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City of Victoria Falls courts Geo Pomona

THE Wetland City of Victoria Falls is in talks with Geo Pomona Waste Management Company to develop a modern waste management system, as the city grapples with mounting sanitation and environmental challenges.Known as Zimbabwe's prime touri…

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 13:20hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter

Harare council not paying Geo Pomona, says Mafume

Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has revealed that the City of Harare is not paying Geo Pomona Waste Management, despite the company controversially assuming responsibility for the municipality's refuse collection.Geo Pomona Waste Management took…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:10hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter

Geo Pomona model to be forced on Bulawayo

The Government has announced that Bulawayo is set to become the next city to implement the Geo Pomona Waste Management model, as part of a nationwide strategy to modernise waste management and bolster urban service delivery across all 92 l…

Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:09hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa defends Geo Pomona Waste deal

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has defended the controversial takeover of Harare's waste management by Geo Pomona Waste Management, claiming the arrangement will significantly improve a sector long neglected by the City Council.Mnangagwa mad…

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 09:40hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter

Harare ratepayers face US$3 million monthly bill in secretive deal

Harare's ratepayers are set to pay nearly US$3 million every month for refuse collection and street cleaning under a murky new contract involving the government, the City of Harare (CoH), and Geo Pomona Waste Management. The secretive trip…

Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:20hrs | 3130 | by Staff reporter

Govt hands controversial US$9m waste collection deal to Geo Pomona

The Zimbabwean government has awarded Geo Pomona Waste Management a contract to manage refuse collection in Harare, a deal that has raised eyebrows due to its hefty price tag and the financial strain it places on the already debt-ridden Ha…

Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:18hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe pays Pomona â€˜investor' - even after US$320m contract cancelled

The government is paying millions of dollars to a company corruptly awarded a â‚¬304 million (about US$320 million) contract to turn Harare's waste into energy â€“ even after the local authority cancelled the contract, it emerged on Monday…

Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mining surpasses US$5 billion

Zimbabwe's mining sector is registering unprecedented growth, for the first time in history, with earnings jumping to US$5,2 billion in 2021 from about US$2,9 billion in 2017, as positive gains continue to be realised from the Government's…

Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt in Pomona deal climbdown

GOVERNMENT was yesterday forced to make a U-turn on the Pomona waste management deal after the Harare City Council dug in and refused to pay for dumping waste at Pomona, now managed by the Netherlands-based Geogenix BV.Local Government min…

Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's CCC in Pomona deal climbdown?

THE opposition CCC-led Harare City Council yesterday made a volte-face on the â‚¬304 million Pomona Waste to Energy deal after weeks of politicking trying to reverse an agreement they had earlier sanctioned with the Netherlands-based firm,…

Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa ally serves Harare council with a default notice on $750,000 fee

HARARE city council has been served with a default notice after failing to pay some US$780,890 to Netherlands-registered company Geogenix BV in the controversial Pomona waste-to-energy deal.Under the widely condemned US$344 million which w…

Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

CCC councillors in bribe storm over Pomona

A group of CCC councillors is allegedly set to pocket US$12 000 in fees from Harare City Council for "investigating" the Pomona waste management deal, now a done deal with Government backing.The committee chairperson, Councillor Ian Makone…

Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa-linked firm bags US$780,000 from Pomona dumpsite bill?

THE ministry of local government has written to the Harare city council ordering the local authority to pay up the ballooning Pomona dumpsite bill, which is now close to a million United States dollarsGovernment reportedly forced the costl…

Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Biti, CCC legislators grill Minister over Pomona rot

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators grilled Zanu-PF cabinet Minister Amon Murwira in Parliament Wednesday over government interference in the running of local authorities, citing Harare's controversial Pomona dumpsite deal.Murw…

Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Pomona waste management project irreversible' July Moyo declares

The Pomona waste management project is irreversible and is set to create hundreds of jobs, generate power and assist in the refuse management of the capital, a cabinet minister has said.In a statement released yesterday, the Minister of Lo…

Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 10:15hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Zimbabwe ready for monkeypox

GOVERNMENT says it is prepared to deal with monkeypox in the event that the virus, which has already affected 20 countries, is detected in Zimbabwe.The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes monkeypox as a virus transmitted to humans fr…

Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Harare will not pay even a cent on Pomona deal, Mafume vows

HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume (pictured) says the city council will not pay a cent to Geogenix BV, a company fronted in Zimbabwe by businessman Delish Nguwaya, describing the agreement signed by the local authority as the "mother of all corrup…

Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:26hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Pomona model to be replicated in other cities

THE Pomona dumpsite waste to energy plant model in Harare should be replicated in other cities as it will bring a lot of value to Zimbabwe especially in terms of good health as cities will be cleaner while more power will be added to the n…

Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Pomona deal exposes MDC councillors

THE names of the Harare City councillors involved in the controversial Pomona waste management deal which will see residents forking out US$22 000 per day have been revealed.The controversial deal between Netherlands-based Geogenix BV and …

Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

Woman brings lover home soon after hubby's burial

"HONOUR your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you".This Biblical advice seems to have no meaning for a 43-year-old man from Bulawayo, who is in the habit of harassing his mother as p…

Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

July Moyo defends Pomona deal

LOCAL government minister July Moyo and Geogenix BV frontman Delish Nguwaya have defended the controversial Pomona dumpsite deal, which they admit did not follow tender procedures.The Harare City Council deal with Netherlands-based Geogeni…

Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Pomona dumpsite burns horror

MANY Zimbabweans have watched in horror pictures of Chinese cities covered in smog with people walking around wearing face masks to counter the effects of the dirty air.For a number of Harare residents, this came close to home last Sunday …

Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

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