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ZPC Hwange joins ZPC Kariba in PSL
ZPC Hwange have officially secured promotion to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL), boasting an unassailable 14-point lead in the Southern Region Division One League with just four rounds re...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:35hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
NRZ, Beitbridge Bulawayo Railwayink open access deal
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has signed an open access agreement with its subsidiary, Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway (BBR), to enhance rail capacity and expedite deliveries by allowing private...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 07:47hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Human faeces found in 24 Harare boreholes
Tests conducted between January and June 2024 revealed traces of faecal matter in 24 out of 259 boreholes across several Harare suburbs, including Mbare, Highfield, Glen View, and Budiriro. These bore...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:20hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC notifies of power outage
ZETDC has warned of a power outage that is affecting Chiredzi after a mainline fault.In a notice on its X page, ZETDC said there were a number of areas affected and engineers are working flat ...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
50% Harare boreholes unsafe
Half of the boreholes in Harare's western and northern districts are contaminated with human waste and could be potentially unsafe sources of drinking water.Water samples from boreholes in the...Published: 14 Jan 2024 at 20:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No water for all Bulawayo suburbs
THE City of Bulawayo has indefinitely suspended the water shedding programme, effective from today 18 December, due to a power fault on the Zesa mainlines at Ncema and Fernhill pump stations.T...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Indigenous churches should own properties
The Saint John Apostolic Church of the Whole World's Projects Director, Mr Francis Mugandani urged indigenous churches to own properties and become self-reliant, fully empowered and realise developmen...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 14:08hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Gideon Madzikatidze
Mnangagwa sets up committee for Bulawayo water
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved the appointment of a 20-member Bulawayo Water Technical Committee to oversee the rapid improvement of water and sanitation services in the city over a 100-day period....Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged to implement good agricultural practices (GAP)
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco farmers, in special reference to small scale growers who rely on rain fed to use good agricultural practices in order to enhance their producti...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 17:36hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'NRZ is an economic enabler'
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) general manager Respina Zinyanduko has called for the recapitalisation of the parastatal so that it plays its economic transformative role by providing cost-e...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Plumtree polytechnic construction starts
GOVERNMENT has started constructing Plumtree Polytechnic College in Plumtree, Matebeleland South province as it strives to improve access to higher education in line with President Mnangagwa's philoso...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburbs in power blackout
A POWER fault affecting the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) mainline distribution chain has resulted in several suburbs in Bulawayo going for at least a day without ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso take preseason to Plumtree
WITH two weekends left before the start of the 2023 edition of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, Bulawayo giants Highlanders step up their preparations with a friendly match against Mainline FC ...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt pledges $2 billion for NRZ rehab
GOVERNMENT has pledged to fund rehabilitation of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) infrastructure to the tune of $2 billion.Speaking during a tour of the NRZ workshop in Bulawayo yesterday, ...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Football Club bounces back
HWANGE Football Club are officially the Zifa Southern Region Division One champions after they defeated Indlovu Iyanyathela 1-0 at the Colliery Stadium to earn promotion to the Premier Soccer League....Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
48-hour water cuts in Bulawayo after mainline pipe burst
A MAJOR water pipeline burst in Esigodini has forced Bulawayo City Council to announce an emergency week-long 48-hour water shedding regime starting today, affecting all suburbs and surrounding areas ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smith Debate is a Stroke of Genius
We have Lisah Ncube (Dutchess of Matebeleland) to thank for initiating the Smith was better than Mnangagwa debate. I don't know whether she planned it&n...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 14:04hrs | | by Simon Peter Chamisa
Ref Ndazi bashed in Binga
ZIFA Southern Region Division One side Binga Pirates will be summoned to appear before a disciplinary hearing after the team's fans assaulted referee Hardly Ndazi accusing him of bias in a home match ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chegutu commits $3m to water project
THE Municipality of Chegutu has committed the $3 million it received from Treasury under devolution funds to ramp up its water supply system, including plugging leakages and replacing obsolete equipme...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC's winning the March by-elections: a trap for 2023 general elections
The by-elections that were handsomely achieved in favour of CCC must bamboozle young kids in the political play to think the elections were free and fair....Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Hwange press on for early return to PSL
HWANGE Football Club pressed on with their quest for an early return to the top flight when they dispatched Mosi Rovers 3-0 at the Colliery Stadium yesterday.On a day in which second placed Ar...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Hwange to feast on Quality Foods?
ZIFA Southern Region Division One pacesetters Hwange will make the long trip to Bulawayo to take on seventh-placed Quality Foods in a potentially exciting fixture that will be played at White City Sta...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Talen Vision grabs maximum points at Mthwakazi Stadium
ZIFA Southern Region Division One 2019 runners up, FC Talen Vision recovered from their opening day defeat to Ratanang by clobbering Binga Pirates 4-0 at Mthwakazi Stadium in Filabusi yesterday, on a ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda to take over Zanu-PF Bulawayo Province
Former national war veterans chairman, Jabulani Sibanda is set to make a dramatic comeback in the country's mainline politics.The gifted orator and organiser successfully submitted his CV for ...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 12:24hrs | 6 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya
Transport costs choke coal exporter
Despite a huge market potential for thermal coal in the region, local miners are finding it hard to export due to excessive costs of transportation, senior industry executives have said.Recent...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 06:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to pipe pre-paid gas to homes
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will now install pre-paid gas meters in new residential areas under a piped gas reticulation system, as the local authority seeks alternative revenue streams as demand for ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Jean Gasho!
Dear Jean, Its already August 2021; incredible how time has flown!My recent conversation with you was uplifting it is one of those rare telephone calls one gets out of the blue we comm...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 23:44hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo sets date to re-introduce full water shedding
BULAWAYO will revert to the dreaded city-wide water shedding schedule in February next year as two of its major supply dams are expected to be decommissioned by then if no major inflows are received i...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to decommission 2 dams next year
BULAWAYO City Council says it might be forced to decommission two of its six major supply dams Umzingwane and Lower Ncema in February and May 2022, respectively, due to the poor rainwater inflows expe...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ tackles headache of outdated locomotives
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is spending about US$1.2 million on the repair of each locomotive, something which is not sustainable in the long run, the organisation's spokesperson has revea...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ targets 4,5 million tonnes of freight
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is still committed to achieving its set target of 4,5 million tonnes of freight this year despite the detrimental impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, an official h...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ converts 2 diesel electric D6 locomotives to mainline
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has converted two diesel electric D6 locomotive models to mainline locomotives to circumvent capacity challenges on traction power and reduce recurring hiring c...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ converts D6s locomotives to cut costs
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has converted two Diesel Electric 6 (D6s) locomotive models to mainline locomotives to curb capacity challenges on traction power as well as reducing recurring ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Villagers approach High Court over hospital master plan
DISGRUNTLED Chiweshe villagers have approached High Court after Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) allegedly refused to furnish them with master plan an...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 05:41hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Go to Harare and arrest Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
For someone who studied chemistry, I know that a chain of reactions has a lot to do with the heat that produces those reactions. Chain reactions can be a sequence of reactions where a reactive product...Published: 24 May 2021 at 15:51hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
EFF is pleased with setting-up of party executive committees
The Economic Freedom Fighters (Zimbabwe) is impressed with the progress achieved so far as the party recently embarked on a national exercise that saw the party's National Organising Office initiating...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Innocent Ndibali
Youth Perception on Implications of the Constitutional Amendment Bill No2 on elections now and the future.
Zanu pf Youths are totally happy on Constitutional Amendment Bill number 2, while MDC Alliance Youth are totally against the Amendment Bill number 2 for they say they create a one party state in Zimba...Published: 10 May 2021 at 12:20hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
For an African man, sex is power to shut up a woman's mouth
An activist is a person who campaigns for social change. Someone who's actively involved in a protest or a political or social cause can be called an activist. Forms of activism range from mandate bui...Published: 02 May 2021 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
In Europe desperation of some male-Africans is horrendous and pathetic
Seek first the advice from Prophet Makandiwa, make a pilgrimage to Nigeria and seek audience with TB Joshua immediately; With prayers you will win the 2019 EU parliamentary elections; said the young N...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 17:24hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Black Lives Matter (BLM) campaign: Human Rights Orgs /institutions & Churches conflict of interest
Many doubting Thomases think that the Black lives Matter (BLM)campaign has no genuine cause. Some evil people who are proracist are trying to denigrate that campaign or vilify it, so that they d...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:36hrs | | by Njabulo
NRZ to bring back electric trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has set in motion an ambitious programme to introduce a modern electro system with high voltage power for their railway lines as the company moves away from the...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tension in ZANU PF camp over positions
Tension is high in ZANU-PF Mashonaland Central Province over the replacement of ex-vice chairperson member Brigadier -General Epmarcus Kanhang...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 18:27hrs | | by Paul Ndou
Beitbridge council to repossess land
BEITBRIDGE Municipality says it is considering repossessing all undeveloped business stands around the Central Business District (CBD), where most people are holding on to prime land without any meani...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cartels that are not the real cartels
I just read the report by Daily Maverick, that is purporting to expose cartels in Zimbabwe. The problem with the report is it does not include the obvious and leading cartels in Zimbabwe, such as Old ...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Cyberocracy: from prospects to reality?
Implications for Political Communication and Digital Diplomacy for Zimbabwe and the Developing WorldIn 1992, David Ronfieldt writing for the RAND Corpo...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:32hrs | 17 | by Taurai Mutoti
Online learning for rural school children
§The 'arrival' of the new evil kid on the block Covid-19 means adapting to a new way of life. Masks have become part of our everyday clothing if we are to see another day. Call it a 'new normal' way ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 15:53hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa frets over social media
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered disgruntled party members to stop taking out their anger over the just ended district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections to the media.Zanu-PF held...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says DCCs must unite Zanu-PF party
The recently elected ZANU-PF District Coordinating Committees (DCCs) structures and election thereof must unite the party and act as a spring board for entrenching the Party's revolutionary ideology, ...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ passenger service fails to stay afloat
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)'s passenger service is operating at an "unsustainable" loss of $7 600 daily at a time when the company's mainline bulk cargo transportation business is constrai...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns against corruption
ZANU-PF First Secretary and President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned senior party members against engaging in corrupt activities saying the fight against corruption both in the party and in the country...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
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