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Zimbabwe's solar sector poised for growth
Solarpro Zimbabwe's latest report highlights the immense growth potential of Zimbabwe's solar sector, presenting a lucrative investment opportunity aligned with sustainable development goals. Accordin...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Peace maker 'murdered' in Pumula bar
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case where a man was murdered in cold blood after he was stabbed in the back and thigh on Saturday at a bar in Pumula South while breaking a fight. In th...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 19:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Japan gives Zimbabwe US$ 17.4m for road upgrade
Last Friday, Japan and Zimbabwe finalized an agreement for the improvement of the North-South Corridor Phase 2 road.Funded by Japan, the construction between Makuti and Hell's Gate (Mana Pools...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe currency crisis holding back power deals
ENERGY and Power Development minister Edgar Moyo says investments into Zimbabwe's power sector have been affected by high currency induced risks.However, Moyo told businessdigest that currency...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora launches party manifesto
Opposition MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday launched his party manifesto promising to create a US$100 billion economy by 2040, offering free primary and secondary education as well as free heal...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sugar estates to be sold to Tanzania's Kagera Sugar
South Africa's Tongaat Hulett is to sell its sugar estates, including those in Zimbabwe, to Kagera Sugar, one of East Africa's largest sugar producers.This is part of a plan to rescue Tongaat ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 18:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
China intensifies lithium interest in Zimbabwe
CHINA has accounted for more than half of investment licences issued by Zimbabwean authorities during the first quarter of the year amid a boom in global demand for lithium as commercial and domestic ...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:25hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime sees lithium as Zimbabwe's get-out-of-jail card
High demand for minerals in lithium, driven by ion batteries for electric vehicles and other green technologies, may be Zimbabwe's sanctions get-out-of-jail card — or a get-rich-quick card for Zanu-...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's draft electric vehicles policy ready
Zimbabwe is almost ready to adopt the electric vehicles (EVs) technology, with the draft Electric Mobility Policy Framework and Roadmap now in place but being refined.This was said by Ms Munas...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Japan extends US$700,000 grant to Zimbabwe
THE government of Japan is set to extend a US$700 000 grant to Zimbabwe for the detailed design component phase two of the steep section on the North-South Corridor between Makuti and Hell's Gate....Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Germany wanted South Africa to get away from coal but itself is back on coal fired power plants
Germany which was reported to be availing €700 million (R12.5 billion) towards helping South Africa phase out the use of coal has started up its Coal-fired power plants again as the country compensa...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 14:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drops MDC Alliance, adopts CCC
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has formed a new political party - Citizens Coalition for Change, a move he said will define a new course in Zimbabwean politics.Addressing a press conference ...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 20:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sadc regional integration will benefit Zimbabwe
THE Southern African Development Community's (Sadc) regional indicative strategic development plan (RISDP) 2020–30 of October 2020 is a framework for the implementation of Sadc's regional integratio...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:13hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Zimbabwe to ban plastic bags next year
USE of plastic carrier bags will be banned by December next year, with retail outlets urged to find environment-friendly alternatives, NewsDay has learnt.The ban is meant to protect the enviro...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZNCC pushes for fuel tax cuts
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) this week escalated business's push for an overhaul of the tax regime, as it warned the government that high fuel import taxes could hold back industri...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
It's a cruel world for black people
So the world decided to gather in Glasgow, Scotland, last week to try and save the planet from what we are told could be an imminent apocalypse caused by rising global temperatures.Well, Bisho...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:08hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazarus
COP26: Mnangagwa tried too hard
THE Glasgow COP26 meeting in Scotland, United Kingdom, painted a grim picture about the environment and imminent dangers of climate change. However, besides Africa and the third world carrying the can...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:35hrs | 7 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
CEOs mount plan for US$3,2 trillion bloc
ZIMBABWEAN CEOs last week urged domestic industries to mount aggressive strategies to unlock big opportunities brought by January's launch of the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a US$3,2 trillion ma...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe renews Tongaat Hullet's licence by 20 more years
GOVERNMENT has renewed Tongaat Hullet operations by another 20 years amid a deal to finalise granting of a 99-year lease to the company.The latest development will strengthen the project's sta...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
DPA powers Total service stations with solar
Econet Global subsidiary, Distributed Power Africa, has clinched a lucrative deal to install solar panels at 15 Total Zimbabwe service stations across the country. This is part of Total's init...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 18:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sugar exports surge 29%
ZIMBABWE'S sugar exports surged 29% during the full year ended March 2021, driven largely by demand in the east African country Kenya, a local sugar entity has revealed.In its financial result...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Commemorating the 45th Youth Day: Do something or say something that will end with results
We are commemorating this year's Day of the African Child in Covid-19 induced lockdown for the second year running. Times are hard,its not business as usual. There are plenty of reports ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 10:10hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
'Zimbabwe govt stifling rights of children'
THE Zimbabwean government is stifling the rights of children by failing to provide a conducive environment for their well-being despite provisions in the Constitution to that effect, a leading human r...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF Youth League statement on the occasion of the Day Of The African Child 2021 edition
The ZANU PF YOUTH LEAGUE joins all progressive forces in commemorating the Day of the African Child whose theme is "30 years after the adoption of the Charter: accelerate implementation of Agenda 2040...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 13:30hrs | | by Zanu PF Youth League
Zanu-PF bigwigs' debts choke CSC
A Cold storage Company (CSC) debtors' list shows that Zanu-PF top officials renting the parastatal's farms owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to the ailing company, with revenue collections dropping...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean vehicle maker partners US-based company
A LOCAL vehicle manufacturer, Hende Moto, has secured a partnership with a United States-based Max Sound Corp, which will see the two providing high-definition audio technology on all the company's ve...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in fresh trouble
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a fresh investigation into allegations that Zanu-PF bigwigs unjustly benefited from lengthy leases from the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nzenza warns CZI to brace for stiff competition
GOVERNEMT has warned industries to brace for stiff competition against other African manufacturers as the region removes trade barriers, following a historic trade pact that came into effect in Januar...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Most Zimbabweans are not taught to be productive, but competitive
GRADE 7 results are out. A national pass rate of 37% was realised, down by 9% from the 46% recorded in 2019. An encouraging theme in line with aspirations of Sustainable Development Goals on gender eq...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | | by Sapien Sapien
'Zimbabwe likely to lose wetlands by 2040'
AT least 61% of wetlands in Zimbabwe are moderately degraded and the country is likely to lose its entire natural water reservoirs by 2040 if efforts to conserve them are not strengthened, Environment...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
John Nkomo, Msika feast on CSC from the grave
THE late Vice-Presidents John Landa Nkomo and Joseph Msika are some of the beneficiaries of "questionable" long-term Cold Storage Commission (CSC) lease agreements beyond the company's specified tenur...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No Covid deaths in Zimbabwe for a week
ZIMBABWE has gone for seven consecutive days without recording any Covid-19 deaths amid reports that 35 new cases were recorded on Thursday. Statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Ca...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
15 reasons the nursing shortage won't last past 2040
With World Health Organization (WHO) reports indicating that roughly one third of the nursing workforce will be retiring in the next 10-15 years, it's easy to assume that there's no end in sight for t...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 10:39hrs | 12 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwean businessman to assemble, sell cars locally
A ZIMBABWEAN professional and businessman based in the United States of America has partnered an Indian and Italian car maker to set up a car assembling plant in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, focusing mainly on a...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:27hrs | 3 | by Elijah Chihota
Price of bread now $6
The price of bread on Thursday was reportedly being sold for prices ranging between $3 and $6 all over the country as the demand for the commodity rises and the suppliers are failing to meet the deman...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 15:03hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lithium project to earn Zimbabwe $3bn
Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) listed Prospect Resources Plc says its Arcadia Lithium project, located 38 kilometres east of Harare, has proven capacity to generate nearly $3 billion in export revenue...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition promises a childish mirage
The run-up to this year's elections has witnessed the rise of a plethora of new political parties while some funny and comical leaders seem unable to address the nation's challenges as witnessed by th...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants to sell us a dummy again
The MDC Alliance election manifesto which was released last week can aptly be summed up as old wine in a new bottle.Reading the MDC-T election manifesto of 2008 and its predecessor 2013 JUICE ...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Ngoni Masvaya
Mutambara attacks 'shallow vision' Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's former deputy prime minister, Arthur Mutambara, last week slammed newly-installed President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying his national vision lacked depth and substance.The robotics pr...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's vision shallow, says Mutambara
Zimbabwe's former deputy prime minister, Arthur Mutambara, last week slammed newly-installed President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying his national vision lacked depth and substance. Mnangagwa even...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'careless, thoughtless', says Mutambara
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has branded President Emmerson Mnangagwa "careless and thoughtless" for asserting that Zimbabwe is going through a radical economic transformation the Zan...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Resolve past political conflicts
The success of the country's economic transformation by 2040 hinges on the willingness of the every Zimbabwean to embrace national healing and reconciliation as this is one of the major setbacks as a ...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa security beefed up
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Guruve district has put a strong force ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to Siyalima Farm in Guruve South tomorrow.An insider told Bulawayo24.co...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Chasing the elusive Zimbabwean dream
Arthur Guseni Oliver Mutambara, a world-renowned robotics professor and one of the most intriguing figures in Zimbabwean public life, has rarely written about the private dimensions of his life - unti...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 16:59hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
WATCH: #Trappedminers in SA - do you recognise the accent?
#Trappedminers - do you recognise the accent?Three more #Trapp...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:11hrs | | by Online
Fixing Africa's power politics curtailed
An International political commentor Max Bankole Jarrett has said Africa without affordable, reliable electricity, healthcare, education and business potential fixing its problems is curtailed.Thr...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 08:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Africa's critical energy infrastructure in the spotlight
Most infrastructure investments on the continent are in the energy sector, but power plants and transmission lines across Africa, most of which were erected in the 1950s and 1960s, operate today a...Published: 06 Sep 2015 at 13:47hrs | | by Tech Reporter
Suitable line of thinking: Well done Robbery Mugabe!
What an unsuitable line of thinking from Suitable: Well-done President Mugabe on Harare-Masvingo Road by Suitable Kaja...Published: 03 Jan 2015 at 04:52hrs | | by Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Tendai Biti praises Zanu-PF
Top dogs in Morgan Tsvangirai's opposition MDC are fuming at secretary general Tendai Biti for conceding defeat at the last year's July 31 national elections, averring that they were outwitted by Pre...Published: 09 Mar 2014 at 12:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motswana woman sues Zimbabwe boyfriend
A Motswana woman has dragged her Zimbabwean boyfriend to court seeking to recover nearly P70 000, being a loan she applied for on his behalf from a Botswana bank.Ms Charity Moyo (21), of Plot ...Published: 19 Jan 2013 at 09:29hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
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