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Half of Zinara roads rehab funds not used
ABOUT half of the $16 billion allocated for roads rehabilitation projects remains unspent due to slow procurement and improper accounting mechanisms, among other challenges.This was revealed a...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
US$1bn SDRs to be used over three years
The US$958 million worth of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) allocated to Zimbabwe by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be used over a three-year period, with US$311 million expected to be relea...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:48hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt to borrow US$1,4bn
GOVERNMENT has announced a plan to borrow ZW$146,8 billion (about US$1,4 billion) in 2022 to fund various infrastructure development projects.This debt would add to the existing stock of US$13...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 19:42hrs | 630 | by Staff Rporter
Bulawayo gets major facelift
THE ongoing rehabilitation of 65 major roads in Bulawayo under the Government-funded Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) is set to transform the face of the city and attract investment....Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2980 | by Staff Reporter
2022 budget should up Matabeleland momentum
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to present the 2022 National Budget Statement today amid high expectations that more resources will be allocated to expedite co...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1109 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targeting 10 000km roads rehab'
GOVERNMENT is targeting to rehabilitate 10 000km of road infrastructure countrywide, including major highways to ensure achievement of world-class road network in line with Vision 2030, Transport depu...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls new Build Operate Transfer contractor for Beitbridge-Vic Falls highway
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Government is considering engaging a new contractor to upgrade the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway after noting that the company which was awarded the tender wa...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off Ziscosteel
ZESA has disconnected power supply from the defunct giant steel manufacturer, Ziscosteel, over a ZW$40 million debt.Zisco group chief executive officer, Dr Farai Karonga, confirmed the develop...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance accepts failure, welcomes Govt support
President Mnangagwa's administration has been thanked by the opposition-controlled Harare City Council for assisting in infrastructural development, from renovation of the critical health facilities t...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Zinara rakes in $5bn
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has collected $5 billion in toll fees during the first 10 months of the year.The money has since been channelled to support the ongoing Emerg...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:08hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Roads take up 30% of devolution funds
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has revealed that 30% of the $600 million it received from the government under the devolution programme have been used for the maintenance of the city's road network....Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 18:28hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
2022 National Budget Expectations
Zimbabwe's national budget for 2021 is expected to be presented within the coming 30 days amid fears of a resurgence in high levels of inflation. The country's annual inflation dropped from 363% recor...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 14:30hrs | 614 | by Victor Bhoroma
Local labour for Bulawayo roads rehab
BULAWAYO roads are undergoing a major facelift after Government and the Bulawayo City Council yesterday started a citywide road rehabilitation programme to improve the city's road network.The ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:40hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ready for hybrid format conference
THE ruling party Zanu-PF's 19th National People's Conference kicks off at Chipadze Stadium in Bindura, Mashonaland Central province tomorrow, with a number of high-level engagements expected to domina...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:40hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers steal road rehabilitation sand
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has declared war on sand poachers in St Peter's on the outskirts of Bulawayo and yesterday council rangers deflated tyres of some of the suspects' vehicles in a bid to ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:39hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League endorses Mnangagwa for polls
Zanu-PF National Youth League has endorsed President Mnangagwa as the party's sole candidate for the 2023 harmonised elections.The youth said President Mnangagwa is an exceptional leader who h...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | 79 | 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 | 584 | by Staff reporter
70% of $16 billion road rehabilitation funds lying idle in Zinara accounts
GOVERNMENT allocated $16 billion to the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) for rehabilitation of roads countrywide under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP 2), but two thir...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 20:55hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Government that brags about paying its pensioners $45 per month needs to go!
I know that when one is a good for nothing loser - whose life is characterized by roguish and disgraceful behavior - finding anything positive to boast about becomes ever more impossible, and, is forc...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 20:48hrs | 1086 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Phase Two Matebeleland North roads rehab intensified
GOVERNMENT allocated more than $700 million to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development for rehabilitation of a 3 000km road network under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa acquiring more public debt to fund second term bid
WINNING or losing an election is a referendum on the economy by citizens. More often than not politicians are aware of this fact and, therefore, go out of their way, sometimes, contracting huge debts ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 889 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mutsvangwa praises SADC stance on sanctions
DESPITE failure to access new capital from international banking institutions to finance major capital projects due to illegal sanctions, Zimbabwe under the leadership of President Mnangagwa continues...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 139 | 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 | 818 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa subtly launches 2023 election campaign
POLITICAL leaders gain power to retain it. The power of incumbency is fully exploited to make sure they succeed themselves. They will use subtle means, including dishing out State resources to the peo...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 447 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Construction firms cash in on Zimbabwe's growing infrastructural spending
AS construction spending by government, mines and individual home builders grows, the tills are ringing at some of Zimbabwe's listed companies.Between January and June, government spent $21,2 ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's State of the Nation address
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa delivered a State of the Nation Address and officially opened the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday. He tackled a wide r...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Zimbabweans to buy locally produced goods
ZIMBABWEANS should buy locally manufactured products given the significant growth of the manufacturing sector that has seen an increase in capacity utilisation and ease of doing business anchored by t...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri blames dead Mugabe for govt failure
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri last week said the Robert Mugabe administration had failed the country in the 40 years that it was in power, saying the Emmerson Mnangagwa dispensation had do...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's industry capacity utilisation rises
CAPACITY utilisation in Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry is projected to increase to 58% in the third quarter of this year, an improvement from 54% in the second quarter of 2021.In its second...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Local authorities are struggling because of enmity in govt
MDC legislator for Magwegwe Anele Ndebele has revealed that local authorities headed by the opposition MDC are struggling with service delivery because of bad blood between the opposition and the gove...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 13:53hrs | 452 | by Stephen Jakes
Rwanda keen on Zimbabwean teachers
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said Zimbabwe and his country share a common history that gives impetus to current efforts to develop the two countries and consolidate existing relations.The...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
BCC road rehabilitation programme behind schedule
BULAWAYO City Council's (BCC) road re-gravelling programme is behind schedule by two months due to constant breakdown of its ageing plant machinery, a council report on on-going roadworks in the city ...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:48hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Transfer of health workers starts
Cabinet received an update on the country's response to the Covid-19 outbreak, which was presented by the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Honourable OCZ Muchinguri-Kashiri, as chairperso...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:37hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Foreign currency receipts surge
ZIMBABWE'S foreign currency receipts increased by 32% to US$5,09 billion during the eight months ended August 7, 2021, as industries shook-off the effects of a difficult 2020 to ship more products to ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:22hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Zinara offers motorists amnesty
Motorists who have fallen behind in their vehicle licensing can now catch up this week and next week by just paying what they owe since Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has granted its t...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Bulawayo road rehabilitation on the cards
GOVERNMENT has said feasibility studies are underway to pave way for the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway. Secretary for Transport and Infrastructural Development, Engineer Th...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses more than $4,7bn for ERRP2
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has disbursed more than $4,7 billion for the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) with road rehabilitation works now 50 percent complete....Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:11hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
BCC ensures Bulawayo residents engaged as parking marshals
BULAWAYO City Council has said measures will be put in place to ensure only city residents are employed by the company that will manage its US$2,2 million vehicle parking system. The council i...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:11hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Works on Mbudzi flyover start today
Construction of the vital Mbudzi Interchange Flyover in southern Harare is expected to start very soon with contractors moving on site today to work on the detour roads for diversion of the perennial ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:42hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
EFF commends Mnangagwa's government, refers to Chamisa's MDC as 'puppets of Americans'
EFF Zim has commended the Government's sterling works as it continues to steer infrastructure development, particularly the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme I & 2. We are aware that...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:46hrs | 4506 | by Innocent Ndibali
Detractors will never break the spirit of Zimbabweans, says Mnangagwa
Detractors will never break the spirit of Zimbabweans, as the Second Republic continues on its journey to build the economy through provision of transport services and other infrastructural developmen...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:50hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
More buses, new train coaches coming
More than 288 new buses will be delivered next month, while an additional 279 are expected before year-end to boost Zupco's capacity to provide an efficient and reliable mass public transport system, ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 185 | by Staff writer
Harare council manager nabbed for 'falsehoods'
A HARARE City Council manager was on Thursday arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) after he allegedly produced a false report claiming that Fossil Construction Company had comple...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:49hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
We'll not wait for polls to deliver, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has said it will not wait to be elected to improve the lives of urban residents, already benefiting from a number of central Government initiatives taken after local authority failures. ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:17hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors slam 'shoddy' government road repairs in city
Bulawayo councillors on Wednesday slammed a government-led road rehabilitation exercise, questioning the workmanship which they said was shoddy.Speaking during a full council meeting, the coun...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 11:46hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
More funds for road rehab
Government is set to go onto the market for complementary funding to ensure simultaneous implementation of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) and undertaking of new road development...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:48hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Maphisa Road to be done in three months
Government through the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development has made progress in the rehabilitation of Bulawayo-Maphisa Road, with authorities saying the project will be complete by No...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:08hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Violent clashes at Zanu-PF meeting
Zanu-PF officials came close to trading blows at a recent restructuring exercise in Banket after the youth leader charged at the district chairman, who is also a local councillor as factional fights i...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:13hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Govt only constructs 10km stretch of road in 5 years
GOVERNMENT only managed to construct a mere 9,5 kilometres of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road between 2015 and 2020, a progress report on construction of the road by Transport and Infrastructural Development ...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Storm over roads rehab tenders
THE multi-million-dollar government-funded Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) in Chiredzi is now mired in controversy after it emerged that tenders were allegedly awarded without due dilig...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:14hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
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