Zimbabwe Insider - Part 1673

  • Bulawayo approves $3.8 trillion for 2006

    The Bulawayo City Council has approved a $3.8 trillion “maintenance budget” for 2006 which will see charges increase by an average of 250 percent but...

  • Gono gets it right this time but………

    Central bank governor Gideon Gono may have got his exchange rate policy right this time but this could be derailed by commercial banks that have...

  • Divisions healthy for democracy and MDC

    Divisions that rocked the Movement for Democratic Change over participating or boycotting the senate elections were healthy for the party and could see it emerge...

  • Dunlop still in dire straits

    The future of Bulawayo tyre manufacturing giant, Dunlop Zimbabwe, is still uncertain as the company was only given US$300 000 to manufacture tyres for one...

  • MDC heading for a split

    Divisions within the opposition Movement for Democratic Change that have been simmering for some time came to a head last week when the party failed...

  • Rift in MDC not just about Senate

    The rift within the Movement for Democratic Change continued to widen this week with the three Matabeleland provinces vowing to contest the senate elections scheduled...

  • Water shortage in Bulawayo turns political

    The shortage of water in Bulawayo, which has gripped the city for the past four months, has turned political. The mayor, Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube, has accused...

  • Mayor hits out at developers

    Executive Mayor Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube has called on private developers to take their contracts seriously, saying the council spent a lot of time vetting them before...

  • Bulawayo blasts ministries

    The Bulawayo City Council has blasted two government ministries, its parent ministry and that of Water Resources, for sitting on council proposals while at the...