Zimbabwe Insider - Part 1677

  • Alpha gets reprieve, but . . .

    Alpha Construction, whose contract to build 532 houses in Cowdray Park had been terminated by the Bulawayo City Council following its failure to fulfil the...

  • Bulawayo approves $15 billion building plans

    The Bulawayo City Council approved building plans valued at over $15 billion in May and June, at the height of the government’s “Operation Murambatsvina”. According...

  • Two new supermarkets for Bulawayo

    TM, one of Zimbabwe’s biggest supermarket chains, has been granted permission to build two upmarket shops in Bulawayo. One supermarket will be in the sprawling...

  • Think beyond party politics- Webster Shamu

    Policy Implementation Minister Webster Shamu has called on Zimbabweans to think beyond party politics to save the country from extinction. Addressing hundreds of delegates attending...

  • Tough wage negotiations expected

    This year’s collective bargaining exercise is likely to be one of the toughest because workers are likely to use government-imposed wages for domestic workers as...

  • Bulawayo mayoral elections on

    The Bulawayo mayoral elections are now on and nominations will close on Thursday next week, July 21. Though the elections had been originally scheduled for...

  • Bulawayo condemns murambatsvina

    The Bulawayo City Council, which last week barred three government ministers from attending its private briefing with United Nations special envoy Anna Tibaijuka, has roundly...

  • Bulawayo introduces water cuts

    The Bulawayo City Council is to introduce water rationing from tomorrow. Individually metered houses in the high density suburbs as well as individually metered flats...

  • Dollar overvalued but . . .

    The Zimbabwe dollar should have been trading at $18 300 to the United States dollar by the end of April if the auction rate had...