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Cabinet puts state firms up for sale
CABINET on Tuesday resolved to finalise the privatisation of perennial loss-making parastatals and state-owned enterprises by year-end after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube reported that it had become u...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:54hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
US$23m 'vanishes' from NRZ
A top National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) official has been accused of misappropriating US$23 million in what insiders say could be a glimpse of the financial rot at the struggling parastatal....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:25hrs | 2261 | by Staff reporter
NRZ fights US$236m DIDG suit
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will defend the US$236 million lawsuit filed by the Diaspora and Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) following the termination of a US$400 million recapital...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
NRZ slapped with US$236m lawsuit
DIASPORA and Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) is demanding US$236 million from the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) as compensation after cabinet controversially terminated the consortium's ...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | 2016 | by Staff reporter
Heads to roll at NRZ
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has embarked on a managerial shake-up to reduce its wage bill after it emerged that the parastatal was top-heavy. The two-year restructuring exercise ai...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1500 | by Staff reporter
Forensic audit exposes massive NRZ fraud
A FORENSIC audit report on the National Railways of Zimbabwe procurement system has revealed that fraudulent activities could have cost the rail company millions of United States dollars.Condu...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Bring back freedom trains, says Minister
CALLS for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to resume passenger services continue to grow louder with Bulawayo Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube raising the issue with President Emmerson ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
NRZ urged to reintroduce commuter trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has been called upon to re-introduce commuter trains to help ease transport challenges in Bulawayo, with commuters at times being forced to walk to and from tow...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 08:51hrs | 379 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe urgently needs PPP regulation
The state of public infrastructure in Zimbabwe has never been as dire as it is now. Years of underinvestment in the railway network, highways and roads, energy generation plants, sports facilities, bo...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 20:12hrs | 1154 | by Victor Bhoroma
Corporate Governance and State Entities Decay in Zimbabwe
The unfolding corporate governance scandal at Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) provides a hint of how the country's State Entities and Parastatals (SEPs) have been run down over the years....Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:11hrs | 1219 | by Victor Bhoroma
NRZ finally cancels DIDG tender
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe has finally cancelled the US$400 million recapitalisation tender that had been awarded to the Diaspora Infrastructural Development Group (DIDG) in partnership with So...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
NRZ top managers fired
THE Martin Dinha-led National railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board has fired the parastatal's management for alleged gross incompetence, mismanagement, and failure to turn around the fortunes of the compa...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:31hrs | 3589 | by Staff reporter
NRZ expects to fail to achieve target again
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will for the second consecutive year likely miss its annual freight movement target largely owing to the impact of Covid-19.NRZ public relations manager...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:57hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube, Khupe also benefitted from RBZ looting programme
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: THE 2007/8 Farm Mechanisation Programme was above board: Taxpayers not saddled with the Bill.First of all, I must express my prima-facie disappointment with my bro...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:24hrs | 7404 | by Dr Gideon Gono
Political power, leadership and language in Zimbabwe
Besides being a tool for communication, language has many other functions in all societies. However in countries where there are several or many languages, such languages are often ranked in order of ...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 07:56hrs | 918 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
NRZ splurges US$319K on vehicles
THE state-owned National Railways of Zimbabwe has spent more than US$319 000 on six luxury cars for top managers, amid allegations the money was diverted from a purse meant for the refurbishment of lo...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2453 | by Staff reporter
Matiza censured over collapsed DIDG deal
IN the wake of the controversial termination of the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal last year by cabinet, Attorney-General (AG) Prince Machaya reportedly wrote...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:27hrs | 2685 | by Staff reporter
Matiza, NRZ board clash
Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Biggie Matiza has declared war on the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board and top management over failure to fully implement his directive on ca...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 22:26hrs | 2779 | by Staff reporter
Matiza should not lie about wagons deal
IN response to 'COVID-19 delays wagons delivery from Russia', MBUDAYA says: Government has been lying since independence. The issue of National Railways of Zimbabwe recapitalisation has been o...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1324 | by Staff reporter
Minister orders restructuring exercise at NRZ
HEADS are set to roll at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) after Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister, Joel Biggie Matiza, directed the parastatal's board to restructure management...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Minister JB Matiza on the spot over US$400m deal
A consortium that won a US$400 million tender to turn around perennially loss-making National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has threatened to sue the company after Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza o...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
NRZ: Mnangagwa's govt in catch-22 situation
GOVERNMENT has instructed the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board to fire the parastatal's management for poor performance and gross mismanagement of the parastatals' affairs, Southern Eye on Su...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Pensioners send SOS to Govt
THE National Railways Pensioners Association has appealed to the Government to extend the US$30 allowances to retired workers that were not in civil service, saying pensioners were struggling to make ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 delays Zimbabwe wagons delivery from Russia'
TRANSPORT minister Joel Biggie Matiza has claimed that the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) was supposed to take delivery of 100 wagons from Russia in January, but the consignment has been delayed ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
NRZ to reintroduce passenger train
GOVERNMENT has said the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train is coming back soon to relieve commuters who have been facing transport challenges since the lockdown came into effect in Ma...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
Stampede as office burns at NRZ 24-storey building
A WOMAN was yesterday rushed to hospital after inhaling smoke while scores were evacuated from the 24-storey National Railways of Zimbabwe's Parkade Centre in Bulawayo's city centre following a fire i...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:56hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses US$100m worth property to vandalism
Vandalism and theft of public infrastructure has resulted in government departments and municipalities losing property and equipment worth more tha n US$100 million every year.The vandalism af...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:37hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Every Zimbabwean should be an economic driver
EDITOR,After the devastating effects of Covid-19 it is time for all people especially the youth to take a leading role as economic drivers.Zimbabwe is not in this economic turmoil beca...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 19:19hrs | 912 | by JKM
RMS workers complain over wages backlog
SOME workers at Road Motor Services (RMS) a subsidiary of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) have cried foul that they have not been paid their salaries since March this year when the lockdown was im...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:22hrs | 1183 | by Stephen Jakes
Why NRZ electric trains disappeared
WHEN the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) launched the electric train more than two decades ago, the long dreary journey between Harare and Dabuka, south of Gweru, became an enjoyable one.A...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:32hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Goods train fatally crushes Gweru teen
A GWERU teenager was crushed to death by a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) goods train on Saturday while playing along the railway line with earphones plugged on.NRZ spokesperson Nyasha Ma...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Remittances offer families a lifeline
REMITTANCES from relatives abroad are proving to be a lifeline for local families as they are bringing food to the table in many homes during the lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19. Fro...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:15hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Tsvangirai's prophetic song on Corona
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) president, Morgan Tsvangirai's prophetic song on Corona.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1IISnrZblY...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 17:37hrs | 4176 | by Staff reporter
NRZ takes measures to curb spread of Covid-19
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) freight operations and health services have been declared essential services during the 21-day national lockdown period to slow down the spread of Covid-19. ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:32hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Rautenbach's monopoly bleeds Zimbabwe
THE newly enacted bio-fuels policy of Zimbabwe exposes how local tycoon Billy Rautenbach's monopoly in ethanol production has crippled the country financially despite the availability of cheaper ethan...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:06hrs | 2611 | by Staff reporter
Titanic clash looms over US$400m NRZ tender
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board has finally formally notified Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) of its decision to re-tender the US$400 million deal to recapitalise the mo...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:05hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Man breaks into car, steals over US$2000
A MAN from Nketa in Bulawayo allegedly broke into a parked vehicle and stole a satchel containing R20 000, US$2 300 and $3 000 local currency....Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1944 | by Stephen Jakes
Dou in trouble for stealing NRZ signal cables
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) worker has appeared in court charged with vandalism of the parastatal's signal copper cables.Steyn ...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 07:19hrs | 751 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa blocks Mbeki mediation
SADC leaders have been left frustrated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration following his decision to block former South African president Thabo Mbeki (pictured) from mediating in the prop...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:43hrs | 3377 | by Staff reporter
Dual Monetary Economy: Organized Chaos
Despite the visible momentum towards full re-dollarization and apparent depreciation of the Zimbabwean Dollar, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) declared that de-dollarization is well on course. The ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 11:11hrs | 2747 | by Victor Bhoroma
Indonesian investor keen on Chiyangwa's Zeco
BULAWAYO-based engineering firm, Zeco Engineering, is in talks with an Indonesian investor, Inka Limited, over a strategic deal that will see the country's sole rail wagons manufacturer resuming produ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:52hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC hits back at Mnangagwa's remarks
MDC party deputy minister for Local Government, Clifford Hlatshwayo on Monday hit back at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's remarks that all Zimbabwe's governance issues and projects should be guided by ...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 07:53hrs | 4150 | by Staff reporter
US$11bn rail project for Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique
UNITED States-based Railnet International plans to invest an estimated US$11 billion in a modern railway line and high-speed trains linking Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. According to Reuter...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:20hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Lions kill railway line tracker
A 43-YEAR-OLD railway line tracker at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) was killed by a lion in Dete, authorities have confirmed. Matabeleland North police spokesperson Chief Inspector S...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:28hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pair excel as NRZ train drivers
Weighing a massive 65 000 kilogrammes, measuring three metres in width and a length of about three light vehicles, the DE10 diesel-powered locomotive is a beast of steel.Its doors, opening at ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe importing more grain to avert hunger
Government is importing grain to ensure everyone has enough food until the next harvest following two years of drought as a result of climate change. This was said by President Mnangagwa while...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA cadre gets farm relief
A ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) ex-combatant recently got relief from the Lands and Agriculture ministry which debunked claims by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) that land it lea...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:09hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
NRZ investor takes money to SA
IN the wake of the termination of the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal, the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) and related companies are shifting ...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 05:37hrs | 1652 | by Staff reporter
Ziscosteel CEO retires
ZISCOSTEEL chief executive officer, Mr Alois Gowo, has retired from the now defunct parastatal after serving the company for 35 years. Zisco acting board chair, Dr Gift Mugano, confirmed...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:34hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
100 wagons boost for NRZ from Russia
The resuscitation of the National Railways of Zimbabwe received a major boost yesterday after Government guaranteed the payment of the initial US$1,5 million required to facilitate the delivery of 100...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 05:28hrs | 2186 | by Staff reporter
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