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Traders seek Chiwenga's help over market fees

Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has been dragged into a heated dispute at Harare's Mbare Musika retail market, where traders are protesting against what they describe as "extortionist fees" and exclusionary practices following the cont…

Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 09:21hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter

Zimra blitz disrupts Bulawayo traders

Scores of traders operating within Bulawayo's city centre were left reeling last week after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) implemented a series of business closures, as part of a wider national effort to combat smuggling and the tr…

Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:42hrs | 1999 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe central bank goes after informal traders forex, exporters' proceeds

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced a further reduction in export retention proceeds, cutting them by an additional 5%, as part of measures aimed at boosting foreign currency reserves and stabilizing the economy. The new direc…

Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:43hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter

Traders reject Zimdollar

THE Zimbabwe dollar has continued to depreciate in 2024, with traders in some areas now refusing to accept the local currency, while parallel market exchange rates have been differing across the country The NewsHawks reported.This has been…

Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Traders shun Egodini, decry exorbitant user fees

TWO days after the opening of the upgraded Egodini Terminus in Bulawayo, traders and commuters are yet to move to the facility amid revelations that vendors want a reduction of the proposed US$90 monthly fee that is being charged by the co…

Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

New party dangles cash to informal traders

LITTLE-KNOWN opposition Ideas Party of Democracy (IPD) claims that it has provided financial aid and groceries to dozens of Harare informal traders who failed to recover from the effects of COVID-19 lockdown measures.IPD leader Herbert Cha…

Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's lockdown extension irks informal traders

INFORMAL traders yesterday expressed anger over the extension of the level four lockdown period by two more weeks without provision of social grants to cushion them. President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday further extended the COVID-19…

Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

'Informal traders to blame for demolitions'

THE Harare City Council yesterday blamed informal traders over the demolitions carried out by council and police, accusing them of choosing to operate at undesignated areas.Council spokesperson Michael Chideme made the claims during a virt…

Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:21hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter

Vendors demand to be prioritised during vaccination

INFORMAL traders associations yesterday called on the Health ministry to prioritise its members during the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise.Government has said that vendors would not be allowed to conduct business at public trading pl…

Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

IOM rescues cross-border traders

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has started rolling out support programmes to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 pandemic on informal cross-border traders in the Sadc region.  In a statement, the organisation's Zambia…

Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zambian traders flock to Victoria Falls

Zambians are taking advantage of Zimbabwe's collapsing economy to buy basic commodities from Victoria Falls for resale in the resort town of Livingstone.Products that are popular with the Zambian traders include mealie-meal, milk and sugar…

Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Forex traders on the increase

Illegal money changers pose while exchanging a new Zimbabwe bond note (L) and U.S. dollar notes in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon BulawayoAN increasing number of Zimbabweans are taking their chances to tr…

Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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