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Chiwenga ex-wife's permanent stay of prosecution application dismissed
Harare Regional Magistrate Ms. Feresi Chakanyuka has dismissed Marry Mubaiwa's application for a permanent stay of prosecution, attributing trial delays to the defense and ruling that the matter must ...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 14:58hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds hubby with hot porridge
A cheeky Shamva woman who scalded her husband with hot porridge was dragged to Bindura magistrates courts yesterday.Monica Mlauzi (32) pleaded guilty to the charge before Magistrate Tatenda Ma...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 12:39hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
50% of treated Bulawayo water goes to waste!
The Sunday NewsWITH Bulawayo grappling with one of its worst water crises in recent years, there are indications that the city council is losing almost half of its treated water before it reac...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:42hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy edges towards full dollarisation
THE economy is edging closer to full dollarisation amid reports that the informal sector is rejecting the dual pricing regime, exclusively selling in the United States dollar.Latest figures re...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts costing Zimbabwe US$1,2 billion
THE World Bank has urged the government to address the country's energy deficit after estimating that power cuts are costing the economy at least US$1,27 billion annually.In its fourth Zimbabw...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 12:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
4 rogue firms' accounts frozen
BANK accounts belonging to four major basic commodity distributors have been frozen for suspected economic sabotage, while unscrupulous manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies also face the same co...Published: 28 May 2023 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa disappointed by some members of the business community
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is disappointed by some members of the business community whose conduct continues to frustrate Government efforts to stabilise the economy and the current wave of price increases o...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt takes price madness head-on
Government, whose responsibility is to protect the consumer and ensure stability, will "take all measures necessary", including painful ones if need be, to ensure price stability, the President has sa...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents camp at boreholes as week-long water crisis bites
Bulawayo City Council yesterday opened taps temporarily for about four hours after disconnecting supplies citywide last Thursday and blamed power cuts for the prevailing prolonged water cuts. ...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mary Mubaiwa wishes Chiwenga and new wife 'all the happiness in the world'
Marry Mubaiwa, the glamorous former wife of Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, has broken her silence after her acquittal by a Harare magistrate last week on charges of assaulting her chi...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools operating without water
MORE than half of Bulawayo's schools are operating without water after council disconnected supplies due to non-payment of rates amid reports that they owe council a combined $100 million while those ...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Irrigation pipe thief bashed to death
Six Bindura men are in trouble after they bashed a suspected irrigation pipe thief to death.Takudzwa Mumba (22), Maphios Mu...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 17:17hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zesa seeks to recover ZW$30bn in unpaid bills
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Holdings has intensified a nationwide blitz aimed at disconnecting power supplies to defaulting customers who owe more than ZW$30 billion.The d...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zesa's moratorium to clear arrears ends
The seven-day moratorium for Zesa customers on post-paid metering to clear their arrears ends tomorrow and the power utility has encouraged these customers to settle their bills.Most customers...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lessons on how Russia is dealing with Western sanctions
It is just about a month since Russia invaded Ukraine. So far there are no signs of abating even when both sides have continued to express willingness to engage in dialogue and end the war. While the ...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:51hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Russia, India explore opening alternative payment channels
Russia, many of whose banks have been cut off from the Swift financial network, is exploring opening alternative payment channels with India, including linking Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with th...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Has yuan become Russia's new dollar?
Russia could use the Chinese yuan to bypass the crippling sanctions and SWIFT payment ban imposed by the US and its allies.One rouble now buys less than one US cent, causing ordinary Russians ...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off Gweru City Council
GWERU residents went for a third straight day yesterday without running water after Zesa cut power supplies at Gweru City Council's water treatment plants over non-payment of a $247 million debt....Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru defaulters face water cuts
Gweru City Council will from Monday start the process of disconnecting water to defaulting ratepayers.In a statement yesterday, the local authority said it could only offer adequate services i...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Human rights group praises Parly for rapping Zinwa over water cuts
MATABELELAND Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has hailed the Parliament of Zimbabwe for castigating the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) for disconnecting water to Beitbridge and Gwand...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Masuka squeals over Cabinet ministers' snub, orders Zinwa to disconnect their departments
LANDS and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has okayed the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) water cuts to government departments failing to pay for water timely to clear the $2,4 billion wa...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC, residents clash over water bills
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is on a collision course with ratepayers amid revelations that it is sending estimated water bills as it does not have manpower to conduct physical meter readings.T...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off police
CHITUNGWIZA Police Camp has been without power for two weeks after power utility Zesa switched it off over non-payment of bills, NewsDay reported.Sources at the residential flats for police of...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
BCC take residents head on over $1,1 billion debt
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has threatened to take residents to court to recover the over $1,1 billion owed by ratepayers.During a recent virtual meeting, Bulawayo town clerk Christopher D...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinwa sues Gwanda
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has taken Gwanda Municipality to court for failing to pay a debt of nearly $140 million in unpaid water supplied to the town over a six-year period....Published: 03 May 2021 at 17:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Affluent suburb residents not paying bills
BUSINESS and residents living in affluent suburbs like Burnside and Hillside are among those who have accumulated the highest unpaid bills to the Bulawayo City Council. The city is owed more t...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC disconnects govt departments
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is disconnecting water supplies to government departments over outstanding bills running into several millions of dollars.Recently, the local authority switched off...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time for serious legal action against ZESA
As the constant, but greatly debilitating, power outages continue to torment the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans - who are already at the mercy of an unprecedented economic turmoil in 10 years - with se...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 10:47hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
BCC to disconnect defaulters
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has threatened to disconnect water supplies to residents and stakeholders who are defaulting on rates and service charges.In a notice, city council advised stakehol...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kambarami frustrates Town Clerk again
BULAWAYO City councillors will this week engage council management with the hope of stopping the wave of water disconnections that the local authority embarked on since yesterday to recover what is ow...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC disconnects water supplies to defaulting rate payers
BULAWAYO City Council will today start disconnecting water supplies to defaulting rate payers as the municipality moves to recover what it is owed by residents and commercial entities in the city. Res...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo municipality disconnects water supplies
BULAWAYO City Council will today start disconnecting water supplies to defaulting rate payers as the municipality moves to recover what it is owed by residents and commercial entities in the city. ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Wife snatching businessman at it again
A GWANDA businessman – who last year was thoroughly bashed by a group of angry young men accusing him of sleeping with their wives – is at it again after he allegedly snatched another man's wife a...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo resumes water disconnections
THE Bulawayo City Council has reintroduced water disconnections with immediate effect in a bid to force defaulting residents and businesses to clear arrears amounting to $100 million. Councill...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents stop paying bills after water disconnections were outlawed
BULAWAYO City Council says payments for water bills have dropped sharply since the High Court blocked local authorities from disconnecting water over non-payment.The Court ruled last year that...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare starts disconnecting water
KUWADZANA residents woke up to no water meters after Harare City Council (HCC) employees removed them over non-payment of bills.Community Water Alliance (CWA) Ward 44 chairperson Miriam Nyaman...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 09:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councillors reject water disconnections as debt recovery strategy
BULAWAYO City councillors have rejected a proposal by the finance department to resume water disconnections as a debt recovery strategy citing the prevailing socio economic challenges faced by residen...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru water disconnections ignite typhoid fears
GWERU residents have slammed the local authority for resuming the disconnection of water supplies to its debtors in the high-density suburbs, saying the development has the potential to slide the comm...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZESA must reverse ill-judged decision on massive electricity disconnection around Old Magwegwe
Old Magwegwe residents are warned of the ZESA operations of disconnecting power from the masses who cannot even afford a meal per day. Citizens who lost their pensions and savings to this very...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Innocent Ndibali
$400,000 Gweru town clerk golden handshake sparks outrage
THE $400 000 severance package handed to former Gweru town clerk Daniel Matawu has sparked outrage among residents, who blame the city fathers for acceding to the deal at a time when the local authori...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court allows water disconnections
Municipalities' power to disconnect water supplies to non-paying residents is reasonable and does not in any way contravene Section 77 of the country's Constitution that guarantees the right to clean ...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Incumbents promising slashed bills to buy votes: Aspiring councillor
Aspiring independent councillor for Bulawayo's Lobengula ward 14, Lwazi Khanye (27), has accused incumbent councillors of seeking to buy votes by proposing that council should suspend water disconnect...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stop water disconnections: Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said it was improper for local authorities to disconnect water from defaulting residents as such measures pose a health hazard. Addressing Zanu-PF...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councillors call for 50% debt write-off
BULAWAYO councillors are calling for a 50% debt write-off for ratepayers or two months exemption from paying bills to cushion them against the harsh economic conditions.According to the latest...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big cheer for residents ahead of crucial polls
Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo has given residents a big cheer ahead of the impending national elections by stopping the city fathers from disconnecting water supplies to defaulting consumers.Moyo...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa, OK Mart in nasty legal battle
LOCAL stock-exchange-listed supermarket group, OK Zimbabwe, has approached the High Court seeking an interdict barring the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) from turni...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare cuts off water supplies to residents
Harare City Council (HCC) has started shutting off water service to "nonpaying" residents by removing water meters.Residents in high density suburbs such as Highfield, Glen Norah, Glen View an...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers tie security guards, ransack Gweru supermarket
SIX armed robbers yesterday tied two security guards at a supermarket in Gweru's Central Business District before stealing a vehicle and some groceries after disconnecting the CCTV.The robbers...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses OK challenge
THE High Court has dismissed an application by OK Zimbabwe Limited challenging the pending disconnection of power at its shop in Gwanda over a $72 000 electricity bill.The ruling by Bulawayo H...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ruling reserved on water disconnections
THE Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the case in which Harare City was contesting a High Court decision preventing the local authority from disconnecting water supplies without seeking recourse ...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 23:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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