Stories

The sprawling suburb of Cowdray Park, one of the fastest growing in Bulawayo, could turn into a health time bomb because the government has been dishing out stands under Operation…

The operating profit for Zimplats, the country's largest miner of platinum, more than doubled to US$13.6 million in the last quarter of 2005 compared to the third quarter largely because…

The Bulawayo City Council has decided to take a tougher stance on individual developers who do not finish building within 24 months of purchasing residential stands. The council cancelled agreements…

I can see it all from my office. The fights. The weeping. The celebrations. The flashy cars. Even the cops. I can see it all because my office window faces…

Fuel prices in Bulawayo and surrounding areas have gone haywire. Petrol is selling for anything between $150 000 and $160 000 a litre in Bulawayo while in Gwanda it was…

Tomorrow will be a do or die day for Zimbabwe. The Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF), which comprises government, business and labour, will be holding crucial talks that will decide whether…

The usually sleepy town of Bulawayo is experiencing an unprecedented building boom. The City Council approved building plans valued at a whopping $52 billion in December alone. This was more…

The government has been groping in the dark for the past five years as it has been rolling out annual budgets but has not produced any audited reports since 2000.…

Zimbabwe's opposition, which came on with a bang in 2000 raising hopes that it could wrestle power from President Robert Mugabe who has literally run the country down, is fast…

It's an argument that I know I will never win. But my colleague and I have agreed to disagree. He whines about ever escalating prices. I argue that things are…