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Zupco to import spare parts for 100 grounded buses
Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) CEO George Chigora has revealed plans to import spare parts for 100 grounded buses, as the public transporter seeks to revitalize its fleet and improve servi...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:26hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
SA court to decide ZEP holders' fate this week
ZIMBABWE Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders in South Africa will this week learn of their fate when their case is heard by a full bench at Pretoria High Court starting today.The full bench will he...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel imports drop sharply
Zimbabweans have been forced to cut on fuel spending owing to the rolling increases of the product after global petroleum prices spiked because of the Russia-Ukraine war.Statistics from the Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans resort to bikes amid soaring fuel prices
SOARING fuel costs and the economic crunch in Zimbabwe are leading people to switch to using bicycles as their main mode of transport.Over the past year, the country has seen petrol prices jum...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Currency reforms urgently needed
REPORTS that several schools are contemplating raising fees by around 300% are shocking given the economic crunch Zimbabwe finds itself in, but is also evidence of the hard decisions the government ha...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic crunch hits passports
With Zimbabwe's economy in shambles and political tensions rising, leaving the country seems the best option for many who are desperate for jobs. But those dreams often end at the passport office, whi...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:45hrs | | by Farai Mutsaka, The Associated Press
Zimbabwean families now surviving on one meal per day
MOST families in Zimbabwe are now surviving on one meal per day as prices of basic commodities continue to spiral out of control amid a worsening economic crisis, a Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) ...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe approaching point of no return
Long-suffering Zimbabweans should brace themselves for more price hikes and shortages of basic goods, after stressed companies said yesterday that they were left with an average of about 10 days' wort...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to clear arrears first
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has put in place a viable plan to turn around Zimbabwe's economic fortunes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, but called on the country to q...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants to lead Zimbabwe transitional government
MDC President Nelson Chamisa says he had no wish to work with President Emmerson Mnangagwa but was demanding his right to be the country's leader as per mandate he claims was popularly granted to him ...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe.com
'United Sates of Africa' & 'third parties'
More than seven years ago the late Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi vied for the amalganation of all African countries into a domain he coined the "United States of Africa" an ideology which was first...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Daniel Itai
South Africa heads for an economic crunch
South Africa is likely going face a recession starting from the last quarter of this year. The recession is mainly attributed to the malfunctioning of the agricultural sector, the mining sector, the t...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 10:16hrs | 2 | by Daniel Itai
Chamisa's MDC fighting for survival
Nelson Chamisa's MDC party has an uphill task between now and the next polls in 2023 to navigate strong legal and political headwinds blowing in its direction, in what appears to be a systematic attem...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Divisions rock Zanu-PF
A FIERCE fight over the Karoi council chairmanship has broken out in Zanu-PF with two potential candidates gunning for the top post.According to party insiders, outgoing finance committee chai...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans consume more beer despite economic crunch
Zimbabweans are consuming more beer despite a biting economic crunch, with Delta Corporation - the associate unit of AB InBev - this week saying that lager beer volumes for the half year to June went ...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Business Report
Tshova Mubaiwa working towards penetrating Sadc region tourism
ESTABLISHED in 1983 in Bulawayo and only operating in the City of Kings, Tshova Mubaiwa Transport Co-operative plans on penetrating the Sadc region.Tshova Mubaiwa chief executive officer Samso...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Worthwhile Mugabe gets an award
LOCAL business mogul Mr Worthwhile Mugabe has established himself as a distinguished and pace setting entrepreneur that has built a business empire in the country.Mr Mugabe is the founder and ...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cash crisis haunts Quest Motors
Quest Motors assembling plant is facing operational challenges due to central bank’s failure to approve their payments to its Japanese and Chinese kit suppliers for over eight months. Th...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Land audits a piece meal to agricultural development!
The much hyped farm land audit which is expected to identity and flash-out multiple farm owners should go an extra mile in ensuring that sustainable agricultural production is realised. Agriculture is...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 15:38hrs | | by Sparkleford Masiyambiri
'Mugabe must step down'
FORMER broadcaster and losing MDC-T parliamentary candidate Eric Knight has demanded that President Robert Mugabe steps down saying that the 91-year-old ruler has failed.In an open letter to M...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant women not forced to bring delivery equipment - Musiiwa
Deputy minister of Health and Child Care Aldrin Musiiwa has said it was not Government policy that all pregnant women delivering at state health institutions should bring their items when they c...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 11:16hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou
Eric Knight message for Mugabe to quit
Former ZBC Radio Two popular disk jockey Eric Knight has made another follow up letter to President Robert Mugabe asking him to step down for the sake of the suffering Zimbabweans.In his lette...Published: 28 Aug 2015 at 09:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zim mulls monitoring telecoms traffic
Zimbabwe wants to start monitoring telecommunications traffic in the country and measure revenues generated by companies in the sector.The country is battling a biting economic crunc...Published: 29 May 2015 at 05:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Govt suspends civil servants bonus till 2017
Government has suspended bonus payments for 2015, 2016 and promised to review the payments in 2017 to allow government to implement ZimAsset.This was announced by finance minister Patrick ...Published: 13 Apr 2015 at 19:56hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Mugabe has run out of ideas,' says Tsvangirai
Former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Monday that long-ruling President Robert Mugabe had "run out of ideas" to fix the economy amidst massive unemployment and a brewing financial crisis....Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 15:39hrs | | by AFP
Match-fixing has tarnished Zimbabwe soccer
THERE is no doubt that money makes the world go round.It is difficult to live without it because in many cases, very few things go according to plan if one does not have money. The need...Published: 10 Mar 2012 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by -
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