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US$950,000 Lupane bridge cost sparks outrage
The recent commissioning of the US$950,000 Somgolo Bridge in Lupane has sparked significant outrage, with various stakeholders expressing concerns over the exorbitant cost and calling for a probe into...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:06hrs | 1430 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sunk US$10m into chaotic Independence day fete
The Zimbabwean government could have sunk up to US$10 million into the Independence Day celebrations held on Friday, which were marred by a series of embarrassing infrastructure failures and poor work...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 09:08hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
City of Harare blames poor road work on private contractor
The City of Harare has officially acknowledged its responsibility for the poor condition of a stretch of Harare Drive, confirming that it was the local authority's project and not that of the Ministry...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 16:23hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Funding constraints delay Harare-Chirundu highway rehabilitation
The much-needed rehabilitation of the Harare-Chirundu Highway has been delayed due to funding challenges, Transport Minister Felix Mhona has revealed. Addressing legislators in Parliament, Mhona assur...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 11:06hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Substandard solar installations fuel infernos
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has identified substandard solar panel products and improper installations as the leading causes of fatal electrical accidents in the country, which hav...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:57hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Poor workmanship in government contracts is due to corruption
Zimbabwe's Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Tapiwa Mhona, whilst answering questions in Parliament recently, expressed concern over shoddy work by those contracted to construct...Published: 17 May 2024 at 13:49hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Potholes develop at Egodini terminus
THE recently-opened and hyped Egodini terminus' tarmac has seen potholes emerging, exposing poor workmanship by the contractor. Residents have since raised alarm on the deteriorating infr...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zinara makes fresh appeal for bank loans
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has requested Treasury's authorisation to borrow an undisclosed amount to fund the facelift of highways, businessdigest can report.Officials...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zinara blasts contractors over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) has warned private companies contracted by government to rehabilitate national roads against shoddy work after some of the rehabilitated roads developed p...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara to disburse $98bn to councils
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is targeting to disburse $98 billion to local authorities across the country this year. Last year, Zinara disbursed $30, 6 billion to...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinara blasts councils over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has condemned local authorities over poor quality workmanship on some road rehabilitation projects across the country, and red-flagged overcommitting...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt turns to banks to fund roads rehabilitation
ZIMBABWE'S roads administrator said this week it had kicked off processes to draft in banks to bolster its capacity to fund rehabilitation of the country's crumbling road network.In an intervi...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 11:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rains expose Bulawayo council's shoddy job
SEVERAL roads in Bulawayo are riddled with potholes making them a death trap following the onset of the rainy season, a development that has exposed the city council for doing a shoddy job in terms of...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:52hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets paltry US$14m out of required US$700m for roads rehabilitation
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has received US$14,1million aimed at rehabilitating 38km of the road network in the city, but needs over US$700million for an overhaul of the entire system.Roads in...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Justice Wadyajena: A liability to the vision of the new dispensation
President' Emmerson Mnangagwa and the new dispensation are working tirelessly to build Zimbabwe brick by brick. It is surprising that Midlands politician who claims to be very close to President E...Published: 26 May 2022 at 11:29hrs | 23 | by Lameck Rangwani
Harare regrets the hasty removal of the shield signage at Joshua Nkomo airport
GOVERNMENT will prioritise stakeholder engagement in designing permanent signage for the country's airports as it embarks on the exercise to meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) stand...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo accused of abusing devolution funds
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Manicaland chairperson, Proper Mutseyami has accused local government minister July Moyo of abusing devolution funds.Mutseyami said Moyo was deliberately de...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Residents raise alarm over pole in road
BEITBRIDGE town residents have raised alarm following the construction of a road on an electricity line where one pole has been left in the middle of the road.In separate interviews, the resid...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mthulisi Ncube grilled over substandard road works
FINANCE minister Mthulisi Ncube was on Wednesday grilled in Parliament for awarding tenders to substandard road contractors.Motorists have complained about the poor workmanship in the ongoing ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
Government cancels Zanu-PF MP Wadyajena's road construction tender
FLAMBOYANT Zanu-PF legislator and businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena's construction company, Mayor Contracting, has had its contract for the rehabilitation of roads in Mashonaland West province termi...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Major strides in road rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of roads under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) is set to gain momentum as an additional $6 billion from last year, which will add to this year's budget, will be re...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
$1,5bn released for roads rehab
Treasury has released $1,5 billion from this year's National Budget for roads rehabilitation, as the Second Republic continues to ensure roads are trafficable after damages caused by heavy rains that ...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Floods wreak havoc as downpours persist
The persistent rains falling countrywide have seen the usual seasonal flooding in some areas and blocked drains in urban areas.The rainy season started late, but since New Year rain has been f...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns road contractors against shoddy jobs
TRANSPORT minister, Felix Mhona has warned contractors who are rehabilitating roads across the country against poor workmanship, saying those who compromise quality will be compelled to redo the work....Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC expresses concern over road rehab
BULAWAYO City Council has expressed dismay over its exclusion by central government in on-going road rehabilitation works and fears poor workmanship because of lack of supervision by city engineers....Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Khupe laments accidents that continue to claim lives on national roads
MDC-T deputy President and legislator Thokozani Khupe has lamented over the continued road carnage along the national roads."Minister (Felix) Mhona (Transport) is one of the Ministers who norm...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Damaged urban roads need urgent attention
Importance of roads Recently I read an article by my former employer, the World Bank. The article explains that roads are the arteries through which the economy pulses. By linking producer...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Newly-commissioned roads in sorry state
Council's two newly-resurfaced roads that were commissioned in May 2019 are now in a sorry state with knee-deep potholes that have made the roads impassable and hazardous to motorists.The road...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Highway commissioned by Mnangagwa in 2020 collapses, 1 killed
One person died on the spot when the Skyline - Chimanimani highway gave into shaking caused by incessant rains just as a vehicle was passing.The road collapse happened just after Charter Bridg...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Sofa Hospital Bulawayo - Customer complaint
I bought a set of Sofas about 3 months ago from one of their shops in town.We hardly use the sofas at home as we still use an old set. However about 5 days ago we then noticed on coming back f...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 98 | by Disgruntled customer
Chamisa blames Mnangagwa over cyclone deaths
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa believes that government could have prevented the loss of lives in Manicaland and Masvingo if it had evacuated people well before these areas were hit by Tropical Cycl...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa opens up on his visit to Manicaland
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has saluted Zimbabweans for the unity and sacrifice they exhibited in reacting to Cyclone Idai that left a trail of destruction in Manicaland Province.Chamisa was spe...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 19:50hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rescue mission reaches parts of cyclone-ravaged Chimanimani
THE Cyclone Idai rescue mission has finally reached some parts of Chimanimani where some of the marooned people were rescued, while 1 000 refugees from Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge South were ev...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinara rules out tollgate fees hike
THE Zimbabwe National Road Adminstration (Zinara) says it will not increase road user fees despite resurgent inflationary pressures.Responding to questions from Matabeleland North road authori...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister blasts poor workmanship on roads
GOVERNMENT will not tolerate poor workmanship on road projects and going forward strict adherence to maintenance of quality standards on infrastructural development will be done to save the country mi...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Let's make the smart phone disposable
Smartphones continue to be targeted by robbers, pickpockets and thieves. Many people have been victims of robberies where smartphones are the prized target. The advent of mobile money transfer...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 17:00hrs | 3 | by Tondo Murisa
Unlocking African markets for South African stakeholders
JOHANNESBURG - Despite Africa's market and political challenges, local property developers, contractors and investors are still delivering projects successfully throughout the continent.How So...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 17:19hrs | 1 | by APO
Contractor paid $31 630 for rehabilitation of Chiredzi roads
THE MINISTER of Transport and Infrastructural Development Jorum Gumbo has told parliament that a contractor has been paid $31 630 for the rehabilitation of Chiredzi roads.He said Chiredz...Published: 21 May 2017 at 08:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Workmen on roads should be blamed for the poor roads- MP
A legislator Joel Gabbuza has said the workmen hired to do the road surfacing and bridges."The issue that I would want to draw the attention of the Executive is the issue of checking on our br...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 06:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bosso takes on FC Platinum
THE rescheduled ZNA Commander's Charity Shield semi-final tie between Highlanders and FC Platinum will now be played at Luveve Stadium on Sunday due to the poor drainage system at the initial venu...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to launch Masvingo road dualisation project
President Mugabe is expected to officially launch the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare and Harare-Chirundu Highways by mid-next month, while actual construction of the road must start before I...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Angry residents barricade roads with huge stones and logs in Rusape
A TENSE atmosphere engulfed Rusape's sprawling Vengere high-density suburb as angry residents barricaded roads with huge stones and logs protesting over dusty red soils being used by the local authori...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Road turning out to be a death trap
The road that links Siakobvu and Hurungwe with Gachegache safari area and fishing camps near Lake Kariba is turning out to be a death trap as it is fast losing its form due to erosion and poor workman...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 22:14hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe hit nail on the head
PRESIDENT Mugabe last week implored authorities to engage contractors with the capacity to deliver quality work on our roads after noting that a lot of money had been spent on some shoddy work in the...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 10:04hrs | | by Comment
MPs condemn Group Five over poor workmanship
SOUTH Africa-based roads engineering firm Group Five International came under intense onslaught by legislator's over melting of roads in Harare.There roads where recently rehabilitated and exp...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 13:21hrs | 7 | by Thobekile Zhou
Newly resurfaced roads melt due to the hot conditions
Poor workmanship on the newly constructed roads has been exposed by the current hot conditions, which have seen some tarmacs melting.A number of newly constructed roads in Harare are now in a ...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 17:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners Fault Nigeria on TB Joshua Building Verdict
Thousands of foreign supporters of Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua have taken to Facebook to express their dismay and disgust at the controversial verdict released by the Lagos coroner's court which ...Published: 10 Jul 2015 at 05:53hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Pupils cheat death as winds blow off classroom roof
SCORES of pupils learning at Gwambe Secondary School in Bulilima District cheated death when strong winds blew the roof off a classroom block, a day after the school was officially opened.The ...Published: 01 Dec 2014 at 07:14hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Morgan Tsvangirai on TB Joshua
HARARE - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai has sympathised with embattled Nigerian preacher Temitope Balogun Joshua following the death of 115 people after a guesthouse col...Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 16:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai speaks on Prophet TB Joshua
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai has sympathised with embattled Nigerian preacher Temitope Balogun Joshua following the death of 115 people after a guesthouse collapsed a...Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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