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Zimbabwe unveils industrial growth blueprint for automotive sector
The Zimbabwe Industrial Reconstruction and Growth Plan (ZIRGP), a targeted economic manufacturing initiative, has outlined key strategies to boost domestic production of buses and trucks. Running from...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:52hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
4 petrol tankers, bus reduced to shells
FOUR petrol tankers and a bus were reduced to shells at a garage in the Willowvale area of Harare after they caught fire while suspected fuel dealers were siphoning fuel from one of the tankers....Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Sadc anti-sanctions crusade a lost cause
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) annual Anti-Sanctions Day commemoration held last week was a sham vigil.It was misdire...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:46hrs | 7 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Willowvale to start assembling vehicles in Zimbabwe
WILLOWVALE Motor Industries will in August resume assembling vehicles after a hiatus of more than five years as the subsidiary of the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) returns to i...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duty reprieve for vehicle assembly factories
GOVERNMENT has suspended customs duty on semi-knocked down (SKD) single and double-cab motor vehicle kits imported by approved assemblers for a period of three years in a bid to revive the local motor...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare man in court for insurance fraud
A Harare man is in trouble for insurance fraud after he allegedly swindled Old Mutual Insurance Company of US$2000 through a false claim for his motor vehicle which had been involved in an accident....Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Alleged ZB Bank US$2, 7 million heist mastermind family appears in court
THE family of the ZB Bank internal security officer Shadreck Njowa, who allegedly masterminded a US$2,7 million heist on his employer, were arrested and appeared in court on Saturday charged with harb...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heist mastermind's family remanded in custody
THE family of Shadreck Njowa, the alleged mastermind of the US$2,7 million ZB Bank robbery, which occurred in January last year, has been remanded in custody ahead of a ruling on their bail applicatio...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Belarus official jets into Zimbabwe
BELARUSIAN Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Piotr Parkhomchik, arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday and is expected to hold bilateral meetings with various ministries as the two countries seek to deepen their long ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zupco leading local bus assembly revival
From being a shining beacon of mass public transport during the early years of independence, Zupco had in recent years mutated into a classic example of a failed State-owned entity.In 1993, it...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
IMF notes show no appetite for reform
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its Article IV Consultation with Zimbabwe on 21 March 2022. The press release noted that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose b...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 16:50hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
Surface Wilmar's plant 75% complete
THE country's biggest cooking oil manufacturer, Surface Wilmar says its US$24 million plant that is under construction in Harare will commence production in September.The plant was shut down i...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
IMF notes show no appetite for reform
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its Article IV Consultation with Zimbabwe on 21 March 2022. The press release noted that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose b...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Surface Wilmar in US$50m Olivine revival plan
THE country's biggest cooking oil manufacturer, Surface Wilmar has put in place a revival plan for Olivine Industries, which will result in a US$50 million upgrade of the Willowvale plant in Harare....Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:15hrs | | by Mukunda Chitova
Air Zimbabwe loses US$127 000 to property fraudster
A 44-YEAR-OLD Harare resident yesterday appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda charged with defrauding Air Zimbabwe of US$127 000.Dzuda remanded Washington Hamunakwadi to today for trial date...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Auto spares gobble US$160m in 2021
Zimbabwe spent US$60 million more on auto spares in 2021 than a year earlier, figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) show, as trade with the rest of the world increased due to ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for trying to steal Parliament car
A-22 year old man was today arraigned before the Mbare magistrates court facing charges of attempting to steal a motor vehicle belonging to a top Parliament of Zimbabwe official.Kudzai Andrea ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
I wonder how many Zimbabwean children have ever seen a train!
This morning I had a most interesting thought! I am not exactly sure how and why, but it just came to me that, due to the horrendous destruction of our economy by the country's ruling establis...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:02hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt splashes $30 billion on Harare-Beitbridge road
THE Government has spent more than $30 billion on funding the reconstruction of over 260km of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway, while an additional $1,3 billion has been directed towards the reh...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
IDC throws out bids for Deven
TWO local companies seeking a shareholding in Deven Engineering had their bids thrown out after they failed to offer the "best value for money" for the coach builder.Deven's core competence is...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mounting concerns over breach of ethical journalism
The names of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two Washington Post reporters who gained international eminence as premier investigative journalists, following their investigation and exposure of th...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 15 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Mureza to assemble Prim8 vehicle in Zimbabwe
MUREZA Automobile Company, a South Africa-based Zimbabwean auto mobile company, says it is now looking to localise production of its Mureza Prim8 vehicle that has been "successfully accepted" worldwid...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Wenela registration begins
The GOVERNMENT will tomorrow begin a mobile testing and registration exercise for thousands of Zimbabweans who worked in South African gold mines under the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (Wen...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Works on Mbudzi flyover start today
Construction of the vital Mbudzi Interchange Flyover in southern Harare is expected to start very soon with contractors moving on site today to work on the detour roads for diversion of the perennial ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cross-border buses: smuggling conduits
Zimbabwe could be losing millions in potential revenue through smuggling perpetuated by connected bus crews who have devised survival tactics in the face of the existing ban in cross-border travel. ...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators resuscitate ailing assemblers
AMALGAMATED Bus Industries (ABI) - a consortium of 90% of the country's bus operators - have established a special purpose vehicle to resuscitate ailing bus assembling plants through a US$35 million f...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
How committed is Mnangagwa to eradication of corruption?
PreSIdenT emmerson dambudzo Mnangagwa addressed the nation on the auspicious occasion of the fifth edition of the African Anti-Corruption day on July 12, 2021.I listened to the president with ...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Russian vehicle manufacturer to partner Zimbabwean firms
Russian vehicle giant Urals Automotive Plant (UralAZ) intends to partner local firms to build a bus and truck assembling plant in the country, Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Sekai Nzenza has reveal...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
IDCZ battles to find 'high calibre' CEO
THE myth that some of Africa's best business minds are found in Zimbabwe has been disproved at the State-run Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ), which has struggled to find a CEO fo...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle registration
CLIENTS are advised that they can register newly imported or freshly built motor vehicle at selected Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) offices nationwide. All that clients need to do is bring two set...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Privatization plans off rails
In November 2018, the Zimbabwean government set out a privatization plan to dispose completely and partially privatize over 23 state entities and parastatals (SEPs). According to the Auditor General R...Published: 07 May 2021 at 15:41hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
'Willowgate' Shava refused to work over his US$100k arrears yet no qualms enforcing 'no work no pay' over slave wages
The 1980s Willowvale Motor Industries scandal in which the Zanu PF ruling elite used or rather abused their positions of power and authority to buy new vehicles at the low controlled prices, ostensibl...Published: 01 May 2021 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Shava demands US$100,000 to assume ministerial duty
NEWLY-APPOINTED Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava refused to assume duty for over a month after taking oath of office, demanding payment of about US$100 000 he was owed ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Used car imports increase under Covid-19 pandemic
ZIMBABWE imported more second-hand vehicles in 2020 compared to 2019, despite unprecedented disruptions caused by Covid-19 on the maritime and shipping industry, official figures show.Statisti...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fails to buy security vehicles
MORALE in the security services may soon hit rock bottom as the government battles to plug a massive backlog of personal service vehicles for senior officers amid deteriorating working conditions, The...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Geoff Nyarota revisits Willowgate scandal
I WAS at the time two months short of 38 years of age and a little-known editor of The Chronicle, the Bulawayo-based daily newspaper.In a building in our neighbourhood in central Bulawayo was ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:49hrs | | by Geoff Nyarota
Mnangagwa: A chip off the old block
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is following the footsteps of his mentor, the late former president Robert Mugabe in recycling deadwood in cabinet positions, as a key strategy to consolidate his powerbas...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:44hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Mnangagwa Cabinet appointees don't inspire hope
WE note with concern that President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to be replicating his predecessor, the late former President Robert Mugabe's style of recycling deadwood, particularly his pick for the For...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fume as fraud-accused Shava is appointed Foreign Minister
ZIMBABWEANS have been left fuming following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock Monday appointment of Frederick Shava as the new Foreign Minister.Shava replaces the late Sibusiso Moyo who suc...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Willowgate scandal-accused takes on Zimbabwe's foreign affairs assignment
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced new Cabinet appointments on Monday, filling in positions at the transport and foreign affairs ministries following the Covid-19 deaths of Joel Biggie Matiza and ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 20:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man beaten after catching his wife cheating
A Harare man got the shock of his life when he was beaten after catching his wife in the arms of another man.Joseph Mugara caught his wife Brenda Mutasa, 29, in the arms of an alleged boyfrien...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motor industry overjoyed by import ban on old cars
Players in the local motor industry have welcomed Government's ban on importation of second hand cars which are more than 10 years old including the directive for line ministries to acquire locally as...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Remembering those who made it possible, our fallen heroes
As the blood of the heroes flows beneath our freedom, reminding us that every expression of joy and every fruit of freedom was watered by the blood of our heroes. It will become history if we do not r...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Guard torches 2 trucks
A Harare man has been arrested on allegations of burning two haulage trucks that he was guarding after he lit an empty egg crate to get rid of mosquitoes while resting inside one of the vehicles on Sa...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe assemblers sidelined on Zupco bus supply'
Quest Motor Manufacturing said government should allocate at least 20% of bus imports to local assemblers if it is sincere in its bid to resuscitate ailing industries. The plea from assem...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police to pounce on music gigs
SEVERAL artistes who continue to stage illegal live concerts attracting huge numbers in defiance of the Covid-19 restrictions face the full wrath of the law, police have warned. The honeymoon ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Harare City chefs dupe govt
Harare City Council (HCC) bosses could have fleeced the government of ZWL$12m after selling acres of State land in the capital as the illegal parcelling out of land in the capital reaches a new low....Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Jacob Mudenda's scandals unpacked?
Who is Jacob Francis Mudenda? Jacob Francis Mudenda nicknamed "The Headmaster" in parliament and "Scania" in Matebeleland North is the current Speaker of the National Assembly. Born in 1949, M...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 05:56hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube
So Mnangagwa will finally Resign?
On August 16 some people of Harare high density suburbs will yet again brave the wind and toyi-toyi the streets to exert pressure on a constitutionally elected and military backed government to resign...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
'Zimbabwe's private sector is not doing its part'
Professor Mthuli Ncube presented the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review on Thursday last week and many naturally sought to understand what his new measures mean. Understandably, many are concerned about th...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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