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Zimbabwe fret over new rolling blackouts
Zimbabwe's Energy Minister Edgar Moyo has been summoned by Parliament to address the severe hydrological challenges at Kariba Power Station, leading to extensive power outages of up to 18 hours in urb...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:01hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Sakupwanya dies
FORMER Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) boss Jefter Sakupwanya (63) has died.Sakupwanya died in Harare yesterday after a long illness.He was replaced as Masvingo Provincial Af...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 17:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani lake master plan set in motion
GOVERNMENT is working on an integrated master plan for the renamed Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District, Matabeleland North as Treasury is set to release $2,2 billion next month to speed up the comp...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe goes for home-grown economic model
ZIMBABWE is developing its own home-grown economic model and would not copy what other jurisdictions are doing, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, has said.He said the adoption of Special...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo engages idle factory owners
THE Bulawayo City Council has begun the process of engaging owners of idle factories in Belmont to ensure full utilisation of the infrastructure under the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) initiative, the...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by Staffr eporter
Bulawayo sets up Special Economic Zones committee
BULAWAYO has set up a committee to drive implementation of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) model in the city as part of efforts to lure investors and revive ailing industries.The city has alread...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 23:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Poison fears are over,' says Mnangagwa
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the worst was over concerning his health as he is making a tremendous recovery.Addressing hundreds of people at a memorial service for national...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt avails $21.7 million for Gwayi-Shangani Dam project
GOVERNMENT has availed $21,7 million to complete outstanding civils works at the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North Province, a Cabinet Minister has said.The project which is touted as t...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 11:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs scramble for assets
Zanu-PF bigwigs are rubbing their hands in glee, ready to pounce on prime commercial land around Tokwe-Mukosi Dam in Masvingo in what could turn out to be yet another scandal benefiting the nouveau-ri...Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Game changer or another Zanu-PF dummy?
IT is almost impossible to dispassionately describe the panorama. But elementary geography informs that some inestimable years ago, igneous rock lava inruded into this part of the world, resulting in ...Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff writer
West rigged us out of UNWTO post, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am really disappointed that one of our best ministers, Cde Walter, was rigged out of the secretary generals' position of the United Nations ...Published: 19 May 2017 at 15:52hrs | | by CZ
Bhasikiti refuses to concede defeat
Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has declined to concede defeat to the Zanu-PF Mwenezi East MP-elect Omar Joosbi.Bhasikiti pulled out of the by-election race citing intimidation and vote buying.Th...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water, a top priority human right
A water-wise Good Samaritan has been offering clean water for free to strangers along Samora Machel Avenue West in the vicinities of Belvedere's Marimba shopping centre for decades now. Possibly that ...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Zimbabwe Army rescues marooned Lundi High pupils, staff
LUNDI Girls High in Mwenezi District has been shut down while bridges in Mberengwa have been destroyed leaving nine districts inaccessible as floods continue to ravage the southern parts of the co...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinwa warns on flooding
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has warned of flooding in communities downstream major dams.The water authority said about 100 dams countrywide are spilling."At lea...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 13:02hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou
MZWP funds diverted to Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam
Government's plan to build a pipeline from the Zambezi River to ease water shortages in Matabeleland was put off to complete work on the Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam.The Matabeleland Zambezi Water Pr...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dams now 74% full
BULAWAYO's supply dams are now 74,4 percent full.According to the Bulawayo City Council, Insiza Dam was spilling while Upper Ncema was at 71,70 percent full and Mtshabezi at 79,49 percent full...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
No ID, no food aid for villagers
THE Tokwe-Mukorsi flood victims who were resettled in Chingwizi resettlement area in Mwenezi have been left stranded and failing to get aid as a majority of them do not have National IDs while the...Published: 04 Sep 2016 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai to lead Masvingo demo
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will lead MDC's demonstration against President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF's misrule in Masvingo tomorrow.Tsvangirai's spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka, told ...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 11:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government goes quiet after Chingwizi threats
Tokwe Mukorsi flood victims have not seen or heard anything from Government since Minister of State for Masvingo addressed and gave them an ultimatum to leave the holding camp three weeks ago....Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gwayi-Shangani dam: Mat North's elusive hope
IT was in 1991 when the government made a resolution to build a dam at the confluence of the Gwayi and Shangani Rivers in Matabeleland North province.The multi-million dollar project was to be...Published: 07 Jun 2016 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam project put on hold
THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam project in Matabeleland North remains in limbo three years on after the contractor suspended operations due to lack of funding.Close to $90 million is required to comple...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
Govt to donate equipment to Tokwe Murkosi farming projects
The Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Joseph Made has said government will soon donate farming equipment to Tokwe Murkosi farming projects in order to enable them to dr...Published: 21 Mar 2016 at 05:21hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'I have a succession plan,' says Tsvangirai
Amid claims by some that main opposition (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai is now a spent force, the Daily News' reporters Fungi Kwaramba and Tendai Kamhungira (DN) took time to speak to Tsvangirai (MT),...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 13:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe loves power too much, says Mujuru
Fungi Kwaramba (FK) spoke to former Vice President Joice Mujuru, who now leads the opposition Zimbabwe People First about her time in Zanu PF and her relationship with President Robert Mugabe. Find be...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's cattle donation to AU riles critics
President Robert Mugabe has come under withering attack for donating 300 cattle to the African Union (AU) to help it become less dependent on outside donors, instead of coming to the aid of Zimbabwean...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water crisis strike Chingwizi villagers
The senator in the Chingwizi area where victims of the Tokwe Mukorsi dam evictions were settled, Justice Maluleke have told senate that the villagers are now facing serious water shortage as mos...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 05:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
RDZ position paper on the imperatives of a national democratic renewal in Zimbabwe
RENEWAL DEMOCRATS OF ZIMBABWE POSITION PAPER ON THE IMPERATIVES OF A NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC RENEWAL IN ZIMBABWEINTRODUCTIONRenewal Democrats of Zim...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 14:21hrs | | by RDZ
Mangoma's acceptance speech
SALUTATIONS Madam Vice President and members of the Management Committee, Guardian Council Members, NEC Members, Provinces and District members ...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Elton Steers Mangoma RDZ President
Mugabe neglecting Tokwe Mukorsi dam victims
Heal Zimbabwe Trust and organisation lobbying for the recognition of human rights in the country has accused President Robert Mugabe of neglecting the victims of the Tokwe Mukorsi Dam flooding who...Published: 22 Jul 2015 at 09:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers confront Mugabe
Relocated Tokwe-Mukorsi villagers have lashed President Robert Mugabe's government, appealing to the nonagenarian to visit the Chingwizi transit camp urgently to witness first-hand the dire condition...Published: 10 Jul 2015 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZPP bemoans situation of Tokwe Mukosi victims
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has bemoaned the situation surrounding the people who were affected by the Tokwe Mukosi floods in 2014 amid revelations crisis continues to mount.The organizatio...Published: 16 May 2015 at 08:48hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers resist Mahofa plan
MORE than 18,000 villagers settled at Chingwizi in Mwenezi are resisting Masvingo Provincial Minister Shuvai Mahofa's plans to relocate them to Chiumburu Farm in Chiredzi.Settlers who spoke to...Published: 25 Mar 2015 at 07:06hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Zanu-PF Iron Lady threatens Tongaat Hullet
Newly appointed Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister and Zanu-PF's Iron Lady Shuvai Mahofa has threatened to shut down sugar producer, Tongaat Hullet for allegedly disregarding the country's controver...Published: 16 Mar 2015 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
For Mugabe uplifting Africans should begin at home
President Robert Mugabe's new role as African Union chairman drew significant international media attention.But when I was in Harare last week, much of the conversation from Zimbabweans and fr...Published: 13 Feb 2015 at 14:55hrs | | by Daniel Bekele
Mugabe is a hero to some and a villain to others
The recent election of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as chairman of the African Union, the continental body, has, unsurprisingly, drawn a mixed reception, both within and outside Zimbabwe....Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 11:46hrs | | by Alex T. Magaisa
Villagers sentenced for demonstrations
A court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday sentenced four villagers who were displaced by floods last year to five years in jail each for taking part in demonstrations that rocked the camp they and thousands of o...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 14:01hrs | | by Sapa
Mugabe must sort out Zanu-PF mess
President Robert Mugabe, who has been on annual vacation in the Far East, will be returning home anytime now - where he will be confronted with a myriad of problems.Mugabe, who turns 91 n...Published: 18 Jan 2015 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff writer
Flood victims demand to meet Grace Mugabe
VICTIMS of the flooding that ravaged the Tokwe-Mukorsi basin in Masvingo and were relocated to a rocky one-hectare transit camp yesterday called for a meeting with First Lady Grace Mugabe to address t...Published: 25 Dec 2014 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai in a Catch-22 situation
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai is in a Catch-22 situation in his bid to press regional leaders meeting in Zimbabwe next week to resolve a deepening socio-economic and political crisis.His bitt...Published: 07 Aug 2014 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let's assist flood victims at Chingwizi Camp
It's now four months since the Tokwe-Mukorsi flood victims were forced to leave their homes due to heavy floods which left the Tokwe Murkosi dam wall damaged. In as much as the Governm...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 11:37hrs | 2 | by Peacemaker Zano
CSOs politicise Chingwizi issue
The civil society organisations (CSOs) participated in the botched regime change project. Having failed dismally, the benefactors of these CSOs withheld their funding. This pushed most of these CS...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 09:33hrs | | by John Sigauke
Mugabe urged to stop the vultures
Only President Robert Mugabe can now save the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo's Nuanetsi Ranch as "political vultures" swoop on the vast land, the resident director of the farm has said.The c...Published: 26 Jun 2014 at 15:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex-for-food at floods victims camp
GOVERNMENT officials tasked to distribute food aid to victims of the Tokwe-Mukorsi floods at Chingwizi transit camp in Masvingo have been accused of demanding sexual favours from teenage girls in exch...Published: 26 May 2014 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Villagers demand to see President Mugabe
MASVINGO - Flood victims at Chingwizi Transit Camp have demanded to meet President Robert Mugabe to express disgruntlement over their appalling living conditions and government neglect.The 3 0...Published: 23 May 2014 at 16:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Politicians loot floods donations'
VICTIMS of the Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam floods in Masvingo have made sensational claims that Provincial Affairs minister Kudakwashe Bhasikiti and other top government officials were looting donated goods,...Published: 19 May 2014 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zahara jets into Zimbabwe
SOUTH African songstress Zahara and her band jet in today ahead of their performance at this year’s second edition of the Green Concert tomorrow at 7 Arts Theatre in Avondale, Harare.Goodwi...Published: 08 May 2014 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Broke MDC-T converts Tokwe-Mukorsi donations into salaries for party employees
The broke MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has allegedly converted donations he received on behalf of the Tokwe Mukorsi flood victims in Masvingo province into salaries for his employees at his Highland...Published: 02 May 2014 at 14:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Maize harvest up 30%
ZIMBABWE's 2013/2014 maize production is set to increase by at least 30 percent from last year's harvest of 799 000 tonnes to between 900 000 and one million tonnes. Despite predictions of a b...Published: 17 Apr 2014 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai fear grips Zanu-PF
Political temperatures are rising again in Zimbabwe amid worsening factionalism in Zanu-PF, as well as renewed and inexplicable pressure being exerted on MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai by authorities....Published: 06 Apr 2014 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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