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Sibanda calls for ban on road coal transport to revive NRZ
Outspoken Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson Jabulani Sibanda has called for a ban on the transportation of coal by road, urging the government to enact laws that protect the ailing National Rail...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 14:34hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
MP demands clarity on HCCL workers' shareholding
HWANGE East legislator Joseph Bonda has asked the Minister of Justice Ziyambi Ziyambi to clarify the state of Hwange Colliery Company Limited workers share ownership facility.Bonda made the de...Published: 18 May 2025 at 18:01hrs | 442 | by Stephen Jakes
HCCL Management Urged to Respect Workers' Rights
Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) Chief Executive Officer William Gambiza has been urged to prioritize workers' rights as he takes on his role as the company's permanent CEO, a position he offici...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 19:51hrs | 693 | by Stephen Jakes
New 750MW power station for Hwange
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officiate the groundbreaking ceremony for a new 720-megawatt power station in Hwange next week, signaling another milestone in Zimbabwe's drive for energy self-s...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:41hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's tobacco sector showing signs of robust recovery
Zimbabwe's tobacco sector is showing signs of a robust recovery, with an 8% increase in registered growers for the 2024/2025 summer cropping season. As of November 15, 2024, 120,983 farmers have regis...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 09:55hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Nurses graduate in Hwange
The Hwange Medical Company's School of Nursing proudly celebrated the graduation of 31 trainees who received diplomas in general nursing on Friday, achieving an impressive overall performance rate of ...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:11hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
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 | 374 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans cross Zambia border for cheaper healthcare, medicines
At 5pm at the Victoria Falls border post, Margaret Tshuma - who has a 24-hour day pass to be in Zambia - is in a rush to return home to Zimbabwe before dusk.This is not the first time Tshuma, ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 33 | 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 | 26 | by Staff reporter
Miners destroy Hwange roads
HWANGE Rural District Council (RDC) has accused mining companies operating in the area of damaging the road network and not ploughing back any cent for road rehabilitation.Hwange RDC chairpers...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF will win resoundingly, party chair claims
Zanu-PF national chair Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has claimed the ruling party will win resoundingly in the August 23 harmonised elections as the party has done enough groundwork to win the hearts of th...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 19:47hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mutumwa Mawere seeks to bar Mnangagwa from running for Zimbabwean Presidency
EXILED businessman Mutumwa Mawere has approached the Constitutional Court, seeking to block President Emmerson Mnangagwa from contesting in the August 23 polls.The South African-based ty...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 18:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
MRP youths go ahead with plan to close ports of entry
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Youth League has announced that on June 16, 2023, it will close all ports of entry in Matebeleland to stop the smuggling of resources from the region. MRP cl...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 07:08hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Gono elected new Chamber of Mines president
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe has elected new executives to lead the organisation until next year.Announcing the new office bearers during the 2023 mining conference this afternoon, Chamber...Published: 31 May 2023 at 21:07hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Colliery to increase underground coal production
THE country's giant coal miner, Hwange Colliery Company Limited, has said it is expecting to increase underground production to 50 000 tonnes by mid-2023, following the commissioning of equipment valu...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:45hrs | 22 | 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 | 15 | by Staff reporter
Death at a funeral
THREE people died while 14 others were injured when a bus collided with a haulage truck on Saturday night near Gwayi, in Matabeleland North.The bus belonging to the Zimbabwe Power Company was ...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mourners die in head on collision
THREE people died while 14 others were injured when a bus collided with a haulage truck on Saturday night near Gwayi, in Matabeleland North. The bus belonging to the Zimbabwe Power Company was...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | | 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 | 12 | by Agencies
Suburb makes way for electricity expansion project
THE massive US$1,5 billion Hwange electricity expansion project has resulted in Ingagula suburb under ward 13 being relocated to Empumalanga area in ward six which is more than 10km away.The s...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duo murdered, thrown into pit
THE community in Binga is still trying to come to terms after two men were allegedly beaten to death before their bodies were thrown into a 80-metre pit at a local school.Villagers, police and...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
#HowFar campaign ruffles plenty feathers
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has bemoaned the intolerance against its #HowFar campaign, an initiative to hold the government to account on public finance management....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Haulage trucks damage highway
THE Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway is in a bad state especially in Hwange where the road is almost caving in at some sections, with haulage trucks belonging to mining companies being blamed for infli...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
52 families face eviction to allow coal mining
A TOTAL of 52 families in Lubimbi, Binga, Matabeleland North are facing eviction after Hwange Colliery Company got a grant to extract coal from the area.The community was already facing evicti...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dramatic new twists and turns in Mnangagwa's fresh lawsuit
THE convoluted case about accountability and the rule of law in which a Harare man Tichaona Mupasiri has filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appo...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:46hrs | 15 | 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 | 12 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt mum on Hwange coal seam fires
GOVERNMENT has been accused of dragging its feet in addressing the underground coal seam fires at Hwange Colliery Company that have claimed lives and left some people disabled.The Centre...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 3 | 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 | 10 | 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 | 11 | 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 | 13 | by Staff reporter
Hwange struggles to obtain working capital
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited has struggled to access crucial lines of credit from domestic banks and international lenders since slipping into administration about two years ago, judicial manager D...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZITF reduced to Zanu-PF affair
AS if to confirm that this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) was a Zanu-PF affair, the ruling party walked away with two best exhibitors' awards. Zimbabwe's ruling party, which first sho...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
NRZ, Zesa feud escalates
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has denied ownership of Hwange properties whose power supplies were recently cut off by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) o...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zesa gets nod to buy coal in forex
The government has rescinded its earlier decision to bar power utility Zesa from paying for its coal supplies in foreign currency, fearing the move could trigger crippling load shedding, Business Time...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Govt considering placing CSC under reconstruction
THE Government is considering placing the Cold Storage Company (CSC) under reconstruction in order to bring the entity back on its feet as it is taking long to resuscitate the entity.The recon...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 05:29hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Chinese miners invade Hwange National Park
TWO Chinese companies are reportedly exploring for coal in the protected Hwange National Park, raising concerns from wildlife activists.Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimPar...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Colliery probe called off
HWANGE Colliery Company (Hwange) administrator Bekithemba Moyo has offered an olive branch to the company's suspended senior executives after he called off corruption investigations against them, it e...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:33hrs | 1 | 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 | 4 | 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 | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Hwange sues Chinese firm
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel Chinese firm, Taiyuan Sanxing Company Limited and Hwange Coal Gasification Company (PVT) Ltd to surrender a cok...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gloves off on corrupt fatcats: Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it will dig deep into senior Zanu PF and government officials' feeding troughs, among them Command Agriculture, the National Social Security Authori...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Confusion reigns over Chinamasa's Air Zimbabwe appointment
Confusion is reigning supreme in legal circles following the alleged irregular appointment of former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa as board chairperson of struggling Air Zimbabwe by President Emm...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Critical sectors to be spared from power cuts
State power utility, Zesa, has ring fenced wheat farmers and key players in productive sectors such as coal miners to cushion them from power cuts to avoid crippling critical sectors of the economy....Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Audit report exposes controversial businessman
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Shepherd Tundiya signed a contract between Hwange Colliery Company (HCC) and his brother's company called Philcool to ferry coal despite not being a director of the company....Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa target crooks surrounding Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called for a complete overhaul of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government departments to curb the scourge of corruption, which has permeated almost all publi...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 15:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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