INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Foreign currency shortages derail Paramount Garments

LEADING textile firm, Paramount Garments' exports have dropped by 14 percent while prospects of growing its Bulawayo clothing manufacturing unit, Archer Clothing Manufacturers are in limbo due to adve...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 October 2019

POLITICS

Zimbabwe soldiers leave ugly terror trail

Horror stories are slowly emerging of how the country's trigger-happy security forces brutalised ordinary Zimbabweans this week - shooting  68 people and leaving dozens others requiring life-savi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 January 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa calls for rail network overhaul

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for a total revamp of the country's rail network and re-equipping the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) workshops to enable the parastatal to serve the entire...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 November 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa rally bombing trail goes cold

FIVE months following a deadly explosion at a Zanu PF rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at Bulawayo's White City Stadium which killed two security agents and injured 49, including Vice-P...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

China Railways officials jet in

China Railways Limited top officials arrived in Zimbabwe on Thursday to finalise a $2,5 billion railway deal with Zimbabwe. The delegation is led by VP and senior government engineer Shao Gang.More to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa rails against G40

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he is aware that the G40 faction in Zanu-PF was still alive almost eight months after the military intervened in the ruling party's vicious wars over former...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare-Chitungwiza rail project back on track

Zimbabwe has revived plans to construct a railway line linking Harare and Chitungwiza as it seeks an efficient and reliable public transportation system between the two urban centres. Desmond Matete, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018

POLITICS

Teachers contest Zanu-PF's bid to railroad pupils to rallies

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union in Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has once again approached the High Court to enforce a provisional order barring Zanu-PF from forcing school pupils and teachers to attend camp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Khupe claims Chamisa is out to derail her campaign

A faction of the MDC led by Thokozani Khupe is accusing its colleagues-turned-rivals of embarking on a campaign to destabilise its outreach programmes ahead of the forthcoming elections.Party's spokes...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2018

POLITICS

Who is who on the Zimbabwe campaign trail?

A TOTAL of 23 candidates successfully filed their nomination papers last week enabling them to run in the presidential elections to be held on July 30, although it is self-evident the real race will b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2018

POLITICS

'Grace Mugabe and G40 we derailing Zanu-PF'

THE time for sloganeering is over and the revolutionary party, Zanu-PF is reverting back to its founding principles dating back to the liberation struggle, says Politburo member, Perrance Shiri. Addre...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2018

POLITICS

Campaign trail turns bloody

THE July 30 election campaign trail has claimed the life of a two-year-old who was reportedly abducted and brutally killed by suspected Zanu-PF activists at the weekend after his father Rambai Lumbe d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 June 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Goods train derails in Hwange

THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls was on Tuesday delayed for about 10 hours after a goods train derailed and blocked the railway line in Hwang...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

New railway line to link Hwange, Harare

A NEW rail line linking Hwange to Harare via Binga and Gokwe will be constructed as part of the revitalisation of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), a Cabinet Minister has said.The giant parasta...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 May 2018

POLITICS

Makamba Busha hits campaign trail

South African-based businessman Joseph Makamba Busha has hit the campaign trail, expressing confidence that his FreeZim Congress will give mainstream parties a good run for their money in the forthcom...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa rails Mnangagwa over ballot papers

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's promise of a free and fair election saying if he was sincere he would not be rejecting opposition demands for an open tender for ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 May 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Forex shortages derail SMM turnaround plan

SHABANIE Mashava Mines' (SMM) turnaround efforts have been hampered by foreign currency shortages as the company seeks to acquire de-watering equipment at its mines in Mashava and Zvishavane.The asbes...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe Railway benefits from ZIMREF

Zimbabwe's transport sector is one of the beneficiaries of the Zimbabwe Reconstruction Fund (ZIMREF) a World Bank managed multi- donor Trust Fund. One of the goals of ZIMREF is to create an enabling e...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

POLITICS

Khupe split won't derail Chamisa

Former MDC deputy president Thokozani Khupe's recent split from the Nelson Chamisa-led party will not have serious ramifications on his presidential bid as she has no political capital, analysts have ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Money changers derailing regional financial integration

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Jesimen Chipika has accused illegal money changers of derailing regional financial integration efforts and promoting money laundering.Chipika made the remarks ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa fails to hit the campaign trail

ZANU-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo has cleared the air over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strange failure to hit the campaign trail when the country is four months away from elections.Mnangagwa is...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Major rail firm comes to Zimbabwe

CHINESE companies have heightened their interest in local investments following President Mnangagwa's inauguration in late 2017, with a major construction firm last week dispatching a delegation to Zi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Forex scarcity derails Old Mutual project

CONSTRUCTION of Old Mutual's US$21,4 million small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) complex, which was initially set to be finalised during this year's first half, will be delayed owing to the debilitatin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Failure to repay loans derail Zim mega deals

ZIMBABWEAN government's red tape and failure to adhere to loans repayments is impacting negatively on some of the "mega deals" signed in key economic areas between Zimbabwe and China.Zimbabwe Independ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 March 2018

POLITICS

Zim, Botswana in multi-million dollar rail talks

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his Botswana counterpart Seretse Khama Ian Khama are keen to have work on the construction of a railway line linking the two countries to Mozambique starting soon.The coming in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 March 2018
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