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Zimbabwe govt gets thumbs up for DBOT for roadworks
Economists have asserted that adopting the Design, Build, Operate, and Transfer (DBOT) model for road infrastructure development in Zimbabwe is crucial to curbing corruption and ensuring quality workm...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:46hrs | 6155 | by Staff reporter
Minister Mombeshora raps Zimbabwe medical aid service providers
Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora has criticized medical aid service providers for overcharging and exploiting desperate patients. Speaking at the Association of Healthcare Fun...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:22hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Anyone refusing to accept ZiG payments will be arrested
Zanu-PF national political commissar Munyaradzi Machacha announced that anyone, including ruling party members, refusing to accept ZiG payments or using inflated exchange rates will be arrested and pr...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:38hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo hijacks US$40m corrupt ZEC deal
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other high-profile government officials, corruptly got a windfall from a murky Zimbabwe Election Commission...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:47hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in last minute Christmas shopping
Errant bus crews and rogue operators yesterday took advantage of the high demand for passenger transport to illegally double fares as thousands of people around the country did last minute shopping ah...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators push for touts removal
Commuter omnibus operators are calling for the immediate removal of touts at ranks while council officials take over blaming touts for the prevailing chaos often leading to overcharging and harassment...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidate says she is living in fear
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate in Ward 20 Umzingwane, Thokozile Dube, is yet to recover from the trauma she suffered after being violently attacked by suspected Zanu-PF members during l...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 16:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman cheats death in batteries explosion
A 38-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo's Woodlands suburb escaped death by a whisker in an explosion of solar batteries at her home last Saturday.Council acting chief fire officer Lynos Phiri confi...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Vendor in Zimbabwe bludgeoned to death "for overpricing"
ENRAGED over "high prices" two men beat a vendor with a hammer and sticks, resulting in his death after he was admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital.Confirming the incident which occurred in Cowd...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabwe retailers dumping goods on the streets?
Vendors in the country's major cities and towns have literally invaded all strategic points, including verandas of big retail shops, selling a variety of goods including basic commodities in foreign c...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
More misery for MA Auto Spares director Michael Smith
HARARE - A Harare-based motor spare company, MA Auto Spares director Michael Smith previously charged with six counts of fraud was back in court on Wednesday facing 10 more counts.Smith is now...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 13:18hrs | 2 | by Paul Ndou
7-day ultimatum for unscrupulous suppliers
Suppliers of undelivered goods and those Government officials who authorised the contracts for undelivered goods are now under intense investigation with arrests imminent, Permanent Secretary of Finan...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC parking company breaks silence
TENDY Three Investments (TTI), which is in charge of managing vehicle parking business in Bulawayo central business district, has broken its silence over accusations that its billing system is irregul...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Parking marshals overcharging motorists'
BULAWAYO motorists have accused parking attendants in the central business district (CBD) of overcharging and fabricating debts.The city's vehicle parking management system is managed by Tendy...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Contractors abandon Zimbabwe road projects
THE Government has expressed concern over some contractors that have abandoned road work projects in various local authorities countrywide citing delays in payment for their work and has urged council...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Minister vows to end schools uniform monopoly after MPs outcry
The government will step in to stop schools from forcing parents to buy uniforms at exorbitant prices, primary and secondary education minister Evelyn Ndlovu told parliament on Wednesday.Ndlov...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ blacklists 11 firms over black market deals, overpricing
SIX contractors that were doing business with Government have been blacklisted by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) for trading on the foreign currency black marke...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 07:42hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Passenger group urges citizens to report overcharging transport operators
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has urged citizens to report any incidents of overcharging by commuter omnibus operators in a bid to weed out errant business practices.The call co...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt clamps down on foreign travel, hampers
THE practice of Government headquarters staff buying themselves hampers and vouchers has been blocked and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has insisted that any Government travel must ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs say forced to stay in grubby Harare lodges
LEGISLATORS have been forced to put up in sub-standard lodges in Harare, footing their own bills, as the treasury has not paid hotel bills since July 2022, NewZimbabwe.com can reveal.One of th...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Concern over reluctance to reduce prices
THE Parliamentary committee on Industry and Commerce has expressed concern over the reluctance by the business sector to reduce prices of goods and services in line with sustained and continued reduct...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parking fees too high for Bulawayo'
BULAWAYO businesses and residents associations have insisted that fees under the new parking system implemented by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in partnership with the privately-owned company Tendy...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Nurses recruited from Zimbabwe are being caught in UK 'bonded labour' schemes
Zimbabwean care workers are being tricked into coming to the UK by unscrupulous middlemen who withhold up to half their wages and force them to live in squalor.The scam, which plays on the acu...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Ray Mwareya
South African companies gets a flake over eGodini delays
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo have demanded immediate cancellation of contracts given to two South African companies, citing delays by one while the other has been accused of usurping council.Terracot...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 20:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents to self-read water meters
THE Gweru City Council has encouraged residents to record water meter readings at their premises and submit them to the local authority following continuous complaints by ratepayers of overcharging....Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kuda Tagwirei in US$85 million Mbudzi flyover grand theft' Chin'ono says
Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has accused Fossil Contracting of overcharging the government in the bill for the Mbudzi interchange flyover project. The company which has been linked to fuel tyc...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 09:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Motorists resist Bulawayo's new parking fees
BULAWAYO motorists yesterday all but abandoned parking bays in the city centre's new parking zone where drivers must pay US$1 to park for 30 minutes.A new parking system came into force yester...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transport blues resurface
Police say the operation came after it was realised that many unregistered vehicles were being used as getaway cars in the commission of dangerous crimes, including armed robberies.As part of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans paying more than necessary for Covid tests
ZIMBABWEANS are forking out way above what should be logically reasonable, up to over 100% more than their neighbouring South Africans for similar Covid-19 tests.Laboratories and some private ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:51hrs | | by staff reportr
A plot to dethrone Matanga from police exposed
Once again social media was abuzz with Twitter messages spread by Temba Mliswa attacking the Police Commissioner-General Godwin Tandabantu Matanga. Themba is a big mouth and an attention seeker who ha...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 23:12hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Funeral insurers overcharge clients'
Zimbabwe's funeral insurance players may be overcharging clients, the latest sector report from the Insurance and Pensions Commission suggests. The regulator has noted significant incongruity between ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another bloodbath at Zupco
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has had a torrid time trying to prevent their staffers from dipping their sticky fingers in the cash till.Pilfering has become so pervasive that the c...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to go after 15 land barons
NATIONAL Housing minister Daniel Garwe says the government is working on modalities to rein in at least 15 land barons believed to be in possession of 80 percent of the country's residential space....Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 09:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'We are not here to fight Indian Borehole Driller', Local Drillers Speak out
"We are not here to fight Indian Borehole Drillers, but to create a fair playing ground beneficial to locals as well", the Borehole Drillers Apex Council of Zimbabwe (BODACOZ) has spoken out. ...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:14hrs | | by Trevor Namenda
Pharmacies warned over escalating drug prices
Government has warned that pharmacies overcharging clients or selling medicines in United States dollars risk losing their operating licences. Unscrupulous pharmacies are overcharging customer...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt warns overcharging pharmacies
Government has warned pharmacies that are overcharging clients or selling medicines in United States dollars that they risk losing their operating licences. Unscrupulous pharmacies are overcha...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
We need Zupco buses in Chiwesh, Mashonaland Central
The frequency of kombi arrivals and departure in rural Chiweshe, Mash. Central are not amusing. This is one area where tobacco farming was 'born' and got 'raised' elsewhere. The communal farme...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Mnangagwa threatens to unleash army on businesses
As the military government becomes clueless on how to control the wayward economy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reverted to what he knows best, the military – as he has threatened the business c...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Makho Precious Moyo
Sparks fly over NSSA scandal
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board chairman Robin Vela says he will challenge the damning forensic audit report in court claiming that it was part of a witch-hunt.The repor...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread supplies to improve
Bread supplies are set to improve in the coming days following the arrival of 19 000 tonnes of wheat which was bonded in Beira. The wheat was released after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe paid US$7 mill...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government to name and shame overpricing shops
ZANU-PF national secretary for the commissariat Victor Matemadanda yesterday warned businesses in Bulawayo against selling goods at exorbitant prices, saying corrective measures will soon be taken aga...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zera raids 2 000+ illegal fuel dealers
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has raided over 2 000 illegal fuel dealers countrywide in the last seven months as part of an ongoing operation to bring sanity to the sector. C...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grain millers cut supplies to overpricing shops
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has vowed to stop supplies to all shops which will be found liable of overcharging basic commodities.In an interview after overseeing a price m...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Unite against big business' deathly grip
THERE is a lot to criticise about what is going on, but not all price increases we are seeing are that inevitable because in many cases, these are contrived with many big retailers taking advantage of...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Mnangagwa's govt lays new siege on business
GOVERNMENT has laid siege on the business sector, ominously accusing it of overcharging consumers in pursuit of super profits and engaging in "financial terrorism".President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fears of imminent maize meal price increases
1. Fears of imminent maize meal price increases have been extensively speculated in both the main stream and social media. This has, to a large extent, Fueled panic buying with some unscrupulous retai...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by GMAZ
Zimbabweans plot to boycott over-pricing shops
BEITBRIDGE residents have threatened to boycott shops and service providers they feel are unfairly overpricing goods and services.The residents, who have formed social media groups, also want ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elderly women jailed for blocking road
TWO elderly women from Dete in Hwange district have been each sentenced to 12 months in prison for blocking the Dete-Cross Dete road using stones and tree branches. Ruth Dube and Angeline Moyo...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
State intervenes on basic commodity prices
Government is working on safety nets to shield vulnerable members of society against price distortions on basic commodities and will soon unveil a well-packaged strategy to ensure goods reflect their ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco to re-introduce mini-buses
Government has set up an inter-ministerial committee to oversee an introduction of mini-buses to ply various urban routes, as Zimbabwe steps up efforts to bring national passenger company - Zupco - ba...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
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