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Standard Bank Group collaborates with Salesforce towards becoming a platform business
In a virtual signing event symbolic of the technologically powered new normal, Standard Bank, the parent company of leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, has unveiled an exten...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 08:55hrs | 322 | by Agencies
Only MDC Alliance vendors getting vending bays in Bulawayo
INFORMAL traders have accused the MDC-Alliance dominated Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of politicising allocation of vending bays by sidelining vendors with Zanu-PF links.Speaking at a meeting w...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1367 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash ignores govt ban amid
ECOCASH has continued offering its services despite a shock government ban on mobile money services on Friday.The government said it had suspended all mobile money services as it battles again...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Police in corruption storm
SOME members of the police in Mvuma are in the eye of a storm following reports that they are demanding protection fees from illegal vendors, pirate taxis and foreign currency dealers operating in the...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy run by master criminals fleecing the poor
Ordinary Zimbabweans have suffered for years as a result of currency manipulation and corruption by the elites who have siphoned US dollars away into their overseas bank accounts. Now, a recent ruling...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1436 | by Thandekile Moyo
Zimbabwe govt probing army brutality
AUTHORITIES are probing cases of alleged army brutality in Harare and at the country's borders, after soldiers are said to have gone on a rampage on Wednesday night - assaulting people and looting the...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Corruption is nurtured not natured
My handset is still hot, result of a 'boiling point' debate on social media on who is causing the 'yo-yo' movement on our currency by supplying the money sold at street corners. The argum...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 678 | by Thomas Tondo
Will IPL 2020 be canceled?
The coronavirus pandemic has brought to a standstill many sporting events globally. The India premier league (IPL) has not been spared. Cricket fans in India can only hope that the league will take pl...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 11:54hrs | 583 | by Staff writer
CZR tells retailers to accept bond coins and notes
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has called on its members to continue accepting bond notes and coins as they remain legal tender in line with country's monetary policy. The Reser...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:09hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
BVTA proposes residents and stakeholders Indaba over water problems
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association Director Micheal Ndiweni has proposed an Indaba to be conducted by the residents, stakeholders and the council to address the water and service delivery ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 12:50hrs | 360 | by Stephen Jakes
Displaced Bulawayo vendors approach High Court
MORE than 600 informal vendors in Bulawayo who were affected by the closure of the 5th Avenue market place in the city centre have approached the High Court challenging Bulawayo City Council's decisio...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's sex vendors on streets despite virus restrictions
Forced to stay home for weeks without any source of income, Zimbabwe's sex workers, like many other informal traders, are beginning to defy the country's lockdown and return to the streets.Ris...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 14:45hrs | 2010 | by AP
'Soldiers brutalizing my people,' says traditional chief
Guruve chief Chipuriro has denounced members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) currently enforcing Covid 19 lockdown laws in Guruve for brutalising his ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:50hrs | 6792 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Government must immediately clarify what they meant by re- opening of informal sector
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association director Michael Mdladla Ndiweni has called on the government to immediately clarify what they meant by re- opening of informal sector after an individual prov...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 1916 | by Stephen Jakes
Fresh disorder batters Harare
HARARE was once again hit by chaotic scenes yesterday, after security forces stopped tens of thousands of people from entering the central business district (CBD) - as the country held its day of nati...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:48hrs | 2902 | by Staff reporter
Transport operators fret over Zupco scheme
Transport operators that are part of the Zupco franchise scheme are up in arms against the government-owned company, which they say is underpaying them for the use of their vehicles.Last year ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
500 more Zupco buses in next 12 months
Government will buy 500 additional buses over the next 12 months as it redoubles efforts to revamp the public mass transport system.The procurement of the coaches will be made through Landela ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:42hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Mayor defends Egodini Mall contractor
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has leaped to the defence of South African firm, Terracotta Private Limited, contracted to develop the Egodini Mall into an international transport hub.His remarks...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
Zimra targets unscrupulous traders
Zimra is upgrading its audit and mandatory data gathering to combat unscrupulous traders using multiple personal mobile money lines to avoid paying income tax, VAT and withholding taxes by hiding thei...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:36hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
No longer the Sunshine City
The Zimbabwe capital city which was once called Salisbury during the colonial era changed its name to Harare on 18 April 1982.During the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence, th...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 14:37hrs | 956 | by Leonard Koni
Deferred rentals a relief for the informal sector but...
THE move by the government to defer rentals has come as a relief for the informal sector which was finding it difficult to source income during the ongoing lockdown, but indications were that most pro...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1312 | by Stephen Jakes
Council under pressure to cancel Egodini Mall contract
BULAWAYO residents and councillors have called for the termination of Egodini Mall contract awarded to South African developer Terracotta (Private) Limited after the contractor failed to build the mal...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
VISET dismisses Minister Nyoni's claims that vendors received the funds
Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) say they have noted with concern comments attributed to the Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and medium Enterprise Developm...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 13:06hrs | 719 | by Stephen Jakes
Vendors brace for legal battle with council
INFORMAL vendors who operate in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) have engaged the services of lawyers, resisting their relocation to new sites by the city council arguing there was no prior ...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:22hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Americans' brave struggle for justice, in the face of state brutality, should inspire oppressed people of Zimbabwe
It is so easy for a perpetually oppressed, subjugated, and choked people to give up their struggle for justice, freedom, and equality - in the face of ever-growing brutality and brazen abuse of their ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 13:59hrs | 954 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Truckers fuel border jumping'
THE Matabeleland South provincial task force on Covid-19 has called for strict supervision of cross-border truck drivers transporting goods following reports that some of them were assisting some peop...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Telcos want another tariff hike
Local mobile telecommunications operators have approached the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) for another upward review of tariffs. Earlier in March Pot...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:47hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Govt to decongest Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT is working on a new strategy of decongesting Bulawayo following an increase in the number of illegal vending activities in the Central Business District (CBD). Briefing journalists ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
'We would rather die of COVID-19 than starve under lockdown'
INFORMAL traders have defied President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lockdown regulations and are now back in full force, operating openly in the high-density areas at a time the country is recording a surge i...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:42hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-linked company nets US$1 million in Covid-19 funds
The finance ministry authorised the payment of US$1 million for a consignment of Covid-19 equipment at inflated prices from a company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, according to a leake...Published: 28 May 2020 at 11:50hrs | 4482 | by Staff reporter
Vendors living with Disabilities face the brunt of COVID-19
Vendors and informal traders living with disabilities in Bulawayo are among the worst affected by the national lockdown, as many of them have been left unemployed with no stable income to feed themsel...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 127 | by Stephen Jakes
BVTA celebrate Africa Day
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) has joined the country and the rest of Africa in commemorating Africa Day under the theme: Silencing The Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa'...Published: 27 May 2020 at 08:49hrs | 224 | by Stephen Jakes
COVID19 makes work of civil society organizations very difficult in rural areas
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association director Michael Mdladla Ndiweni has said COVID-19 has made work of civil society organizations very difficult in rural areas."Rural communities are st...Published: 27 May 2020 at 08:47hrs | 342 | by Stephen Jakes
Vendors take refuge in online trade
Informal traders have embraced online business opportunities that came with the COVID-19 induced lockdown measures in Bulawayo. Informal traders say the lockdown has taught them to embrace Inf...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:21hrs | 591 | by Stephen Jakes
The excitement is difficult to hide
The tobacco selling 'season' is upon us and with it, 'Dollars are in the air'. There is visible excitement in the village, even kids are now laughing louder than before as if aware that once the tobac...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:55hrs | 108 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Let's clean our dirty stables!
AS human beings, we need to accept that there are often both comprehensible and incomprehensible life forces around us.Where Bishop Lazi comes from, for example, you cannot venture deep into t...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 89 | by Bishop Lazarus
Health experts fear spike in HIV infections
Informal traders in Marondera yesterday said the CoVID-19 lockdown restrictions were hindering access to life-saving HIV medication, particularly for those in rural areas, among other challenges....Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1236 | by Staff reporter
Sex vendors in the jaws of COVID-19
THE catastrophic effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic wreaking havoc across the globe have left many people financially crippled and impoverished.While lockdown proclamations in many...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3816 | by Staff reporter
New $10 notes start circulating
Some banks yesterday started issuing new $10 notes to customers queuing for cash, although others said they would only start availing them today. The red $10 notes were put into circulation by...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:50hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Banks to swap RTGS for new notes: RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says banks will have to swap RTGS balances for new higher denomination notes, as part of the bank's strategy to keep a firm grip on money supply growth. The ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:50hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
'Indefinite lockdown is a sinister ploy to deny vendors a livelihood' - triple jeopardy of living in a pariah state
Mnangagwa was confident his "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call would open the flood gate of investors and lenders and kick-start the country's economy. The economy had stalled following dec...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:56hrs | 712 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
VISET says there are no clear interventions on the extended Lockdown
Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) have complained that as the government continue to extend the lockdown there are no clear interventions to curb the spread of the Covi...Published: 19 May 2020 at 10:02hrs | 719 | by Stephen Jakes
Residents petition Mnangagwa over COVID-19 bailout
FIVE associations representing Gweru residents have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa compelling him to give their local authority a bailout package to relieve them of the rates burden during lo...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must extend lockdown, there are more than 42 covid-19 cases, but no one must starve
As of today, Friday 15 May 2020, Zimbabwe has 42 confirmed covid-19 cases, 13 have recovered, 4 deaths and 25 active cases, none of whom are in hospital.The country imposed a 3-week total nati...Published: 16 May 2020 at 13:00hrs | 1333 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (I)
A NEW Zimbabwe is struggling to be born. Up till now, Zimbabwe has still been living with the visions of the 1950s and 1960s, tempered by the visions of the liberation struggle of the mid-1960s and 19...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 395 | by Fay Chung
BVTA distributes masks to members
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) is giving out masks to its ward structures to help curb the spread of coronavirus.After the government of Zimbabwe made wearing of homemade or s...Published: 14 May 2020 at 10:25hrs | 254 | by Stephen Jakes
Victory for vendors as court orders Chinhoyi council to repair damaged vending stalls
HIGH Court Judge Justice Jacob Manzunzu on Monday ordered Chinhoyi Municipality to stop demolishing vending stalls and repair a shade which was damaged by its employees as they pulled down structures ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 10:23hrs | 705 | by Stephen Jakes
'Infrastructure investments would bolster the Zimbabwean economy'
LISTED financial institution, BancABC, has resolved to prioritise financing infrastructure development projects of national significance as this would boost economic growth. In its financial r...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 pandemic piles pressure on 'dollar-a-day' survivors
AT THEIR peak, commuter omnibus drivers and conductors bragged about netting double the salary of teachers within a month, but the lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
Second-hand clothes ban sparks outrage
NOMORE Nsingo has for the past eight years been surviving by selling second-hand clothes at one of Mutare's busiest informal markets.Nsingo, like most Zimbabweans running informal businesses, ...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
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