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ZEC paid US$5.4 million for fancy V11 display boxes that it never used
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) splurged US$5 million on gadgets to display digital V11 polling station forms for last August's elections - but the devices, bought at inflated prices, were onl...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More houses for Zimra officers
FINANCE, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli, Ncube on Thursday officially commissioned a block of flats built for Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) workers deplo...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt sued over sex toys ban
GOVERNMENT has been taken to court over the ban on the importation on sex toys.In a High Court application filed on Thursday, Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) ex...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after drug overdose
A 21-year old man from Tshabalala in Bulawayo died after a suspected overdose of crystal meth, one of the drugs that have wreaked havoc among youths, bringing to fore how the drug menace has continued...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt signs for pilot energy audit
THE Energy and Power Development ministry has entered into a bilateral arrangement with Sustainable Climate Action Trust (SCAT) whose aim is to implement a pilot energy audit project.If succes...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa eases load shedding
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) says there has been an improvement in the generation of power at Hwange Power Station which has seen easing of the load shedding ...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league rocked by indiscipline
ACTING deputy secretary for youth affairs in the Zanu-PF politburo, Tendai Chirau has accused some members of the ruling party's youth league of acting in a manner detrimental to the moral standing of...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
When local authorities become hopeless laggards
IF Bishop Lazarus' great-grandfather were to rise from the dead today God forbid! The man was just an unbearably torturous disciplinarianhe would pretty much be able to figure his way around Harare....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 8 | by Bishoo Lazarus
Traffic, street lighting nightmare in Harare
Many traffic lights at major Harare intersections are either not working or working intermittently, creating massive traffic jams especially when there is a sequence of failed robots along a road, wit...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry calls for tougher taxes on Chinese imports
ZIMBABWE'S industries have scaled up their campaign for tougher action to protect manufacturing companies against Chinese plastic imports, even as earlier calls to ban fabric shipments from Beijing fl...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mastering art of 'villagising' cities
In Bishop Lazi's village, there lived this super-reclusive chap who, after a quarrel with his father over witchcraft, decided to build his own hut a spitting distance from the family homestead....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Solar use incentives on the cards to 'ease pressure on Zesa'
Government is crafting incentives to promote investment into solar energy to reduce pressure on grid electricity, whose generation is currently depressed due to low water levels in Kariba dam. ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools, Households and Businesses are the game changers in curbing electricity crisis in Zimbabwe
Greetings Editor, Of recent I got an interest especially from Zimbabwean school and I realized that especially schools can be game changers that is in solving power crisis not only in Zi...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 20:02hrs | 1 | by Justice Maphosa
'Taming the Shrew' - Deaths on our Roads
Driving in Harare and in the highways of Zimbabwe has become distressful. Recent reports of high profile road traffic deaths refer. The traffic chaos has become a 'shrew.' There is urgent need to 'tam...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Zera to beat SADC lightbulbs deadline
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says the country is well on course to meet the year-end deadline of eliminating trading and use of the incandescent light bulbs set by the Southern Afri...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who used the extra 480 million litres of fuel the last six months?'
It's official, the exchange rate for American dollars to our 'surrogate currency' is not 1:1, neither is it 1:2.All the other parameters have been logically adjusted in the economic circles to...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:03hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa - Mugabe feud reaches historic nastiness
It's a deepening feud - playing out on TV stations and on Twitter and Facebook - that has now ballooned well beyond a small political quarrel.For President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his predecess...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 12:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
30 MW of power saved
THE country has managed to save over 30 megawatts (MW) since the banning of incandescent bulbs last year as it moves to reduce importation of power while channelling it to more productive sectors of t...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
No load shedding, says Zesa
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) says there will not be any load shedding this winter.Speaking on the sidelines of a symposium held in Gweru, Zesa subsidiary, Zimbabwe Transmis...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Carry your cross, banks tell 'looters'
BANKERS' Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) president Charity Jinya absolved banks of any wrongdoing for putting individuals or companies on the externalisers' list, as the concerned parties had ample time...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's looters list backfires
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to name and shame companies alleged to have externalised funds and assets has turned into a nightmare for local companies that are being snubbed by potential su...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
USA delivers another success ZimAchievers Event
ZAA Founder Conrad Mwanza expressed delight after yet another successful Zimachievers event, this time in Dallas, Texas on Saturday 11th November 2017 at the Prestigious Intercontinental Hotel."Pu...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 12:36hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Zesa wants 49% tariff hike
POWER utility company, Zesa has renewed its pursuit of seeking a 49 percent increase in electricity tariffs to help settle South African Eskom debt which nearly resulted in the neighbouring power gene...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans filament bulbs use
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) will with immediate effect, facilitate the arrest of companies or individuals found selling or manufacturing bulbs or lighting products that consume too...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
VP Mnangagwa interview makes troubling reading- Moyo
Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo has said the piece that features an interview with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was making a troubling reading on many fronts and was terri...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's looting machine
The curse of Africa's resources has become the blessing of the liberation struggle predatory class in partnership with the military and foreign predators.Investigations Correspondent at the Fi...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 13:13hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Robbers pose as water or electrical company employees to rob residents
Safeguard Security has warned its customers not to let into their premises men claiming to have come from a water or electrical company to install water or energy saving devices, as they are likel...Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 14:25hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Tongaat donates special bins to dispose of used light bulbs
Tongaat Hulett has pledged to donate $32 870 worth of special bins for the disposal of used light bulbs to Chiredzi Town Council.Electrical bulbs are said to possess a hazardous substance call...Published: 25 Jul 2016 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
4 life changing motivational lessons I learnt from Highlanders Football Club
(Warning: The Following Message May Change Your Life) Number 1: Have Soweto Stand SupportersThe Highl...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 05:45hrs | | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Unable to address you in full, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I have to sincerely apologise that I will not be able to address you in full this week as you are all aware that I had to travel to New York where I...Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 11:57hrs | | by CZ
Zesa now a 'shame'
LAST week, the power generation subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company published its latest load-shedding programme which will see some areas and s...Published: 27 Sep 2015 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans conventional bulbs
Zimbabweans will from next year be barred from using conventional filament light bulbs as part of the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority's new regulations to save electrcity.Domestic and ind...Published: 16 Aug 2015 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Load shedding Zesa exporting electricity
ZIMBABWE is exporting electricity generated during off-peak periods, particularly after 9pm to neighbouring countries at a time when it ironically imports power to offset deficit during the day....Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 06:17hrs | | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
Telecel illegally erects base stations
MOBILE network operator, Telecel Zimbabwe, illegally erected base stations in Bulawayo without the approval of the local authority, council has said.In an report contained in the latest counci...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 13:27hrs | | by Lesley Moyo
Council ends Telecel's 15 years of illegal operation
The Bulawayo City Council has ended emerging telecommunications giant Telecel's 15 year illegal operations in the city.The latest council report indicates that a majority the about 60 bas...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 00:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chombo under fire from Harare residents
LOCAL Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo has come under fire from Harare residents for pushing for the re-instatement of the city's Town Clerk, Dr Tendai Mahachi...Published: 03 Feb 2014 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa prepaid-meter installation project on course
Zesa Holdings has so far installed over 293 000 prepaid meters in both domestic and commercial premises countrywide, a top company official has said. In an interview with Star FM on Tuesday, Z...Published: 19 Sep 2013 at 02:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Elderly man gets dining fork stuck in his manhood
An 70-year-old man in Australia has had a 10cm fork pulled from his penis by doctors after the utensil became lodged during a bizarre sexual mishap.The elderly man told doctors at Canberra Ho...Published: 19 Aug 2013 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man steals scissors from tenant to buy anti-retroviral drugs
A BULAWAYO man has been sentenced to 105 hours of community service for stealing an electric scissors from his tenant so that he could raise money to buy anti-retroviral drugs. Sindiso Ncube (...Published: 21 Jun 2013 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
3rd letter to Zimbabweans in the Diaspora
Zimbabwe has such gigantic and unimaginable volumes of minerals in its belly and it is estimated that it has the highest per capita mineral reserves in the world.I last wrote to you last y...Published: 21 Feb 2013 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Vince Musewe
Zinatha dispatches probe team to scene of Chitungwiza house blast
The Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association yesterday dispatched a crack team to probe an explosion at a Chitunwgiza house where 5 people died on Monday. Zinnatha spokesperson Georg...Published: 23 Jan 2013 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa prepaid meter project slow
ZESA Holdings has installed 55 000 prepaid meters in domestic premises countrywide since August last year as it snails towards covering all its 600 000 customers in the next five months. The p...Published: 03 Jan 2013 at 22:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Energy saving tips for Zimbabweans households - zesa version
A couple of months back I promised that I would share some info concerning energy saving and that was in the wake of ZESA awarding a contract to a South African Company to supply the country with CFL...Published: 23 Sep 2012 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Justice Maphosa
Victoria Falls Rummage sale, 17 August 2012
Duly instructed by the Commissioner General of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), MAC Auction Service shall offer for sale by public auction forfeited and uncleared vehicles and goods for Victori...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 12:53hrs | 1 | by Zimra
MDC-T: the futility of reinventing heroism
TALK to those involved in the mired draft constitution and they will tell you that the endless parleys between Zanu PF and the two MDC formations over the constitution amounted to a relationship betwe...Published: 13 Aug 2012 at 04:24hrs | 11 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Grace Mugabe does not know what she is talking about
First Lady, Grace Mugabe's comments about her life and relationship with the President Robert Mugabe have riled a few people. ...Published: 17 Jun 2012 at 13:26hrs | | by Bulawayo24 Reader and edited by Matthews Estell
Man in court for murdering a Zimbabwean at Tutu residency
A gardener of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's daughter appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Wednesday in connection with her domestic worker's death.A Zimbabwean woman, Angila ...Published: 24 May 2012 at 05:58hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila/ Sapa
Thousands of households to get free bulbs
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company has put out a tender for installation of more than 3 million Compact Fluorescent Lamps in its Western Region which covers Bulawayo and surrou...Published: 04 May 2012 at 06:14hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
Mangoma lied on electricity says Cabora Bassa
Mozambique's Cabora Bassa dam denied cutting power to Zimbabwe over unpaid bills totalling around $75 million and has labelled Zimbabwe Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma a lair and ...Published: 16 Mar 2012 at 04:47hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Mozambique denies cutting power to Zimbabwe
Mozambique's Cahora Bassa dam on Thursday denied cutting power to Zimbabwe, which had claimed the state-owned company had pulled the plug over unpaid bills totalling around $75 million."Hydro...Published: 15 Mar 2012 at 16:38hrs | | by Sapa-AFP
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