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Zimbabwe 5 years after Robert Mugabe - so, what has changed?
A climate of fear still lingers in Zimbabwe, five years after long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was deposed. As the country marks this milestone, few people are willing to speak openly about whether the g...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 17:18hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Let us decongest Bulawayo CBD Now!
Bulawayo's ever-growing informal sector needs to be decongested to high density and some middle – low density areas. It is a fact that stakeholders need to check and explore something drastic or dis...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 12:44hrs | 3968 | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
Zimdollar facing headwinds
For weeks, we have been told that the forex rates from both the official and parallel markets were stabilising and that this would mean inflation would soon follow.But, if the movement of the ...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 10 activists freed
TEN Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mbare informal traders have been granted free bail in a case they are facing fraud charges.They were arrested on November 2 for illegally allocating ven...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 1596 | by Staff reporter
Seed scammers on the prowl
SEED producers have urged government to put in place measures to curb the sale of fake seed to farmers.Findings of a recent study carried out by The African Seed Access Index (Tasai) in partne...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
The economic impact of Zidera
No doubt there are many opinions and interpretations out there with regard to the issue of sanctions and I thought it's important to try and unpack the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zi...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:34hrs | 517 | by Vince Musewe
'Liberation museum sitting on goldfield'
SATELLITE images dating back to 1985 show that the famed US$40 million Museum of African Liberation project is being constructed on a goldfield, the Zimbabwe Independent reported.According to ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Pharmacists behind drug smuggling
A NEW report has revealed that some government-employed pharmacists are running smuggling rackets and use their influence to evade border controls.In a report titled: Infamous by Design: Illic...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:51hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Will he really 'face down' China?
The UK has a new prime minister… Today's world news is evidently dominated by a variety of interesting and illuminating stories, expectations, theories, debates and analyses about Mr. ...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 11:25hrs | 814 | by Ndaba Sibanda
WhatsApp back online after hour-long global outage hits users
Messaging app WhatsApp came back online at 9AM and the company said an outage had been fixed after users across the world reported problems earlier on Tuesday.At around 7.50AM GMT, outage repo...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 19:39hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
All set for Ethiopian Airlines maiden flight to Bulawayo
ONE of the world's top airlines, Ethiopian Airlines is set to introduce flights that will fly into Bulawayo for the first-time, end of this month, a development that will boost the tourism sector as w...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:14hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Fresh turmoil hits Mupedzanhamo
EFFORTS to bring sanity at Harare's Mupedzanhamo flea market were dented yesterday after police were involved in running battles with illegal vendors returning to the area.Police had to throw ...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe announces another fuel price increase
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has increased fuel prices by at least 2,3% as economists raised fears of price hikes.According to ZERA's latest update, ZERA said traders can se...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:53hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
17 appear in court over Mupedzanhamo violence
SEVENTEEN people yesterday appeared in court charged with public violence that rocked Mupedzanhamo market since Friday. The accused, who were represented by Brighton Sadowera appeared before H...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF member dies as mob burns Mupedzanhamo
A Zanu-PF member died following violent clashes that were triggered by alleged opposition CCC space barons at the popular Mupedzanhamo Market in Harare which was also partly burnt by the rioting mob....Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
High Court berates magistrate over CCC activist's conviction and imprisonment
HARARE Magistrate Judith Taruvinga is facing a backlash for convicting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Makomborero Haruzivishe who was recently acquitted by the High Court.Haruziv...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:44hrs | 4809 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar notes are disappearing on the streets
October temperatures start to climb early in Harare, but by noon beverages vendor Davis Kugara is already counting his losses for the day.One after the other, many of his potential customers a...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 22:15hrs | 3667 | by Staff reporter
Chaos on 5th Avenue gives Bulawayo city a perennial headache
GAINS made from the recently concluded Bulawayo City Council Spring Cleaning exercise could be quickly reversed as authorities continue to struggle to bring sanity along 5th Avenue where illegal...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:00hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
No to politisation of operating spaces
THE Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) is disturbed by the reports of politicisation of operating spaces on a piece of land adjacent to the traffic lights at Malvern and...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 151 | by Viset
Zimbabwe inflation tumbles to 3,5%?
ZIMBABWE'S month-on-month inflation rate has drastically dropped to 3,5 percent in September, shedding 8,9 percentage points on the August rate of 12,4 percent as price stability persists across the m...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target highway criminals
Criminal syndicates operating around Ngundu Growth Point in southern Masvingo have been targeting accident victims along the Harare-Beitbridge highway, prompting police to launch an operation to bring...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
UZ taken to court by students over fees
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have taken the institution and its vice-chancellor Paul Mapfumo to court challenging the recent increase in tuition fees.The university recently increased ...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Fake products flood Bulawayo markets
A NEW crop of ‘entrepreneurs' has invaded Bulawayo's marketplaces where they sell fake branded products to unsuspecting consumers in broad daylight.In essence, the traders pretend to sell po...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree: A fuel smugglers paradise
FUEL smuggling is rampant along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border, with illicit traders resorting to paying bribes to evade arrest, a practice that has seen the country losing millions of dollars in potent...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Egodini project takes shape
SOUTH African based developer, Terracotta will this week start preparations for the laying of asphalt to the sides of Egodini Bus Terminus as they work towards the completion of Phase 1A of the rehabi...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:52hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Get Started with Forex Day Trading: Forex Trading Guide for Amateurs
Foreign exchange, sometimes known as "forex," is the exchange of currencies between buyers and sellers in a network at a specified price. It is a method used by people, businesses, and central banks t...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Council ropes in army to swoop on defiant Zanu-PF aligned street vendors
THE Bulawayo City Council has approached the Joint Operation Command (JOC), a coalition of State security agencies headed by the army, following futile efforts to remove Zanu-PF activists who have ill...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 2494 | by Staff reporter
BCC acts on garbage collection backlog
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday launched a massive clean-up campaign dubbed "Big Spring-Cleaning Week" in the city centre and pledged to rope in community tractors for refuse collection as heaps...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
BCC's new parking system generates $30m
THE new parking system implemented by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in partnership with the privately-owned Tendy Three Investments (TTI) has generated a combined $30 million in parking and clamping...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 395 | 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 | 399 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unveils new-look Beitbridge Border Post
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the modernised Beitbridge Border Post and said all border posts would be upgraded to improve the quality of services in the transport sub-sector.He d...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe workers suffer in SA
ZIMBABWEANS, together with other foreign nationals, are continuing to bear the brunt of vigilante attacks by South African citizens, who are accusing them of taking their jobs and committing crime....Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:49hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
In defense of the Bulawayo parking system
Greetings to all the citizens of the Great City of Bulawayo: The City of Kings and Queens.We note with deep and grave concern as the Concerned Citizens of Bulawayo that there has arisen in our...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:38hrs | 2809 | by Qaphelani Sikhangele Sibanda
Gold coins boost Zimdollar
Black market traders have been left reeling as measures taken by authorities, including new gold coins, to support the embattled local currency dry up excess liquidity and erode arbitrage opportunitie...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 20:48hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar depreciation on parallel and RBZ markets eases
THE depreciation of the Zimbabwean dollar has begun to ease on both the parallel and official market following months of a sustained downward spiral which saw the local currency losing more than half ...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3149 | 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 | 209 | by Staff reporter
RBZ strangles street money changers
They don't know what has suddenly hit them. It is no longer business as usual for most, if not all, illegal street money changers.They used to call the shots in the last few months, de...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza acting mayor claims he is being sabotaged
ACTING Chitungwiza mayor, Kelvin Mutimbanyoka says council employees, including management, were sabotaging an on-going operation against illegal structures."I have realised that a lot of coun...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths take over Bulawayo street, parcel out vending bays
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is losing its battle against Zanu-PF activists who are taking over some streets in the central business district and illegally parcelling vending bays among themselves....Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 13:33hrs | 1990 | by Staff reporter
Policy flaws chasing Forex from the formal market
It is estimated that US$2.5 billion is circulating outside the formal banking system in Zimbabwe with households, businesses and foreign investors preferring to store their hard-earned foreign currenc...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 12:05hrs | 2166 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa charts new inclusive path
THE Government will give a holistic account of the country's liberation struggle by honouring forgotten heroes such as the late Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole and James Chikerema among others for their c...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:17hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe a friend to all, an enemy to none'
Address by the President of the Republic 0f Zimbabwe His Excellency, ED Mnangagwa at the 42nd Heroes Day Commemorations. It is my singular honour and privilege to be addressing you all, at thi...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:16hrs | 126 | by ED Mnangagwa
Omalayitsha: Matebeleland's unsung heroes
OMALAYITSHA (cross border transporters) are among the unsung heroes to most communities particularly in Matabeleland region where most families have relatives based in South Africa who send them money...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:45hrs | 2020 | by Staff reporter
Lager beer production seen up 11%
DELTA Beverages says its lager beer portfolio is performing ahead of prior year, with a target to produce more than two million hectolitres this year, up 11% compared to prior year.Last year, ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
3 council bars corruptly sold
Three Harare City Council beer halls were allegedly sold without following proper procedure, amid reports authority to sell was never confirmed.The council's acting finance director verbally t...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
No joy in Mthuli Ncube's budget
CALLS by Zimbabwe's restive civil service for United States dollar salaries went unheeded by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday.Ncube doubled the national budget to $1,9 trillion as a res...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:54hrs | 2994 | by Staff reporter
SA customs officials strike: Commercial cargo movement improves
The movement of commercial cargo between Zimbabwe and South Africa has gradually improved after some customs officials from the neighbouring country who have been on strike over a pay increase returne...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:36hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to legalise vending
GOVERNMENT has been urged to craft legislation that legalises vending to end running battles between the police and the informal traders.Recent statistics from the Zimbabwe National Statistics...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:32hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold coins start circulating
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday released the first batch of 2 000 Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins into the market to provide a store of value alternative to the US dollar in a development expect...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar official exchange rate breaches $400 mark as black market around $800
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) official exchange rate has reached ZW$403,40 against the greenback in a development experts believe to be prompted by market forces.A trading update released...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 08:23hrs | 4089 | by Staff reporter
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