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Power Sales workers fume over salaries
Powersales, a retail clothing chain in Bulawayo, is embroiled in a dispute with its employees after management decided to offset outstanding salaries with sewing machines, leaving workers dissatisfied...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:57hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
African Sun to Sell Monomotapa Hotel
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed hospitality group, African Sun Limited, has announced plans to sell its flagship property, the Monomotapa Hotel Crowne Plaza in Harare. The move comes as part of a s...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:27hrs | 296 | by Sgtaff reporter
Man arrested for theft of aluminium cables
A man from Mzilikazi in Bulawayo has appeared in court for illegally possessing and stealing aluminium cables.He was arrested in Sauerstown after being found in possession of 10 kg of cables o...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 12:43hrs | 445 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Young Warriors' AFCON dream crushed by Zambia
Zimbabwe 2 - 2 Zambia(Zambia won 6-5 on penalties)Zimbabwe's Young Warriors' hopes of qualifying for next year's CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) were dashed in a dramatic penalty sh...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:24hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Used clothes take Zimbabwe by storm
Kimberley Dube takes great care with her appearance. She always looks sharp and fashionable in smart-looking jeans, t-shirts, sweatpants, tops, and designer sneakers."I love jeans - can't get ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 11:24hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Duo nabbed for possession of giraffe meat
Two individuals from Dete in Matabeleland North province have been apprehended for violating the Parks and Wildlife Act after being discovered with giraffe meat.Thulani Dube (28) and Smart Ban...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:38hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Bosso held by 10 men Chicken Inn
Chicken Inn 0-0 HighlandersHighlanders failed to make the most of their numerical advantage, settling for a goalless draw against 10-man Chicken Inn on Sunday afternoon.The Gamecocks playe...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 17:45hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Cracks in Bosso camp
ALL is not well at Bulawayo football giants, Highlanders with an audio going viral in which secretary-general Morgen "Gazza" Dube is overheard painting a picture of a divided house.Dube is acc...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:21hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Lake Mutirikwi hydro power plant nears completion
THE US$14,6 million hydro power plant that has a rated output of five megawatts of electricity that will be added to the national grid is now 70 percent complete and is expected to be commissioned in ...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZESA technicians arrested in stand-off with top prosecutor Reza
Two ZESA technicians were arrested and later released on Sunday after they were blocked from accessing a house in Harare's Kambuzuma suburb where faulty underground cables have left a shopping centre ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Copper cable thieves electrocuted
Two suspected cable thieves are nursing injuries sustained from electrical shock after they tried to steal ZETDC copper cables at a farm in Mazowe.Lawrence Chimedza of Epworth Harare and Tinot...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Schools warned against arm-twisting parents
As schools opened smoothly yesterday with cholera protocols and procedures being observed, the Government warned rogue school administrators against holding parents and guardians to ransom by turning ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans jailed 10 years each over cable theft in SA
Two Zimbabwean nationals, Namer Ndovu, aged 27, and Collen Singanje, aged 28, have been sentenced to 10 years of direct imprisonment each by the Pretoria North Magistrate's Court. They were convicted ...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso boss Herentals
Herentals FC 0 - 1 HighlandersHIGHLANDERS have opened a four point lead at the summit of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League following a narrow win over Herentals at Mandava stadium yesterday....Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 07:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Unifreight eyes cross-border business
LISTED transport and logistics firm Unifreight Africa Limited has revealed plans to diversify and de-risk the business by actively pursuing cross-border and contract haulage.The company, which...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers make way for Zesa powerline
ABOUT 29 families in Mazwi village on the outskirts of Bulawayo will be relocated to pave way for a Zesa Holdings powerline from Hwange Power Station.Latest Bulawayo City Council minutes indic...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
TelOne suffers US$7,4m loss
SATE-OWNED telecom firm, TelOne, says government's delay in paying its debt has caused a loss of US$7,4 million on its balance sheet as the local currency continues to depreciate.The Zimdollar...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money-spinning in Zimbabwe shadow economy
WHILE local shoppers traditionally flocked to big groceries and supermarkets for bargains on consumer goods, of late, they have been trooping to "tuckshops" in downtown Harare, where basic commodities...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe consumers in a fix
As Zimbabweans continue to battle with a failing economy, increases in prices of basic commodities has pushed many into abject poverty.A recent survey conducted by Standardbusiness indic...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC countries except South Africa scrap roaming charges
Mobile users in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana will no longer be charged extra when they cross borders. The initiative in the four Southern African Development Community (SADC) countrie...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe satellite starts transmitting data
ZIMBABWE'S first earth-observation satellite, ZimSat-1, has started collecting data from space after undergoing successful orbital stabilisation.The satellite, which is monitored from the Mazo...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Low tariffs chew into Econet earnings
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) has posted a near $17 billion loss for the year ended February 28, 2023, owing to a 317,14% increase in exchange losses during the period as the local currency tumbled....Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government outlines measures to stabilise electricity supply
Efforts to stabilise electricity supply are ongoing, with the Government coming up with a raft of measures such as gradually reviewing the tariff upwards so that funds are available for maintenance, i...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso bury Triangle
Highlanders FC 2-0 Triangle UnitedTHE jeers and boos have turned into cheers!A few weeks ago, some sections within the Highlanders family had doubts in coach Baltermar Brito but he is slow...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's urban poor turn to "Car Supermarkets" to survive inflation
Sheila Gava forages the trunk of a stranger's Nissan car for dried tuna, Kellogg's biscuits and a bottle of canola oil."I've not stepped foot inside a high-street supermarket in three years," ...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to turn Emganwini house into clinic
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) plans to renovate a house in the sprawling Emganwini suburb and turn it into a makeshift clinic because the local authority has no budget for the construction of a proper h...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Copper cables thieves leave suburb in darkness
Pumula North suburb in Bulawayo was left in darkness on Monday after thieves got away with copper cables.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Republic Police confirmed the incident saying the suspects...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 12:18hrs | 5 | by Desmond Nleya
Sha Sha 'divorces' DJ Maphorisa
WHEN songbird Sha Sha emerged as a force in what was then a bubbling amapiano scene in 2019, few would have imagined that she would ever leave the protective wing of Maphorisa, the man who discovered ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash brings more convenience for its users, unveils new bill management service
EcoCash has introduced 'EcoCash Bill Manager', a new service that brings more convenience for its users and simplifies how EcoCash customers manage their bill payments to different service providers, ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 04:42hrs | 14 | by Agencies
TelOne lays out fresh fibre plan
STATE-OWNED telecoms operator, TelOne is seeking funding to deploy fibre network to over 100 000 homes in the next five years under the National Broadband Phase II project, as it moves to counter netw...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
3 drivers arrested over Zesa cables theft
POLICE in Bulawayo last month arrested three Harare truck drivers found in possession of suspected stolen Zesa aluminium conductors.According to police, the law enforcement agency received a t...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police thwart Chamisa rally
THOUSANDS of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters turned Marondera into a sea of yellow in anticipation of a rally that was eventually thwarted by armed anti-riot police officers at Rudhaka ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo steel firm up in smoke
PUMP and Steel Company in Bulawayo was gutted by fire on Wednesday, resulting in loss of property worth $15 million.Council's acting chief fire officer Lynos Phiri said the fire was caused by ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Batsirai moves further away from Zimbabwe
Tropical Cyclone Batsirai has moved further southward away from Zimbabwe, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has advised. The weather should be sunny and hot over most parts of the c...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean designer to open boutique in Liverpool
Liverpool-based Zimbabwean designer, Petronella Tayamika Mahachi Hughes, is not looking back in her chosen trade.If anything, she is just stepping up and ready to cause ripples at the top....Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vandals switch off Mnangagwa's State House
DARING copper cable thieves recently cut electricity cables to State House in Bulawayo as the city witnesses a surge in vandalism cases.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abedni...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bread price up 15%
THE price of flour has gone up by 6.5% from $112 000 to $119 000 per metric ton, a situation that also pushed the price of bread up by 15% from $175 to $210.Grain Millers Association of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools demand fees from exam candidates
SOME schools in Bulawayo have been demanding fees for candidates that are writing Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, a practice that has been conde...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe offers agent US$25,000 to manipulate poll result
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, staring in the face of a heavy defeat in his bid to bounce back as Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairman, allegedly offered to pay a senior party membe...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 19:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
New power supply for Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT has commenced the construction of a 360km electricity transmission project linking Hwange Thermal Power Station and Insukamini Substation in Bulawayo.The project is part of the on-g...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Copper cable thieves leave suburb in darkness for a month
SOME Luvuve suburb residents in Bulawayo have gone for a month without electricity due to theft of copper cables.Bulawayo has of late witnessed an increase in theft of copper cables which has resu...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Headwinds stalk Zimbabwe insurers
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has warned that Zimbabwe's insurance sector faces one of its toughest times, with geopolitical tensions and disruptions to business models under ...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bosso gored by Rhinos
Black Rhinos 2 - 0 HighlandersHIGHLANDERS paid the price for their awful defending and were left ruing the absence of veteran keeper Ariel Sibanda when they were punished by a well drilled B...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland in record wheat harvest
Wheat production has been rising fast in Zimbabwe and farmers in Matabeleland provinces are contributing immensely to a promising season.Across the country, wheat farmers have started harvesti...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'NRZ has been on perennial decline mode'
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says COVID–19-induced hard lockdowns and competition from the road transportation system will see total freight volumes dropping to 2,1 million tonnes this ye...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why are Zimbabwean companies failing to pay taxes?
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) annual report for 2020 released last week confirmed the heavy burden that the country's industries are battling to contain — outstanding taxes are mounting, and ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls experience charms American executives
VICTORIA Falls is a must-visit basket of attraction and leisure. That is how 10 American executives summed up their three days and two nights at one of the worlds' prime tourist resorts. They came, th...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa is not as bad as is portrayed by media
I AM really concerned about the role of mass media in this century. Firstly, because there is so much of it, secondly, because it can easily distort perceptions and understanding of what is really goi...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Restaurants choke under extended lockdown
RESTAURANT operators yesterday said the continued extension of COVID-19-induced lockdown without financial support or stimulus packages for ailing businesses would severely affect their industry....Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo rubbishes AG Chiri's report
MASVINGO City Council (MCC) management has rubbished the auditor general's report on the misappropriation of Covid 19 funds with the town clerk accusing the AG of lying and leaving out key information...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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