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Kariba tension-gripped as government departments dither tactlessly
Kariba is a tense town this week for both tourists and local stakeholders, with emotions boiling over in some instances. Government departments' inept handling of important issues is at the core of th...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 18:47hrs | 4782 | by Laiton Kandawire Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Environment and Tourism Correspondent
Zimbabwe's new Parly structure complete
Structural works on the imposing six-storey Parliament Building in Mount Hampden sitting on a 70-metre platform above the scenic surrounding area, symbolically projecting legislative supremacy, are 10...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:50hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
Kariba power station resumes full capacity after drought
ZIMBABWE'S main hydropower plant is operating at near-full capacity for the first time since it was revamped two years ago, enabling the country's state utility to generate more electricity.Th...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 21:14hrs | 3224 | by Bloomberg
Kariba inflows peak
In-flows into Lake Kariba have reached their seasonal peak of 481,22 metres, which is about 41,2 percent above the minimum operating level for power generation, as levels start declining.Level...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:52hrs | 3812 | by Staff reporter
MDC official dies in mine shaft
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance's Mberengwa North constituency co-ordinating committee secretary, Trinos Chinyoka, died on Saturday after falling into an uncovered disused gold mine shaft at night. He...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:29hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's administration fails to recover looted funds
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has failed to recover funds looted by chief executive officers (CEOs) of 13 State enterprises and parastatals (SEPs) who were taking home an aggregated US...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:29hrs | 1864 | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off 100 households over illegal connections
POWER utility Zesa yesterday conducted a blitz and disconnected over 100 illegally connected households in Stoneridge, Harare. Zesa has been losing electricity worth thousands of dollars to unscrupulo...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC suspends nine managers
NINE senior Zimbabwe Electricity, Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) managers have been suspended pending investigations over allegations of spearheading illegal power connections. ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
A very good lesson from Malawi
It is possible in theory to distinguish revolutionary parties, from those parties working within the mandate of temporal popularity. But the distinction is not always easy to make, because the same pa...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 3189 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Electricity tariff increase looms
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) is assessing an application for an electricity tariff increase that was recently lodged by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Compan...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
City health workers reject salary offer
Harare City Council nurses have rejected a $4 498,18 salary offer presented by the local authority, arguing that the proposed figures were below the poverty datum line, and have issued a 14-day ultima...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:20hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy run by master criminals fleecing the poor
Ordinary Zimbabweans have suffered for years as a result of currency manipulation and corruption by the elites who have siphoned US dollars away into their overseas bank accounts. Now, a recent ruling...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1488 | by Thandekile Moyo
Mnangagwa's govt must at least provide the basics
The dirty water phenomenon has final arrived in the great City of Kings and Queens. We all knew this as the trademark of Harare. The government and city fathers seem to be clueless about solving the w...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 152 | by Lubani Nondo
'US$1 billion to back Zimbabwe forex auction'
Local banks have $1 billion in foreign currency accounts (FCAs) while the country has healthy inflows to sustain the newly introduced forex auction system that replaced the interbank with effect from ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspends phone based mobile money transactions - Fulltext
The Statement of Suspension on Monetary Transaction on Phone-Based Mobile Money TransactionsThe government of Zimbabwe has with immediate effect suspended all mobile money services and trading...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 19:41hrs | 7716 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop reading prepared speeches
The Editor,Lately, I have been doing a lot of thinking about the Zimbabwe situation. I am one person who cheered President Mnangagwa (ED) on and was very hopeful that he will deliver for Zimba...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 18:03hrs | 7141 | by Sam Wezhira
ZANU-PF president misfiring
What are we Zimbabweans waiting for, really! Should we wake up when the titanic hit the bottom of the sea. Our country will be in extreme poverty worse than today - it will be extremely painful. How m...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 4732 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
UK based Zimbabwean woman named among UK's top 50 female engineers
A woman named among the UK's top 50 female engineers says people sometimes still question if they have the right number when they call her at work.In the UK, just over 12% of engineers are wom...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:52hrs | 7071 | by BBC
Zimdollar tumbles
THE Zimbabwe dollar shed nearly 79% of its value on the first day of being floated under a foreign currency auction system launched yesterday.At the close of the auction, the official exchange...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:28hrs | 4367 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should stand up against parasitic sadistic ZANU-PF regime
It has never been doubtful, nor debatable, that the Zimbabwe regime is one made out of some of the most soulless, ruthless, and ungodly people on the face of the planet - who have no qualms at all in ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 19:30hrs | 458 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimdollar trades at 57.36 to the US dollar
THE official exchange rate of the US dollar is now 57.36 following the implementation of the market-based auction system. 92 bids were received with the lowest bid being 25.50 and the highest bid bein...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 18:13hrs | 1920 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls city fathers, residents face off
A Vic Falls forest along Kazungula Border Post Road which has been targeted by residents for indiscriminate cutting down of treesVICTORIA Falls authorities and residents have faced off over th...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sets surveillance cameras in cities
Zimbabwe is planning to link its proposed National Data Centre with databases and information from the country's key economic players and state institutions as the country prepares for the creation of...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:48hrs | 5610 | by Dumisani Ndlela
Zimbabwe records marginal increase in exports receipts
ZIMBABWE'S exports marginally increased by 2% to US$1,24 billion during the first four months of the year, largely driven by commodities such as gold and tobacco, official statistics reveal.Fi...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:43hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses US$100m worth property to vandalism
Vandalism and theft of public infrastructure has resulted in government departments and municipalities losing property and equipment worth more tha n US$100 million every year.The vandalism af...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:37hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Renewable energy carries potential to propel Zimbabwe
Harnessing Zimbabwe's abundant renewable energy resources is key to helping the country support its development strategies and leapfrog towards low-carbon socio-economic progress.Energy is inc...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:36hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to develop debt recovery plan
ENERGY and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi has directed the board of the financially hamstrung power utility Zesa to come up with strategies to recover US$1,2 billion it is owed by customers,...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 regulations hindering Zimbabwe's sex workers
The current lockdown regulations that the country has imposed have taken a huge toll on many sex workers in the country.Nancy Chabuda, programs coordinator of Katswe Sistahood said the current...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 14:06hrs | 1728 | by Daniel Itai
Pressure mounts over Zimbabwe currency regime
PRESSURE is again building on the central bank over its currency regime, as RioZim warns it can no longer sustain operations due to payment delays and the fixed exchange rate, while the Chamber of Min...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1506 | by Staff reporter
I'm scarred, but not scared, says Artuz leader
OUTSPOKEN Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to bring socio-economic and political stability to the nation ...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:49hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
'2 000 Zesa transformers stolen in 2 years'
OVER 2 000 Zesa transformers were stolen over the past two years throughout the country, with thieves in Maphisa alone also vandalising 100km of cables, Energy and Power Development minister Fortune C...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Decaying infrastructure drags Zimbabwe to Stone Age
ZIMBABWE is lagging behind other regional countries in infrastructural development and would require huge investment to build robust infrastructure and catch up with continental leaders, a new report ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:05hrs | 148 | by Nyasha Chingono
Zesa tariffs go down
POWER company Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has lowered electricity tariffs by between 11 percent and 25 percent and introduced a new low-cost tariff band that reduces electricity charg...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 3469 | by Staff reporter
Zera adds third band of cheaper electricity
A third band of cheaper electricity has been added to existing two by energy regulator, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (zera), that will help larger families that were struggling to remain withi...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:10hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
'Khami Dam sewage water unfit for Bulawayo consumption'
DESCENDANT of the Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula, Prince Peter Zwide Khumalo yesterday slammed plans by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to pump the heavily-polluted Khami Dam water into households to all...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
92 000 Zimbabweans switch off DStv
MULTICHOICE lost 92 000 subscribers in Zimbabwe over the past year, 41% of its total subscriber base in the country, as hard-up consumers ditched pay TV.In its first results since being spun o...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 4216 | by Staff reporter
Chasi wants Chivayo to start work on Gwanda solar project
GOVERNMENT wants Intratek Zimbabwe to start implementing the Gwanda Solar Project as the cancellation of the more than US$183 million deal will be costly. The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) ente...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:03hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe punishes EU, America, and the World Bank!
Refusing Zimbabwe a corona bailout, World Bank and western countries must be severely punished. The punishment America and the western world received is greater than thunder itself. Three weeks ago, t...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 18:34hrs | 8024 | by Nomazulu Thata
The Republic of Matabeleland (ROM) beckons
With Ambazonia's final breakthrough in their quest for self-determination, it has become abundantly clear that after experiencing a series of tragedies under Zimbabwe's colonial rule Matabele people c...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2775 | by George Mkhwanazi
ZETDC threatens to disconnect Zisco
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC), has threatened to switch off defunct steel giant, Zisco, over a ZW$6,2 million debt accrued over a period of three months.In a letter to ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:39hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo: Lupane's untapped poetic talent
AT first glance, his demeaner deceives one to think Jonathan Moyo (29) is a mere villager fixed on rural life, devoid of ambitions. But once he takes to the stage and starts speaking, all assumptions ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 exposes Zimbabwe's lack of leadership
THE COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, but Zimbabweans must have had enough of their selfish, clueless and callous leadership. By leadership, I am not referring only to political leadership, b...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Former Mugabe minister faces jail
Former Energy and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge's appeal against a 30-month jail term for abuse of office was thrown out by the High Court yesterday which found that the sentence was not e...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1445 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe fight escalates
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said it was time for Zimbabweans to act against rights abuses and economic problems bedevilling the country.Chamisa spoke after MDC leaders, includ...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:57hrs | 4516 | by Staff reporter
Chasi reads riot act over Zesa tokens failure
ENERgy minister Fortune Chasi has read the riot act to the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) after residents failed to purchase electricity tokens for the greater part of this week followin...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:06hrs | 3149 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over electricity tokens
ZESA Holdings customers yesterday expressed outrage over failure to buy electricity tokens after the power utility's payment platforms were overwhelmed. Customers endured long hours in queues at Zesa ...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:05hrs | 1192 | by Staff reporter
Scores of stranded as Zesa system is overwhelmed
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) on Monday left scores of electricity consumers stranded failing to buy prepaid power tokens as its online system was overwhelmed ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:38hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
Workers walk to town: Zupco fleet overwhelmed
THE transport crisis has been tabled before the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) as the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) bus fleet is overwhelmed, leading to workers walking to and from Bul...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:01hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe can return to economic glory days
Former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada (TM) believes Zimbabwe can return to its glory days of the early 1980s when the economy was stable and end poverty. He discu...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's inflation spikes to 765.57% in April: Zimstat
Zimbabwe's year-on-year inflation galloped to 765.57 percent in April, up from 676.39 percent in the previous month, statistical agency Zimstat said on Tuesday.On a month-on-month basis, infla...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:29hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
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