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Chasi breathes fire over Chivayo
Energy minister Fortune Chasi has told the Zesa board to take urgent action to ensure that controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo completes the Gwanda solar project or that he repays the $5 millio...Published: 11 hrs ago | 396 | by Staff reporter
New measures to ease fuel supply
GOVERNMENT and players in the petroleum sector have agreed on a host of measures in the dealing of the precious commodity, which has been scarce since the end of last year with its trading characteris...Published: 11 hrs ago | 210 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube angry at Colcom over pork pie
Presidential Advisory Council member and Alpha Media Holdings is not a happy man after buying a colcom pork pie which has little pork inside of it. The AMH Boss took to Twitter to register his...Published: 24 May 2019 at 14:28hrs | 6602 | by Mandla Ndlovu
This is how Zimbabweans can play for a $393 million American jackpot prize
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is $393 million; you could win it without leaving your home in Zimbabwe!Up until now, you've probably assumed that the...Published: 23 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 2790 | by Staff Writer
Western Union struggles to pay out customers in Zimbabwe
Western Union Co (WU.N), the world's biggest money-transfer company, is struggling to pay out customers in Zimbabwe. The foreign currency crisis in Zimbabwe has adversely affected operations at most o...Published: 22 May 2019 at 10:44hrs | 2696 | by Staff reporter
RBZ scraps 1:1 rate for oil marketing firms
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed banks to discontinue twinning arrangements for their customers, with a view to promote efficient functioning of interbank market and willing-buyer willi...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:20hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Fuel procurement now via interbank rate
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, removed the 1:1 foreign currency exchange rate for the procurement of fuel by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), which will result in the interbank market being use...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:19hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Osiphatheleni run out of money
Most Illegal foreign currency dealers popularly known as Osiphatheleni ran out of money to service their customers today, Monday.The reason, they alleged, was that the government mopped up for...Published: 20 May 2019 at 22:22hrs | 10921 | by Methuli Ncube
RBZ statement on the payment arrangements for fuel through interbank foreign exchange market
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has advised the public that with effect from 21 May 2019, the procurement of fuel by the Oil Marketing Companies (OM.) shall be done through the interbank foreign exchange...Published: 20 May 2019 at 17:29hrs | 2942 | by Staff Reporter
Load shedding and the long fuel queues
Zimbabwe has been gripped by the shortage of food stuffs unprecedented price hikes of two hundred percent and fuel drought. Each and every Zimbabwean feels the sharp impact of the economic chaos and s...Published: 20 May 2019 at 10:57hrs | 2919 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chasi strikes Mthuli with fuel fortune
A fuel crisis is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, in particular those used as ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 09:25hrs | 10017 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu visits Isuzu production facility
ON the back of an excellent year of Isuzu bakkie sales in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwean Minister of Industry and Commerce today visited Isuzu's production facility in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.M...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:46hrs | 2465 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe customers hit back at unscrupulous businesses
Prices of some local products appear to have entered a self-correction mode as consumer demand is said to have declined by at least 40 percent. Just last week, listed beverages giant Delta Cor...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
WorldRemit records surge in diaspora remittances
INTERNATIONAL money transfer service, WorldRemit, has seen a 40% surge in customers sending money to Zimbabwe for cash collection through ZB Bank.In a statement, country director of Zimbabwe a...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1868 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to increase Mozambique power imports
ZIMBABWE will resume power imports after electricity generation plunged due to low water levels at Kariba dam.In March the Zambezi River Authority, which is jointly run by Zambia and Zimbabwe ...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:50hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation set to decline?
ZIMBABWE is likely to experience a decline of inflation as the year progresses towards mid-year owing to slackening demand on the market due to customers' limited buying power, economist Dr Gift Mugan...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:45hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
The plight of Zimbabweans
All eyes were on me and I had no money to buy data. I wanted to get the latest news from onlinenewspapers but I had no money.Samutoko not his real name is a University graduate who is ekei...Published: 10 May 2019 at 17:34hrs | 1340 | by Leonard Koni
Mugabe dairy firm sings the blues
ALPHA Omega Dairy, a company owned by former President Robert Mugabe is singing the blues with operations at below capacity and low uptake of its products in the market.The former Zanu PF stro...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:57hrs | 2770 | by Staff reporter
Of poor political performers, protests and stupid protestors
Those who attended or listened to the speeches delivered during Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) May Day commemorations in Dzivarasekwa, Harare, last week will testify of how the labour body's...Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:50hrs | 1419 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Why South Africa wants to regulate cryptocurrencies
South Africa as a financial market participant has been on the rise in the last decade or so. Their prowess in financial knowledge, the growth of their economy, alongside the private equity indicator ...Published: 03 May 2019 at 13:47hrs | 2282 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe blighted by a 'tsunami' of fake news
Zimbabwe has once been described as a country blighted by a 'tsunami' of fake news since the beginning of a "new dispensation" following the largely unexpected or seemingly impossible removal of forme...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:31hrs | 1088 | by John Masuku
ZITF needs overhaul
ECONOMIC analysts have called for the sub-division of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) into sector-driven fairs as the business exhibition is struggling to attract big international corpor...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:57hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to vinyu to drown sorrows
A locally brewed crude wine (vinyu) has become part of life for most people in Zimbabwe, following a sharp hike in beer prices.It is believed that this type of wine can send someone into a dru...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 2606 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs political solutions for economic problems
Hawkins, an economics professor who founded the Graduate School of Management at the University of Zimbabwe, made the remarks at a recent breakfast meeting hosted by the Institute of Directors Zimbabw...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 13:10hrs | 1433 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chipinge sangoma's earth-shaking list include prophets, musicians, businesspeople, footballers, politicians
In an earth-shaking revelation, several well-known people, from in and outside Zimbabwe, to include but not limited to prophets, traditional healers, musicians, businesspeople, footballers, politician...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 10:45hrs | 18198 | by Staff reporter
The rationale behind Mnangagwa's pro-poor interventions
Since October last year prices of most basic commodities and services have been on an upward trajectory making life difficult for the majority of people. Manufacturers, retailers and other sup...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:49hrs | 176 | by Khumbulani Vodlaza Sibanda
Zimbabweans leave after xenophobic attacks in Vuwani
"I miss my fellow Zimbabweans. We used to stay as a family but we are now scattered in Limpopo"A number of Zimbabweans who had been living and working in Tshino village, Thohoyandou, Vuwani, h...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 22:30hrs | 3398 | by GroundUp.
Guaranteed erections steal the show at ZITF
Sexual performance boosters are flying off the shelves at the Malawi stand at the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo.The stand is stealing the show at one of the bigg...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 21:34hrs | 8929 | by Methusi Ncube
Zimbabwe shoots down Masiyiwa's rand proposal
Industry and Commerce minister, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu has shot down the suggestion by billionaire telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa for Zimbabwe to price all goods in South African rand to achieve...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | 4214 | by Sytaff reporter
Econet showcases smart, cutting-edge products
LEADING mobile network operator Econet Wireless is back at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) this year showcasing its growing range of smart consumer and business products to an even wider ...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Outcry as NetOne increases the price of OneFussion bundles
Zimbabwe have cried foul over the announcement by Telecommunications company NetOne that it has reviewed the price of its OneFussion bundles starting from Thursday 25 April. The new pric...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 09:53hrs | 3720 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tiger Wheel & Tyre Opens in Borrowdale, Harare
Vehicle owners in Borrowdale, a suburb of Harare, now have access to the world's biggest wheel and tyre brands, along with award-winning service from Southern Africa's best-loved and most trusted reta...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1029 | by Staf reporter
Strive Masiyiwa plots Botswana Mascom listing by October
Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa plans to list part of his Botswana telecoms operator Mascom by October this year, he said on Tuesday, in what he expects to be one of the biggest flotations on t...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 21:30hrs | 1832 | by Staff reporter
The truth shall set you free
The truth shall set you or set us free. In these times of hyperinflation, volatile currency and unpredictable economic trajectory, its time for 'my brother's keeper'. If displayed prices stand...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 20:06hrs | 1370 | by Tondo
Mnangagwa warned of brewing unrest
THERE are growing fears that Zimbabwe's fast-deteriorating economic situation - marked by shocking price hikes and severe shortages of foreign currency, fuel and vital medicines - could trigger social...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:49hrs | 19816 | by Staff reporter
Banks move to arrest card cloning incidents
AN increase in cases of bank card cloning fraud has resulted in some banks suspending balance inquiry on all merchant point of sale (POS) devices. Card-cloning is the production of counterfeit...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1702 | by Staff reporter
There is a light at the end of price hikes
The pain of being in Zimbabwe is to look at the prices every time you pass a gas station? You are not Zimbabwean if you are not paying more attention to the prices of everything you buy? This is not p...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 2720 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Strive Masiyiwa tells Zimbabwe to price all goods in South African rand
Billionaire telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa says Zimbabwe could achieve price stability if all goods were priced in the South African rand, and the country could do this "overnight".Masiyiwa, ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 10:48hrs | 6632 | by ZimLive
Zimbabweans flee Limpopo village after xenophobic attacks
A number of Zimbabweans who had been living and working in Tshino village, Thohoyandou, Vuwani, have moved to other areas of Limpopo or returned to Zimbabwe after xenophobic violence erupted last mont...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 11:25hrs | 3896 | by GroundUP
Government urges bakers to defer bread price hike
GOVERNMENT yesterday called on the Bakers' Association of Zimbabwe to reconsider its position to hike the price of bread and allow for consultations to take place first before any increase is effected...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Customs and traditions where are we?
Since time immemorial customs and traditions have guided humanity in how things are done and why. The hand me down 'guide book' has never been real yet no one seem to stray big time from the set norms...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:35hrs | 485 | by Thomas Murisa.
Eating soil, a pregnancy craving that can kill . . .
The smell of soil after light rains is divine. I like to think of it as the smell of nature, pure and fresh. Many women experience iron deficiency during pregnancy and subsequently develop a craving f...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:12hrs | 1058 | by Andile Tshuma
Massive retrenchments loom as Zimbabwe economy slows down
HUNDREDS of formal jobs are on the line in the economy as various businesses grapple with the realities of hyperinflation and exchange rate-induced losses. The market has witnessed massive price hikes...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 09:14hrs | 4246 | by Victor Bhoroma
Price of bread goes up
THE price of bread has gone up to RTGS$2,30 from RTGS$2 with millers saying the increase is not associated with the cost of flour as the price of the product has remained constant. Yesterday, ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Ncubenomics
In February, Reserve Bank Governor, John Mangudya announced the introduction of the RTGS dollar - the currency that confirmed what we knew all along: one is not to one. The RTGS dollar was initially s...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:19hrs | 3353 | by Kubatana
Men rape daughters in bizarre rituals
DISTURBING reports have surfaced from some remote parts of Mbire district in Mashonaland Central where some fathers are allegedly raping their daughters and forcing them into incestuous relationships ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
Panic after sangoma's death, clients throng home to return charms
THERE is gnashing of teeth among those who sought lucky charms from prominent traditional healer, Sekuru Charles Makuyana-Ndunge, who died in Chipinge on March 30, 2019 after a courageous battle with ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:27hrs | 28608 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has adequate cement - PPC
PPC Zimbabwe, proud manufacturer of building materials and solutions, would like to assure our valued customers that their favourite cement is readily available at all our stockists. We have e...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:33hrs | 1040 | by PPC
Mthuli Ncube's RTGS $ under siege
ZIMBABWE's local currency, the RTGS dollar, has shed more than 20 percent of its value since its introduction as the availability of foreign currency on the formal market remains subdued.By Fr...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:43hrs | 2087 | by Staff reporter
Potraz adopts new tariff model
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has moved away from a fixed model for determining the various tariffs for telecommunications operators to a flexible model. ...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
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