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Biti sues First Mutual Holdings for $15m
MDC deputy president Tendai Biti has taken First Mutual Holdings Limited to court demanding that upon retirement, the pension fund should pay him the contractual $15 million sum assured after the insu...Published: 3 hrs ago | 637 | by Staff reporter
Demand for solar doubles DPA client base
DISTRIBUTED Power Africa (DPA) says its client base has doubled recently as the demand for solar energy soars amid subdued domestic power supply. The company, an Econet subsidiary, has become ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 125 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe turns to nuclear enrichment, with help from Russia
TROUBLED by a recurring electricity crisis, Zimbabwe agreed terms with Russia to engage in uranium exploration and enrichment in a bid to begin generation, Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo revealed this...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | 2399 | by newzimbabwe
Zesa seeks another shock tariff hike
Power utility ZESA has approached the power regulator for a threefold increase in tariffs to ZWL$0.81 per kilowatt four from the current ZWL$0.27 in an effort to reduce load shedding. The bid ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:07hrs | 2521 | by Staff reporter
Eskom not responsible for current Zimbabwe power cuts
South African power utility Eskom says it is not responsible for the power outages being experienced in Zimbabwe, saying it is supplying 400MW to the southern African country as agreed.After e...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 21:43hrs | 3921 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plunged into darkness again
Zimbabwe has rolled back into darkness with Zesa Holdings (Zesa) re-activating the Stage Two load-shedding regime where households and businesses go for 18 hours without electricity.Sources wh...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 14:25hrs | 6331 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn forced to release Augusto
Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas revealed at the weekend that the club was forced to let go of striker Clive Augusto, who had become unsettled at the club.According to a SuperSport report yester...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:55hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Fuel situation in Zimbabwe improves
The Minister of Energy and Power Development Fortune Chasi told Cabinet on Tuesday that the fuel situation in the country has improved in the country significantly as has been evidenced by the shorter...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 820 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teachers threaten chalks down
TEACHERS have threatened to withdraw their labour when schools open for the third term next month to force government to pay them in United States dollars or the equivalent of US$550 at the interbank ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Caps Utd elevates Darling Dodo
Caps United have elevated Darlington Dodo to the post of head coach until the end of the season after the championship-chasing giants were dumped by Lloyd Chitembwe, who joined the free-spending Harar...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Austerity measures: Is Zimbabwe drinking poisoned chalice?
On September 7, 2018, Mthuli Ncube was appointed as Zimbabwe's Finance minister. Being a technocrat he is, his appointment brought a breath of fresh air. At least, Zanu-PF was breaking with its past o...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:18hrs | 386 | by Cliff Chiduku
Rural teachers chicken out
Following a brutal crackdown on MDC demonstrations by the police in Harare last Friday, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) yesterday announced that it had postponed plans to pick...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:14hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Match fixing scandal rocks Zifa Southern Region
A CHAMPIONSHIP chasing Zifa Southern Region Division One club has been caught in a match fixing scam after its runner was nabbed trying to bribe four players from a team they were suppose to play over...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:06hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
August 16 exposes the MDC's insincerity
The much-hyped MDC's 16 August 2019 demonstration in Harare fell flat on its face despite the spirited attempts by some of its impressionable and excitable youths to defy the prohibition order issued ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 13:54hrs | 1127 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa fears Sudan-style protests will rock Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S deep-seated fears of massive Sundanese-style protests over the deteriorating political and economic emergency have been exposed after it moved yesterday to block mass demonstrations calle...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:58hrs | 2410 | by Staff reporter
Wrong to blame Zimbabwe crisis on war veterans
I have always been a fan of Zimbabwe Independent. It has an excellent record of providing the nation with sound and truthful analyses of the economic situation in Zimbabwe.The last edition of ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:54hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Cops hunt for murder suspect
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province have launched a manhunt for an elderly man from Shayabvudzi village, who allegedly killed his wife following a domestic dispute and went into hiding since last w...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Miners bail out troubled Zesa
Zimbabwe's top three platinum miners are said to have helped settle the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) $10 million part payment to the South African electricity sup...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:57hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor speaks on his two days of horror
Bulawayo City Council was recently rocked by unrest after a coterie of councillors led by deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami tried to oust town clerk Christopher Dube.Kambarami last month took adv...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Does Brother Mthuli Ncube live in Zimbabwe?
Hope is the expectation, against all rational considerations, that desires will be fulfilled miraculously.When the "new dispensation" was introduced in Zimbabwe, we hoped against past experien...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1012 | by Kennet Mufuka
Zimbabwe readies for introduction of electric cars
THE Government is putting in place modalities to introduce electric cars in the country as a stop gap measure aimed at reducing over reliance on traditional fuel in powering automobiles, a Cabinet Min...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:35hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes 400MW from Mozambique
GOVERNMENT will this week dispatch a high-powered team of experts to Mozambique to negotiate for more electricity imports from Hydro Cahora Bassa as authorities continue putting in place measures to i...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt readies for introduction of electric cars
THE Government is putting in place modalities to introduce electric cars in the country as a stop gap measure aimed at reducing over reliance on traditional fuel in powering automobiles, a Cabinet Min...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 2871 | by Staff Reporter
Perence Shiri to be taken to court?
A section of farmers and grain dealers have made moves to seek legal recourse against Minister Perence Shiri over Statutory Instrument 145 of 2019. A Harare lawyer who is representing the farm...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 18:03hrs | 1468 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man 'rapes' ex-girlfriend after chasing new lover away
A MAN from Gwanda allegedly raped his ex-girlfriend three times in one night after chasing her lover away. Clayton Khumalo of Spitzkop suburb allegedly burnt clothes that the lover left behind...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in new wave of price increases
ZIMBABWE is witnessing another wave of massive price increases, following the presentation of the 2019 mid-term fiscal policy review, which are further decimating citizens' incomes.In the mid-...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2642 | by Staff reporter
10 years jail for illegal electricity connection proposed
The Minister of Energy and Power Development Fortune Chasi says the government is considering stiffer jail sentences of more than 10 years for those involved in illegal power connections and vandalism...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 18:04hrs | 2082 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe where people's pensions have disappeared
Retired couple Teddie and Vesta always imagined they would live out their golden years with dignity.He is 85, and served one company for 46 years as a cleaner, eventually rising to become a re...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:55hrs | 3397 | by Shingai Nyoka BBC Africa, Harare
Fuel company cheats Government
Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi says some fuel companies were applying to access foreign currency to import fuel but when the fuel arrives in the country they divert it to bl...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 16:03hrs | 5455 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Load shedding relief as power supplies improve
LOAD shedding has eased after Zimbabwe started receiving 400 megawatts of electricity from South African power utility Eskom on Thursday night, the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Advocate F...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:52hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo dares ZACC
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs (Implementation and Monitoring) Joram Gumbo has dared the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to investigate him as he says he has a clean record in a...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 19:12hrs | 3336 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube admits Zimbabwe
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the country will not achieve GDP growth as he had projected when he presented his inaugural 2019 budget in November last year due to the deepening economic crisis....Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:03hrs | 1634 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants chide 'inconsiderate' Mthuli Ncube
CIVIL servants have chided Finance minister Mthuli Ncube for saying he will pay them full bonuses in November at a time impoverished government workers desperately need a salary review to be able to s...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:55hrs | 3821 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T leader speaks about dialogue
MDC-T president Dr Thokozani Khupe has said protests will not resolve the country's economic challenges, but dialogue, proffering solutions and unity of purpose are required to transform the country's...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
4 reasons why all businesses need enterprise security software
In today's digital world, data security is one of the most controversial topics among business owners and consumers. The way business is done has completely changed as almost every existing company ha...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 13:02hrs | 449 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe to pay Eskom US$890 000 weekly
Government has concluded negotiations with South Africa's power utility, Eskom, that will see the country receiving 400MW of electricity while paying US$890 000 weekly to service its legacy debt. ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:17hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government concludes Eskom power talks
Government has concluded negotiations with South Africa's power utility, Eskom that will see the country receiving 400 MW of electricity while paying US$890 000 weekly to service the country's legacy ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1038 | by Staff Reporter
Archery essentials you should know about as a novice
As an inexperienced archer, there are many questions on your mind. Can you hone your skills within a timely fashion? Is the bow you have a good fit for your level? What accessories are needed? This ar...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 14:13hrs | 487 | by Staff Writer
Mthuli Ncube riles industry
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was yesterday taken to task by captains of industry for suspending the production of annualised inflation figures, saying the policy move can trigger rampant speculation....Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 13:00hrs | 4387 | by Staff reporter
Man bashed by wife over infidelity
A CHIPINGE man is battling for his life in hospital after he was allegedly assaulted by his wife following a domestic dispute.This was revealed when Mary Makuni (26) of Chief Mutema, appeared ...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1953 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe consumers decry rising taxes
Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) chairperson Philip Bvumbe says the new plethora of taxes introduced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube would significantly weigh down consumers and further erode their...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Judge orders Metbank to pay back $20m to NSSA
Metbank has been ordered to pay back $20 million worth of Treasury Bills to the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), after a judge said the bank's court bid to keep the TBs had come "tumbling do...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 22:11hrs | 2609 | by newZWire
Kariba set to stop power generation by October
Imports are the only short-term solution to ending Zimbabwe's power crisis as receding water levels at the main hydro-power plant continue to curtail generation, an official said on Monday.Zim...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 19:12hrs | 1802 | by New Ziana
Zimbabwe secures more electricity imports to ease outages
Zimbabwe will ramp up its electricity imports over the next few weeks, potentially easing rolling power cuts, after it agreed to make payments to clear its debt to a regional power utility, a treasury...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 19:10hrs | 1678 | by Reuters
Load shedding set to ease
POWER utility, Zesa has paid an additional US$890 000 to South Africa power company Eskom, as it steps up efforts to clear its debt and pave way for new power exports from the neighbouring country, an...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:15hrs | 1825 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man pops up in SA state capture inquiry
You will find Zimbabweans in the most unlikely of places.As South Africans embark on a bruising inquiry into allegations of whether the state was captured by a corrupt clique that milked gover...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:10hrs | 2938 | by staff reporter
Young entrepreneurs urged to actively participate in energy sector
Zimbabwe is faced with a high unemployment rate which has seen a majority of young people resort to entrepreneurship. However most young people are shying away from the Energy sector and space....Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | 293 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Youths move to occupy the streets
MDC Youth Assembly leader Tererayi Obey Sithole has announced that the party's yoputh league is moving in to occupy the streets to protest against the increasing price of fuel . On Satur...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 08:55hrs | 5566 | by Mandla Ndlovu
USD$1 million disappears at MDC led Gweru City Council
Authorities in Zimbabwe's third largest city, Gweru have failed to account for USD$1 million received from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority, in 2017, an internal report has revealed.The m...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 21:10hrs | 2746 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa chasing wrong priorities, says US Senate
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is misdirecting his energy lobbying western governments and blaming Zimbabwe's economic crisis on United sanctions, said Senator Jim Risch, the chairman of the United Stat...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 16:45hrs | 3169 | by ZimLive
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