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Emmerson Mnangagwa and the 26 criminals around him
In November 2017, former President Robert Mugabe was removed from office and his crime, according to the putschists who ousted him in a coup, was that he had allowed himself to be surrounded by crimin...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:51hrs | 1724 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Minister Garwe sucked into Harare City power struggles
Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe has become entangled in the power struggles within the Harare City Council (HCC), with reports alleging that he has halted the transfer of Fani Machipisa, a seni...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:57hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hounds traditional leaders
Zanu-PF has ordered chiefs to strip village heads and headmen who entertain opposition parties ahead of the August 23 election of their titles.President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently rewarded vi...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard introduces hi-tech CCTV farm monitoring system
Safeguard Security has introduced a hi-tech solar powered closed-circuit television (CCTV) security system that is ideal for monitoring what is happening on the farm 24 hours a day from anywhere where...Published: 09 May 2023 at 12:55hrs | 68 | by Agencies
Investors to get Zimbabwean citizenship
Deserving investors will be granted citizenship as part of Government efforts to increase investment, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said.The S...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's desperate power situation points to poor planning
THIS week, Justice minister Ziyambai Ziyambi, in his capacity as leader of government business in the National Assembly and responding to Members of Parliament's concerns about the country's rolling p...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Energy Minister absconds Parliament for 2 months amid deepening power crisis
PARLIAMENTARIANS have demanded that Energy Minister Soda Zhemu avails himself to the National Assembly to respond to questions regarding continuous power outages that have been going on for months wit...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vote Zanu-PF, chief tells villagers
Chief Andrew Bvute of Mberengwa, Midlands has ordered his subjects to vote for the ruling Zanu-PF party in next year's polls.The Mberengwa chief said this last week during commemorations of th...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZESA in renewed bid to take over Bulawayo City power station
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has renewed its bid to take over the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) owned 120 MW thermal Power station.The BCC has been battling to regain control...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Hospitals must be exempt from ZESA load shedding' – how when it's generating capacity, wake up for Pete's sake
"These power cuts are already piling more costs in some hospitals such as Ingutsheni and Ekusileni Hospital that now have to rely on generators, yet fuel ...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 05:53hrs | 12 | by omusa Garikai
Chitungwiza demolishes illegal structures
Chitungwiza Municipality started destroying illegal structures, often tuckshops, at the start of a 30-day blitz on Wednesday to remove them, especially those under power lines and over sewers. ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe is on irreversible forward march
ZIMBABWE is experiencing increased inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in most provinces, at a time when the world is grappling with multiple economic challenges.This indicates...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Chicco Twala arrested
Music Producer Chicco Twala was has been arrested for pointing a toy gun at a City Power technician on Sunday night thinking that they were cable thieves.The alleged crime was committed at Twa...Published: 02 May 2022 at 22:11hrs | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimra in boundary dispute
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been accused of destroying a perimeter wall belonging to a Beitbridge resident in a boundary dispute that has sucked in the local authority.It ...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Modern NRZ increase freight 2.8 to 4.5 m tonnes by 2023' - pariah state's vision 2030 mirage
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is being upgraded in line with President Mnangagwa vision of creating an upper middle-income economy by 2030."We are working on installing modern electr...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:17hrs | 9 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabweans move into SA's deadly power's stations and make them home
Foreign nationals have made their homes in ageing City Power substations, despite the danger they pose.The power utility company has over 18 000 transformer chambers across the City of Joburg,...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza shelves demolition plans
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has shelved plans to demolish houses and other buildings in 35 illegal settlements across the town after a special full council meeting held at the weekend resolved to halt th...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by New Ziana
Expansion of Hwange thermal power station going on schedule
State-owned electricity power generator the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) on Monday said that work on the 1.5-billion-U.S.-dollar Hwange expansion project was progressing steadily and on schedule....Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Xinhua
Safeguard urges extra vigilance in certain parts of Harare, Bulawayo
Safeguard Security has highlighted several areas in Harare and Bulawayo where extra vigilance is needed to guard against robberies, break-ins and thefts. It has also called on women in particular to b...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chase this Kambarami and his his side kicks back to their roots - MLF
MLF has always maintained that partaking in Zimbabwe elections when we are Mthwakazi is the worst thing we can engage in as Mthwakazi. Before a single year has lapsed, he has shown the true Agenda the...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 20:03hrs | 4 | by MLF
Zimbabwe's curse of voodoo economics
I was attending a pre-conference of Christian pastors in Masvingo at the urgent invitation of Prophetess Elizabeth Chademana.I had been charged by the saints in Greenwood District of the Unite...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Cabinet tackles load shedding
Government has stepped up efforts to address electricity challenges obtaining in the country, but signalled that collective efforts are required for a long-lasting solution. Addressing a press...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZESA sue Minister for $414k – load shedding is collective punishment for untouchables' sins
The tragedy in Zimbabwe is that those who can least afford it have again and again been forced to subsidise the filthy rich. One prime example is Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax on all electro...Published: 18 May 2019 at 20:25hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Fortune Chasi demands money from Chivayo
The new Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi has hit the ground running by instructing the management of Zimbabwe Electricity Power Authority to recover the $5 607 814,24 which...Published: 16 May 2019 at 14:26hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
It never rains but pours; to 38 years bad governance add drought, Idai and now savage power cuts
"ELECTRICITY power generation at Lake Kariba has been cut due to falling water levels in the dam," reported Bulawayo24.com "In a statement, the Zambezi River Authority said water allocation fo...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
These critics need more help than cyclone victims
CYCLONE Idai has brought out the good and the ugly in people.Many Zimbabweans have, commendably, risen to the occasion to assist fellow human beings, while others are using this as an opportun...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:33hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Sanctions and jecha affect Zimbabwe's response to natural disasters
I rise to give a statement on the condition of Cyclone Idai which has affected people in Manicaland and many other provinces and to state what Government is undertaking in order to relieve the pressur...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by July Moyo
Kariba power generation cut
ELECTRICITY power generation at Lake Kariba has been cut due to falling water levels in the dam. In a statement, the Zambezi River Authority said water allocation for power generation at Karib...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$7bn needed for cleaner energy in Zimbabwe
A CLIMATE change specialist has said Zimbabwe needs close to $7 billion to mitigate climate change effects by 2030.This was revealed last week in Parliament by director of water and climate ch...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Massive power outage hits southern Zimbabwe
A MASSIVE power outage lasting more than 50 hours hit southern Zimbabwe at the weekend after poorly maintained pylons near Chiredzi succumbed to heavy storms, cutting electricity trunk lines in the so...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents mete instant justice on Zesa crew
THREE Zesa employees were arrested after they were allegedly caught stealing copper cables in Woodville suburb in Bulawayo on Wednesday night.The trio was bashed by neighbourhood watch committ...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents should heed President Mnangagwa's call
Both commercial and domestic users of electricity owing the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) large amounts of money should heed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's call to pay for electricity b...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 12:11hrs | | by Chido Chikuni
Mnangagwa to commission Kariba South station tomorrow
President Mnangagwa will tomorrow commission two new units (Unit 7 and 8) at Kariba South Power Station, which have added an extra 300 mega watts (MW) to the national grid.The additional power...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ruled 37 years, Mnangagwa's will not last 37 months
"Charova seichando kukwidza hamba mumuti!" (It will have to be a bitterly cold spell to force the tortoise to climb a tree!) goes the Shona adage. Well the "tortoise" in the Blue Roof has learned to c...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zesa top officials face chop
GOVERNMENT has ordered a forensic audit into managerial, financial and labour matters at the debt-ridden Zimbabwe Electricity Power Supply Holdings (Zesa), including controversial energy tenders which...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 15:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Water, a top priority human right
A water-wise Good Samaritan has been offering clean water for free to strangers along Samora Machel Avenue West in the vicinities of Belvedere's Marimba shopping centre for decades now. Possibly that ...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 07:28hrs | 3 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
WATCH: Zimbabwean invents world's first electric car which doesn't need charging
Sangulani (Maxwell) Chikumbutso is a Zimbabwean born serial inventor with the typical I dropped out of school, but I am a genius story, synonymous with some of the successful people we know today....Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 15:17hrs | 57 | by youtube
The ups and downs of 2015 and a prognosis for 2016 - Gutu
A majority of Zimbabweans have experienced an extremely difficult and challenging year in 2015.As the formal economy continued to implode and more and more workers were rendered jobless, the year has ...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
ZimFirst promises Energy Reforms
The ZimFirst President Maxwel Shumba has indicated that one of the first items on the ZimFirst Party agenda when in government will be the tabling for adoption and immediate implementation of its well...Published: 25 Oct 2015 at 10:05hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'More electricity power cuts imminent'
Zimbabweans should brace up for more power cuts as the power utility's water allocation from Kariba dam will be reduced by 50 percent in January leaving Kariba Power Station generating at least 235 me...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 14:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor blocks demolitions
Attempts by Kwekwe City councilors to demolish illegal structures have been blocked by Mayor Matenda Madzoke, it has emerged. Councillors in the works and planning committee had pushed cou...Published: 25 Aug 2015 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim born power industry executive lands top energy Award
ZIMBABWEAN-born power industry executive Dr Lawrence Musaba received the 2015 African Utility Lifetime Achievement Award winner at a prestigious ceremony in Cape Town on Wednesday night.This a...Published: 14 May 2015 at 16:19hrs | 1 | by CAJ News
South Africa hit by massive electricity blackouts
South Africa's power utility Eskom is implementing stage three rolling blackouts "due to high demand or urgent maintenance being performed at certain power stations," it stated on its website on Frida...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Generations returns to TV tonight
Cape Town - What was the biggest show on South African television, Generations, returns to TV screens tonight - with a tarnished legacy, some old faces to make it look familiar and lure viewers back, ...Published: 01 Dec 2014 at 14:35hrs | | by Thinus Ferreira I Channel24
Mugabe and friends need to know we will change history narrative
The recent exposure of the fictional story that has made it into Zimbabwe's textbooks about Joice Mujuru downing a helicopter with an AK47 has confirmed what a lot of citizens had always been que...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 15:48hrs | 2 | by Shingai Mugochi
SA landlord hires thugs to kill Zim man over rent
A 37-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo based in South Africa allegedly plunged to his death from the third floor window of his Yoeville flat in Johannesburg over a rent dispute after the landlord allegedly h...Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Where would Jesus go for worship?
I DID promise you dear reader that this week we would like to venture into the realm that is not so commonly discussed in a positive manner till recently. I am sure you are getting through the major h...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Rev Paul Bayethe Damasane
Zimbabwe to miss digitalisation deadline
Zimbabwe is unlikely to meet the June 2015 international digital migration deadline set by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) due to lack of funding and a coordinated approach, a telecom...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 20:18hrs | | by Xolisani Ncube
Met Department warns of violent thunderstorms
THE Meteorological Services Department has warned of violent thunderstorms this week and only last week heavy rains left a trail of destruction in Matabeleland North and South provinces. The s...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 19:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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