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Mnangagwa govt postpones Gwayi Tshangani dam completion date
The Government of Zimbabwe has set 2025 as the target year for completing the construction of the Gwayi Shangani and Kunzvi dams, part of a broader strategy to improve irrigation development and addre...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:26hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to cut water supplies to just 36 hours per week for residents
The City of Bulawayo is set to introduce a more drastic water conservation regime which will see water coming out of the taps for just 36 hours in a week, or one-and-a-half days.The second cit...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:04hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter
Declining state of Bulawayo worries residents
Bulawayo residents have lamented the decline in the status of the city, once an industrial powerhouse and considered the smartest in the country. They attribute this decline to poor governance and an ...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 10:58hrs | 569 | by Stephen Jakes
Coltart hails Bulawayo water crisis 'consensus' meeting
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart said there was now a "broad consensus" to solve the city's perennial water problems after a meeting with water minister Anxious Masuka on Wednesday.Coltart has bee...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 18:45hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants people to be served with humility
In his address to newly-elected Cabinet ministers, President Emmerson Mnangagwa emphasized the importance of humility and prioritizing the interests of the people over personal interests. He called fo...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF poised for clean sweep in Matebeleland North, says Richard Moyo
ZANU-PF chairman for Matebeleland North Richard Moyo has said the ruling party has done enough homework to win all seats in the upcoming harmonised elections set for August 23.Already, the rev...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'bound by blood'?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his deputy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, are "bound by blood" and often laugh off "idiots" who try to sow divisions between them by alleging a non-existent rivalry....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water rationing looms in Bulawayo
DETERIORATING water levels at Bulawayo's supply dams could soon force the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to re-introduce tighter water rationing.One of the dams with low water levels is Umzingwan...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nightshifts at Lake Gwayi Shangani
CONTRACTORS at Lake Gwayi Shangani are now working night shifts to ensure the construction of the dam wall is completed next month.Construction work at the Lake Gwayi Shangani dam wall and ear...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland group petitions Parly over villagers' displacements
A MATEBELELAND human rights group has petitioned Parliament to probe ongoing displacement of villagers in the region without compensation to pave way for mining operations.The Matabeleland Ins...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland group petitions Parly over villagers' displacements
A MATEBELELAND human rights group has petitioned Parliament to probe ongoing displacement of villagers in the region without compensation to pave way for mining operations.The Matabeleland Ins...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villagers in suspense over Gwayi Shangani Dam project
THE planned displacement of around 2 000 Lubimbi villagers in Binga to pave way for the construction of the Gwayi Shangani Dam has left the villagers in suspense, amid indications that government had ...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani water to reach Bulawayo end of next year
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has assured Bulawayo residents that the city's prevailing water challenges will be permanently addressed when Lake Gwayi-Shangani project is completed next year.The Zimbabw...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:53hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani dam construction resumes
THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam site was yesterday a hive of activity with onsite engineers from the Zimbabwe National Water Authoriy (Zinwa) and Chinese contractors supervising construction works following th...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt floats Gwayi-Shangani tender
THE Government has floated a tender for the construction of the 260km Gwayi-Shangani Dam-Bulawayo pipeline, which marks the implementation of the Second Phase of the National Matabeleland Zambezi Wate...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam engineers back on site
THE attainment of Independence in 1980 has seen the Government implementing several developmental projects for citizens who had been sidelined under white colonial rule for many years. The Sec...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam work set to resume
THE construction works at the Gwayi-Shangani Dam are set to resume in April as the Chinese engineers involved in the project are expected in the country next month. They had been held up in Ch...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hydro-politics depriving Bulawayo and Matebeleland of water
MORE than a century ago in 1912, the people of Matebeleland and Bulawayo regions were promised that they will draw water from the Zambezi River, through the Matebeleland Zambezi Water Project (MZWP)....Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lack of funding stalling Gwayi Shangani Dam construction
LACK of funding is reportedly stalling progress at the US$121 million Gwayi Shangani Dam, with only 39% of the project funds having been expended to date, while government is failing to secure more to...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani dam completion set for 2020
Forget that Matabeleland North province sticks out as the only province out of the 10 that is yet to have a provincial hospital.That the Government composite building is yet to be completed an...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 11:27hrs | 16 | by ViewFromMatopos
Chiwenga to give unemployed teachers, nurses jobs?
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said Government has plans to ensure that unemployed teachers and nurses in the country end up getting jobs. Speaking during a well attended Zanu-P...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We can make Zimbabwe a heaven,' says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabweans can make their country a heaven if they shun hate speech, love one another and work for economic prosperity.Mnangagwa said this while addressing t...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 14:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set date for Gwayi Shangani dam completion
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured the nation that the government will avail all the necessary funding to ensure that the construction of the Gwayi Shangani dam is completed by December next yea...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 14:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Matebeleland North
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is at the Gwayi Shangani Dam in Hwange as part of his programme to assess incomplete infrastructure projects.The President is being accompanied by his deputy, Rtd ...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 12:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Hwange, takes heavily armed soldiers with him
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is at the Gwayi Shangani Dam in Hwange as part of his programme to assess incomplete infrastructure projects.The President is being accompanied by his deputy, Rtd ...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 10:48hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's star rallies preps at an advanced stage
Mat North ready to meet PresidentPreparations for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's star rallies in Hwange and Bubi are at an advanced stage with 5,000 people expected to attend the rally in Hwange....Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 12:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Only $23m allocated for Gwayi, Shangani Dam construction
THE Government has allocated $23,3 million towards the construction of Gwayi-Shangani dam in the 2018 national budget.The multi-million dollar project is earmarked to end Bulawayo's perennial ...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 04:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi Shangani project employees are from other regions
Community benefits from the Gwayi Shangani project have become questionable with the project said to have employees from other regions at the expense of the local community.The first stage of ...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government commits to Gwayi Shangani dam construction
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to the construction of the Gwayi Shangani dam which will cost $114 million.The dam, which will be third largest inland project in the country after...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 14:51hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's govt of frustrating developmental projects in Matabeleland
DUMISO Dabengwa's opposition Zapu party has accused the Zanu-PF government of frustrating mega developmental projects in Matabeleland region as part of its "scorched earth policy" to keep the region m...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa urged to fund Gwayi - Shangani dam construction
Treasury has been called upon to ensure funds are allocated on time to ensure the completion of the 635 cubic meter Gwayi Shangani dam.Construction of the dam began in 2012 before the contract...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 18:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Go for locally made products, says Mnangagwa
VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zimbabweans to support the consumption of domestic products and drift from the mindset that foreign goods are superior to those produced locally....Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt secures $37 million for Gwayi-Shangani Dam
THE construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North is set to resume after Government secured $37 million to clear arrears owed to the contractor and lay the ground for the beginning of t...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dams now 74% full
BULAWAYO's supply dams are now 74,4 percent full.According to the Bulawayo City Council, Insiza Dam was spilling while Upper Ncema was at 71,70 percent full and Mtshabezi at 79,49 percent full...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 05:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko meets South African investors over Gwayi Shangani dam
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko is at the Gwayi Shangani Dam to meet South Africans investors who have expressed interest in completing the project.The Vice President's visit is a follow...Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
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