's Top 10 most bankable artists
Forbes Africa has named 2 Zimbabwean artists named in its Top 10 most bankable artists in Africa list....Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA not innocent of the demise of Zimbabwe
Former Radio Zimbabwe presenter Eric Knight has said South Africa is not innocent of the demise of Zimbabwe following its fraudulent mediation ahead of the 2008 global political agreement."Sou...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Nkosana Moyo must take the gloves off
Last week, former Industry and International Trade minister, Nkosana Moyo, announced that he will be running for the presidency in next year's harmonised elections.He is arguably among the fin...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwean entrepreneurs make Forbes '30 under 30' list
Two Zimbabwean entrepreneurs, Shaleen Manhire Nullens and Knight Ganje, are among the top 30 successful African entrepreneurs under the age of 30, according to the latest Forbes Africa 2017.Th...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 13:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Employment Opportunities at Oxfam in Zimbabwe
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) OfficerDeadline: 12 May 2017We are looking for suitable candidates to join our proj...Published: 03 May 2017 at 18:52hrs | 3 | by Oxfam
Grace Mugabe hails Mnangagwa's Command agriculture
THE First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe has hailed the command agriculture programme for boosting the country's economy and creating jobs for locals.Dr Mugabe toured the Zimbabwe International Trade Fa...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe's history
Mugabe's father was born Masuzyo Matibili (pronounced Masuzho) but because the white settler Native Commissioner in Mutoko could not spell it, let alone pronounce it properly, renamed him Gabriel Mati...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Chandangwinyi Chose
Unilever Zimbabwe to resume local production
Unilever Zimbabwe has started investing towards the transformation of its factory capacity which will see the company manufacture part of its products locally.The investment is aimed at in...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 05:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Unilever Zimbabwe to slash salaries by 50%
Unilever Zimbabwe has slashed salaries by 50 percent as part of a restructuring exercise the company has embarked on after it was affected by Government's move to restrict the imports of some of i...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
No bailout for Mugabe's government, says UK ambassador
Of late Britain has been accused of mobilising funds to prop-up President Robert Mugabe's regime, at the same time putting its weight behind Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to succeed the ageing...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 12:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
African Trade Insurance Agency officially open for business in Zimbabwe
NAIROBI - At a press conference, the CEO of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) (www.ATI-aca.org), George Otieno, along with H.E. Dina Mufti, the Ethiopian Ambassador and Gabriel Negatu, Regional...Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 11:08hrs | | by APO
Most Bulawayo public toilets closed
AT least half of public toilets operated by the Bulawayo City Council in the Central Business District have been closed over the years due to lack of resources to refurbish and maintain them as they a...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 18:19hrs | | by Lackson Munkombwe
Unilever Zimbabwe, council in refurbishment of facilities partnership
Unilever Zimbabwe and the Harare City council are reported to have engaged into partnership to refurbish public sanitation facilities in a move aimed at improving hygiene and curbing the spread of wat...Published: 07 May 2016 at 10:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mphoko gives away 20 cars in Choppies draw
TWENTY lucky Choppies Supermarket shoppers yesterday walked away with cars during the supermarket's Save Big and Drive promotion draw.The draw was held at Choppies Aaromart branch at the Bulaw...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 08:18hrs | | by Tatenda Gapare
Zimplats wins top national safety awards
Zimplats has taken the top two places in the Safety and Health at Work (SHAW) national awards. Zimplats Processing Division came first. Ngwarati Mine, which is owned by Zimplats, came second, while Mu...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by NHPR
Herald, ZBC retrench hundreds of employees
With Zimbabwe's economy in the doldrums and showing no prospects of recovering any time soon, State media organisations - the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and Zimpapers, the publishers of T...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe job losses intensify
THE bloodbath of worker dismissals through the termination of contracts on three months' notice will continue for at least until the end of the month as parliament, which is supposed to pass amendment...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
18,000 fired so far
EIGHTEEN thousand workers have so far been sacked by 48 companies countrywide since the July 17 Supreme Court ruling that authorised the dismissal of employees upon giving them a three-month notice....Published: 05 Aug 2015 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim Models Awards nominees list out
The list for the inaugural Zimbabwe Model Awards 2015 nominees is out with more than 15 categories announced.The awards, which are being held on August 21 at the Rainbow Towers, will see gurus...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Unilever suspends top management
Unilever has suspended Zimbabwe-based vice president for Southern Africa, Nancy Guzha, Southern Africa brand building director Juliet Ziswa and four other top managers amid allegations of serious ...Published: 14 May 2015 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean women blow $13m on fake hair
ZIMBABWEAN women blew $13 million on fake hair and hair care products between January last year and July this year, according to shock new statistics. The products include hair extensions suc...Published: 12 Sep 2014 at 06:12hrs | | by Peter Matambanadzo
Zimbabwean nominated for CNBC Africa Business Leaders Awards 2014
Denford Magora, the Founder of Jericho Advertising, One of Zimbabwe's leading advertising agencies, with both digital and print media market based in Harare and handling an impressive portfolio of blu...Published: 11 Sep 2014 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Choppies teams up with schools, clean up Nkulumane
CHOPPIES supermarket, Nkulumane branch has embarked on a massive clean-up campaign in the suburb in a bid to promote a clean and healthy lifestyle in the neighbourhood.The clean-up campaign w...Published: 22 Jun 2014 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dr. Mudumo joins ZUNDE, bares his past
The Zimbabweans United for Democracy (ZUNDE) camp is growing in might at a time when the mainstream political parties in the country are facing some shakeups and threats of division and even possi...Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by ZUNDE
A toast to South Africa's black middle class
In the summer of 2005, South Africa–based entrepreneur Marilyn Cooper decided to give her neighbors in a suburb of the capital, Pretoria, a barbecue treat. Alluding to the inscr...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Benjamin Dürr
Dr Nkosana Moyo appointed non-executive director of Old Mutual Plc
Old Mutual plc has announced that Dr Nkosana Moyo has agreed to join its Board as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 September 2013. He will also become a member of the Board Ris...Published: 02 Sep 2013 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
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