Are basic goods being diverted to informal markets?

Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter BULAWAYO wholesalers and major supermarkets have been accused of diverting basic goods to the informal sector to mop up foreign currency leaving shelves of most supermarkets empty. This, according to the consumer watchdog, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ), gives an impression that basic goods are in short supply. Recently, […] …
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Man’s body found along highway

Michael Magoronga, Midlands Correspondent POLICE in Kwekwe are appealing to members of the public to help identify a man whose body was found lying along the Kwekwe-Harare Highway on Wednesday morning. The body of the unidentified man was discovered around 6AM with multiple injuries on the 213 kilometre peg along the Bulawayo-Harare Highway. The unidentified […] …
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SA based politician Chamuka forms new party

By Staff Reporter SOUTH Africa-based politician Herbert Chamuka has formed a new party after breaking ranks with his colleagues in the Ideas Party of Democracy (IPD) over ideological issues. The new party is known as the People’s Unity Party (PUP). The party has since notified the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) of its existence and willingness […]
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Zimbabweans against ban on corporal punishment at schools

The majority of Zimbabweans are opposed to the ban on corporal punishment at schools, a recent nationwide Afrobarometer study has shown. Afrobarometer is a survey research network that provides data on Africans’ experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, and quality of life. A national partner in each country conducts the survey and in Zimbabwe, the […]
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Stop politicising liberation hero events

PRIVELEDGE GUMBODETE OPPOSITION legislators have called on the ruling Zanu PF party to stop politicising funerals of national heroes. The issue was raised in the National Assembly by Makoni MP David Tekeshe (MDC Alliance) who said Zanu PF members high jacked the burial of a provincial hero, Michael Nyamusamba at his constituency. “A business colleague […]
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Zanu PF’s mythical 3,9m registered members

BY Phillan Zamchiya ZIMBABWE’S ruling party claims that its membership base is growing astronomically. A cursory glance at the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu PF)’s cell registers shows that its scope is high. It has presence across the national territory and society down to the village committee in rural areas or cell level […]
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Zim has enough maize: Govt

BY KENNETH NYANGANI GOVERNMENT yesterday insisted that the country had enough grain stocks amid fears of looming shortages. Government has also maintained that the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) remains the sole buyer and seller of the staple food. The remarks were made by Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare. “Coming […]
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