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Mnangagwa commissions high-performance computing centre

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially commissioned phase two of the Zimbabwe Centre for High Performance Computing (HPC) at the University of Zimbabwe, underscoring the growing importance of computational science in solving complex p…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:36hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter

UK opens visa centre in Bulawayo

Residents in the southern parts of Zimbabwe can now apply for UK visas closer to home following the official opening of a new application centre in Bulawayo.The facility, housed at the Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel, will operate every Saturday be…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:08hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter

US reviewing Zimbabwe's trade proposal to reduce tariffs

The United States government is currently reviewing a formal proposal from Zimbabwe aimed at establishing a more balanced and reciprocal trade relationship by reducing tariffs between the two countries. The development marks a key moment i…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 11:58hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to open e-passport enrolment centre in the UK by year-end

Work has begun on establishing a new e-passport enrolment centre in the United Kingdom, a significant development aimed at providing easier access to essential civic services for Zimbabweans living abroad. The project, which targets comple…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 11:57hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter

Econet starts on boarding clients to 5MW data centre

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has announced it will start onboarding its corporate clients to its newly-commissioned, state-of-the-art 5 megawatt (MW) data centre in Harare at the end of this month, marking a significant milestone in the countr…

Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:30hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter

ZESA launches national call centre

The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has introduced a centralised national call centre to streamline electricity fault reporting and improve its response to outages across the country.Speaking at a recent community meeting in P…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter

New shopping mall for Bulawayo

THOMPSON Properties, a real estate agency, plans to construct a shopping mall in Bulawayo, which is expected to create more than 600 new jobs for locals.Jonathan Thompson, founder of Thompson Properties, said that the development project d…

Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 17:46hrs | 2599 | by Staff reporter

New e-passport centres set to enhance service delivery

THE Mutare e-passport enrolment centre has been completed and is poised to open to the public shortly.This development comes as the Government plans to establish two additional centres in Masvingo and Beitbridge in the near future.Addition…

Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:06hrs | 226 | by Staff reported

Gwanda shuts down crime infested youth centre

The Gwanda Municipality has officially announced the closure of the Greenland Youth Centre in Phakama Township following years of complaints from residents about rampant drug abuse, violent crime, and illegal activities. Initially establis…

Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:25hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter

BCC moots cultural centre at Inxwala site

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced plans to transform the historically significant Inxwala Grounds, located at the intersection of Masotsha Avenue and Joshua Nkomo Street Extension in Northend suburb, into a vibrant cultural cen…

Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:54hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt commissions Jo'burg e-passports

Zimbabwe has commissioned a newly refurbished building in Johannesburg, South Africa, to process e-passports for its citizens, with plans for additional centers in Cape Town and London. This initiative follows President Mnangagwa's directi…

Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 06:34hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe deregisters Jimmy Carter's Carter Centre

The Carter Centre, an international NGO monitoring elections, was recently de-registered by the Zimbabwean government. Now, it is reportedly considering an alliance with the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) to continue its activiti…

Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 09:23hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter

TelOne learning centre to offer degrees

TELONE Centre for Learning has deferred its 2023 graduation ceremony as it prepares to transform into a university.In a statement yesterday, TelOne spokesperson Melody Harry said the learning centre was working towards the attainment of un…

Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

e-passport centre under construction in Gwanda

CONSTRUCTION of an E-passport centre in Gwanda, Matabeleland South is underway with the facility set to be operational mid-next month.The ultimate goal is to have an e-passport facility in each of the country's 59 districts.At the moment e…

Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

e-passort centre relief for Beitbridge residents

THE new e-passport bio-enrolment centre in Beitbridge opened last month has brought relief to the Beitbridge community and thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa who used to incur costs travelling to Bulawayo, Gwanda and Harare fo…

Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Nust students centre nears completion

THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students' service centre is nearing completion with the structure set to be finished before year-end after the university roped in artisans from the Bulawayo Polytechnic College to w…

Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Nakamba Sports Centre takes shape

THE first construction phase of the Marvelous Nakamba Foundation (MNF) multi-sports facility began on Monday morning with earthmoving machines clearing the 5.1-hectare land in Mahatshula South, Bulawayo.The Aston Villa midfielder popped up…

Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:58hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

e-passport centre opens in Chitungwiza, will it come to Gwanda?

The decentralisation of the electronic passports (e-passports) continued yesterday, with a bio-enrolment centre being launched in Chitungwiza.The opening of the centre follows the launch of the e-passport by President Mnangagwa on December…

Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:09hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

'Covid-19 patients starving at Isolation Centre'

Covid-19 patients admitted at Rujeko Isolation Centre are reportedly going for long periods without food as shortages have allegedly hit the district's sole isolation facility. Relatives of admitted Covid-19 patients in Masvingo have been …

Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 18:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

81 people escape from covid-19 isolation centre

A total of 81 people, among them 29 who were Covid-19 positive, escaped from the Beitbridge Quarantine, Isolation and Transit centre last week under unclear circumstances.The group included 71 Malawian border jumpers who were arrested by t…

Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

146 deportees escape from quarantine, isolation facilities in Matebeleland South

A TOTAL of 146 deportees from South Africa and Botswana escaped from quarantine and isolation facilities in Matebeleland South Province during the past week. 139 escaped soon after being placed under quarantine at NSSA Hotel in Beitbridge …

Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Carmel School sets up Culture Centre

IN an effort to increase the school's pass rate for IsiNdebele, Carmel School in Bulawayo has built a Cultural Centre which was officially opened last Friday.The primary school used the same event to honour one of its longest serving staff…

Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Ekusileni COVID-19 centre still closed a year on

BULAWAYO's Ekusileni Medical Centre is yet to admit COVID-19 patients a year after it was declared a coronavirus treatment centre, amid calls for strengthening of the health sector to effectively deal with new strains of the deadly disease…

Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland South to get 3 new COVID-19 centres

GOVERNMENT is in the process of constructing COVID-19 treatment centres in three districts of Matabeleland South province that have remained a transit zone for cross-border travellers, often accused of importing the virus from neighbouring…

Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Construction of Zimbabweâ€™s largest conference centre launched

The new conference centre being built with a hotel in Harare's Braeside will be the largest in Zimbabwe and is an example, says President Mnangagwa, of what Zimbabweans can achieve when they work under a common vision. Officiating at the g…

Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Gokwe Centre has not lost its glitter

All memes and pass time jokes can not be complete without mentioning Gokwe, what makes Gokwe tick? In gone years the region was known for high quality cotton farming but when the white gold lost its glitter Gokwe lost its pole position in …

Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 15:53hrs | 2 | by Murisa Tondo

Thieves raid quarantine centre

POLICE are investigating theft of blankets and mattresses from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge town. Thieves allegedly broke into a storeroom at the Covid-19 transit, isolation and quarantine centre for Zimbabwean returnees from South Af…

Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

PG Industries relocates its Bulawayo Centre

GIANT building materials producer and supplier, PG Industries, has relocated its Bulawayo PG Centre branch from Donnington Industrial Area to Belmont Industrial Area. For many years, the company has provided a wide range of products and se…

Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa launches India-Africa Incubation Centre

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched the India-Africa Incubation Centre which is meant for training women and youths and prepares them for employment creation and strengthening the SMEs sector as Zimbabwe embarks on economi…

Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

One-stop medical centre opens in Kwekwe

A STATE-OF-THE-ART one-stop medical facility, Westview Medical Centre, has been opened in Kwekwe to offer health services to the town's residents.Westview Medical CentreThe centre, located opposite the National Museums and Monuments Hall, …

Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Super specialist service for Ekusileni Medical Centre

HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo recently said he would meet with prospective investors who wish to operationalise the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's project, Ekusileni Medical Centre, which has been lying derelict since 200…

Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

Dr Dumisani Ndlovu opens state of the art radiology centre

The first Diagnostic Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Centre has been commissioned in Harare and is expected to improve healthcare provision in Zimbabwe as well as save valuable foreign currency.Zimbabwe has been losing valua…

Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 19:12hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

ZPI sells Zimre Centre

ZIMRE Property Investment Limited has sold off its flagship - Zimre Centre in Harare - for $10,8 million with the proceeds earmarked for the development of the Victoria Falls and Bulawayo projects.In a statement accompanying the group's ab…

Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter

NSSA opens Bulawayo rehabilitation centre to public

The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has opened its Bulawayo Rehabilitation Centre to the public with immediate effect after operating for over 40 years as a facility for only contributors to the Workers Compensation Insurance Fun…

Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Robson Chapfika facing serious fraud charges

ZIMBABWE Tobacco Auction Centre (Zitac) shareholder and former chairman Mr Robson Chapfika is facing serious fraud charges involving more than US$80 000, it has been confirmed.Zitac had secured a facility from MBCA Bank and had made arrang…

Published: 06 Feb 2011 at 11:12hrs | 6 | by Byo24News

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Zim schools to introduce anti-sanctions curriculum, from ECD

National Sports Stadium rehab will be completed by year-end

High Court nullifies US$140,000 property sale in divorce dispute

Bulawayo records major HIV decline

Elderly overlooked in HIV prevention

Tagwirei publishes snakebite management guidebook

General Mutamba honoured with Zimbabwe's top policing award

Woman found buried in garden, stepdaughter arrested

Zimbabwe's highways double as drug pipelines

Zimbabwe accelerates school construction drive

Married woman caught pants down

Mnangagwa caps 640 HIT graduates

Zim medics become lifeline for migrants in South Africa

Man arrested for highlighting poor sanitation at Registrar's office

Statutory fees remain until laws are amended

RBZ assures stability over post post-dollarisation era

Zimbabwe industries push for legislative protection

Hichilema to make State Visit to Zimbabwe

Air Zim, NHS scoop tourism awards

Maimane calls on SA to hold Zanu-PF accountable

E.D. Mnangagwa road to close for sewer works

Armed forces and HIV infections

Vendor goes blind after stealing potatoes

Convict escapes prison, arrested in less than 12 hours

Pharmacist sues CID officers for malicious arrest

Manicaland councils in disarray

Tourism Minister's Stance on Robots in Hotels Sparks Interest

Private parts rip-off attempt, condom wearing delay rescues rape victim

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