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Willowton to unveil US$7m margarine plant
Willowton, a Mutare-based producer of edible oils and soaps, is about to launch a new margarine plant. The facility, currently in test runs, will begin full production in September with a monthly capa...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:16hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe electricity generation to increase monthend
Power cuts being experienced across the country are expected to ease by the end of this month when power generation will increase on the back of two units being brought back to the national grid....Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zweli Mkhize irks Ramaphosa's boot lickers
The ANC's veterans' league and party national executive committee (NEC) members have warned party members, including embattled former health minister Zweli Mkhize, against making declarations of willi...Published: 23 May 2022 at 08:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Shortages show the poverty of ideas in govt
THE shortage of most locally-manufactured basic commodities due to the shocking decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose a blanket ban on bank lending to everyone, including the...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cajoles business for support
THE ruling party Zanu-PF says businesses owe President Emmerson Mnangagwa votes in the 2023 elections since his policies are responsible for their success and they should repay by supporting the presi...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions have made Zimbabweans bolder'
BUSINESS and Zimbabwe at large should forget about baneful sanctions that were imposed by Western countries on the country and focus on local resources through value addition and increasing exports, P...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shall rise again
EMMERSON Mnangagwa, in his message during Zimbabwe's 38th Independence celebrations, months after the coup that removed long-serving leader Robert Mugabe and a few months before his election as ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:54hrs | 2 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
'Zanu-PF has no agenda for a GNU'
Zanu-PF President and First Secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the the ruling party's 17th National People's Conference at Umzingwane High School...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:35hrs | 3 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe companies expected to close shop, massive job losses loom
The lifting of a protectionist policy introduced by former president Robert Mugabe's regime last year to promote local production could see companies closing shop, resulting in massive job losses, ind...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes campaign to Gokwe
President Mnangagwa is expected to tour the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe depot at Gokwe Centre today as he pursues his economic recovery vision, and then to address Zanu-PF supporters as part of his ele...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel price cut likely
FUEL prices are expected to decline in the near future amid indications that Government is contemplating further reducing excise duty on diesel and petrol with a view to contain price increases, Presi...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will rise again' - Mnangagwa's independence speech in full
Address by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, His Excellency Comrade E.D. Mnangagwa, on Zimbabwe's 38th Independence Celebrations, 18th Ap...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
'Choose the right leaders,' says Mnangagnwa
President Mnangagwa has said he will not tolerate imposition of candidates in the forthcoming elections and urged Zanu-PF supporters to choose leaders who work with the people.Addressing a cro...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa walks the economic talk
A good leader is one who knows the way, shows the way and goes all the way.Quoting from John Maxwell, "Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership," as...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 16:52hrs | | by Rufaro Gijima
Mnangangwa on good times
THE business environment Zimbabwe's new Government is creating will spur economic revival and citizens should anticipate good times in the not too distant future, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
We do not eat politics
For far too long, Zimbabwe has been the nation that eats politics.We spoke about this on this space as far back as February 2016, as the flames of factionalism grew in the ruling party and thr...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let the good times roll
The business environment Zimbabwe's new Government is creating will spur economic revival and citizens should anticipate good times in the not too distant future, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens $40m refinery plant
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the $40 million Willowton Group's refinery plant in Mutare and commended the company for responding to Government's call for beneficiation of a...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Mutare's oil plant
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is today (Friday) expected to officially open cooking oil and soap production plant Willowton Zimbabwe situated in Mutare's Nyakamete industrial area.The company w...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ turns screws on cooking oil producers
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is mulling plans to stop allocating foreign currency to cooking oil manufacturers to force them to acquire raw materials locally.The plan comes as the econom...Published: 24 Sep 2017 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cooking oil over-priced for export
DESPITE the growing supply of cooking oil on the domestic market, producers are finding it difficult to tap into export markets due to un-competitiveness of the commodity.Oil Expressers Associ...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 23:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mutare to get oil refinary
A LOCAL consortium, Willowton Group, which recently acquired the liquidated Karina Textiles in Mutare has targeted setting up a state-of-the-art oil refinery and soap manufacturing plant by year end....Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 10:30hrs | | by Ngoni Dapira
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