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Makomo set to bounce back from curatorship
Makomo Resources, one of Zimbabwe's major players in the coal mining sector, is set to emerge from corporate rescue next week after nearly four years under administration.The company, which op...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 11:58hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road a death trap
A recent near-fatal accident along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway has shed light on the growing dangers posed by abandoned burst tyres left on the road by haulage truck drivers. Mr. Thomas Chauke...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:18hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
Chinese mines to be compelled to plough back to their communities
HWANGE Rural District Council chairperson Pasca Mpofu says his team's immediate task is to engage mining companies and compel them to plough back resources to their communities in order to foster deve...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 19:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Makomo Resources back on its feet
HWANGE-based coal miner, Makomo Resources, has resumed operations after securing a contractor.Makomo, once the country's largest coal miner, went under corporate rescue, a form of bankruptcy p...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 3 | 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
Coal Mining giant dismisses 400 employees
December 12, of 2020 saw the unfair dismissal of 400 workers at Zimbabwe's giant coal mining company Makomo Resources, situate in Hwange, Zimbabwe. This was revealed by the Secretary-General of Nation...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by Own correspondent
Speeding 40-tonne mine truck kills 2 elephants
Concern has been raised after a speeding 40-tonne coal mining dump truck belonging to Zambezi Gas and Coal Mine hit and killed two jumbos last Tuesday night.The accident happened near Sinamate...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1 | 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The government has rescinded its earlier decision to bar power utility Zesa from paying for its coal supplies in foreign currency, fearing the move could trigger crippling load shedding,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
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
Panic grips Mnangagwa's Cabinet
Zimbabwe's thermal power stations may soon fail to feed onto the national electricity grid after coal suppliers warned their stockpile lasts for 12 days, plunging the country into colossal power crisi...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station under threat
THE skewed pricing structure and the acute foreign currency shortages in the market have crippled the operations of coal miners, lowered production and could lead to a shut down of operations, busines...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1 | 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
Makomo wins claims dispute
The Mining Affairs Board has finally settled the acrimonious coal claims dispute between Makomo Resources and Zambezi Gas, delivering a ruling in favour of the former as the rightful owners of the coa...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa sucked into mine dispute
Norton legislator and businessman Themba Mliswa could face yet another parliamentary probe for allegedly dragging Mines and Mining Development Portfolio Committee into the Makomo Resources and Zambezi...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The people at the top must change first!
What did people really expect from the former South African president led Commission? Zimbabweans are at Zanu-PF's mercy, they have fooled us all these years yet we still believe in them!Commi...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:01hrs | 2 | by AT Kadada
New twist to Makomo, Zambezi Gas coal field feud
The coal claims feud pitting Zambezi Gas and Makomo Resources has taken a new twist, amid reports that there may have been an "error" in the former's special grant.Zambezi Gas says its special...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makomo dismisses encroachment claims
Makomo Resources yesterday said its mining operations in Hwange were not affecting anyone's concession as it was extracting coal from land that acts as a boundary between Hwange Colliery company and Z...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambezi Gas, Coal Mine appeals to Govt
Zambezi Gas and Coal Mine has implored Government to expeditiously resolve a dispute in which it is accusing Makomo Resources of encroaching into 11 200 hectares of its Hwange-based concession....Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa set to finish off Obert Mpofu
Hwange-based Zambezi Gas, a coal mining company, has appealed to the Temba Mliswa-led parliamentary panel to intervene so that it can get its land, which was allegedly grabbed by Zanu-PF administratio...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa handed fodder to finish off Obert Mpofu
Hwange based Zambezi Gas, a coal mining company, has appealed to the Temba Mliswa-led parliamentary panel to intervene so that it can get its land, which was allegedly grabbed by Zanu-PF administratio...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa moves to cripple Obert Mpofu
Mines and Energy portfolio committee chairperson Temba Mliswa has said Parliament will pressure the Zimbabwe Power Company to stop buying coal from Zanu-PF administration secretary Obert Mpofu's Makom...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 14:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean power imports down 50%
Zimbabwe's power imports declined by almost 50 percent during the second quarter of the year after the country's power utility increased generation at Kariba plant. Zesa Holdings increased out...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Matebeleland North residents should brace for good times under Mnangagwa'
MATEBELELAND North residents have been challenged to brace for the good times and an economic boom to come under President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's new administration.Makomo Resources techni...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu named in Hwange land grab
The deputy director of Zambezi Gas, Linos Masimura, told Parliament on Monday that part of his company’s coal mining concession in Hwange was unfairly cut and given to their competitor, Makomo Resou...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange town up for sale?
The country's oldest coal mining firm, Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), is considering selling the town for $300 million as part of efforts to raise funds to off-set its obligations with a numb...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages stunt Makomo Resources
FOREIGN Currency shortages are stunting Makomo Resources' growth plans to double its coal production in what could spur the coal mining company's footprint on the local market, businessdigest has lear...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 10:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe starring crippling power shortages
Zimbabwe is starring the possibility of crippling electricity shortages in the near future if the Reserve Bank Zimbabwe (RBZ) does not release funds requested by coal miners to import spare parts, it ...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cheating woman scalds husband
AN eight-year-old girl has told the court how her cheating stepmother scalded her father with hot water in their family house in Hwange.Loreen Ndlovu of number 19 Middleburg, Raylton in Hwange...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambezi Gas coal output increases
ZAMBEZI Gas has increased coal output to 40 000 tonnes per month compared to 10 000 tonnes the colliery was producing when it started full-scale production last year.The Matabeleland North-bas...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ministers endorse corruption at Hwange Colliery Company
The Hwange Colliery leadership proposed scheme of arrangement of creditors has the apparent support of the ministry of mines and finance. This is viewed as a panacea to resolving the insolvency of the...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 17:52hrs | 1 | by Reginald Shoko
NRZ asset register in shambles
THE rundown National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is sitting on countrywide real estate estimated to be worth more than $150 million, with the potential to raise at least $5 million in rentals monthly....Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe risks being blocked from importing electricity
ZIMBABWE risks being blocked from importing electricity as Zesa Holdings owes regional utilities about $77 million, which may lead to load shedding.The power utility relies on imports to a...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cancels Essar's licences
GOVERNMENT has cancelled Indian conglomerate, Essar Africa Holdings' power generation licences after the company ditched the country due to government bickering over its investment in integrated steel...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
8-hour storm pound Gwanda, washes away 3 dams
They received poor rains last year, and hunger followed as they did not harvest anything.The villagers had to rely on the benevolence of non-governmental organisations, and government food...Published: 09 Jan 2017 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
200 coal miners trapped underground following heavy rains
ABOUT 200 miners were trapped underground while equipment worth thousands of dollars was damaged at Makomo Resources coal mine following heavy floods that hit Hwange district yesterday.Twe...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Heroes' Day preps on course
PREPARATIONS for the Bulawayo provincial 2016 Heroes' Day commemorations are at an advanced stage, with the provincial mobilisation committee urging people in the city to honour the country's heroes....Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Church con robs 15 youths at police station
A DARING suspected fraudster allegedly duped some church congregants of $165 in cash and cellphone handsets in front of police officers at the Hwange Police Station charge office. Police h...Published: 13 Jun 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZPC board tours coal mines
ZIMBABWE Power Company (ZPC) board members on Friday toured coal supplying companies in Hwange to assess the miners’ preparedness towards meeting supply as the country gears for increased power cons...Published: 25 Apr 2016 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Fairness Moyana
ZPC board tours coal mines
ZIMBABWE Power Company (ZPC) board members on Friday toured coal supplying companies in Hwange to assess the miners’ preparedness towards meeting supply as the country gears for increased power cons...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 09:57hrs | | by Fairness Moyana
Dangote gets green light
PRESIDENT Mugabe has issued Special Grants to four new companies to explore and extract coal and coalbed methane gas in Matabeleland North Province, bringing the number of firms to exploit the resourc...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Dumisani Nsingo
Rousing Zimbabwean welcome for China's Xi Jinping
THOUSANDS of people, among them President Mugabe and First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe, yesterday thronged Harare International Airport to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping who is on a two-day State vis...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Takunda Maodza and Lloyd Gumbo
Hwange Colliery to ask shareholders for more money
Hwange Colliery Company plans to ask shareholders for more money as Zimbabwe's second-biggest coal producer seeks to restructure $70m in debt and struggles to pay employees because of a drop in prices...Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 16:52hrs | | by Godfrey Marawanyika I Bloomberg
Lupane State University to relocate from Bulawayo
President Robert Mugabe on Thursday officiated at the graduation ceremony of 484 graduands from the Lupane State University (LSU) amid pledges to start a phased relocation of the institution from Bula...Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$1.5 billion power plant for Zimbabwe
Makomo Resources (Pvt) Ltd, Zimbabwe's largest coal producer by output, said it plans to spend $1,5 billion on a 600-megawatt power plant and will also start exporting coal to steelmakers in southern ...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 07:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Hwange gets a multi-million-dollar centre
A multi-million-dollar Civic Centre is set to be established at the envisaged Hwange Central Business District (HCBD), following an agreement between Hwange Local Board (HLB) and three investors. ...Published: 13 Apr 2014 at 09:50hrs | 2 | by Prince Mushawevato
Zim fuel consumption more than doubles
Zimbabwe's fuel consumption has more than doubled in the past three years although the country's major industries are sneezing. Figures compiled by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority sho...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 06:12hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
'Zim must not expect any economic miracles, I'm not Makandiwa'
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa warned Zimbabweans not to expect any economic miracles as he is not UFIC founder, Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa.Speaking at the ZIA investment awards last nigh...Published: 28 Nov 2013 at 13:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Soccer coach practices wrestling moves on wife
A soccer coach for a Division Two Club in Hwange has landed in court for bashing his customarily married wife accusing her of being barren. The irony of it is that the woman has two children...Published: 15 Nov 2013 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Govt urges Hwange Colliery to revise its business model
THE Government has called on the country's biggest coal producer, Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) to revise its business model so as to maintain a competitive edge in the wake of the opening of...Published: 10 Nov 2013 at 03:20hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Players revolt over unpaid bonuses
HWANGE-based Zifa Southern Region Division One side Mpumalanga were this week rocked by a rare player revolt over unpaid dues.The club, that has been running over the years without a major spo...Published: 06 Apr 2013 at 04:47hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
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