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Beitbridge RDC starts road repairs
The Beitbridge Rural District Council (RDC) has embarked on a significant road rehabilitation initiative to repair and upgrade infrastructure damaged by torrential rains. This move is expected to impr...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 74 | by Sgtaff reporter
Harare launches murambatswina
The City of Harare launched a major demolition operation in Ridgeview, Belvedere on Thursday, destroying several properties that were built without proper approval. The operation left dozens of famili...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:14hrs | 3639 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses funds, fuel for maintenance
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed nearly 1.5 million liters of fuel and over Z$2.7 billion to support road maintenance and rehabilitation projects across the country. Th...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:43hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shields Ruwa Local Board assets from seizure, sale
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has exercised his emergency powers to protect the assets of the Ruwa Local Board from sale and seizure, responding to a dire situation that threatens the well-being of the...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:51hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
6 bodies recovered after Kwekwe mine collapses
Six bodies were recovered yesterday at Homesteak Mine (Globe and Phoenix) in Kwekwe after a tragic collapse of mine dumps while the miners were digging underground.Fortune Mupungu, chairperson...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 10:42hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Murambinda-Birchenough Road in major facelift
THE 120km Murambinda-Birchenough Bridge Road is set for a major facelift ahead of this year's edition of the Independence Day main celebrations to be held in Buhera district, Manicaland Province....Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs: Whose interests are they serving?
THIS writer was shocked to learn about Finance minister Mthuli Ncube giving in to the demands of the Zimbabwean MPs regarding the need for an upward variation for the budget for Parliament (NewsDay, D...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | 11 | by Nicholas Aribino
Zanu-PF pledges to rid cities of opposition mess
The Government has finished a geo-technical survey for a number of irregular urban dwellings which sprouted under the watch of inept opposition led local authorities and will soon move workmen on the ...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Magunje for star rally
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today heads to Mashonaland West for a star rally in the province that has in the past five years benefited immensely from the Second Republic-initiated programmes and projects....Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans fire warning shots
WAR veterans say they are tired of empty government promises, and being used as 'graders' to campaign for the ruling Zanu-PF towards elections. The x-combatants have been a vital cog for ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zinara defends Univern deal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) yesterday claimed that the awarding of a 2016 contract to Univern for the supply and maintenance of graders and provision of software programmes was ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South bans private cattle sales
GWANDA Rural District working with the Department of Veterinary Services and the police has banned private cattle sales or door to door sales in the district to curb rustling.In a public notic...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC unveils US$ housing stands
BULAWAYO City Council has unveiled 117 pre-sale housing stands, but they are only sold in United States dollars.In a notice, town clerk Christopher Dube said applicants will be required to pay...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'To hell with your fire tenders,' councils tell July Moyo
Local authorities in the province have rejected the directive from central government where each council has been ordered to pay for a fire tender to a certain supplier using devolution funds at a ver...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
80-year Mtshabezi dream comes to life
MTSHABEZI Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, had been a pipe dream for over 80 years, but is now up and running, as has become the norm under the Second Republic.Last ye...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North roads have outlived lifespan
MOST public roads especially in Matabeleland North need reconstruction as they have outlived their lifespan, a Cabinet Minister has said.Speaking on the sidelines of a review meeting for all p...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime has no capacity to 'improve the lives' of citizens!
I do not know the people of Epworth - a periurban settlement on the outskirts of the capital Harare - but, scenes of them celebrating the official commiss...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'I defeated the whole Zanu-PF machinery including Mnangagwa'
NEWLY elected Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Binga North parliamentarian Prince Dubeko Sibanda says his win was not against Zanu-PF rival Siangoma Mudenda but President Emmerson Mnangagwa himself...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, Zapu Bulawayo Ward 18 candidates face the electorate
As the campaign for the next month's by-election gathers momentum ZANU-PF and ZAPU candidates for Bulawayo's Ward 18 had an interface with the electorate Thursday and presented their election manifest...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa represents hope, future
ON Sunday I was following the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) star rally at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield, Harare.On the same day, the ruling Zanu-PF party held its second rally at Rud...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Chief Chiduku
Bulawayo firm makes graders
A BULAWAYO company is manufacturing graders that will help in import substitution as Government rolls out the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2).The company is seeking Gov...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
DDF Matobo starts Gonde River bridge construction
CONSTRUCTION of Gonde River Bridge in Matabeleland South province is now underway after government allocated $1,5 million for the project which links Kezi and Matobo districts.DDF Matabeleland...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi Gas shelves gas mining project
ZAMBEZI Gas and Coal Mine says it has put on hold plans to establish a gas production project in Matabeleland North citing prohibitive costs associated with the venture.The mine produces 150 000 t...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
$30bn for DDF roads rehab
GOVERNMENT has set its sights on accelerating infrastructure projects, including upgrading roads, airports and drilling of boreholes at a cost of about $30 billion.Through the District Develop...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Breakdowns stall Bulawayo stands development
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) claims that development of new residential stands has been hampered by constant breakdown of its plant and machinery, with graders hardly working beyond two consecutive day...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reaps rewards from 2nd Republic initiatives
The country has already started reaping rewards from the progressive initiatives by the Second Republic to move the country forward. Last year, Government moved closer to achieving its optimal agricul...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 12:50hrs | | by Derick Tsimba
Smuggling cartels control Mutare
CARTELS smuggling fuel and second-hand clothes into the country have become powerful and daring to an extent of hiring earth-moving equipment to clear and periodically repair gravel roads connecting i...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmers call for ban on private cattle sales
LIVESTOCK farmers from Matabeleland South Province have called on the Government to set a standard price for a beast and abolish private cattle sales as buyers are underpaying them for their animals....Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly exposes Zinara tender scam
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) unprocedurally awarded lucrative contracts to private entities to supply equipment and services that prejudiced the parastatal of huge amounts of mo...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
John Deere expands firm's construction equipment portfolio to Zimbabwe
JOHN Deere is expanding its construction equipment line-up to 18 countries, including Zimbabwe, where Deere-branded construction products were previously not available.The company already supp...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lack of petty cash hampers service delivery
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has disclosed that some of the challenges it is facing in the maintenance of roads were as a result of lack of petty cash to purchase minor items such as fuses and materi...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Amnesty to decongest prisons
Cabinet received an update on the Covid-19 Outbreak, which was presented by the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs as chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Task Force on the Covid-19 Outbreak. ...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners deface school in gold rush
A week before schools open, after a long Covid-19 induced sabbatical, pupils at Gwangwava Secondary School in Rushinga are returning to a school ravaged by illegal miners who left a trail of destructi...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira confronts TIZ with $1m defamation suit over article
FORMER ICT minister and serving legislator Supa Mandiwanzira is demanding damages amounting to $1 million from Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) over what he terms defamatory content against h...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
DDF starts roads rehabilitation
THE District Development Fund (DDF), which is responsible for most primary roads in rural areas, last week launched an emergency rehabilitation programme with an initial national fund of $40 million....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira hits out at 'staggering incompetence' over 'cartels' report
Former Cabinet Minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been left crying foul over what he called "staggering incompetence" by a South African publication, the Daily Maverick, whose exclusive report on the mass...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Land for votes haunts Zanu-PF
FORMER Labour and Social Welfare minister and ex-Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Goromonzi, Petronella Kagonye (pictured) was yesterday arrested over alleged illegal land dealings.Kagonye ser...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former minister grilled over land
THE government is probing former Labour minister Petronella Kagonye on allegations of improperly acquiring six farms in Mashonaland East under her real estate firm, Glorious Properties.On her ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 15:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Furore over special road fee
THE monthly Special Road Levy being charged on every property in Mutare has become a charade given potholed roads across the eastern border city which are now an eyesore.The roads are now also...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Black Friday and the new Chiwenga law
THREE very interesting but equally disturbing, sinister and disruptive developments took place last Friday.The Supreme Court granted the MDC-T party an extension to hold its long-overdue c...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:04hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa's govt steps up Old Bulawayo restoration
GOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts in restoring King Lobengula's original capital, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago, with the reconstruction of 10 beehives among other civil w...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara faces Parliament grilling over operations
PARLIAMENT will today question the Zimbabwe Nationals Road Administration (Zinara) over the state of affairs at the parastatal which has, of late, hogged news headlines because of corrupt practices....Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders the acceleration of roads tarring in Matebeleland
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the acceleration of roads development and tarring in Matebeleland, among them the 92km Plumtree-Maitengwe Border Post stretch.Transport and Infrastruct...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heads to roll at Zinara, says Matiza
TRANSPORT minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday said heads would roll at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) over cases of corruption involving millions of dollars.Matiza also a...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pays tribute to Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been commended for availing financial and logistical support for the memorial service of the former Prime Minister and MDC founder, the late Mr Morgan Tsvangirai who d...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa paying tuition for Tsvangirai's kids in Australia and South Africa
President Mnangagwa has once again come to the aid of the family of former Prime Minister and the late MDC T founding leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai by providing financial and logistical support to the ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa captures Tsvangirai family
President Mnangagwa has once again came to the aid of the family of former Prime Minister and the late MDC-T founding leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai by providing financial and logistical support to the ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Religious leaders must pray for bloodless separation of Matabeleland and Zimbabwe
China's revered revolutionary, Mao Zedong, was spot on when he said, "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun". Zimbabwe is the product of the barrel of the gun so is the 2nd Republic tha...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by MLO
Parly raises red flag over Zinara graders repair costs
THE Parliamentary Public Accounts Portfolio Committee (PAC) last week grilled Univern over its supply of 80 graders with snow ploughs to the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) in 2012 at a...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Zinara bosses summoned to Parliament
Former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) chief executive Mr Frank Chitukutuku and Moses Juma have been summoned to Parliament to respond to audit reports revealing gross flouting of tend...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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