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Ghost wards attributed to Hwange poor performance
Hwange Local Board (HLB) has been facing significant challenges in service delivery, a situation exacerbated by the existence of 10 "ghost" wards. These wards, whose councillors do not fall under HLB'...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:16hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Chinese investor threatens to dump coking coal project
A Chinese investor, Guo Feng, is facing challenges with the Hwange Coal Gasification Company (HCGC) after allegedly losing approximately US$2 million worth of coke due to what he claims are corrupt ac...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:29hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coal reserves sold for a song
LOKALIZE Investments, a company reportedly linked to businessman Billy Rautenbach, was allocated coal reserves by the government in the western areas of resource-rich Hwange through a transaction tant...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet launches 5G in Victoria Falls
Econet Wireless on Friday officially launched its 5G network in Victoria Falls as the listed telecommunications company expands its rollout of the super-f...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:39hrs | 5 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa sued over companies
South African-based Zimbabwean businessman Mutumwa Mawere has filed a Constitutional Court application against President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing him of having used the seizure of his companies to ...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange fires probe begins
AN international consultant hired by Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) to investigate the cause of underground fires in the coal mining town is now on the ground as Government moves to come up wi...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Panic over Hwange underground fires
Decades-old infernos spewing ash and smoke are causing sinkholes that have subsequently consumed a key trunk road linking Makwika Village (Number 3) and Hwange town.The road, which also links ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Colliery engages German firm to help extinguish underground fires
ZIMBABWE'S largest coal mine Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) said Friday it has contracted German-based company DTM to help extinguish underground coal seam fires."DTM is the only compa...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 07:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Underground coal fires wreak havoc in Hwange
A ROAD in the mining and resort town of Hwange has been ripped apart by raging underground coal fires which have been wreaking havoc unattended for months despite authorities having been notified....Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taken to court
A HARARE man has filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointment of Patrick Chinamasa as director and chairman of the embattled Air Zimbabwe argu...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Coal fires swallow children in Hwange
THE Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has raised the alarm over the effects of underground coal fires on children in Hwange, urging the government to speedily act on the issue.In a...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 07:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube summoned
PARLIAMENT says government finances are in a mess and has summoned Finance minister Mthuli Ncube - as a matter of urgency - to regularise a series of unauthorised expenditures which now include the ZW...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange 150MW power plant construction begins
ZIMBABWE Zinghxon Electrical Energy (ZZEE) has begun construction of a 150MW thermal power station in Hwange that is set to boost power generation and stimulate economic growth in the region. ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
CellMed hikes premiums by 80%
CellMed Health Medical Fund a subsidiary of Cell Insurance Company and one of the few companies that offer self funded medical aid solutions has hiked its premiums by 80%.Cellmed revealed this...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 10:16hrs | | by Ndou Paul
The fight against graft: How far is Mnangagwa willing to go?
Its difficult to decide what to make of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's latest bid to tackle graft: Is it tokenism or the real deal? Is it a case of bolting the door after the horse has bolted or maybe...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 21:59hrs | | by NewsDay - Editorial
Mthuli Ncube ordered to disclose real debt
PARLIAMENT has given Finance minister Mthuli Ncube up to September 30 to disclose the terms and conditions of all public loans and loan guarantees that have not been published, with legislators castin...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I am not a CIO operative,' says Tundiya
SHEPHERD Tundiya, the man described as a con-artist by four legislators that appeared before the Parliamentary Privileges Committee last week facing allegations of soliciting for a $400 000 bribe from...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa goes after Wadyajena...again
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has called upon Parliament to investigate the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Water and Climate Mayor Justice Wadyajena after the Grain ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 09:39hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Goddard unmasks con-artist Tundiya
BULAWAYO businessman James Goddard, who had interests in coal mining in Hwange, last week narrated before Parliament how a con-artist and businessman Shepherd Tundiya tricked him into believing that h...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
New twist to Hwange bribery saga
THE $400 000 Hwange Colliery bribery saga took a new twist during parliamentary inquiries yesterday after it emerged that Shepherd Tundiya, the linkman between the four MPs implicated in the alleged s...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual Zimbabwe to develop Hwange Town Centre
HWANGE Local Board has entered into an agreement with Old Mutual Zimbabwe for the development of a town centre, which will encompass the establishment of an estimated US$50 million Civic Centre, an of...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Van Hoogstraten opens up on Hwange Colliery
BRITISH businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten yesterday opened up to journalists on the demise of Hwange Colliery Company Limited, saying it was being run down by corruption and financial mismanagement...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs disrupt Hwange colliery hearings
ZANU-PF legislators in the Mines and Energy Parliamentary Portfolio Committee yesterday disrupted oral evidence by British businessman and Hwange Colliery Company (HCCL) shareholder Nicholas Van Hoogs...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Van Hoogstraten opposes Hwange reconstruction
British businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten, says he is going to challenge the reconstruction of Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL). Van Hoogstraten holds a 31 percent shareholding in HCCL. ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa climbs down on Hwange parliament hearing
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development, Temba Mliswa was left licking his wounds this Monday and had to apologise to committee members for trying to f...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 17:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Van Hoogstraten divides MPs
There was commotion in Parliament today when members of the portfolio committee on Mines and Mining Development disagreed among themselves on whether one of Hwange's shareholder, Mr Nicholas Van Hoogs...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 17:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange saga spills to High court
The government has finally applied for a court order to place Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) under administration, almost a month after announcing that the giant miner had been put under recon...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colliery rescuers retrieve snake victim's body
RESCUERS from Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) yesterday used hooks to finally fish out the body of a Lupane man who was allegedly fatally bitten by a snake in a well last Wednesday. The...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Skeletons tumble as MPs begin investigation
FORMER Mines deputy minister Freddie Moyo has become the latest politician to be linked to the demise of Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), a development that left the lives of thousands of famil...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wankie Colliery suspends top executives
THE Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) board has suspended acting managing director, Mr Shepard Manamike and executive, finance and administration head Mr Tawanda Marapira citing unethical conduct...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Colliery denies workers election holiday
THOUSANDS of mine workers stationed in the "essential services sections" at Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) have condemned the company's decision to summon them to work today, denying them the ...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to transform Hwange Colliery, says Chiwenga
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Rtd) yesterday said Government has put in place a raft of measures for Hwange Colliery Company Limited to return to its status as one of the biggest employ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange boss denies resignation claims
A SHOWDOWN is looming between suspended Hwange Colliery Company Ltd managing director Thomas Makore and the board after he denied claims he had resigned.It has emerged Eng Makore only agreed t...Published: 29 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
$65k bribe rocks Hwange
Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) managing director Thomas Makore's suspension was triggered by an extortion scandal involving a ZBC journalist and one of the struggling miner's senior executives...Published: 20 May 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sacking of Hwange colliery boss could open can of worms
The mid-week suspension of Hwange Colliery Company's managing director, Mr Thomas Makore, is likely to open a can of worms at the coal-producing company, which has been struggling to pay its workers f...Published: 20 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Suspended colliery boss to face disciplinary hearing
SUSPENDED Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) managing director, Engineer Thomas Makore, will face a disciplinary hearing over allegations of unethical conduct and insubordination, the board has sa...Published: 19 May 2018 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange wives still protesting, 3 months on
Down Coronation Drive in Hwange is a tent that has been a prominent feature in the middle of an island separating the two-way street for a while now.Pitched right opposite the Hwange Colliery ...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange town up for sale?
The country's oldest coal mining firm, Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), is considering selling the town for $300 million as part of efforts to raise funds to off-set its obligations with a numb...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Colliery back to life, production exceeds 100%
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) saw production rising by more than 100 percent to 232 000 tonnes in the first quarter of the year, driven mainly by the reliability of equipment and improvement ...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
NRZ revival to ease HCCL transport costs
THE revival of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is expected to help Hwange Colliery Company Limited overcome the high costs of transporting coal by road, the company said in its results ending ...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to compel mines to list on the ZSE
ZIMBABWE may soon adopt legislation to compel mining firms with mining rights or title in the country to list the majority of their shares on the domestic stock market to foster accountability and ena...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Workers want meeting with Mnangagwa
LABOUR is worried that President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears bent on pursuing neoliberal austerity and free market policies that ignore workers' rights.Their fears stem from the fact that the p...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Resolve labour dispute through dialogue, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the labour dispute between Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) and its workers, which has seen spouses protesting against management since January this year, should be ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Colliery protesters to face criminal charges
HWANGE Colliery Company protesters have been summoned to appear in court on Monday facing criminal trespass charges.The spouses and widows of HCCL workers are protesting over five-year salarie...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Colliery workers' presentation to the honourable minster of labour and social welfare
Honourable minister we are humbled by your concern for our welfare as workers of Hwange Colliery Company Limited. This you have demonstrated before through food aid and today you are with us in person...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 17:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police boss Matanga dragged to court
THE Hwange Colliery Company has dragged Police Commissioner-General Tandabantu Godwin Matanga to the High Court seeking an urgent order to force him to give orders to the police to eject people who ha...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Hwange colliery wants demonstrators ejected
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) has approached the High Court seeking an order directing acting Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to deploy anti-riot police to eject people protesting ...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa intervenes in salary dispute
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has intervened in a labour dispute between Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) and its employees which had seen the workers' spouses protesting since Monday.Wiv...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange miners' wives protest over unpaid salaries
HUNDREDS of spouses of Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) employees have been staging a sit-in at the coal mining company premises since Monday demanding payment of their husbands' outstanding sal...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe starring crippling power shortages
Zimbabwe is starring the possibility of crippling electricity shortages in the near future if the Reserve Bank Zimbabwe (RBZ) does not release funds requested by coal miners to import spare parts, it ...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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