Stories

African economies - like old soldiers - do not die, do not collapse, but just fade away, according to Tony Hawkins, of the University of Zimbabwe. "Eight years into economic…

The building boom in Bulawayo continued with the city council approving plans valued at $87.2 billion in April. This was more than the total value of plans it approved in…

Lobels Bread in Bulawayo has barred its employees from using cellphones within the factory in what sources say is a desperate attempt to cover up what they say could be…

The arrest of pro-senate opposition leader Arthur Mutambara together with more than 50 of his party supporters, a day before the crucial Budiriro by-election in Harare, in what most people…

The prize-giving ceremony at Dinyane School in Tsholotsho on 18 November 2004 was supposed to be the final stage of Phase One of a "smart coup" that would have seen…

Zimplats, the country's largest platinum miner, is to go into full production this month following the commissioning of its fourth mining fleet, according to its quarterly report for the period…

The United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell, who irked the government last year when he blamed it for the current economic problems, yesterday said the country's economic woes were…

Indian tyre giant Apollo Tyres this week formally acquired Dunlop Tyres International, the parent company of Dunlop Zimbabwe, but there is likely to be no immediate relief for the beleaguered…

Godie is an architect. He loves his beer. But when he has had one too many, he starts lambasting bottle store owners. "How can you expect the country to prosper…

The Bulawayo City Council chamber was turned into a circus last week when two councillors refused to leave after being ordered to do so by the executive mayor, Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube,…