POLITICS

Bulawayo councillor slams City management over corruption

Bulawayo Ward 3 Councillor Mxolisi Mahlangu has launched a scathing attack on the city's management, accusing officials of rampant corruption and gross mismanagement that he says is crippling service ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2025

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's ally takes over City Sports Centre

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special advisor, Paul Tungwarara, has been handed the reins to oversee the long-awaited renovation of the City Sports Centre, a once-proud Harare landmark that has suffe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo City Council hit by US$82,000 bitumen scandal

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been rocked by yet another corruption scandal, this time involving the mysterious disappearance of 285 drums of bitumen - vital road construction material - worth o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Powertel to bring high-capacity fibre network To Zimbabwe

Powertel Communications and Paratus Zimbabwe have signed a high-capacity fibre network deal, an infrastructure sharing agreement set to transform Zimbabwe's digital landscape. This partnership aims to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2025

POLITICS

Panic grips Harare City Council bosses

Panic has swept through Harare City Council as senior executives scramble to safeguard their positions following the release of a scathing commission of inquiry report into the municipality's operatio...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Masvingo City destroys 1,6t of chicken

The Masvingo City Council last Friday destroyed 1.6 tonnes of chicken smuggled into Zimbabwe from South Africa without veterinary clearance, declaring the consignment unfit for human consumption.Counc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2025

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Private players to enter Zimbabwe's electricity retail market

Zimbabwe is set to open its electricity sector to private players who will be allowed to generate, transmit, and distribute power directly to households, especially in newly developed suburbs. This st...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Sunway City targets 70% growth in five years

Sunway City, one of Zimbabwe's flagship special economic zones (SEZs) and a major smart city development project, is aiming to reach at least 70 percent completion within the next five years as part o...

By Staff eporter | Published: 11 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Gwanda city status push gains momentum

Gwanda's bid to attain city status by 2026 is gathering pace as modern buildings and infrastructure developments begin to redefine the skyline of the Matabeleland South provincial capital.Once a quie...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo Council nets over US$2,000 in fines

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has collected more than US$2,000 in environmental offence fines for April alone, as it intensifies efforts to combat the surge in illegal gold panning, sand poaching, a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 May 2025

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

CZI urges companies to reduce idle capacity

Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) chief executive officer, Ms Sekai Kuvarika, has called on Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector to reduce unutilised capacity as a key strategy to lower production...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

ZITF Company seeks partners for US$12m smart city project

The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company has announced a call for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified local and international firms to take part in the development of significant...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo capitalises on ZITF to market city opportunities

Bulawayo Mayor, Councillor David Coltart, has praised the 65th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) for providing a valuable platform to market the city's abundant investment opport...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2025

AFRICA BUSINESS

South Africa's electricity prices have risen by over 600% since 2008

South Africa's electricity prices have skyrocketed by more than 600% since 2008, far outpacing headline inflation and becoming a key structural driver of rising costs across the economy. This relentl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo City Council seeks ideas to revive city's industries

In a bid to combat urban decay and rapid de-industrialisation, Bulawayo city leaders are urging residents, policy experts, and various stakeholders to contribute innovative solutions that can drive su...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

'City on the Edge of the City' set to transform Bulawayo

Real estate firm Henock Ranching has announced an ambitious new urban development project, "City on the Edge of the City," which will be constructed on a 58-hectare gated lifestyle estate on the outsk...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Lafarge to double capacity after launching US$25m expansion project

Lafarge has budgeted US$25 million for its expansion project which will double capacity by year-end 2022.  The expansion plan kicked off this morning at a ground-breaking ceremony for a Dry Morta...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 March 2020

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Why Zimbabwe quadrupled its electricity prices

Zimbabwe has increased the average electricity tariff by 320% to let the state power utility ramp up production and improve supplies at a time of daily rolling power cuts, the national energy regulato...

By Reuters | Published: 10 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe industry capacity utilisation to drop to 30%

MANUFACTURING sector capacity utilisation is projected to drop to about 30 percent this year from 48 percent in 2018 due to negative macro-economic factors that hit Zimbabwe since January, the Confede...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

No Treasury bailout for small Zimbabwe city

Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, this week revealed that there would be no rescue package for the City of Kwekwe to avert a water crisis in the short term due to serious complexities.But the failure to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Prepaid electricity vending system up today

THE Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC)'s customers will from today be able to buy electricity tokens. This follows a short interruption of the system by the power utility for scheduled ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa to meet Ramaphosa over electricity

President Mnangagwa is expected to meet his South African counterpart on Sunday to discuss whether Zimbabwe's neighbour can export more electricity to the country in light of the current shortages bei...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Electricity tariffs hike looms

Government says it will soon review electricity tariffs to reflect costs because current charges are no longer sustainable.Zimbabwe is currently facing its worst power shortages in years after low wat...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare City Council sells land to raise salaries

HARARE City Council has resolved to sell a prime piece of land in Mount Pleasant to a property developer to raise money for salaries.The land is currently being used by the ruling Zanu PF party as its...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo City Council wants to charge in forex

THE Bulawayo City Council has formulated a policy designed to raise foreign currency through giving a 50 percent discount to individuals who pay bills in United States dollars after service providers ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 November 2018
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