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Substandard solar installations fuel infernos
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has identified substandard solar panel products and improper installations as the leading causes of fatal electrical accidents in the country, which hav...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:57hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Agricultural Society ups security for this year's edition
The Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) says it has put steps to increase surveillance, enhance security and streamline efficiency during this year's exhibition to try and curb potential of theft, inc...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:44hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC gets away with US$200 fine for culpable homicide
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company(ZETDC) has received a lighter sentence, a US$200 fine, for causing the electrocution of a Buhera man on March 3, 2022.The N...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Copper cable thieves electrocuted
Two suspected cable thieves are nursing injuries sustained from electrical shock after they tried to steal ZETDC copper cables at a farm in Mazowe.Lawrence Chimedza of Epworth Harare and Tinot...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Why Dudula hates foreigners
South African vigilante group Operation Dudula has become notorious for raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals and forcing shops to close. BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members o...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shingi Munyeza and wife ordered to repay US$100 000 with interest
Prominent Zimbabwean pastor, businessperson and political activist Shingi Munyeza and his wife Wilma have been ordered by the High Court to repay public relations strategist Marjorie Mutemererwa her U...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:38hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner dies at Zimbabwe court
A serving prison inmate has died this morning at the Harare Magistrate Courts' canteen area where he was working. It is believed that he might have been electrocuted while others suspect that ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 16:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mazowe miner electrocuted
Artisanal miner Saul Gatsi (45) was electrocuted by a generator at Jumbo mine, Mazowe last week.Gatsi entered the mine shaft and instructed his colleagues to switch on the generator which they...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 13:21hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Shingi Munyeza 'ate' my US$85 000 severance package, says Mutemererwa
WHEN Marjorie Mutemererwa left Seed Co. Ltd last year after some years of dedicated and long service where she was public relations and special programmes manager, she was paid some cool US$85 000 sev...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 17:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 synchronised with the Zimbabwe power grid
It was a historic moment yesterday evening here, when one of the Second Republic's signature projects, the Hwange Thermal Power Station's Unit 7, was successfully synchronised with the national grid, ...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Copper cable thief jailed 20 years
Lucky ran out of a Rushinga-based copper thief who was electrocuted whilst stealing ZETDC cables as he sustained burns which sold him to the police when he went for treatment at the hospital.T...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CCC lawmaker mourns electrocuted boy
Mbizo Legislator Settlement Chikwinya (CCC) has mourned the 11- year old Kwekwe boy who was electrocuted after he came in contact with live electricity cables connected to a chicken fowl run on Thursd...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 20:16hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Teen girl electrocuted after stepping on water
A 15-year-old girl was electrocuted while attempting to retrieve her slides lost in flowing water in Harare's Warren Park suburb, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place at around 7PM...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:16hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Teen electrocuted while stealing Zesa cables
A MARONDERA teenager (15) was electrocuted on April 17 while attempting to steal Zesa copper cables from a 200kV transformer.A police memorandum dated April 17 seen by NewsDay stated that the ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Man kills wife over sex'
A GWERU woman, Sheilla Chitakatira, was allegedly battered to death by her husband last Monday following an argument over sex.Her husband, Grant Chitakatira, who is a Zesa Holdings employee, i...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zesa workers not involved in cables theft'
POWER utility Zesa Holdings has revealed that its employees frequently pick up bodies of people electrocuted while trying to steal electricity copper cables.None of the victims have been Zesa ...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
2 die in lightning strike
TWO people died when they were struck by lightning during a storm that hit parts of Masvingo last week.Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the incident...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZESA fined $280 000 over electrocution of girl
ZESA Holdings' electricity distribution arm has been fined $280 000 for failing to rectify an infrastructural condition that saw a 13-year-old girl being electrocuted at Movern Farm in Chegutu after s...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electrocuted copper cables thief fighting for life
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case where an unidentified man is battling for his life at Mpilo Central Hospital after he suffered electric shock while attempting to vandalise a 100kVA transfo...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy electrocuted at Nkululeko High
A 13-year-old boy from Nkululeko in Silobela was electrocuted after he leaned on a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) power line pole.The deceased was herding c...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa live cable kills child in Bulawayo
A ZESA live cable on Saturday electrocuted a child in the Kensington area of Bulawayo.A resident of Kensington yesterday told NewsDay that the power cable got broken recently and was reported ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Whoever poisoned the late Bulawayo Town Clerk Middleton Nyoni, poisoned the whole of Bulawayo
I cannot prove that the former Town Cleck Middleton Nyoni was poisoned. I rely mostly on news in the social media. His death was suspicious though: I could not comprehend how he would have succumbed t...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 22:55hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Boy (15) electrocuted in school hostel
A Form 3 pupil at Nkululeko High in Lower Gweru was electrocuted on Sunday while washing his blankets in a tub at the boys' hostel. Midlands Police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko said the bo...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZESA man electrocuted
A ZESA employee at Concession was electrocuted today while fixing electricity in Mazowe.Sources familiar with the incident allege the m...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor free of poisoning: Tests
A RANGE of blood and urine specimens extracted from Peter Magombeyi, the former Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) president, who was allegedly abducted by state security last year showed no...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo power outage: Woman electrocuted while relieving self
A WOMAN who was electrocuted while relieving herself at a Zesa sub-station in Bulawayo City Centre on Thursday afternoon has been identified as Ms Samukeliso Moyo of Fort Rixon.Bulawayo police...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:52hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa cables thief electrocuted
A 27-YEAR-OLD Marondera man was on Sunday electrocuted while stealing overhead electricity cables.The charred remains of Barnabas Mahwite, of Chokudenga Farm, was discovered by security guards...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man drowns self after thinking he killed wife
A 42 year old man committed suicide by throwing himself into Lake Kariba after he thought he had killed his wife with whom he had a misunderstanding. According to the police, the man had a mis...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 17:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zesa disconnects rogue customers
ZESA Holdings has embarked on a national blitz to disconnect all households illegally connected to the grid.The operation comes after ZESA Holdings is losing millions of dollars from household...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cable thief electrocuted in Bulawayo
Residents of Burnside suburb in Bulawayo woke up to a strange sight overhead: a dead man suspended on ZESA electricity cables.The unidentified man is suspected to be a copper cables thief elec...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 16:58hrs | | by ZimLive Cite
Suspected copper cable thieves electrocuted
Three suspected copper cable thieves were early this morning electrocuted at Chestgate shopping centre in Chegutu while trying to steal electricity conductors.Two died on the spot while the ot...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 15:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chicken 'thief' electrocuted
A SUSPECTED chicken thief was electrocuted while stealing chickens from a fowl run at a house in Mkoba 5 suburb in Gweru. Clayton Machova (21) was electrocuted while trying to disconnect power...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa warns of rainy season power outages
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has warned customers to heed rolling power outages, mainly driven by perennial challenges that come with the rainy season. Du...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs electrocuted by Zesa debts
Top Zanu-PF officials are being dragged to court by State power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) over unpaid electricity bills.The cases illustrate how government officials, previously shielded fr...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 12:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa hammered for negligence in electrocution cases
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, has been ordered to pay $23 805 to a Harare widow who lost her husband due to electrocution. ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duo electrocuted in attempted cable theft
TWO Harare men were severely electrocuted after they allegedly tried to steal live Zesa Holdings power cables and are admitted at Harare Central Hospital, where they are battling for life under prison...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZESA employee electrocuted in Bulawayo
A Bulawayo ZESA employee who was fixing a power line along 6th Avenue at the city centre was electrocuted and sustained minor injuries.According to eyewitnesses, the employee was fortunate eno...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 15:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cable thief wanted by police electrocuted
A SUSPECTED copper cable thief died on Monday night while another was severely burnt after they were electrocuted by a 66 000-volt power line in Umguza district.Elmon Ndlovu died on the spot w...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staffr eporter
Man claims $300 000 from Zesa for son's electrocution
A SHAMVA commercial farmer, Alpha James has taken the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution and Transmission Company (ZETDC) to court, demanding $300 000 compensation after his son was injured by live pow...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wi-fi technician engulfed in flames after electrocution
A TELCO employee was allegedly electrocuted while his colleague was injured when an aluminium pole they were using to install Wifi at a house in Mkhosana suburb in Victoria Falls accidentally came in ...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 Telco employees electrocuted
Two Telco employees were electrocuted on Friday afternoon while installing wifi cables in Victoria Falls' Mkosana suburb with one of the of them confirmed dead upon arrival at the Victoria Falls hospi...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 21:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man electrocuted while charging phone
A MINER in Filabusi died on the spot after he was electrocuted after he allegedly tried to charge his cellphone on one of the machines at the mine.Tambulai Nyathi (19) was found wi...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family demands $100,000from Zesa over electrocuted son
A GOROMONZI man, Michael Zisengwe, has approached Zesa Holdings subsidiary, Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC), demanding $100 000 compensation after his son accidentally stepped on a l...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Embrace ubuntuism, urges First Lady
The First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa has called for the upholding of traditional values and care of vulnerable children.This came out when she visited a Hurungwe children's home in Mashonala...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 15:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teen electrocuted by fallen Zesa cable
A JURU teenage herdboy died last week after he was electrocuted by a Zesa cable that had fallen to the ground.According to a reliable source, on December 17, Laston Zisengwe (15) of Musangate ...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Boy (7) severely burnt by electricity
A Kadoma boy is admitted at Harare Central Hospital's Severe Burns Unit after sustaining serious burns when he was burnt while playing near a ZETDC transformer near Rimuka.Abbie (7) of 23 Sihw...Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 11:46hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
WATCH: Gukurahundi survivor explains how he was castrated
Gukurahundi survivor explains how he became impotent after the 5th brigade electrocuted his ears & private parts during Gukurahundi....Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso electrocuted
ZPC Kariba 2 - 0 HighlandersHighlanders and CAPS United suffered blows to their titles chances when they both dropped points away from home.Tsholotsho snatched a point from CAPS United at ...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Unsheltered'
It's quarter past two in the morning and he is still sleepless, completely wakeful. This sleeplessness is not because of insomnia; but some incurable thoughts like disease are behind this. Mibizo Chir...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 16:10hrs | | by Munia Kha
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