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Minister Masuka stopped from reversing offer letter
The High Court has blocked Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development Minister Anxious Masuka from withdrawing an offer letter for a farm allocated to Chegutu businessman Christopher ...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:19hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Lupane sits on sewage time bomb
Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe has attributed the delay in constructing a modern sewage reticulation plant in Lupane to the late release of funds by the Treasury. Lupane, the provincia...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 06:36hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Dinson completes Manhize power line
The construction of an 88-kilovolt transmission line by Dinson Iron and Steel Company, stretching from Sherwood substation in Kwekwe to Manhize, has been successfully completed. This milestone enables...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:31hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Kamativi Mine
As Zimbabwe showcases strength in lithium reserves, the largest in Africa, attention is drawn to Kamativi in Hwange District, Matebeleland North Province, where President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expecte...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$54 million Gwanda Lithium Mine employs 300
A TOTAL of 300 workers mainly locals have been employed at the newly-established Gwanda Lithium Mine Zimbabwe at Mandihongola area in Matebeleland South province, in yet another milestone investment u...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Lake Mutirikwi hydro power project 75% complete
Construction of the US$14,5 million mini-hydro power plant at Lake Mutirikwi Dam in Masvingo by Great Zimbabwe Hydro Power Company is now in the home stretch with the 5-megawatt station set for commis...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally shoots grandson
There was no Christmas celebration at Nyawasha's residence in Mutoko after Dominic Nyawasha (52) accidentally shot his grandson.Nyawasha wanted to shoot crows but missed the target and shot hi...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CSO hails Bikita minerals beneficiation to communities
BIKITA - President Emmerson Mnangagwa commissioned petalite and spodumene processing plants at Bikita Minerals that are valued at US$ 300 million on November 29 2023.The giant processing plant...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 09:09hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
Africa's 'biggest steel plant' fires off furnace this December
A Chinese firm, responsible for constructing what has been hailed as Africa's largest steel operation near Mvuma, Zimbabwe, has announced that it will commence its furnace operations in December as th...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$12 billion for infrastructure rehab
The Ministry of Energy and Power Development has presented a staggering $12 billion proposal to comprehensively upgrade the country's infrastructure to meet international standards.The majorit...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth bashed for pasting Mnangagwa poster at Chicken Inn outlet
POLICE in Chegutu have launched an investigation following the assault of a Zanu-PF youth for putting President Emmerson Mnangagwa campaign posters outside a fast food outlet, Chicken lnn.The ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Villagers make way for Zesa powerline
ABOUT 29 families in Mazwi village on the outskirts of Bulawayo will be relocated to pave way for a Zesa Holdings powerline from Hwange Power Station.Latest Bulawayo City Council minutes indic...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
29 houses for families displaced by powerline
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) yesterday handed over 29 houses built in Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo for families displaced by the new 400kv power transmission line under the Hwa...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chinese steel plant now 60% complete
THE US$1,5 billion steel plant being constructed in Mvuma, 200km south of Harare, by the Chinese giant, Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco), is now 60% complete, NewsDay Business heard yesterday....Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo' insist Mnangagwa - Reality, Zimbabwe is a failed state in ruins, mocks him
On Monday, 12 December 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four Zimbabwean individuals and two Zimbabwean entities and removed seventeen Zimb...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
The Zimbabwean who dressed Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana
ALMOST half of Bulawayo has been plunged into darkness, with residential areas the most affected, after heavy rains that were accompanied by thunder and lightning damaged three substations.The...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Flash floods hit Beitbridge
DOZENS of Beitbridge families were left without food on Wednesday night following a violent storm that blacked out the border town and flooded several houses.No deaths or injuries were reporte...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Entire Zimbabwe goes dark
ZESA says entire country went dark at 10.26AM today after "an abrupt system disturbance on the Alaska-Warren high voltage transmission powerlines linking Kariba and Harare." While this now res...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mvuma steel plant 40% complete
A CHINESE stainless-steel firm constructing a US$1,5 billion plant near Mvuma says 40% of the project has been completed.An official said Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) would begin prod...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa needs US$300m to address backlog
ZESA Holdings has a backlog of 305 000 domestic customers who need to have electricity connected to their homes, but requires a whooping US$300 million to connect all of them, a senior official has sa...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa incurs more debt
HEAVILY indebted State power utility Zesa Holdings has incurred a fresh US$43,5 million debt under a public private partnerships (PPP) with one of its major customers, Dinson Iron and Steel Company (D...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwange power station expansion inches closer to completion
SIGNIFICANT progress has been made on the US$1,5 billion Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 and 8 expansion project, whose completion is now more than 84 percent as the country inches closer to energ...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZPC relocates 90 homesteads in Mat North
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has relocated villagers from 90 homesteads in Matabeleland North province to pave way for a 360km powerline which stretches from Hwange to Insukumini near Bulawayo....Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm bails out Zesa
CHINESE steel giant, Tsingshan Limited will soon release US$60 million to Zesa Holdings for the construction of a power transmission line from Kwekwe to Mvuma.This comes after the Chinese comp...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Steel plant construction back on course as Zesa, Chinese firm reach agreement
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has completed the construction of a 27km temporary power line to supply electricity at the Mvuma Steel production company site, setting back in motion ...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZESA washes hands in US$1,5 billion steel plant bungling
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) says it is not directly involved in the processes to establish a 97km long high voltage powerline whose delay has hampered progress in the construction...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam: Zinwa says no evictions this year
BINGA villagers who face eviction in Lubimbi to pave way for the Gwayi-Shangani Dam have been assured that eviction will not take place this season as evaluation was still taking place.This wa...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
BCC fails to explain prolonged water shortages
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has failed to explain the prolonged water shortages in the city, ruling out the possibility of normalisation of water supplies soon.The council has failed to meet t...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive power outage hits Zimbabwe
A CRIPPLING power outage has hit the eastern, western and southern regions of Zimbabwe following a fault on the 330kV powerline between Gweru and Mashava.This has affected several cities and t...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Alarm over Harare flyover bridge
HARARE City Council yesterday admitted it was not inspecting its infrastructure due to resource and skills constraints, a development that could prove disastrous following claims that a bridge on a bu...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt promises 200 000 new houses by 2023
At least 200 000 new houses will be constructed by 2023, while apartments that are unfit for human habitation will be rebuilt and informal settlements revamped as part of a raft of measures to overhau...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe lithium mine secures power supply
Prospect Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with African Continental Minerals (ACM) for the supply of power to the Arcadia lithium project and is exploring imports from the regio...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by newZWire
Chief Binga dies
CHIEF Binga of Binga District in Matabeleland North has died. He was 74. Born Siakateya Siakulya Gasita, Chief Binga died at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Wednesday last ...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vandals uproot power-lines, rail tracks, ship them to Harare for resale
VILLAGERS in Mabale ward 17, Hwange East constituency, have raised concern over the rampant looting of the defunct Old Gwayi Mine property with local authorities reportedly reluctant to stop the vice....Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
$1,4bn Hwange Expansion Project begins
CONSTRUCTION of the $1,4 billion Hwange Expansion Project for Unit 7 and 8 has started in earnest, with the laying of the foundation stone at Hwange Power Station yesterday.Sinohydro is undert...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe surpasses power target in Q3
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) says power generation in the third quarter of the year remained stable, with 2 521,27 Giga Watts hour (GWh) being sent out.ZPC surpassed its production target ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo clashes with Zanu-PF youths
Local government minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday publicly clashed with Zanu-PF youth who had confessed to engaging in illegal deals because of poverty. Chombo's who was on tour of Chi...Published: 11 Apr 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtshabezi pipeline commissioning abruptly called off, Zanu-PF accused of sabotage
THERE was a circus yesterday when the Minister of Water Resources Development and Management, Dr Samuel Sipepa Nkomo abruptly cancelled the commissioning of the Mtshabezi water pipeline by Deputy Pri...Published: 20 Jul 2013 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plane crashes into car park, at least one killed
A small Piper PA31 plane has crashed into a parking lot near a South Florida airport, killing at least one person.Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler told WTVJ-TV that at least person died in th...Published: 15 Mar 2013 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mtshabezi Pipeline not yet fully operational, generators not powerful enough
Fact sheet - BCC pumping just over 10% of projected capacity- Govt blames it on use of generators- Construction of powerline 90% complete...Published: 23 Feb 2013 at 20:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mushekwi grabs 6 goals as Sundowns scores 24 goals (24 - 0)
Johannesburg - Powerlines FC coach Cornelius Brandt said his side would hold their heads high despite their thumping 24-0 defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns in their Nedbank Cup clash in Kimberley on Sunday...Published: 04 Mar 2012 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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