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Two American Tourists trampled by Elephants on Zambian soil in 2024
A US tourist from New Mexico was killed by an elephant, after it attacked her vehicle while parked during a safari drive in Zambia on Wednesday.The animal pulled Juliana Gle Tourneau, 64, out ...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 20:52hrs | 19 | by Erick Matotoba
NRZ gets US$115m loan to procure new locomotives, wagons
A NEW era is beckoning for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), which is expected to tap into a US$115 million line of credit negotiated by the Government towards procurement of new locomotives an...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power supplies set to improve
RISING water levels in Lake Kariba and the imminent synchronisation of Hwange units 7 and 8 to the grid - which will add a cumulative 600MW - have raised expectations that the country's power supply s...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MPs take Soda Zhemu to task
LEGISLATORS say Energy minister Soda Zhemu is painting a misleading picture of Zimbabwe's energy situation, which they say is worsening despite his numerous assurances.In the final quarter of ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Apostle nabbed for duping pastor
A SELF-STYLED apostle with the God of Fire International Ministries was arrested on Sunday for allegedly duping a Zambian pastor of US$400.Apostle Raston Chikoti allegedly duped Pastor Mightwe...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 01:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
PowerChina Supports Cultivation of Highly Skilled Talent in Zambia
LUSAKA, Zambia, PRNewswire/ -- On the Kafue River about 90 km south of Zambian capital Lusaka, Zambia's first large-scale hydropower station is humming sm...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 07:01hrs | 6 | by PRNewswire
Southern African power crisis stems from post-liberation history
THE electrical power crisis that has enveloped southern Africa has its roots in our post-liberation history. Prior to that, the utilities created by the States of southern Africa exhibited considerabl...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Kariba to continue producing electricity
KARIBA South Hydro Power Station will no longer have to shut down even though it has exhausted its water allocation for this year, but is limited to an average of 300 megawatts, half what it was able ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Power Company to get 300MW from Kariba
Kariba South Hydro Power Station will no longer have to shut down even though it has exhausted its water allocation for this year, but is limited to an average of 300 megawatts, half what it was able ...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa 'ignored' calls over Kariba water
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) made costly blunders by ignoring valuable advice by the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) to stick to 550MW generation electricity at the Kariba South Hydro Power Station....Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1 | by Staff rteporter
Zesa switches off top officials, police in blitz
TOP government officials, critical security establishments, including police stations and ministry departments, were left in the dark last week after the country's power utility, Zesa, switched them o...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles with daily blackouts
ZAMBIA'S integrated power utility ZESCO has declared that the country how has surplus capacity of about 1,000 megawatts (MW) at a time the country is also enjoying an economic rebound.Across t...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zesa, Zesco stitch power deal
POWER utility Zesa Holdings is in discussions with its Zambian counterpart, Zesco for importation of 100 megawatts of electricity to supplement local production, NewsDay reportedAccording to Z...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa in import substitution drive
Zesa is working with Mozambique and Zambia to add an extra 250MW of imports which will help with the winter peaks, while it is now moving into manufacturing of electricity pylons and assembling solar ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe to become energy self-sufficient
GOVERNMENT is implementing a raft of measures to ensure the country becomes energy self-sufficient to support growing demand from consumers and the expanding manufacturing and agriculture sector, Pres...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans to construct railway line to link Zambia
THERE are plans to construct a railway line linking Harare and Kafue in Zambia to decongest roads, Transport minister Felix Mhona said during his tour of Kariba on Saturday."We got a very good...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zesa imports extra 480MW
Zesa Holdings is set to add 480 megawatts to its supply over the next two months to bridge the power deficit that has resulted in increased load-shedding at a time it is battling annual losses of $1,5...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
US$7,1 billion to address Zesa power shortages
INCESSANT power cuts bedeviling the country are a passing phase, as power utility Zesa Holdings will invest US$7,1 billion in the next 10 years to simultaneously address current challenges and i...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zesa reassures nation
INCESSANT power cuts currently being experienced around the country are a passing phase, as power utility zesa Holdings will invest US$7,1 billion in the next 10 years to simultaneously address curren...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's huge coal reserves might soon be redundant
TOP executives at Zimbabwe's power utility Zesa Holdings Limited and policymakers are deeply worried about the future of coal-fired electricity projects in the country following China's recent move to...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 23:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Loadshedding to go in three months'
LOADSHEDDING being experienced in the country will be a thing of the past in three months' time as the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is employing a number of measures to ensure there is...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff writer
Zesa promises to improve electricity supply
Electricity supplies are set to improve soon as Zesa completes a cocktail of interventions to end the major load shedding that has hit residential areas hard and has even affected industrial areas alt...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in new electricity import deals
Zimbabwe is negotiating for new power supply deals with Zambia and Mozambique, which could see the country importing additional 280 megawatts from the two countries, Energy and Power Development Minis...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Killer truck' owner identified
ONE of the trucks that was involved in a pile-up accident in Zambia in August last year resulting in more than six people being burnt beyond recognition belongs to Ephias Munodawafa, the current chief...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Josiah Magama Tongogara 41 years on
A day after celebrating christmas swimming through the stiffed hard but good festive seasons on the 26th December 1979 duty called. In the call of duty the son of the soil breathed his last breath....Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 17:42hrs | 7 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Remembering those who made it possible, our fallen heroes
As the blood of the heroes flows beneath our freedom, reminding us that every expression of joy and every fruit of freedom was watered by the blood of our heroes. It will become history if we do not r...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
NRZ eyes regional markets for turnaround
GOVERNMENT plans to improve the interconnectivity of the National Railways of Zimbabwe with other countries in the region to improve the parastatal's market share and revenue, a Cabinet Minister said ...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tribute to Josiah Magama Tongogara 39 years on
A day after celebrating Christmas swimming through the stiffed hard but good festive seasons on the 26th December 1979 duty called. In the call of duty the son of the soil breathed his last breath....Published: 25 Dec 2018 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
War vets liken Mugabe to Judas Iscariot
WAR veterans in Bulawayo yesterday slammed former President Robert Mugabe for being a sell out after aligning with the MDC Alliance in the harmonised elections.Zimbabwe National Liberation War...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt revives Zimbabwe-Zambia railway line plans
Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Joram Gumbo has said the government is reviving plans to construct the Lions Den-Kafue, Zambia, railway line, which was mooted in 1980.Gumbo ...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surprises worshippers, attends Christmas Eve church service
President Mnangagwa yesterday surprised worshippers when he attended a Christmas Eve church service at Mabelreign Methodist Church in Harare. The President and First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa arrived at...Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 00:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangangwa's early days, political career
BORN on 15 September 1942 in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe in a farmer family that was aggressively anti establishment, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's family had an abrasive...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's timeline
Emmerson Mnangagwa was born on September 15, 1942. He did his early primary education in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province, before his family relocated to Zambia in 1955, where he attended Mumbwa Bo...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Viral 'You (Lazy) African Intellectual Scum' by Field Ruwe Made Into a Short Film
The controversial article "You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!" that went viral on social media has been adapted into a 15-minute film by Rocque Pictures of Nairobi, Kenya. Written by USA-based Zamb...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 22:21hrs | 14 | by Rocque Pictures
Driving public transport vehicles at night faces ban
DRIVING public transport vehicles at night may soon be a thing of the past if Government approves recommendations made by the Civil Protection Unit.The decision to lobby Government against nig...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff Report
Crash victims' relatives still to account for cash, belongings
Relatives of some of the victims of the Nyamakate bus disaster have said they are yet to account for cash and personal belongings of their deceased relatives, four days after the accident.Most...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Fit all public buses with speed governors'
All public buses must be compulsorily fitted with devices that stop them going over speed limits as a road safety measure to cut deaths from road accidents, the Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (Paz)...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
ICTA statement on Nyamakate King Lion Bus Accident
As the organisation, We have been saddened by the death of 43 passengers in the King Lion's Nyamakate accident today. It is with deep pain to acknowledge that 40 of the deceased were Cross-Border Trad...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 18:22hrs | | by Denis Juru
Mujuru has a lot to be thankful for to the man she now vilifies
THE article, "Mugabe is ungrateful: Mujuru", ran by NewsDay on Tuesday preposterously seeks to re-invent and re-write history in the vain hope of a hard-to-achieve political gain. Quoting a spokespers...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by George Charamba Press Secretary to the President
Teacher charged for impregnating 25-year-old woman
A SECONDARY school teacher of Kafue has been charged K10, 000 for impregnating a 25-year-old woman.This was in a case in the Chelston Local Court in which Joyce Chalwe of Salama Park was demanding...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 12:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zim, Zambia make strides towards easing power crisis
ZAMBIA and Zimbabwe have made giant strides towards easing the power deficit the two countries are currently facing, with the approval of the US$72 million 2016 operational budget for Zambezi River Au...Published: 27 Dec 2015 at 12:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Taking advantage of God's flock: Why October 18 should not be a holiday
President Edgar Lungu's voice stirred the crowd into a frenzy causing some to speak in tongues and others to mutter the words "Glory be to God!" Lungu heard them and knew his carefully crafted prayer ...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 06:52hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Zimbabwe, Zambia partner on Batoka power
ZAMBIA and Zimbabwe have partnered to explore the possibility of developing a 1,800 Megawatt (MW) power station at Batoka Gorge in Southern Province with an estimated investment of US$4 billion, Presi...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to give huge send off to Sikhanyiso Ndlovu
NATIONAL hero Sikhanyiso Ndlovu is expected to be given a huge send off by the Bulawayo community this morning before his body is flown for burial at the National Heroes Acre in Harare tomorrow. The f...Published: 18 Sep 2015 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambia crash victims identified
Four Zimbabweans who died in an accident involving a Zimbabwe-bound King Lion bus in Zambia have been positively identified while concerted effort is being made to identify the remaining bodies. ...Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police confirm King Lion bus accident
Lusaka Province Police Commissioner Charity Katanga has confirmed the King Lion bus accident which occurred on Sunday morning along Chirundu Road.Katanga told The Herald: "I can conf...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 23:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Water crisis and global warming in Southern Africa
The socio-economic future of communities in Southern Africa depends on agriculture, fisheries, mining, industry, manufacturing, tourism and industrial development to generate employment and growt...Published: 25 Mar 2014 at 12:12hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai
Kariba dam on verge of collapsing
A hydroelectric dam bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe threatens the lives of 3.5 million people in the southern African region as it is on the verge of collapsing, local newspaper Zambia Daily Mail repor...Published: 19 Mar 2014 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Xinhua
'Load shedding to worsen,' says ZESA
ZESA Holdings has announced that there will be an increase in load shedding outside the published schedule as previously advertised.In a statement, ZESA Spokesperson, Fullard Gwasira said ...Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt in $450m recapitalisation deal for NRZ
Government will conclude a $450 million deal for the recapitalisation of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) with two undisclosed foreign investors this month, rescuing the struggling parastatal f...Published: 08 Dec 2013 at 03:47hrs | | by Business Reporter
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