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Fresh scandal rocks ZESA
AN external audit has unearthed a massive scandal implicating a senior Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) executive who allegedly prejudiced the struggling power utility of millions of dolla...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 2413 | by Staff reporter
Zesa board reinstated
Zesa Holdings executive chairman Dr Sydney Gata and the rest of the Zesa board can now return to duty under a directive by President Mnangagwa pending finalisation of investigations after the Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa clears ZESA's Dr Gata to go back to work
Executive Chairman of ZESA holdings Dr. Sydney Gata has been re-instated to his position as Exercutive Chairman.The matter was communicated by the government on Tuesday afternoon. Secr...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 13:04hrs | 5928 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe will be exporting power by 2023, says Zhemu Soda
Muzarabani North Member of Parliament, Honourable Zhemu Soda, was last month appointed Energy and Power Development Minister. Before his appointment, he was relatively unknown to many Zimbabweans desp...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to provide PPE to all learners
GOVERNMENT will provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to all learners when schools reopen, with Treasury releasing $350 million to prepare learning institutions for safe reopening. Cabin...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
Dozens arrested over Nehanda artefacts
AT LEAST 65 people have been arrested in Mazowe for destroying artefacts belonging to Mbuya Nehanda, the police have said. Mbuya Nehanda, also known as Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, was one of t...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 17:15hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
'Cops' raid village
EIGHT robbers, three clad in police uniforms, three in army uniform and two in civilian attire last week went on a robbing spree in Filabusi, stealing money, property and a car.National police...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
4 robbery suspects arrested in Gwanda
POLICE in Matabeleland South province have arrested four suspects who are alleged to have committed a series of robberies in Gwanda.Provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Nd...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 21:47hrs | 1585 | by Staff reporter
CIOs investigate Minister Kazembe Kazembe?
Sources within the State Security agents have told this reporter that Minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe is in trouble after the dreaded Central Intelligence Officers were assigned to look into ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 12:58hrs | 7395 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Misfortunes, fortunes of Fortune Chasi
Zimbabwe has not had power outages for most of the period under the coronavirus lockdown.Even when President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration eased the restrictions on industry and commerce...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 12:57hrs | 13825 | by Tawanda Karombo
Chivayo not yet off the hook
THE High Court has ordered the trial of Intratrek Zimbabwe boss, Wicknell Chivayo and Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) former board chair Stanley Nyasha Kazhanje, to proceed before a Harare magistrate....Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:42hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Corporate Governance and State Entities Decay in Zimbabwe
The unfolding corporate governance scandal at Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) provides a hint of how the country's State Entities and Parastatals (SEPs) have been run down over the years....Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:11hrs | 1219 | by Victor Bhoroma
Masarira pens open letter to Mnangagwa
Linda Masarira, leader of the opposition LEAD party, has penned an open letter to the country's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, over the country's status quo.Masarira who some believe is linked...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:00hrs | 9734 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Decaying infrastructure drags Zimbabwe to Stone Age
ZIMBABWE is lagging behind other regional countries in infrastructural development and would require huge investment to build robust infrastructure and catch up with continental leaders, a new report ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:17hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Zesa boss suspended over graft allegations
ZESA Holdings executive chairman Dr Sydney Gata has been suspended from office and will be blocked from accessing his office at the power utility's headquarters, the Minister of Energy and Power Devel...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:06hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
No power cuts till year end, industry assured
INDUSTRY is assured of consistent power supply after State power utility Zesa Holdings said it will not effect load shedding until end of this year despite recent significant increase in demand for el...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:30hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Wanted Tsenengamu shames Chinamasa's family
Former Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has accused Zanu PF spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa and his family as being corrupt.Tsenengamu said Chinamasa is a failed man who summons journali...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 11:55hrs | 4720 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zesa boss faces corruption probe
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi says he has been alerted to fresh corruption allegations at Zesa Holdings (Zesa) - and specifically being perpetrated by executive chairperson Sydney Gata - and which the...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:20hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba roasts Chipinge Town Secretary
Buhera South MP, Joseph Chinotimba who suspects that Chipinge Town Engineer resigned in a huff last month to escape prosecution over scandals involving devolution funds went ballistic during a Parliam...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 21:27hrs | 3583 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets its sights on nuclear power
Zimbabwe will have a draft sustainable energy policy by year end that among other critical issues, will promote greater use of renewable sources including nuclear power, according to Energy and Power ...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:52hrs | 4187 | by Staff reporter
Possible fuel price hike triggers long queues
WITH anticipation of a hike in fuel prices by the Government to avert artificial shortages; fuel queues in the capital are long as motorists try to get the underpriced commodity before the hike....Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 19:45hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo's Gwanda solar project ready to roll
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo owned-Intratrek says it is awaiting the finalisation of the financial closure phase of the 100 megawatt Gwanda solar project by the Zimbabwe Power Company (Z...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 2024 | by Staff reporter
'2 000 Zesa transformers stolen in 2 years'
OVER 2 000 Zesa transformers were stolen over the past two years throughout the country, with thieves in Maphisa alone also vandalising 100km of cables, Energy and Power Development minister Fortune C...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Decaying infrastructure drags Zimbabwe to Stone Age
ZIMBABWE is lagging behind other regional countries in infrastructural development and would require huge investment to build robust infrastructure and catch up with continental leaders, a new report ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:05hrs | 151 | by Nyasha Chingono
Chasi wants Chivayo to start work on Gwanda solar project
GOVERNMENT wants Intratek Zimbabwe to start implementing the Gwanda Solar Project as the cancellation of the more than US$183 million deal will be costly. The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) ente...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:03hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo trial to resume in 2 weeks
The trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo, accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of $5,6 million is set to resume in two weeks following the Supreme Court ruling on Monday, overturning...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
Chasi wants reprieve for Chivayo
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi has given Intratrek exactly six months to feed 10 megawatts into the national grid, adding intrigue to the raging court case against the company after the Supreme Court t...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo: Lupane's untapped poetic talent
AT first glance, his demeaner deceives one to think Jonathan Moyo (29) is a mere villager fixed on rural life, devoid of ambitions. But once he takes to the stage and starts speaking, all assumptions ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo fraud acquittal reversed
The trial of Intratrek managing director Mr Wicknell Chivayo on a criminal fraud charge of US$5,6 million fraud involving Zimbabwe Power Company's Gwanda solar project, will now proceed after the Supr...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
Police burn notorious thief with tear smoke
Nine armed Guruve police officers allegedly burnt a suspected thief facing seven counts of criminal charges.The matter came to light today at Guruve magistrates courts where Ben Chipoya (40)&n...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 14:30hrs | 7006 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
CSC upgrade project put on hold
THE COLD Storage Company (CSC)-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe has suspended rehabilitation works, putting on hold a programme that was expected to see the country's meat processor and marketer resuming operat...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
The international elites are at the gate!
AS the month of November draws near and the United States national elections in the first week of November become a reality, it behoved me to search with diligence why this is an explosive season. The...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 720 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Kasukuwere farm take-over scuttles US$5m investment
THE invasion of former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere (pictured)'s thriving Cornucopia Farm in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central province by a war veteran comes after the Reserve Bank of Zim...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 4162 | by Staff reporter
Zimpost considers solar-powered vehicles
STUNG by perennial fuel and electricity shortages affecting its operations, Zimpost a quasi-government institution is planning to invest in solar power and electric-powered vehicles to combat the chal...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
'MPs frustrating development partners'
DEPUTY Speaker of Parliament, Tsitsi Gezi, has castigated sitting MPs for frustrating development partners offering to operate in their constituencies for fear of losing their seats.Speaking a...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Mahomva booted out over 'refusal to bend the rules'
CHIEF Covid-19 coordinator Agnes Mahomva's sudden removal from the Ministry of Health and Child Care after a short-lived tenure as permanent secretary was the culmination of fierce clashes with Health...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 2201 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo now has 5 ventilators
BULAWAYO now has five ventilators; three portable ones at Ekusileni Medical Centre and two to be mounted at Thorngrove Infectious Diseases Hospital to be used by Covid-19 patients. Ventilators...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:30hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Harare donates 2 ventilators to Bulawayo
Harare Mayor His Worship Herbert Gomba has donated two ventilators to the City of Bulawayo to assist in the fight against the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking after receiving nine ventila...Published: 07 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 560 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Cheaper' power tariffs to go up
THE government is planning to review upwards from 200 units the cost of cheaper electricity a household gets per month because current thresholds are too low, Energy and Power Development minister For...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:37hrs | 2697 | by newzimbabwe
Give BCC bulk water rights, residents say
RESIDENTS have appealed to the Harare government to give Bulawayo City Council (BCC) bulk water rights to alleviate the water crisis rocking the city. Human rights groups, Better Bulawayo Init...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:21hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
House breakers bury $50 000 loot
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four suspects in connection with theft of household property worth more than $500 000 in Cowdray Park suburb during the lockdown period. Police arrested Amon M...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:51hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
A jewel in the crown of a rural health centre
A jewel in the crown of a rural Health Centre, Nurse-In-Charge Mr Dutiro and his team have made Chinehasha Health Centre in Chiweshe a beacon of hope for many. Their dedication to duty, commit...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 14:06hrs | 175 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Tobacco fetches US$4/kg on opening day
The 2020 tobacco marketing season opened yesterday, amid calls for farmers to draw lessons from the lucrative and successful tobacco industry and apply their skills towards production of other crops t...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:07hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
War vets, IIB respond to Bulawayo water crisis
WAR veterans in Bulawayo have partnered a humanitarian organisation to provide a state-of-the-art solar-powered borehole in Entumbane suburb, as part of a programme that will see eight boreholes being...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:27hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is open for business' slogan is hot air, says ex-Eskom boss Matshela
The oft-repeated claim by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that "Zimbabwe is open for business" is hot air, according to Koko Matshela, the former head of South Africa's power utility, Eskom.Matsh...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 15:43hrs | 2734 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe guard jailed for theft
A security guard at the late former president Robert Mugabe's Gushungo Dairy in Mazowe has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for stealing a laptop and a solar battery from his employer....Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:37hrs | 3680 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 exposes, heightens inequalities
Not so long ago, just before lockdown, a man reported to human resources at his workplace that he was not coming to work because he was experiencing flu and malaria-like symptoms. Because he had not b...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 332 | by Gloria Ndoro Mkombachoto
Bulawayo needs 200 ventilators
BULAWAYO hospitals require 200 ventilators and 500 beds for them to be fully equipped to deal with coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the event that more people are infected and need hospitalisation in t...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Zim @ 40, A New Dispensation that never was minus Mugabe's booming voice
It's dreary Saturday and somewhat overcast midmorning in Pretoria as I watch live news feeds from the North across the mighty Limpopo River. Life away from home has turned many into creatures ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 309 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Bulawayo records surge in visitors from COVID-19 hotspots
The number of visitors to Bulawayo from countries including the United Kingdom where COVID-19 has wreaked havoc has jumped to 1 758 from the 1 125 recorded last week.This was revealed in a rep...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:45hrs | 2435 | by Staff reporter
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