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Bulawayo's thriving car breaking industry
When you think of industries that offer opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship, the car breaking industry is probably not the first one that comes to mind.However, in Bulawayo, Zimb...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Charamba justifies Emmerson Junior's presence at meeting with Belarus chefs
DEPUTY Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Office, George Charamba, has justified the presence of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Emmerson Jr, at a high-level State House me...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF - govt conflation deepens
CONFLATION between Zanu-PF as a political party and the government spheres is deepening as shown by the increasing involvement in state activities by former vice-president Kembo Mohadi, The NewsHawks ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Zanu-PF-State conflation
A LEAKED government correspondence has exposed the State-Zanu-PF conflation after it emerged that the party's second secretary and former Zimbabwe's vice-president Kembo Mohadi was being allocated fue...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sends Mohadi to funeral of Japan's Abe
Shamed former vice president Kembo Mohadi represented Zimbabwe at Tuesday's funeral of ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ZimLive has learnt.Mohadi, who resigned in March 2020 after being ...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 19:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe's electric vehicle vision may flop
A strategic plan twinning the development of electric vehicle (EVs) in Zimbabwe and commensurate investment into the power industry will be key to sustaining their presence on the country's roads, acc...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 17:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean ex-Japanese car importers to pay radiation inspection fees
GOVERNMENT yesterday ordered all newly-imported vehicles from countries which have experienced nuclear radiation such as Japan to be inspected for radiation before they enter the country with immediat...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Protests: MDC caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
Conversations with insiders suggest that the MDC has been agonising over whether or not to call for protests since the beginning of the year. That no decision has been reached on the matter speaks to ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | | by Tendai Chimunda
Forex duty on 'luxuries' goods, not on cars
The Government has published a list of predominantly luxury goods that, with effect from Friday, attract duty in foreign currency on importation. A variety of foods and drinks such as cheese, wines, f...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Japanese cars flood Beitbridge border post
ZIMBABWEANS have gone on a buying spree of second-hand Japanese vehicles, leaving the Zimbabwe Revenue officers (Zimra) at Beitbridge overwhelmed.Thousands of imported cars and their owners or...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police absence headache for insurers
Insurance executives will tell an analysts briefing their companies are now in the business of paying claims owing to the absence from the roads.They might not have foreseen the spike in accid...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Bulawayo Vendors Trust in discontent with Mudenda's 150% customs duty proposal
Bulawayo Vendors Trust have expressed discontentment with the proposal of 150% customs duty to be imposed on imported vehicles made by speaker of the national house of assembly Jacob Mudednda question...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 09:30hrs | | by Stephan Jakes
Why are Zimbabwean doctors striking? Are their demands justifiable and reasonable?
Zimbabwe's health system was plunged into further chaos, a day after Valentine's Day on Wednesday 15 January 2017, when the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), the representative association...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 22:09hrs | | by Dr Benson Mudiwa
ex-Japanese vehicle imports to Zimbabwe fall
BEITBRIDGE Border Post handled fewer Japanese second-hand vehicles this month as new custom regulations announced by Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa take effect.In his Mid Term Fiscal Revie...Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
'Ex-Japanese cars cause cancer'
Zimbabwe Union Of Journalists Secretary General Foster Dongozi has claimed that ex-Japanese vehicles that are flooding the country cause cancer.Dongozi said Japan is still affected by the ef...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 13:13hrs | 4 | by Thobekile Zhou
Snake withdraws money at an ATM in Harare
A snake withdrew cash at Barclays ATM Angwa Street in Harare and entered into the car.It is understood that the snake withdrew the cash and got into an ex-Japanese car which was parked ...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 10:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Second-hand car import ban looms
THE government is working on regulations that would halt the importation of second-hand ex-Japanese vehicles in a bid to promote the assembling of low-cost vehicles locally.Industry and Commer...Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ambassador defends ex-Japanese cars
JAPANESE ambassador to Zimbabwe Yoshinobu Hiraishi has defended second-hand car imports from his country saying they were safe and reliable, rejecting reports that they had contributed to the country...Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mpofu's decisions 'unpeople'
The Zimbabwean community on 1 june woke up to be greeted by a spine chilling headlines that the ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development led by Dr Obert Mpofu had issued an irrevocable...Published: 12 Jun 2014 at 11:55hrs | | by Ndodana Moyo
Gwanda to install traffic lights along the Bulawayo - Beitbridge highway
GWANDA Town Council is planning to introduce traffic control signals to regulate the movement of vehicles in the mining town. There has been an increase in traffic in the Matabeleland South p...Published: 31 May 2014 at 21:08hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Ex-Jap car dealers slash prices at Beitbridge Border Post
CAR dealers have reduced prices of ex-Japanese vehicles by 30 percent at Beitbridge Border Post as they battle to clear huge stocks.Major dealers such as Quest Royal, Wr...Published: 01 Feb 2014 at 09:49hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
ZRP bans ex-Jap pirate taxis
ORLANDO Pirates FC, a dominant South African football franchise, is diversely nicknamed, "Buccaneers" and "Sea Robbers", among other names. The legendary (and somewhat detestable) human skull-and-cros...Published: 06 Dec 2013 at 03:21hrs | | by Edgar Maguranyanga Traffic Friday
Professional sex workers invade hotels
A rare breed of 'professional sex workers' has been born in Zimbabwe.Traditionally, sex workers confined themselves to brothels, drinking heavily whilst seducing maleimbibers who would...Published: 24 Nov 2013 at 03:07hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Outcry over ex- Jap carriers ban
THE move by police to ban ex-Japanese vehicles from being used for public transport has sparked an outcry from players in the sector.Last week Police spokesman Chief Superintendent Paul Ny...Published: 17 Nov 2013 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman run over by pirating car fleeing from municipal police
A 61-year-old woman from Masvingo's Mucheke suburb was run over by a Noah vehicle fleeing from the municipal police.The accident confirmed by Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Peter Z...Published: 14 Nov 2013 at 02:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Safety of ex-Japanese people carriers blown out of proportion', operators say
FIERCE debate has ensued over the move to block ex-Japanese people carriers such as Toyota Granvia, Noah, Elgrande, Regius and Ipsum from the public transport system with the operators yesterday sayi...Published: 09 Nov 2013 at 02:11hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Police ban ex-Japanese vehicles from public transport system
POLICE moved yesterday to ban, with immediate effect, ex-Japanese people carriers such as Toyota Granvia, Noah, Elgrande and Ipsum from the public transport system.The move came after a series...Published: 07 Nov 2013 at 02:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames the rapid increase in vehicle volumes
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Emmerson Mnangagwa last week blamed the rapid increase in vehicle volumes without a corresponding policy change and expansion of the road infrastructu...Published: 14 Oct 2013 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa opposes Obert Mpofu on urban tolling
Businessman Philip Chiyangwa says Obert Mpofu's idea of urban tolling will be a great inconvenience to the public."We have a lot of people driving ex-Japanese cars who are struggling to fuel ...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 10:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'lures' MDC-T councillors
Zanu-PF is trying to lure MDC-T councillors who make the majority in the council chambers to vote for a mayor from President Robert Mugabe's party, the Southern Eye reported.According to MDC-T...Published: 27 Aug 2013 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
7 people die as driver attempts to avoid a dog
SEVEN people were killed while eight others were injured along the Harare-Bindura Road on Tuesday when a vehicle they were travelling in overturned after the driver attempted to ...Published: 09 Aug 2012 at 04:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans duped of more than US$400 000 by bogus car dealers on the net
HUNDREDS of Zimbabweans buying second hand vehicles from Japan through the internet have been duped of more than US$400 000 by bogus traders that disappear as soon as money is wired to them.Do...Published: 26 Feb 2012 at 22:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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