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HCC executives denied bail
The High Court has denied bail to three City of Harare executives accused of criminal abuse of office for allegedly awarding a tender to refurbish street lights to Juluka Enndo Joint Venture improperl...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:51hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to build two new generators at Hwange
The Zimbabwean Government has commenced preparatory work on developing two new units at Hwange Power Station to enhance the nation's base load capacity. This follows the commissioning of Hwange Units ...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:22hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Goat-gate opens can of worms
Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, currently in remand prison over a US$7 million fraud charge, allegedly used similar fraudulent methods to secure funds for projects at the Harare City Council (HCC) thro...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa out to impress Sadc leaders
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government are renovating several roads in Harare as part of preparations to host the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit in the capital in August...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:46hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mexican firm expands to Zimbabwe
MEXICAN biogas technology leader Sistema.bio has expanded to Zimbabwe through a partnership with three firms as it spreads its tentacles on the continent.The strategic partnership with Lanforce En...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge staff village brings relief to border workers
The construction and completion of 220 houses for Government workers, as part of the US$300 million Beitbridge Border modernisation, has brought relief to most border agencies that had faced accommoda...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to resume school feeding
GOVERNMENT is set to resume the schools feeding programme whose aim is to nourish learners and reduce absenteeism due to hunger.Government initiated the schools feeding programme whereby schoo...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court acquits ex-Harare town clerk Mahachi
FORMER Harare City town clerk Tendai Mahachi has been acquitted by the Supreme Court in a matter where he was accused of criminal abuse of office by corruptly awarding millions of United States dollar...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Defying global trends, Zimbabwe bets on coal
COAL dust fouls the air in Hwange, a mining town in the Matabeleland North province, about an hour's drive southeast of Victoria Falls. Black smoke and a throat-closing odour saturate the atmosphere....Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for Hwange
COAL dust fouls the air in Hwange, a mining town in the Matabeleland North region of Zimbabwe, about an hour's drive southeast of Victoria Falls.Black smoke and a throat-closing odour saturate...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Honour Zesa debt, Chasi tells councils
Zesa Holdings is owed $360 million by local authorities, forcing Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi to intervene. In an interview, Minister Chasi said there was need for debto...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
REA targets to electrify 60% of rural areas
Government is forging ahead with its thrust to modernise rural areas, with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) pledging to bring access to electricity to 60 percent of the rural populace in line wi...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Disruptive Technologies - Of Drones, AI and the Environment
In this discourse I would like to propose the use of disruptive technologies such as drones equipped with AI (African Artificial Intelligence) to solve one of Zimbabwe's excruciating pain points. I do...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:16hrs | 7 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Fuel prices go down
THE price of fuel has slightly gone down after the Government announced an increase in the blending ratio of petrol from five percent to 10 percent last week.In a notice, the Zimbabwe Energy R...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Saving forests through bio-digesters in rural households in Zimbabwe
Two young Zimbabwean men have started a program to provide affordable cooking energy to rural households in the country, saving rural Zimbabweans from walking long distances to fetch firewood from dim...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 17:03hrs | | by Pius Sawa
Govt working on ways to fund rural electrification
GOVERNMENT has said it is working on finding alternative ways of mobilising additional resources for the Rural Electrification programme to augment the Rural Electrification Fund (REF).Power a...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare's $32m tender scam, officials' application dismissed
HIGH Court judge Justice Amie Tsanga, has dismissed an application for discharge by former Harare town clerk, Tendai Mahachi, who is charged alongside other officials on allegations of abuse of office...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba South power extension to boost economic development
It is pleasing that the new administration led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa successfully completed the rehabilitation of Kariba South power extension Units seven (7) and eight (8), a positive devel...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Chido Chikuni
Calls for public institutions to invest in biogas digesters
PUBLIC institutions have been urged to invest in biogas digesters to complement other sources of energy and reduce their dependency on electricity, which is in short supply.Deputy Minister of ...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 08:17hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
$1.5 million sewage ghost haunts Mahachi
The Harare City Council could have been prejudiced of roughly US$1,5 million when it paid inflated sums for rehabilitation of Firle Sewage Works, it has emerged.This allegedly occurred und...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe secures drones to hunt smugglers
The government has secured funding to buy unmanned aircraft (drones) to help curb smuggling at the country's borders, a Cabinet minister has said.Speaking during a tour of Magure Farm in Wedza...Published: 08 May 2016 at 11:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rural Electrification Agency launches biogas project
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) says it has implemented the biogas energy project to allow the majority of the people in rural areas to access sources of energy which are cheaper than electrici...Published: 26 Apr 2014 at 16:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to commission two huge bio-digesters in 2014
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate, in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme and the Rural Electrification Agency, will commission two huge bio-digesters in 2014 t...Published: 24 Dec 2013 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
REA set to build 50 biogas digesters this year
THE RURAL Electrification Agency says it will build 50 biogas digesters this year at rural institutions throughout the country to reduce costs on electricity and dependency on firewood.Speaki...Published: 14 May 2013 at 22:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Minister Elton Mangoma Speech to Parliament on Power Cuts
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT BY HON E. S. MANGOMA, MINISTER OF ENERGY AND POWER DEVELOPMENT ON THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN INORDER TO IMPROVE THE POWER SITUATION...Published: 12 Jul 2012 at 13:36hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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