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Kariba tension-gripped as government departments dither tactlessly
Kariba is a tense town this week for both tourists and local stakeholders, with emotions boiling over in some instances. Government departments' inept handling of important issues is at the core of th...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2237 | by Laiton Kandawire Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Environment and Tourism Correspondent
Old and homeless abroad
HUNCHED back pensioners hobble between laden supermarket trollies clutching baskets with a few meagre provisions three or four tomatoes, an onion or two for the usual potato broth for three nights' su...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1116 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mnangagwa hints at lockdown extension
AMID an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases including deaths, President Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that the Government could scale up preventive and containment measures. Addressing an Or...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2729 | by Staff reporter
Kariba power station resumes full capacity after drought
ZIMBABWE'S main hydropower plant is operating at near-full capacity for the first time since it was revamped two years ago, enabling the country's state utility to generate more electricity.Th...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 21:14hrs | 3217 | by Bloomberg
Baboons targets Kariba patients
KARIBA - Some residents in the resort town of Kariba have raised red flag to Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management to tame troops of baboons attacking patients at the district hospital....Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1407 | by Naume Muza
ZimParks rangers drunk with sanitizers
KARIBA - The human and wildlife conflict in the resort town of Kariba is being fueled by Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management (ZimParks) rangers neglecting duty while drunk with sanitizers ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 960 | by Naume Muza
Kariba inflows peak
In-flows into Lake Kariba have reached their seasonal peak of 481,22 metres, which is about 41,2 percent above the minimum operating level for power generation, as levels start declining.Level...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:52hrs | 3810 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 April in Gwanda South. I did my primary education ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3174 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fresh Details Emerge in the Kariba Municipality Water Pumps Saga
The Municipality of Kariba is on the ropes, battling potential reputational damage from the taint of accusations of unwholesome procurement deals that are allegedly at the core of poor service deliver...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:28hrs | 562 | by Laiton Kandawire
Victoria Falls set to re-open
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) last week allowed tourist operators back into the rainforest to view the mighty Victoria Falls which has been at its highest flow in ove...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2612 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown enforcement tightened
The tightening of police roadblocks on highways leading into city and town centres yesterday was part of law enforcement measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, and not meant to frustrate essentia...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Kariba water pumps saga takes new twist as supplier dodges questions
The resort town of Kariba is currently being likened to "The Fool" in Reggae great Bob Marley's hit single "Rat Race", who goes thirsty in the abundance of water. The song is a serious social commenta...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1305 | by Laiton Kandawire: Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Environment and Tourism Correspondent
Zimbabwe, Zambia plan joint industrialisation programme
THE governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe with support from the Comesa Secretariat are planning a joint industrialisation programme, which will build on the experiences and lessons learned from the exist...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
92 000 Zimbabweans switch off DStv
MULTICHOICE lost 92 000 subscribers in Zimbabwe over the past year, 41% of its total subscriber base in the country, as hard-up consumers ditched pay TV.In its first results since being spun o...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 4215 | by Staff reporter
ZCIEA starts distribution of Masks
The Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Association (ZCIEA) has started distribution of Masks, Gloves, Sanitisers, Infra-Red thermometers, COVID-19 Information Posters to informal workers and traders...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 13:20hrs | 515 | by Stephen Jakes
Khupe snubbed by Chamisa's MPs
Nineteen MDC Alliance MPs defied a party directive to boycott Parliament on Tuesday, but the rebellion was far short of the numbers Thokozani Khupe needed to convince her backers that she can seize co...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:58hrs | 9738 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 more deadly than the liberation war: Teachers
TEACHERS unions on Friday told Parliament that the re-opening of schools should be postponed as it "will be genocidal", and vowed that "they will not be frog-marched" to teach if government did not me...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:56hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver attacked by elephant while relieving self
A truck driver is currently receiving treatment at a Kariba hospital after being attacked by an elephant while relieving himself in a bush.The incident, confirmed by police through their twitt...Published: 29 May 2020 at 18:00hrs | 2395 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers injured in freak accident
SOLDIERS deployed to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown order in Mashonaland East province escaped death by a whisker on Monday after their truck veered off the road and landed on its side while chasing a ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1695 | by Staff reporter
Kariba women under siege from baboons
Baboons are causing havoc to Kariba residents where women are major causalities in the resort town here.This has been part of challenges faced during Covid 19 lockdown that kicked off late Mar...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:56hrs | 1532 | by Naume Muza
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 20:51hrs | 2430 | by Victor Bhoroma
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 14:39hrs | 2957 | by Victor Bhoroma
No load shedding during lockdown
The Herald Herald ReporterResidential areas are likely to continue receiving uninterrupted power during the extended lockdown period despite the recent partial re-opening of industries, a senior Gover...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Illicit Beer Sales Compromise The Fight Against COVID-19
As with most things during the national lockdown period, the government has dithered, ducked and dived and virtually absconded its mandate, becoming a mere observer in the resulting melee for survival...Published: 06 May 2020 at 16:16hrs | 924 | by Laiton Kandawire - Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
Kariba levels continue to rise
FLOWS into Lake Kariba are steadily increasing, with a second flood wave in the Zambezi River now starting to drop over the Victoria Falls. This second flood wave has started flowing into Lake...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:05hrs | 2229 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet proposes rent deferrals
CABINET has proposed that President Mnangagwa should consider promulgating Presidential Regulations to give relief to tenants and landlords during the lockdown period. The lockdown period began on Mar...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
148 samples collected in Mhondoro, 13 quarantined in Hurungwe
AT least 148 more people from villages in Mhondoro-Mubaira are being tested for Covid-19 after a cluster of three known cases in the area while 13 Zimbabweans returning home through Chirundu Border Po...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
'No evictions over rent delays'
Cabinet yesterday recommended Presidential Regulations imposing a moratorium on evictions of tenants delaying rent payments during the lockdown and staying legal action against their landlords delayin...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
China to help build $3 billion coal plant in Zimbabwe
Rio Energy Ltd., a unit of RioZim Ltd., will build a 2,100 megawatt thermal power plant with China Gezhouba Group Corp in northern Zimbabwe at a projected cost of $3 billion, Rio Energy said Monday....Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 13:20hrs | 2281 | by Bloomberg
'Staying Home" for Kariba's Aged and Homeless During the Lockdown - No Light in the Sunset'
In this installment, our Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Roving Correspondent, Laiton Kandawire, brings us the untold stories of the aged, homeless and hapless in Kariba who are, to all intents and...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 08:47hrs | 418 | by Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
Injured soldiers airlifted to Harare
Five soldiers, who were critically injured in an accident along the Kariba-Makuti Road on Sunday, have been airlifted to Harare for more advanced treatment.Four are now being treated at Josiah...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 00:01hrs | 4228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean soldier dies, 23 injured as army truck veers off road
One soldier died on the spot and 23 others have been injured when an army truck veered off the road and landed on its side.At least three of them were seriously injured while the others sust...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 19:46hrs | 2302 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition continues to be plagued by division and confusion
The recent Supreme Court ruling that Nelson Chamisa's leadership of the MDC is illegitimate because his appointment infringed the founding constitution of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) ha...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:27hrs | 947 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Air Zimbabwe crafts post Covid-19 recovery strategy
NATONAL airline, Air Zimbabwe, is working on a post-Covid-19 masterplan, which will see the company reclaiming its domestic and regional routes as it works on a recovery path.The airliner had ...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 15:31hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fails to copy Ramaphosa's billions model, but social safety nets expanded
Government has expanded social protection programs to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 and drought on people's livelihoods. When restrictions were imposed on March 30 to prevent the spread of Covid-19...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
$8m cash facility benefits 47 000 needy households
GOVERNMENT has in the past two weeks, disbursed nearly $8 million to over 47 000 households towards urban food deficit mitigation as part of efforts to cushion needy families during the Covid-19 lockd...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel companies should account for forex allocations
ZIMBABWE has been experiencing fuel challenges for the past two years notwithstanding the huge foreign exchange allocations by the central bank, which average around US$80 million per month, including...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 198 | by Andrew Lampard
Earth quake shakes Kariba Dam
AREAS around Kariba Dam were hit by five earthquakes in the first week of this month, the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) and Meteorological Services Department (MSD) have said.Two of the earthq...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 16:36hrs | 2577 | by Staff reporter
Health workers ready to defend nation
As Zimbabwe deepens the fight against Covid-19 by intensifying the screening, testing and isolation suspected cases, health workers remain determined to save lives despite the obvious risk associated ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Kapenta fishing ban lifted
GOVERNMENT has exempted kapenta fishing in Lake Kariba from the current lockdown and set stringent measures which have to be followed to minimise spread of the Coronavirus.Among a raft of meas...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 17:44hrs | 1874 | by Staff reporter
Get ready to work, says Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWEANS should get ready to go back to work with increased discipline as the country readies to achieve speedy economic recovery in the next 10 years to transform it into an upper middle-class eco...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's video address on the occasion of the 40th Independence Day commemorations
INDEPENDENCE Day speech by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, April 18, 2o209The First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa;Honourable Vic...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 14:24hrs | 780 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa stresses prosperity, growth
Zimbabweans must continue to look at building a prosperous and free Zimbabwe and accelerating economic growth as the country celebrates the 40th anniversary of independence today, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 14:01hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Closing Down the Kariba Kapenta Fishery a Grave Error - Stakeholders
In this piece our Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio, Environment and Tourism Correspondent, Laiton Kandawire, chronicles the feelings of hopelessness and disenfranchisement expressed by the fishing c...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 450 | by Laiton Kandawire
A unique 40th Uhuru celebration
Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence today and for the first time there are no gatherings to mark the anniversary due to the national lockdown enforced to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic....Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe celebrates Independence Day under lockdown regulations
Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence today and for the first time there are no gatherings to mark the anniversary due to the national lockdown enforced to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic....Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Malaria outbreak hits Mashonaland West
There has been an outbreak of malaria across the northern half of Mashonaland West, with one clinic in Kariba district recording more than 15 confirmed cases on a single day. The outbreak has ...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:13hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
African Sun halves workers, executives' salaries as Covid-19 bites sector
HOSPITALITY group, African Sun, has slashed salaries for most of its workers including top executives by 50 percent due to the adverse effects of the global pandemic, Covid-19. Of late, Africa...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:02hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
The pipeline that its detractors call a pipedream
IN December 1992 Joseph Msika who was then minister responsible for water development, announced that Government had plans to build a pipeline from Lake Kariba to Kudu in the rich Kadoma District whic...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 287 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Kariba water levels rise
Rising water levels in Lake Kariba are expected to improve the availability of potable water in surrounding communities following erratic supplies last year. Nyamhunga and Baobab Ridge suburbs...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 2084 | by Staff reporter
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