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Mnangagwa ally disburses nearly US$200K to Zanu-PF affiliates
Special Advisor to the President, Dr Paul Tungwarara, has disbursed nearly US$200,000 from the Presidential Revolving Fund to eight Zanu-PF-affiliated groups in Masvingo Province, urging beneficiaries...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 13:33hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Cross Border traders commend price stability measures
The Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) has commended authorities for implementing comprehensive measures that have contributed to price stability. The recognition follows the maintenanc...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCBTA statement on scrapping of duty on basic commodities
The Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) commends the Minister of Finance for taking appropriate steps to protect ordinary citizens and other vulnerable groups in Zimbabwe from negative i...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:33hrs | 15 | by Erick Matotoba
'Zimbabwe economy has dollarised'
CROSS border traders yesterday say a move by government to lift an import ban on basic commodities will boost their business, but pointed out that they were not to stabilise the local currency....Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers4ED is a trade union, claims Ministry of Education
Teachers4ED, an association of teachers widely known to be supporting President Mnangagwa's bid for re-election in 2023 is a trade union organisation and teachers are free to attend its meetings durin...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sets rules, guidelines for affiliate organisations
ORGANISATIONS affiliated to Zanu-PF must be guided by the revolutionary party's values and ethos, the party's Secretary for the Commissariat, Mike Bimha, has said.Speaking after a meeting that...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unveils new-look Beitbridge Border Post
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the modernised Beitbridge Border Post and said all border posts would be upgraded to improve the quality of services in the transport sub-sector.He d...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:30hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha: Matebeleland's unsung heroes
OMALAYITSHA (cross border transporters) are among the unsung heroes to most communities particularly in Matabeleland region where most families have relatives based in South Africa who send them money...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo has best formalisation model in Zimbabwe
BULAWAYO has exhibited the best model in the country in terms of formalising the informal sector, which should be replicated in other provinces to assist the country in transitioning from informal ope...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cross Border Traders approach more banks for Master Cards
THE Cross Borders Association (Cba) yesterday said it had approached more banks to secure master cards and visa cards for cross borders traders.This comes after the CBA recently struck a deal ...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New party dangles cash to informal traders
LITTLE-KNOWN opposition Ideas Party of Democracy (IPD) claims that it has provided financial aid and groceries to dozens of Harare informal traders who failed to recover from the effects of COVID-19 l...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Border officials ready for busy season
Authorities in Matabeleland South province where Zimbabwe shares borders with Botswana and South Africa have said they are prepared to handle an anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic fol...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stakeholders welcome reopening of borders
STAKEHOLDERS at the country's ports of entry have said they are adequately prepared to handle an anticipated surge in vehicular and human traffic following the reopening of borders to the vaccinated p...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 travel restrictions frustrate cross border traders
THE renewed travel restrictions on the back of the emergence of the latest Omicron Covid-19 variant is a huge blow to cross border traders who are staring at loss of business during the festive season...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fret over SA decision on permits
The decision by South Africa's Cabinet on Wednesday last week to discontinue the issuance of Zimbabwean special dispensation permits has raised anxiety among many locals living in that country who hav...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Special courts for black market forex dealers
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Evidence piles against forex saboteurs
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will lea...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Taming inflation is an arduous task
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) pointed that year on year (annual) inflation rate marginally increased to 51.55% in September 2021 from 50.24% in August 2021 after 8 months of straig...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 09:13hrs | 11 | by Victor Bhoroma
Border officials and cross border traders undergo training
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is rolling out a training manual for border officials and cross border traders aimed at keeping the wheels of trade going under the restrictive Covid...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 19:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Pleas to reopen borders
THE Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders' Association has urged the government to consider re-opening land borders for traders that have been vaccinated against Covid-19 to ensure the survival of the sector....Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus operators defiant
SOME bus operators in Bulawayo have resorted to playing cat and mouse with authorities as they remain defiant, smuggling travellers and goods into the country to and from South Africa despite the clos...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cross border bus operators continue to smuggle travellers
GREEDY and selfish cross border bus operators are placing the lives of many at risk as they continue to smuggle travellers from neighbouring countries.This is in direct violation of Covid-19 l...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabwe recover and benefit from the AfCFTA?
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came at the time when Zimbabwe is at the verge, struggling economically as seen with poverty elongated with COVID-19 dominating the society. AfCFTA is a pr...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:37hrs | 4 | by Fifteen Theophelous
Zimbabweans in SA engage officials on exemption permits
THE Zimbabwe Community in South Africa organisation says it is in discussions with both governments on the future of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders, which are set to expire at the end of this...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
IOM rescues cross-border traders
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has started rolling out support programmes to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 pandemic on informal cross-border traders in the Sadc region. ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean diaspora ready to invest back home
Zimbabweans working and living outside their country are willing to invest back home and boost the economy, as long as there is a good environment according to the International Organization for Migra...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dialogue with Chamisa
The year 2021 started at a very sad note. A year which everyone thought was going to breath a new lease of life has turned into a very bleak one coupled with myriad of challenges.As long as we...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Africa's free trade area opens for business
Trading under the continental free trade agreement started on 1st Jan. African countries opened their markets on 1st January under the continental free...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 08:37hrs | 4 | by Franck Kuwonu
Zimbabwe saw influx of festive travellers
ZIMBABWE'S 11 entry ports including airports recorded 103 097 entries during the December festive season with Beitbridge border post topping the list with over 40 000 people and 7 012 commercial truck...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Truck drivers give border authorities torrid time
PANIC has gripped Matabeleland South Province as there has been an increase in cases with truck drivers reportedly returning without valid Covid-19 free certificates, Provincial Medical Director Dr Ch...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Level 4 lockdown will cripple economy'
At the weekend, Vice-President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga announced tightened lockdown measures that started yesterday aimed at controlling the spiralling cases of COVID-19. As o...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dealing with Zimbabwe's hard lockdown
Zimbabwe started its a 30 day level four lockdown on Tuesday a move that is expected to save lives but have dire consequences on the economy and livelihoods. In announcing the lockdown measure...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Government must review the decision to lockdown the country !!!
The recent lockdown statement done by the Vice President and Health Minister Dr Chiwenga. My assumption was that Government of today, Government of Zimbabwe, was supposed reach out to many Inclusive o...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 11:05hrs | 6 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Bulawayo vendors appeal to govt over lockdown
BULAWAYO vendors have appealed to the government to consider their plight during the newly introduced lockdown measures which they say will subject them to further poverty.Vice-President Const...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Economic growth stimulus precedes taxation
Zimbabwe's 2021 national budget paints a picture of sustained austerity in the mid-term, with increases in taxes for various sectors of the depressed economy. A 126% jump in budgeted tax revenue colle...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 19:28hrs | 12 | by Victor Bhoroma
COVID-19 testing promotion for cross-border traders
The Zimbabwe Cross-Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) has introduced a COVID-19 testing promotion that will see its members paying US$15 during the festive season, the organisation's president, Killer...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Relief for cross border traders
Cross border traders have received a huge relief following an agreement between the Cross Border Traders Association and Kei Laboratories for them to access Covid-19 tests at a concessionary rate. ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
More laboratories set shop in Beitbridge
Several laboratories have started setting shop in Beitbridge town to service travellers who are required to comply with the internationally set strict and safe cross-border migration standards under t...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Fake' Covid-19 tests: Hundreds of Zimbabweans stranded at border posts
HUNDREDS of Zimbabweans are stranded at the country's borders and neighboring South Africa and Botswana due to lack of credible Covid-19 test certificates and various documents.The stranded pe...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders to collect Covid-19 certificates at border
Cross-border traders who usually spend days travelling by road, will be tested for Covid-19 in their respective areas and then collect results from a doctor in the border area they will be using, to e...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cross border traders cry foul
The Covid -19 pandemic negatively affected the day to day activities of women in Zimbabwe's informal cross border operations. Speaking during an interface workshop at the Zimbabwe Women Bureau...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Measures to insulate Zimdollar against erosion sustainable'
Measures put in place to insulate the local currency against erosion are sustainable beyond the lockdown, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said, despite the reopeni...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA soldiers facilitating illegal entry of Zimbabweans
Some rogue elements within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) are ripping off Zimbabwean business people by demanding huge bribes to facilitate their entry into South Africa for the purp...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders want validity of Covid-19 test certificate extended
CROSS border traders have implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend the validity time frame of Covid-19 tests.Cross Border Traders Association of Zimbabwe president Killer Zivhu said tha...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still to decide on Beitbridge Border Post re-opening
THE Government is still deliberating on whether to re-open its land borders especially Beitbridge Border Post to international travellers following an announcement by South Africa that it will re-open...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge blockade flops
A bid to block commercial traffic from entering or leaving Zimbabwe via Beitbridge Border Post failed dismally yesterday after the organisers of the planned demo never managed to get support.T...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
We are all thieves, Zivhu admits
Chivi South Member of Parliament (MP) Killer Zivhu has all but admitted that he and other well-connected ruling party politicians as well as government officials are corrupt and would not miss a good ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka shut down flops
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday ignored desperate calls by a shadowy, pro-MDC Alliance group, Tajamuka and its affiliates to shut down the country on an anti-Government move to demonstrate against President Mna...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling: the new corruption frontier in Zimbabwe
As the Zimbabwean economy rapidly slides into hyperinflation induced recession, the levels of smuggling at the country's border posts has reached alarming levels. Cross border traders, foreign nationa...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 20:27hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe is one giant crime scene!
Presently, a newspaper headline reports a ticketing scam by over a hundred Zupco conductors which prejudiced the company of thousands of dollars; fast-tracking the demise of a public transport project...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 22:29hrs | 7 | by Washington Nyasha Gwarada
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