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Zimbabwe govt resumes construction of presidential villas at Mt Hampden
The Zimbabwean government has resumed construction of the 50 villas initially planned for completion ahead of the 44th Sadc Heads of State and Government Summit in August this year. The villas are now...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:53hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe consortium seeks US$3 billion for power transmission project
The Intensive Energy User Group (IEUG), a local power consortium, is calling for over US$3 billion in investment over the next five years to enhance transmission infrastructure and address power imbal...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:58hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council stops Egodini Terminus construction
The Bulawayo City Council has taken decisive action to address the growing lawlessness caused by kombi operators and vendors, temporarily halting the construction of Phases 1B and 2 at the Egodini Ter...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:46hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo commissions 141 housing stands in Luveve North
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC), in collaboration with private land developer Natwecraft Investments (Pvt) Limited, has successfully commissioned 141 high-density housing stands in Luveve North suburb...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:58hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Zim twins off to Italy for World Twins Congress
In a groundbreaking moment for Zimbabwe's twin community, the Twins Association of Zimbabwe (TAZI), delegation has left the country to attend a two-day prestigious World Twins Congress in Italy....Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 11:11hrs | 3086 | by Staff Reporter
Khama Billiat shines
Yadah 1-0 HerentalsKhama Billiat once again proved his class with a stunning performance capped by a brilliant goal as Yadah triumphed over Herentals in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clash ...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:46hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Billiat returns
Khama Billiat has been drafted into the Warriors squad for the 2025 Afcon Qualifiers.Billiat announced on Wednesday that he has ended his international retirement and is now available for the ...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 13:19hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Zesco warns of potential Kariba Power Station shutdown
ZESCO has warned of a critical power supply shortage as water levels approach the minimum operating threshold, with the Kariba North Bank Power Station at risk of shutdown by 14 September 2024. The co...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:51hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Local Bank proposes US$35bn loan to Zimbabwe Government
Time Bank of Zimbabwe has proposed a US$35 billion syndicated loan to the government to address compensation obligations for various groups, including previous farm owners and foreign lenders, as part...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 12:42hrs | 3109 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland's new city takes shape
The Government of Zimbabwe has commenced servicing land in Mt Hampden, where the new commercial and administrative capital will be established. This follows the recent repossession of 47 farms coverin...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:18hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Air ambulances training starts
The Russian HeliDrive Air ambulances medical services team has arrived in Zimbabwe to establish an efficient air ambulance service under a public-private partnership. This initiative aims to reduce fa...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:33hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge's mega power station takes shape
A Chinese company, Prestige Massive (Pvt) Limited, is progressing with its 1,200 MW coal-fired power and chrome smelting plant in Beitbridge, which is expected to significantly impact the border town'...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 07:55hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's plane targeted with lasers
A multi-agency investigation is underway after pilots flying President Emmerson Mnangagwa were allegedly targeted with ground lasers on approach to the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, Zim...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 09:21hrs | 3214 | by Staff reporter
National Sports not ready for 2025 Afcon qualifiers
The National Sports Stadium may not be ready for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches, as renovations are expected to be completed by December, Parliament has heard. Sports and Rec...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 18:21hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans enjoy border digitisation gains
The digitization of the Beitbridge port of entry through the Zimbabwe Electronic Single Window (ZESW) platform is significantly improving trade facilitation and clearance efficiency. Introduced in 202...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani dam put on hold, Ziminya dam enters the fray
The construction of Ziminya Dam in Nkayi District, set to become Matabeleland North's second-largest water body after Lake Gwayi-Shangani, is making significant progress. The excavation work f...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:54hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Dinson Colliery expansion to boost production, exports
Hwange-based Dinson Colliery has launched Phase Four of its operations, featuring 85 coke oven batteries, to enhance infrastructure, boost production, and expand exports. Currently, the company operat...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 08:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
18 000 to get title deeds in Epworth
The Presidential title deeds programme has intensified, with 18,000 title deeds issued in Epworth this month. The programme, launched by President Mnangagwa, aims to secure property rights for homeown...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 08:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
18 000 to get title deeds in Epworth
The Presidential title deeds programme has intensified, with 18,000 title deeds issued in Epworth this month. The programme, launched by President Mnangagwa, aims to secure property rights for homeown...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to digitalise magistrates courts
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) marked its 14th anniversary by launching a campaign to digitalize all magistrates courts nationwide. This initiative aims to improve access to judicial in...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Charting the optimal path for Zimbabwe's development REITs
This discourse delves into three principal governance models: the trustee-fund manager model, the board of directors approach, and the trustee-advisory board model.In the intricate landscape o...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Bekithemba Mpofu
Investor pours US$44m into steel plant
Local investor BER–Pig Iron and Steel Company (BPISC) has committed US$43.8 million to establish an iron ore processing plant in Redcliff, Midlands province. This initiative will be operated under a...Published: 20 May 2024 at 07:48hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Airports Company of Zimbabwe gets equipment from Belarus
The Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) has received a donation of facilitation equipment from Bison Agro Machinery, a Belarusian company, highlighting the strengthening relations between Zimbabwe and ...Published: 20 May 2024 at 07:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kamativi lithium processing plant almost complete
KAMATIVI Mining Company (KMC) plans to finish construction on its lithium processing plant in June this year as it seeks to increase production capacity to about 2,3 million tonnes of ore annually, an...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's disgruntled cops stage uniform protests
JUNIOR police details are showing up at this year's independence celebrations inspection parades wearing clothes that do not match in a planned protests to express their disgruntlement against the esc...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:59hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Africa beef up border teams
ZIMBABWE and South African border authorities have beefed up their teams in preparation for increased human and vehicular traffic during the Easter holidays.South Africa has deployed 400 addit...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
47 farms earmarked for new city
FORTY-SEVEN farms in Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central provinces have been earmarked for the development of the new capital city in Mt Hampden, where work on core infrastructure, which includes...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:24hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kuvimba hits jackpot with Sandawana lithium find
THE Sandawana Mines, which is controlled by Kuvimba Mining House, is sitting on an estimated 100 million tonnes of lithium resource, making it one of the biggest lithium assets in the world.Li...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:24hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt opposed to the demolition of people's homes
Government is opposed to the demolition of people's homes and will continue regularising informal settlements, with over 1,5 million homeowners set to receive title deeds under the Kwangu/Ngakwami Pre...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
44 vehicles impounded in crackdown on errant kombis
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) in conjunction with police yesterday launched a blitz against pirate taxis and errant kombis defying a directive to move to the newly upgraded Egodini bus terminus and othe...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets 2 000 tractors from Belarus
ZIMBABWE has received at least 2 000 high-tech tractors, 80 combine harvesters and other agricultural equipment from Belarus over the past three years to modernise the sector and boost productivity....Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
8-year wait over as Egodini finally reopens
EGODINI Bus Terminus will tomorrow reopen ending an eight-year closure for its rehabilitation after the South Africa-based contractor, Terracotta Trading Private Limited, completed the first phase of ...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Egodini to be opened during the second week of February
THE first phase of the long-awaited Egodini mall project is ready for re-opening with at least 400 informal traders set to be allocated vending stalls, Bulawayo mayor David Coltart has said.Co...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives 1 million cholera vaccines, none for Matebeleland
ZIMBABWE will this week take delivery of a consignment of close to one million cholera vaccines ahead of the commencement of a vaccination campaign targeted at other regions except Matebeleland which ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
New boarding school for Tsholotsho
TSHOLOTSHO district in Matebeleland North is set to have a third boarding school following the setting up of Royal Avenues High School in Simanje Village, Ward 15 under Chief Gampu area.The pr...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:40hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Ulunyoka, the spell that binds love and punishes betrayal
IN the shadowed corners of tradition lies the practice of ulunyoka - a spellbinding ritual that binds a spouse to fidelity with consequences dire enough to stir the soul. This ancient art of "centrall...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:43hrs | 25 | by Leonard Ncube
Anticipatory Action in the Wake of El Nino in Zimbabwe
The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a growing threat driven by climate variability (sequential changes between ElNino and La Nina phases).Citizens in Action Southern Africa noted in its...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 22:53hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
Invictus Ernergy injects US$10,2 in Zimbabwe operations
BARELY two weeks after announcing further gas discovery at its Mukuyu-2 exploration well in Mbire District, Mashonaland Central province, Invictus Energy has raised a further US$10,2 million through p...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 07:00hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to install 100MW solar plant in Lake Kariba
THE Government will next year float solar panels in Lake Kariba to produce an initial 100 megawatts (MW) to boost the Kariba South Hydropower Station's electricity generation and promote green energy....Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
BCC raises red flag over Egodini vending stalls fraudsters
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has raised a red flag over fraudsters who are reportedly swindling vendors purporting to be responsible for the allocation of vending bays at Egodini Mall ahead of its reop...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Contractor re-designs Egodini Mall vending bays
TERRACOTTA Private Limited, a South African company, which won the US$60 million tender to rebuild Bulawayo's Basch Street Bus Terminus has since engaged another company from the neighbouring country ...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:14hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's billion-dollar petroleum pipeline project on course
PROCUREMENT of equipment that will be used in the construction of Zimbabwe's second petroleum pipeline project valued at over US$1 billion is on course, the deal maker of the lucrative project told th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 11:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
US$11m LP gas depot complete
GAS supplies are now more assured with the operationalisation of the first phase of the US$11 million liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage and handling facility with a holding capacity of 650 tonnes ...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Government processes Old Gwanda Road construction papers in record time
THE Government has been commended for processing the Old Gwanda Road construction project papers in record time with the investor optimistic of receiving the green light to commence work before year-e...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC launches nationwide prepaid meter upgrade
ZIMBABWE Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has embarked on a nationwide project to upgrade prepaid meters.The meter upgrade is set to commence on 15 November.In...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's iron and steel sector to create 40 000 jobs
The Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) steelworks, valued at US$1.5 billion, situated near Mvuma in the Midlands province, is set to create nearly 40,000 new jobs, both directly and in downstream i...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
51% of Bulawayo City Council vehicle fleet grounded
AT least 51 percent of Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) 336 vehicles have outlived their lifespan, a development that is affecting service delivery.This is contained in the latest council report ...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 20:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
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