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Zimbabwe govt urges urban densification
The Zimbabwean government is pushing for higher-density settlements in urban areas to address land demand and protect agricultural regions critical to national food security. Speaking at the Africa In...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF Commissar harassed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close security and protocol (advance) teams who are part of the intelligence details have this Friday during Online National Anti-Sanctions petition pre-launch proceedin...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 20:30hrs | 1718 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Bulawayo
Affordable apartment options in Dubai for Zimbabwean Investors
The Dubai real estate market offers a great chance for Zimbabwean investors looking for reasonably priced apartment choices since it continues to grow and thrive. The most recent figures from Bayut's ...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 20:02hrs | 433 | by Staff Reporter
Minister fires warning shots at Harare brothels
Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Barbara Rwodzi has expressed dissatisfaction with mushrooming brothels countrywide, announcing Harare as the main culprit where unregistered 'quickie nests' ...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 17:17hrs | 256 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Fire guts Shearwater Adventures flat in Victoria Falls
A Fire burnt a flat at Bongoland in Victoria Falls on Friday evening.The flat is one of the block of apartments owned by Shearwater Adventures where the tour operating company's workers reside...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 19:32hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
ZBC, ex-workers fight over apartments
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has given its former employees a 90-day ultimatum to vacate some apartments they have been staying at for decades to pave way for "renovations."The ...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Luxury estate to launch in May
WESTPROP Holdings chief executive Ken Sharpe has revealed that the company will launch the highly-anticipated US$100 million mixed use Hills Luxury Lifestyle Estate in May this year."It is wit...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare to build up in height as housing demand rises
As the population in Zimbabwe's capital Harare grows, the city strives to meet the soaring housing demand.With a population of over 2.4 million, about 16 percent of Zimbabwe's population, the ...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
9 robbers shot as cops name 20 most wanted criminals
NINE suspected robbers sustained injuries after they were shot by police in Harare on Thursday in a crackdown, while the hunt is on for 20 suspects whom detectives have named as Zimbabwe's most wanted...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Luxury apartments named after Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday broke ground at the US$100 million Millennium Park development in Borrowdale West signaling the construction of the premium luxury 86-unit block of apartments na...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 05:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pledges to clean up opposition rot in cities
Zanu-PF will put in place measures to clean the rot in towns and cities brought about by incompetent opposition councillors who have been in charge of urban councils since 2000, Vice President Dr Cons...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga promised swimming pools, but Mbare residents swim in sewage
OVERCROWDING, poor water reticulation, obsolete sewer systems, uncollected refuse and old inhabitable homes is the story of Mbare.It is also the story of Matapi Flats in the same suburb, built...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:14hrs | | by Tatenda Manyinyire
Health time bomb at Sidojiwe flats
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it is concerned about the ballooning population at Sidojiwe flats meant to accommodate 82 bachelors, but now houses more than 500 families.The town planning de...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Almost One years and four months on, NO update on Douglas Munatsi's Death
It is now one year and four months since the mysterious death of Douglas (Doug) Tawanda Munatsi and the nation is yet to be updated on the circumstances of the death of the former Chief Executive of o...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:21hrs | 44 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
High-rise flats for rural areas
ABOUT 400 blocks of flats will be constructed countrywide, starting this year, with Government facilitating the projects as the Second Republic steps up efforts to deliver modern housing to the people...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament built on private land
IN January we published a story saying part of the land on which Zimbabwe's new US$140 million Parliament and the planned US$60 billion ultra-modern Cyber City in Mt Hampden on the outskirts of the ca...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
The poor are on their own in Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was all smiles as he officially opened the privately-developed Aspindale apartments in Harare. His infrastructure programme - housing for all - seemed to be all in order y...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Majaivana's love-hate relationship with Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is a subject that runs like a thread through Lovemore Majaivana's extensive catalogue of music.Perhaps, because he hails from the city, some might take it as given that Majaivana, wit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Property upgrades transforming Bulawayo's economy
BULAWAYO is experiencing growth in corporates and property owners who are renovating old business premises and opening new facilities in a bid to align their operations with the latest business trends...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts affluent Kenilworth apartments in Bulawayo
TWO families are lucky to be alive after fire broke out at Kenilworth Towers, Ascot Shopping Centre in Bulawayo.Fire brigade swiftly reacted to the incident and managed to contain the fire bef...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High density areas to allow double storeys
THE Government will have a policy in place at the end of this year that allows development of double storey housing in the high density residential areas as part of efforts to narrow demand for low co...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lawmakers survive on less than US$100 a month
MEMBERS of Parliament from outside Harare have found themselves in an embarrassing situation that has seen them being chucked out of hotels in Harare for failure to pay, a development that has worsene...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa thrown under the bus by Wally Rhoode
In his response to the Public Protector, President Cyril Ramaphosa's head of Presidential Protection Service, Wally Rhoode, has revealed the roles allegedly played by the President and his Namibian co...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 12:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Israeli billionaire targets Zimbabwe real estate, mining
ISRAELI billionaire and Shabtai Group of Companies president, Mr Gilad Shabtai, is in the country and has already met President Mnangagwa to discuss and explore the various investment opportunities av...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Bulawayo for Mine Entra
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived in Bulawayo last night ahead of today's official opening of the 25th edition of the Mining, Engineering and Transport (Mine Entra) at the ZITF exhibition centre.The...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's construction boom chokes suppliers
ZIMBABWE is experiencing a massive boom in housing construction spearheaded by the Government and private developers, which has choked supplies of critical raw materials with suppliers now struggling ...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UAE billionaire's Zimbabwe projects take shape
DUBAI-based billionaire businessman Mr Shaji Ul Mulk arrived back in Harare last night ahead of a ground-breaking ceremony for the US$500 million Zimbabwe Cyber city project, which will see the constr...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Chinese Parly building complete
Epitomising magnificence, the imposing six-storey circular Parliament Building in Mount Hampden sitting on a 70-metre platform above the picturesque surrounding area, symbolically projecting legislati...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bedbugs terrorise Mbare residents
IN 2018, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga promised residents in one of Harare's oldest suburbs, Mbare that their poor neighbourhood would be transformed after the elections.Amid cheers, Chi...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Flats to reduce Bulawayo housing backlog
GROWING up in a residential flat as opposed to a stand-alone housing unit has largely been confined to a few western suburbs in Bulawayo.Several rented apartments owned by the local authority ...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa demands report on death of Banker Doug Munatsi
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has demanded the report of the investigation that probed the death of Banker Douglas Munatsi who died in November 2021 in a mysterious fire that gutted his apa...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 15:26hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt should act urgently on tertiary students accommodation
TERTIARY institutions should make sure they recruit students they can accommodate in their hostels so that everyone is equally and decently accommodated.Government should enter into partnershi...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:55hrs | | by Poor student
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
Police finally locate Douglas Munatsi's mysterious Colleta
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police say they have located and interviewed a lady named Colleta, who was the last person to see the late banker Doug Munatsi, as investigations into the cause of his death cont...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Inside tragic Munatsi fire death trap
HARARE City Council fire chief Clever Mafoti yesterday downplayed suggestions that his crews could have saved Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency boss, Douglas Munatsi, who died in a shocking f...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi family still to decide on burial
THE family of prominent banker and businessman Mr Douglas Munatsi is yet to decide on burial arrangements.Mr Munatsi died early on Monday morning in a mysterious fire at his Harare apartment w...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police keen to question Munatsi's last contact
Police are keen to interview a woman believed to be among the last people to see prominent banker, Mr Douglas Munatsi alive before his death in a mysterious fire at his Harare apartment early Monday m...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions 28 Beitbridge houses
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday commissioned 28 houses for civil servants that took the government 15 years to construct under the Beitbridge Redevelopment Programme.The housing project...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 15:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo doctors' residence nears completion
REFURBISHMENTS on the doctors' apartments that were gutted by fire at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo are nearing completion, with focus now shifting to interior work as authorities at the institut...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt improves student accommodation
CONSTRUCTION of students' accommodation has gathered momentum at higher and tertiary institutions around the country as the Government has secured $150 million for the development of residences at the...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reasons for buying a stainless steel wall shelf
Previously, stainless steel furniture could only be found in kindergarten kitchens or school canteens. Today, such furnishings are widely used both for equipping a professional kitchen area in various...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 19:02hrs | 3 | by Staff Writer
Bulawayo building fire blamed on poor maintenance
A FIRE that broke out at Southampton Building last Friday is said to be likely a result of poor maintenance of the building.The building serves as the headquarters for the ZRP in Bulawayo and ...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police residential flat on fire
A FIRE broke out at police residential flat in the Bulawayo city centre yesterday destroying household property. Investigations into the cause of the fire are ongoing but tenants said they sus...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa named first black British billionaire
Zimbabwean-born business mogul and Econet founder, Mr Strive Masiyiwa, who has reportedly attained British citizenship, has been named the first black billionaire in the United Kingdom.Accordi...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods hit Dulivhadzimu suburb again
Flash floods have hit Dulivhadzimu suburb in Beitbridge where most roads have become inaccessible.Heavy rains have been pounding the district since last night.The town's oldest suburb ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council bleeding city of millions
MDC-Alliance Harare councillors and the city's management have been bleeding council of millions of dollars over the years in a property lease scam caused by the shambolic state of the council revenue...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt plans 5-year 200k housing project
GOVERNMENT yesterday said plans were underway to construct 200 000 houses throughout the country in the next five years, most of them skyscrapers in a bid to reduce Zimbabwe's housing backlog....Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gas tank blast guts apartments
Some residents of Chirundu Court in Belvedere, which is owned by Harare City Council, lost all their property in a fire that was ignited by a gas tank explosion in one of the apartments yesterday morn...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Non-monetary incentives the way to go
The face-off between government and its workers over salaries has protracted to a magnitude that it's now threatening the realisation of the national vision.The new political dispensation comm...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 15:20hrs | | by Petros Manyuchwa
Mnangagwa govt promises 200 000 new houses by 2023
At least 200 000 new houses will be constructed by 2023, while apartments that are unfit for human habitation will be rebuilt and informal settlements revamped as part of a raft of measures to overhau...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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