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Kariba plunge pool reshaping delayed
The completion of work to reshape the plunge pool at Kariba Dam has been delayed because of unforeseen geology affecting the foundations for the required coffer dam, according to the Zambezi River Aut...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:15hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Fact-checking Biti's corruption speech
Opposition MDC Alliance vice president and former finance minister Tendai Biti gave an online speech on corruption in Zimbabwe on July 18, 2021.Here, we check key claims from Biti's address:...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 19:35hrs | 2175 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firms fret over Mozambique crisis
ZIMBABWE'S industries have warned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare's fragile economy...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:57hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares war on electricity transformer vandalism, theft
Anybody who vandalises a transfer or electricity equipment is not fit to be a citizen and legislation should be in place to put away such people so the country can develop without them, President Emme...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 17:23hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Fuel dealers warned over forex pricing for 'auction fuel'
Fuel companies importing fuel and cooking gas using foreign currency they bought on the auctions have been warned that they must accept local currency from customers and cannot demand foreign currency...Published: 20 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Govt identifies land for new Batoka City
THE GOVERNMENT has identified land where a new city will be built as part of the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric project outside Victoria Falls, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Power Dev...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to side-step load shedding in winter
ELECTRICITY users in the country should expect constant power supply during the peak winter season which is characterised by higher demand as Government is not planning any tough load shedding, but th...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:20hrs | 405 | by Staff Reporter
ZimAchievers Awards light up South Africa
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) honored the year's high achievers at a glittering ceremony held at The Venue Melrose Arch graced by the Zimbabwean Ambassador to South Africa HE David Hamadziripi in Jo...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 11:19hrs | 915 | by Agencies
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 | 1805 | by Staff Reporter
Era of power cuts is over, claims Magombo
The era of load-shedding in Zimbabwe is over and the current power outages being experienced in some areas are a result of faults and vandalism, a senior Government official has said. Permanen...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:33hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean men facing rape charges in the UK because of cultural norms
Over a hundred Zimbabwean men in the UK have been either charged or convicted of rape. Most rape charges in the UK are due to cultural differences and sheer ignorance. The Crime Survey f...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 16:03hrs | 6002 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jonathan Moyo's claims on Chasi dismissal rubbished
THE Government has dismissed as patently false claims by exiled former Cabinet Minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo, that the National Oil and Infrastructure Company (NOIC) received a US$1.2 billion loan...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:18hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Fresh details emerge in Noic pipeline saga
FRESH details have emerged that Treasury directed the state-owned National Oil and Infrastructure Company (Noic) to handpick only one firm to supply 720 million litres of fuel over 24 months, in a pro...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:03hrs | 1343 | by Staff reporter
Zesa chairperson suspended and banned
ZESA Holdings executive chairperson Dr Sydney Gata has been suspended and will not be allowed to enter the power utility's headquarters, Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi said yester...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 982 | by Staff Reporter
Mutodi withdraws theft case
Former Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi has withdrawn the case in which four people were being charged for stealing valuables, including 30 pairs of de...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:32hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths, soldiers unleash terror
ZANU-PF youths led by Harare district secretary for transport Nicholas Hamadziripi yesterday unleashed violence, beating up MDC Alliance members, breaking water taps, uprooting fence poles and torchin...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:05hrs | 3106 | by Staff reporter
Govt to audit US$ service stations
Government says it will conduct audits on fuel companies accessing the precious commodity through the reserve Bank of Zimbabwe foreign currency facility to check if they were not double-dipping by sel...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:03hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Govt allays fuel shortage fears
Officials in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development are leaning on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to release letters of credit (LCs) that are needed to release fuel for oil traders.I...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel crisis set to worsen
DESPERATE motorists are set to endure more anguish at fuel pumps, after authorities admitted at the weekend that they were struggling to get foreign currency to import petrol and diesel.This c...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:02hrs | 2624 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Robbers break in at Mutodi's house
Information coming from Harare indicate that four men broke into the Borrowdale residence of former Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi and stole valuables including 30 pairs of designe...Published: 22 May 2020 at 16:20hrs | 5754 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Calls to diversify energy mix grow louder
CALLS for Zimbabwe and its regional peers to diversify the energy mix are growing in the face of biting climate change, whose effects have been erratic rains or too much rains in some areas, impacting...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:37hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Zera gives final warning to two fuel companies
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has issued a final warning to two fuel firms who risk losing their licences without a hearing if they wantonly increase fuel prices in future based on f...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:36hrs | 2961 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei loses Sakunda to Trafigura in hostile takeover
Trafigura Pte Limited has parted ways with its Zimbabwean partners Sakunda Holdings owned by businessman Mr Kuda Tagwirei. Trafigura Pte Limited now owns 100 percent of Trafigura Zimbabwe after acquir...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:51hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls reviewing fuel pricing formula again
Government is considering shifting from weekly fuel price reviews to monthly adjustments to stem the price volatility that is disrupting planning by businesses and negatively impacting on consumers....Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:43hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Energy ministry secretary grilled over Zesa rebundling, tariffs
MINISTRY of Energy secretary Gloria Magombo was yesterday grilled by Parliament over issues of rebundling of Zesa with MPs questioning why an institution that was recently unbundled was now being rebu...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:04hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Zera re-opens search for CEO
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has re-opened its search for a substantive chief executive officer, six months after it first advertised the job. The new CEO will replace forme...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:06hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt working on power imports for industry
GOVERNMENT is negotiating with South Africa and Mozambique for electricity imports dedicated to power industry, currently reeling from the ongoing load-shedding lasting up to 18 hours a day."C...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:29hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to reduce load shedding to 8 hours from 16 hours
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is expected to reduce its load shedding to at least eight hours from the current 16 hours after treasury made available an additional 200MW through the...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 20:26hrs | 18064 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia seal major power deal
A CONSORTIUM of General Electric and Power Construction Corporation of China has been awarded the tender to develop the Batoka Gorge Hydro Electric Scheme (BGHES) under a Build, Operate and Transfer f...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:26hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Destroying Bulawayo towers is akin to destroying the Great Zimbabwe monuments
A STAND off between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and the Zimbabwe Power Company over the demolition of cooling towers at the Bulawayo Thermal Power Station looms after council officials yesterday w...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 2725 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors walk out of Zesa, Chasi meeting
BULAWAYO councillors yesterday walked out of a stakeholder consultative meeting between government and Zesa officials, protesting against lack of consultation over demolition of the Bulawayo thermal p...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:09hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
'US$100m required to replace stolen Zesa transformers'
ZIMBABWE requires more than US$100 million to replace around 2 000 transformers that were vandalised in recent years, Parliament heard last week.This come at a time when the country is grappli...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1109 | 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 | 234 | by Staff reporter
'No fuel price hike in Zimbabwe'
The Minister of Energy and Power Development, Joram Gumbo has allayed fears of a fuel price hike, dismissing claims of an increase on the pump price of petrol and diesel as false.This follows ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:54hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
When seers failed to see the Ides of March
Bishop Lazi always tells his followers that as a people, we have been involved in a brutal rat race for the past two decades as we struggled for survival in choppy economic conditions.But the ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:24hrs | 333 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe blocks US$1bn pipeline project
THE Ministry of Energy has blocked a plan by South African-owned Mining, Oil and Gas Services Company (MOGS) to construct a US$1 billion 550-kilometre fuel pipeline from Beira to Harare, arguing that ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:08hrs | 1678 | by Staff reporter
Zera hunts for CEO
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has begun the search for a substantive chief executive officer to replace former CEO Engineer Gloria Magombo. Eng Magombo left Zera in September las...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:42hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces fuel shortages as Cyclone Idai destroys Beira
FEARS abound of possible crippling fuel and wheat shortages in Zimbabwe after cyclone Idai destroyed some "90 percent" of the Mozambican Port city of Beira.Beira is a key route for delivery of...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:36hrs | 2751 | by Staff reporter
'Ethanol blending saves Zimbabwe millions'
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya on Thursday told Parliament that blending of ethanol with fuel has been saving the country millions of dollars.Mangudya had appeared before the ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Government to liberalise fuel imports
GOVERNMENT is working on a new set of regulations that would allow holders of free funds to import fuel to augment current supplies.In 2015, Statutory Instrument (SI) 171 was amended to allow ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:36hrs | 2812 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel marking will deter smuggling
Energy and Power Development Minister Joram Gumbo says his ministry has requested funding, potentially several millions of dollars from Treasury, to start fuel marking to curtail illegal activit...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Zesa fires its CEO
ZESA Holdings has fired chief executive Joshua Chifamba after the board decided not to extend his second term contract following his suspension and subsequent arrest last year over damning allegations...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 13:49hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe facing foreign currency shortages, not fuel, says Mnangagwa
News Editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba about the stuttering economy and what government is doing to address the ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:28hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
Govt holds fuel crisis meeting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's under-fire government yesterday held an emergency meeting over the country's worsening fuel crisis.The debilitating fuel shortages have now resulted in desperate...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
The new dispensation: One year on
This week last year Zimbabwe went through the epoch-making Operation Restore Legacy which culminated in the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe on 21 November and the ascension of President ...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 16:43hrs | 1926 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Who's who in Zimbabwe’s cutthroat fuel sector
SIX major oil-importing entities, including the Indigenous Petroleum Association of Zimbabwe (Ipaz), Zuva Petroleum, Puma Energy, Total Zimbabwe, Petrotrade (Pvt) Ltd and Engen Petroleum Zimbawe, are...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 18:06hrs | 6365 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to ban use of jerry cans
GOVERNMENT will withdraw licences for fuel service stations found promoting acts of hoarding and overcharging of petroleum products thereby creating artificial shortages, a Cabinet Minister has said. ...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:18hrs | 3267 | by Staff reporter
Zesa targets Zanu-PF chefs
Zesa targets Zanu-PF chefsZesa Holdings (Zesa) is going after top government and Zanu-PF officials, including other influential figures, whose failure to pay for the electricity they use is chocki...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
New power plants for Bulawayo, Midlands
TWO independent power producers have approached the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) seeking licences to separately set up electricity generation plants in Bulawayo and the Midlands provinc...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 09:58hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's game-changing appointments
Zimbabwe is poised for massive economic take-off following the appointment of a confidence-inspiring Cabinet and permanent secretaries, experts have said.President Mnangagwa's Cabinet, already...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:46hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
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