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Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Project fraught with significant hurdles
The long-awaited Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Project, heralded as a potential solution to Zimbabwe and Zambia's ongoing power shortages, may face insurmountable challenges that could delay or derail it...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 07:06hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to endure 6 more years with load shedding
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is undertaking energy generation projects worth 3,000MW to eliminate load-shedding and achieve universal electricity access by 2030. The initiatives ar...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:49hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
ZESA singlehandedly destroying Zimbabwe: The shocking truth behind the power crisis
In Zimbabwe, there is a harsh reality that every citizen faces: power outages, or "load shedding," are an almost daily occurrence. Power cuts, sometimes lasting up to 18 hours, have become the...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 21:07hrs | 3572 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
9 power stations planned for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's energy sector is poised for a significant transformation next year, as nine new public and private power projects are expected to add 2,690 megawatts (MW) to the national grid. This increas...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:32hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Zesa secures 600MW utility batteries
In a significant move to address persistent power outages affecting the region, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) is actively procuring large utility batteries that will bolster the nat...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:40hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zesa unveils strategy to end load-shedding
ZESA Holdings has announced a transformative strategy to eliminate load-shedding by next year and achieve universal electricity access across Zimbabwe by 2030. The plan, detailed by ZESA executive cha...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:44hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Zesa introduces prepaid meters for industries
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is introducing prepaid meters for medium and large-scale customers, including those in the manufacturing sector, to address its s...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:26hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Zesa brokers a US$5 billion power deal with Indian company
ZESA Holdings has secured a $5 billion agreement with Jindal Steel and Power to overhaul Zimbabwe's aging power generation units at Hwange. This refurbishment is expected to boost the country’s powe...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:45hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Zesa explains power shortages
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) Executive Chairman Sydney Gata has reported a significant power shortfall of 540 megawatts (MW) due to increased demand during the winter season. A...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 12:54hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
SADC leaders to be shielded from power cuts in Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans are facing daily power cuts, but regional leaders attending the SADC summit in Harare next month will be shielded from these blackouts. The government has instructed power utility ZESA to ...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 12:57hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Russian investors keen on Zimbabwe energy sector
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Ambassador Frederick Shava met with a Russian business delegation from the Renova Group, led by director of strategy Mr. Oleg Fomichev, to explore oppo...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:13hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to discipline his ministers
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda disclosed during a recent session that several cabinet ministers habitually avoid parliamentary business without providing explanations to President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi donates laptops, pushes for modern education
During his visit to Manama High School in Gwanda district, Matabeleland South, Acting President Kembo Mohadi, an alumnus, honored the school's significant role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle. ...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 12:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged not use chrome
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has advised tobacco farmers living near water sources that are close to chrome washing and processing points to seek clea...Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 07:17hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Early deep ploughing now a prerequisite for better yields, tobacco farmers urged
Mashonaland Central province senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers to do early deep ploughing on the land and seedbed sites the...Published: 02 Apr 2024 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Who is protecting Henrieta Rushwaya?
Zimbabwe is in a state of disaster where the leaders are caught in a web of corruption, putting the young people and the next generation into a hopeless future of wallowing in abject poverty wit...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:21hrs | 10 | by Leonard Koni
Side-marketing a big threat to tobacco contracting companies
With tobacco auction floors opening this week senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged all tobacco farmers who are contracted to honor their contr...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 07:10hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe makes ECD compulsory
It will now be mandatory for all children to enrol in early childhood development classes at four years, with the new Zimbabwe Early Learners Policy (ZELP) now extending primary education to nine year...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco Stakeholders urged to come up with a pension scheme
Agronomy expert Lazarus Gatawa has urged stakeholders in the tobacco industry to consider putting in place a special pension scheme for tobacco farmers.Gatawa, who is a tobacco senior agronomi...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:01hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
New firewood saving Tsotso stove introduced for tobacco farmers
Senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has introduced new technology of tsotso stove to small scale tobacco farmers in Chiweshe communal lands, Mashonaland Cent...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 07:00hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa signs mega deals
Zesa Holdings has signed three major deals that will see the power utility promote renewable energy utilisation and restructure electricity markets in Zimbabwe.Zesa subsidiary Zimbabwe Electri...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZESA announces supply deals with a Swedish company
At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with UK-backed Africa GreenCo meant to ease the risks that have kept energy investors away from Zimbabwe.Power utility ZE...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 20:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teen among 3 Bradford men found guilty of killing compatriot
THREE Bradford men along with one other have been found guilty of killing a teenager by stabbing him 14 times in a tragic case of mistaken identity.Karl Belinga, 20, of Brendon Walk in Holme W...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised for more mega power projects
ZESA Holdings says the energy sector is poised for a turning point following proposals by some independent power producers (IPPs) to build two thermal power stations with a combined output of 1 600 me...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:16hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zesa plans to connect 3 million rural households
ZESA plans to connect at least three million rural households in Zimbabwe over the next four years via solar-energy home kits as well as grid connections where possible to support the major catch-up i...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Marist Brothers tops Old Mutual Zimbabwe High Schools Quiz
Marist Brothers High School from Matabeleland North are this year's Old Mutual High School Quiz winne...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 13:21hrs | 13 | by Paul Ndou
Murder of taxi driver under probe
Police in Beitbridge are now treating the death of a taxi driver as a homicide after discovering his mutilated body on Friday along the Beitbridge to Bulawayo road.The victim, identified as 42...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appointments irk military
Insiders within the military and those in Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's inner circle have disclosed his dissatisfaction with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent Cabinet appointments, which s...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes more appointments
President Mnangagwa has appointed three additional deputy ministers to complement those appointed last week, as announced by Acting Chief Secretary to the President Dr. Martin Rushwaya in a statement....Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 4 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa appoints son Deputy Finance minister in new Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new cabinet, retaining a bulk of his ministers in key posts and adding a few new faces.Finance and Investment PromotionProf Mthuli NcubeDep...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 17:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa keeps nation guessing on Cabinet reshuffle
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has kept Zimbabwe guessing on his next Cabinet amid reports of spirited lobbying among some of the Zanu-PF members who won parliamentary seats in last month's polls....Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Promote women and youths participation in tobacco production' - Gatawa
Senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco Industry players to empower more women and youths to venture into mainstream tobacco production. Gatawa said women and youths hav...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 18:53hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tobacco farmers urged to implement good agricultural practices (GAP)
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco farmers, in special reference to small scale growers who rely on rain fed to use good agricultural practices in order to enhance their producti...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 17:36hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Russian mining giant heads to Zimbabwe
THE world's largest diamond producer Alrosa of Russia will next week be in Zimbabwe to start work on mining operations with 50 more companies from the Euroasian nation targeting various sectors....Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds Gata as power crisis eases
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised ZESA's Executive Chairman Sydney Gata for managing and easing Zimbabwe's power crisis.Gata was brought back to the power utility in 2019, after his sus...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records highest tobacco output in 198 years
Zimbabwe has recorded the highest tobacco output in its 198 years of growing the crop.The milestone follows another agriculture success story that resulted in last year's wheat output being th...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act on prices
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday read the riot act on businesses that are working behind the scenes with vested foreign countries to hike prices to make the people suffer and turn against the Zanu-PF-led...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets net wheat exporter status
GOVERNMENT has revised upwards the winter wheat production target of 85 000 hectares to 90 000 hectares as the country is positioning itself to be a net exporter of wheat in the region.To date...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 10 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Changing political face in Manicaland
Zanu-PF Manicaland province has dumped its old guard and other party heavyweights after they were thumped in primary elections held last week, with 17 out 22 sitting legislators falling by the wayside...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo meets over primary election results
Zanu-PF will hold an Ordinary Session of the Politburo in Harare today to take stock of the just ended primary elections held last weekend.Confirming the development last night, party spokespe...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | 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
Zimbabwean family in mourning as teenage son stabbed to death at Leeds house party
A murder probe has been launched after a 17-year-old boy, identified as Trust Junior Jordan Gangata, was stabbed to death in Leeds.Police were called to a house in Salisbury Grove, Armley at 2...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 11:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Die cast in Zanu-PF primaries
THE stage has been set in what promises to be a tough contest in the much-awaited Zanu-PF primary elections to choose the candidates that will represent the ruling party in the forthcoming harmonised ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged to do reaping, curing processes correctly to ensure good leaf quality
Small-scale tobacco growers are being urged to take heed and cure the remaining crop properly to boost the quality factor and fetch higher average prices.Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa said,...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 15:03hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa fires 17 top CIOs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired 17 top State security operatives believed to have facilitated the meeting between former President Robert Mugabe and opposition National People's Party lea...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 09:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Agricultural Extension officers in Tobacco farming tipped
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Extension officers in tobacco production to use their skills in guiding farmers to improve their farming practices.He said the current tobacco season...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 17:22hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Solar power scheme for civil servants
GOVERNMENT will set up a solar energy project for civil servants to use for domestic consumption as it moves to ameliorate the power supply challenges currently being faced in the country and the regi...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 00:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Agronomist publishes a Shona version Tobacco farming handbook
Farmers can now read the technical advice on Tobacco growing in shona and improve their farming practices. This is after a shona handbook entitled '...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 20:02hrs | 96 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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