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Bio-fuel projects remain redundant
The long fuel queues being experienced across the country coupled with shortages of critical energy needs like electricity indicate mammoth challenges facing Zimbabwe, despite the abundance of alterna...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves into bulk fuel imports
The intermittent fuel supply bottlenecks occasionally witnessed in some parts of the country have jolted Government into considering venturing into bulk fuel importation to ensure steady availability ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes new appointments
Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Clemence Masango as the new Registrar General, replacing Mr Tobaiwa Mudede who was retired on Wednesday. The President also made four new senior appointment...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tobaiwa Mudede booted out
LONG-SERVING Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede (74) has finally been retired while Information secretary George Charamba was elevated to the unfamiliar position of Deputy Chief Secretary Presidential C...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa retires Mudede in major shake-up
ONE of the country's longest-serving bureaucrats, Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede, was retired yesterday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa also got rid of several permanent secretaries and directors in...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints ONLY 1 permanent secretary from Matebelenand
President Mnangagwa yesterday appointed new permanent secretaries for ministries, reassigned some and retired others as his Government takes the Second Republic into motion. Long time Information, Pub...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
$6m ethanol project takes shape
The National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) is targeting to complete the construction of two ethanol storage tanks with capacity of 6 million litres at its Mabvuku Depot in Harare by en...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zesa's $20 million transformers burden
NATIONAL power utility, ZESA Holdings, requires a staggering $20 million to replace over 4 000 transformers that were either vandalised or stolen across the country. Government says thieves ar...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:23hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet okays Zesa re-bundling
Cabinet has approved the re-bundling of Zesa Holdings as part of measures to arrest the high cost of running the business, and potentially result in the power tariff coming down or remaining at the cu...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Terminate Chivayo tender'
THE Zimbabwe Power Company must immediately terminate it's contract with Intratrek as one of its directors, Mr Wicknell Chivayo, has a criminal record and does not qualify to be a managing director of...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials accused of taking bribes
PARLIAMENT's Mines and Energy Committee has accused Energy ministry officials of contributing to the country's fuel shortages by taking bribes from Billy Rautenbach's Green Fuel and allowing him to ma...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans told to brace for fuel price hikes
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John Mangudya has warned that foreign currency shortages coupled with the country's shrinking export bill and galloping fuel prices on the global market will continu...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
RGM to be removed from Zimbabwe Airways
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo yesterday said the political plates affixed to the planes - Mugabe (RGM), President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ED) and former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko (PM) were just t...Published: 11 May 2018 at 08:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo defends Mugabe's son-in-law
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo yesterday insisted former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore had no shareholding in Zimbabwe Airways which he said was wholly government-owned.Gu...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New geyser law on the cards
Government will in the next few weeks gazette solar water heating (SWH) geyser regulations, a senior government has revealed. The gazetting of regulations will mark the beginning of ambitious ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army's diamond mining activities under spotlight
Defence secretary Martin Rushwaya is today expected to appear in Parliament for grilling over the army's mining activities in the Chiadzwa diamond fields.Rushwaya was initially scheduled to ap...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell's woes mount
ENERGY minister Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday told Parliament that more heads were set to roll at Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) over the $7 million Gwanda solar project which was awarded to businessman Wi...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 05:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaves for Angola
The President, Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare for Luanda, Angola on an official visit.He is being accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Retired Lieutenant...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Power Station refurbishment contract under review
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is reviewing a draft contract received from India Export and Import Bank for the $87 million Bulawayo Thermal Power Station repowering project.Government secur...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
$300 million for small power stations in ZImbabwe
GOVERNMENT is intensifying efforts to boost electricity generation, with over US$151 million worth of new small hydropower projects lined up while US$154 million has been secured for the repowering of...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 11:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo power station misses upgrade deadline
THE $87 million Bulawayo Thermal Power Station rehabilitation project has missed the first quarter 2017 commencement deadline.The Government secured $87 million lines of credit from India last...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kariba Dam water levels still critical'
KARIBA Dam water levels remain critically low as its catchment area did not receive significant inflows this year, keeping power supplies from Zimbabwe's main electricity source in a precarious st...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 18:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam wall a ticking time bomb
KARIBA Dam has become a ticking time bomb that could cost lives and plunge the southern African region into darkness should the authorities fail to rehabilitate the dam wall of one of the largest ...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
IMF warns Zimbabwe government
IMF has warned President Robert Mugabe's government against interfering with Treasury operations. IMF local representative Christian Beddies yesterday said that government was not giving F...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages imminent - Government
A crippling fuel crisis is looming as oil companies are struggling to access money at banks.Secretary for Energy and Power Development Partson Mbiriri confirmed the development."What h...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
ZETD installs over 550K pre-paid meters in Harare's residential areas since 2012
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) commenced the pre-paid meter project in 2012 and has installed about 563 000 pre-paid meters in residential and commercial buildi...Published: 29 May 2016 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZPC's corrupt tenders not reversible, says Mbiriri
GOVERNMENT is proceeding with tenders for Zimbabwe Power Company's power projects, as awarded by Statement Procurement Board to avoid delays in resolving the national power crisis and the legal conseq...Published: 13 May 2016 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZESA seeks cost reflective power tariff
POWER utility Zesa Holdings needs a cost reflective power tariff to sustain imports and the prevailing consistent supply of electricity, secretary for Energy and Power Development Partson Mbiriri has ...Published: 10 May 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Business Reporter
Govt to roll out pilot solar geyser project
GOVERNMENT will next month embark on a pilot solar geyser project as the nation phases out electric ones.Addressing delegates at a national water heating stakeholders consultative workshop in ...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Eskom confirms sale of electricity to Zimbabwe
Eskom has confirmed the sale of electricity to Zimbabwe but denied that the power supply agreement with its Zimbabwean counterpart the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is secret, ...Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe importing 300 MW from Eskom
Zimbabwe is getting 300 megawatts daily from South African power company Eskom, in a development that has resulted in improved electricity availability in parts of the country in recent weeks....Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Felex Share
Zimbabwe to import electricity
ZIMBABWE will soon import electricity from Sadc countries as Government steps up efforts to address power shortages affecting consumers following the sharp drop in water levels at the country's main h...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 07:43hrs | | by Debra Matabvu
Will Chinese investments in Zimbabwe's renewable energy help to mitigate climate change?
Mountains surrounding the eastern border city of Mutare in Zimbabwe are now standing forlornly naked having been stripped bare of all trees in the past decade.The lush vegetation once associat...Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 18:03hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani
It is 'not acceptable' that 80% of Zim have no electricity says Minister - Yeah right!
"A recent survey by the University of Zimbabwe, shows that of the 13,1 million in Zimbabwe, about eight million or 60 percent have no access to electricity," Energy and power development minister...Published: 30 Sep 2015 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Cabinet minister 'faces dismissal'
According to sources, Samuel Udenge's political enemies within Zanu-PF were using the current power shortages being experienced in the country to call for his ouster. The State media has a...Published: 29 Sep 2015 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government bans use of electric geysers
Government will soon ban use of electric geysers as it battles to reduce electricity consumption following crippling power outages that have hit the country.The programme will be rolled out ne...Published: 25 Sep 2015 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe fuel price to go down by 6 cents per litre
Motorists will save at least 6 cents per litre of petrol following the increase in the mandatory ethanol blending ratio from 10 to 15 percent. It is projected that these savings will not be di...Published: 12 Jul 2015 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba dam rehabilitation expected to start in September
The rehabilitation of Kariba Dam wall is expected to resume by September this year, according to Zambia's minister of Energy and Water Development Christopher Yaluma.HE said the Chal...Published: 22 Mar 2015 at 12:22hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Goche testifies in fraud case
Former Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Nicholas Goche, authorised Air Zimbabwe Holdings (Pvt) Ltd to pay insurance money directly to an international insurer after the airline'...Published: 12 Feb 2015 at 05:23hrs | 2 | by Tendai Rupapa
9 ministers, their deputies, perm secs and directors face the boot
At least nine more Government ministers, their deputies, permanent secretaries and ministry directors face the boot as part of a realignment process aimed at ridding the public service of rogue charac...Published: 14 Dec 2014 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will provide 7 000MW into the region
Zimbabwe will provide 7 000 megawatts into the region by 2022 if electricity generation projects the country has embarked on are completed. Energy and Power Development permanent secretary...Published: 12 Dec 2014 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam wall rehab to cost $294,2 million
The Kariba Dam wall will undergo a $294,2 million rehabilitation programme of the six spill gates and remodelling of the plunge pool beginning next year, a senior government official has said. ...Published: 17 Nov 2014 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique snubs Zimbabwe
MOZAMBIQUE has snubbed Zimbabwe's proposal to construct a second petroleum pipeline, a government official has revealed, saying the move has undermined plans to augment the existing pipeline which no...Published: 25 Sep 2014 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Load shedding Zesa exporting electricity
ZIMBABWE is exporting electricity generated during off-peak periods, particularly after 9pm to neighbouring countries at a time when it ironically imports power to offset deficit during the day....Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
Kariba dam maintenance could cost US$220 million
The maintenance work at Kariba Dam is expected to commence by the end of this year at an estimated cost of US$220 million.Plans for the rehabilitation of the dam were revealed during the tour ...Published: 05 May 2014 at 17:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe government turns to renewable energy
ENERGY players are expected to complete a study on renewable energy tariffs by year end as government shifts its focus on alternative power sources to plug the country's energy deficit.Addre...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZESA starts writing off debts
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has started implementing the debt relief of $160 to all domestic consumers.The adjusted consumer bill will start refl...Published: 25 Sep 2013 at 13:22hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Mugabe appoints Permanent Secretaries
President Robert Mugabe has appointed Permanent Secretaries to serve in various ministries following the re-organisation and re-configuration of government ministries and the appointment of cabinet m...Published: 24 Sep 2013 at 02:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zesa prepaid-meter installation project on course
Zesa Holdings has so far installed over 293 000 prepaid meters in both domestic and commercial premises countrywide, a top company official has said. In an interview with Star FM on Tuesday, Z...Published: 19 Sep 2013 at 02:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zesa debt balloons
A few months after Zesa Holdings cleared a massive $100 million debt owed to Mozambique's Hydro Cahora Bassa, investigations this week shows that the debt is on the rise again. Zesa offices B...Published: 23 Aug 2013 at 04:46hrs | | by Business reporter
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