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Zimbabwe secures US$1,5bn for dams, irrigation and power projects
Zimbabwe has successfully raised over US$1.5 billion in funding to advance major dam projects across the country, including Musami Dam, which will supply water to the developing capital city in Mt Ham...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:45hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 50 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Zimbabwe surpasses power quarterly target
ZIMBABWE surpassed its quarterly target of power generation by over 18 percent, a development that has been attributed to improved reliability and plant optimisation at Hwange Power station.In...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt increases evacuation centres
GOVERNMENT yesterday increased the number of evacuation centres in Manicaland province from 396 to 459 in an effort to deal with potential effects of Cyclone Ana.Two students are marooned in N...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo meets Malawi president Mutharika
Doors continue to be opened in the region for the controversial businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, who met Malawian President Peter Mutharika last week.Chivayo posted pictures of himself meeting M...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 19:07hrs | | by ZimLive
Kariba set to stop power generation by October
Imports are the only short-term solution to ending Zimbabwe's power crisis as receding water levels at the main hydro-power plant continue to curtail generation, an official said on Monday.Zim...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 19:12hrs | | by New Ziana
Achieving self-sufficiency in electricity generation in Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe enters its third week of electricity blackouts under the national load shedding programme announced by the country's power utility, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA). The experi...Published: 27 May 2019 at 12:21hrs | 14 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zesa seeks $128m for power project
Zesa Holdings is seeking to raise $128 million to finance construction of the 30 Megawatts Gairezi hydro power project, where little progress has been registered since the tender was awarded in 2015. ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heads to roll at Zesa
A comprehensive inquiry into shenanigans dogging Zesa over irregular tender and procurement processes at the power utility is expected to be handed over to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a fortnight ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
India pledges to finance Zimbabwe's energy infrastructure projects
INDIA has pledged its commitment to financing Zimbabwe's energy infrastructure rehabilitation projects, which will see the country accessing millions of dollars from the Asian partner for power genera...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Sir Wicknell last moments before it fell apart
Wicknell Chivayo's company, Intratek Zimbabwe, was awarded a $200 million USD tender by Zimbabwe's power utility company ZESA.He was also awarded a further $73 million for the refurbishment of...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wicknell in big trouble
The noose is tightening around dubious businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is now facing a real prospect of doing jail time again, after the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) ominously told Parliament yester...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 14:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wicknell splashes R20 000 on shoes
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has set tongues wagging on video and picture platform - Instagram where he bragged about splashing R20 000 (nearly $1 900) on a brand new pair shoes - ...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 10:05hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell defends scandal-ridden project
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has explained the lethargy in his multi-million-dollar power deals which are now under investigation by government.This comes after members of ...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 15:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo braces for bruising wrangle
A potentially bruising legal wrangle is brewing between Intratrek Zimbabwe managing director Wicknell Chivayo and fellow shareholder, Yusuf Ahmed, over ownership of the company, with the latter claimi...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 08:47hrs | | by Business Weekly
Chivayo spills the beans on deals
Controversial and high-living businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, yesterday told Parliament how former president Robert Mugabe's office and two ministers had used their influence to have him awarded multi-...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 14:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell's woes mount
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo's woes continue to mount after he was dragged to the High Court on Tuesday for failing to pay for shares he bought in a local company.According to co...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 20:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa top officials face chop
GOVERNMENT has ordered a forensic audit into managerial, financial and labour matters at the debt-ridden Zimbabwe Electricity Power Supply Holdings (Zesa), including controversial energy tenders which...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 15:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo on the spotlight again
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy is putting pressure on government to implement the moribund Gwanda solar energy project with haste, throwing the spotlight on flamboyant busin...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 16:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crime busting unit targets Wicknell Chivayo
HARARE - An elite crime-busting unit run by government is going after flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo over a string of energy deals entered with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) - a unit of Ze...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Wicknell Chivayo arrested
HARARE - Controversial Harare businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, is staring down the barrel of a gun as the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) and Parliament turn the heat on him in a bid to hav...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 06:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo feels heat over Zesa projects
Controversial Harare businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, is staring down the barrel of a gun as the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) and Parliament turn the heat on him in a bid to have h...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa demands $5 million back from Wicknell Chivayo
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority Holdings (Zesa) board will meet next week to deliberate on energy contracts awarded to dodgy businessman Wicknell Chivayo amid reports parliament will soon mo...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 09:27hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
President Mugabe's call for value addition bears fruit
It is comforting that Zimbabwe, through the economic blue print, Zimbabwe Agenda for Socio-Sustainable Economic Transformation (ZimAsset) is moving a step forward in enhancing its economic and social ...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 07:42hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
$300 million for small power stations in ZImbabwe
GOVERNMENT is intensifying efforts to boost electricity generation, with over US$151 million worth of new small hydropower projects lined up while US$154 million has been secured for the repowering of...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'There's a good story to tell'
Remarks by the Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Christopher Mushohwe to editors in Harare last week.***Let me take this opportunity to welcome you to this brief...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 09:54hrs | | by Dr Christopher Mushohwe
BCC one of the pilot projects for development of community tourism
Bulawayo City Council senior Public Relations officer Nesisa Mpofu has said the local authority is one of the four pilot projects for the development of community tourism in Zimbabwe.She...Published: 17 May 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZPC's corrupt tenders not reversible, says Mbiriri
GOVERNMENT is proceeding with tenders for Zimbabwe Power Company's power projects, as awarded by Statement Procurement Board to avoid delays in resolving the national power crisis and the legal conseq...Published: 13 May 2016 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell is too busy to marry
He drives the latest vehicles and runs successful businesses, but philanthropist and flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo says he is too busy to settle down and start a family of his own.Ch...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sir Wicknell's company wins another hydro power tender
THE State Procurement Board has awarded the contract for the construction of the 30 megawatt Gairezi hydro power station to local firm, Intratrek Zimbabwe.Wicknell Monudaani Chivayo, who is a...Published: 29 Oct 2015 at 09:46hrs | 15 | by Golden Sibanda
'Zimbabwe to export power by 2018'
ZIMBABWE will be a net exporter of electricity by 2018 and the current power outages will be a thing of the past as the government has intensified the implementation of various power projects already ...Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 06:27hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Zimbabweans should brace for crippling power crisis
ELECTRICITY supplies to households and industries will plunge by 400 megawatts (MW) after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) reduced water allocation for power generation at the Kariba Dam by nearly 30...Published: 15 May 2015 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pungwe hydro-power station to be operational next year
PUNGWE B's 15,25-megawatt (MW) hydro-power station is expected to be fully operational by next year in a move that will increase power output and ease power shortages, an official has said.Spe...Published: 22 Dec 2014 at 10:03hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Indian company boosts Hwange Colliery
AN Indian company BEML/Ravathi has set aside $13,04 million for the purchase of equipment for coal mining company Hwange Colliery Company under a credit facility - in a deal that is likely to boos...Published: 27 Apr 2014 at 06:11hrs | | by Fairness Moyana
Traditional leaders join search for missing tourist in Zim
TRADITIONAL leaders in Nyanga have conducted rituals as the search to locate Zayd Dada, a tourist who disappeared on Inyangani Mountain last Saturday, intensifies. A rescue team comprising representa...Published: 10 Jan 2014 at 12:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa slashes bills
Cash-strapped Zimbabweans are set to get relief from national power utility Zesa's decision to scrap electricity bills beginning today. Josh Chifamba, Zesa chief executive yesterday con...Published: 01 Nov 2013 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nampower to finance Zimbabwe energy projects
NAMIBIAN power utility, Nampower has expressed interest in rehabilitating Harare and Bulawayo thermal power stations at an estimated cost of $175 million.The interest was expressed through a ...Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 03:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange power station in $1,3b expansion project
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is embarking on a $1,3 billion expansion programme for Hwange Thermal Station in a move that will see the power utility increase its power generation by 600 megawatts....Published: 07 Oct 2013 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Even those that they killed shamelessly during Gukurahundi have embraced them' - Biti
WE LIVE in horrible times surrounded by horrible man. Man we have always assumed human, rational and real. They are not.Since late Wednesday, July 31, we have been walking like zombies, d...Published: 03 Aug 2013 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Tendai Biti
ZESA woos investors for Gairezi Power Project
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), a wholly owned subsbsidiary of Zesa Holdings, is in talks with investors to fund the construction of the Gairezi Mini Hydro-electric power station, says its chairman, Vic...Published: 26 Jun 2013 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim electricity generation to improve in 2017
ZIMBABWE'S electricity generation is expected to improve in 2017 after the completion of expansion works at Hwange Thermal Power Station, a report by the energy regulator has shown.According ...Published: 18 Jun 2013 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's initiatives to boost the power situation
PRESS RELEASEIn view of the current challenges besetting the efficient supply of power nationwide and the need to enhance the financial position of the electricity utilities, the Ministry of ...Published: 05 May 2013 at 08:09hrs | | by Mangoma
Court judgment nullifying ZERA tariff increase could plunge the country into darkness
THE recent Administrative Court judgment nullifying the Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Authority tariff increase will plunge the country into darkness if effected, an official has said. ZERA chairman...Published: 12 Nov 2012 at 23:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim Govt to disband Zesa Holdings
The Zimbabwe government will soon disband Zesa Holdings into the National Grid Service Company as part of a restructuring exercise to make it efficient. ...Published: 13 Jul 2012 at 03:24hrs | | 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
Deal to revamp thermal power stations signed
Cabinet yesterday approved a $230 million power deal between the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and an Indian firm, Wapcos Limited, to revamp boilers at three thermal power stations in the country....Published: 06 Jun 2012 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Edgar Tekere to be buried on Sunday, at the Heroes Acre
Edgar Zivanai Tekere, who died in Mutare on Tuesday, has been declared a national hero and will be buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Sunday.Cde Tekere (74) died after a long bat...Published: 10 Jun 2011 at 06:21hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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