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2 officers challenge superiors' decision
TWO cops who were ordered to pay $1 000 each as punishment for deserting their police base in Selonga in Matabeleland South resulting in thieves breaking into the premises and stealing two solar panel...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:06hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa joins Mnangagwa cleaning exercise, introduces Smart Communities in rural areas
MDC has resolved to join President Emmerson Mnangagwa's national clean-up day programme which the popular opposition has been boycotting since its inception last year.Party leader Nelson Chami...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:42hrs | 3823 | by newzimbabwe
Siblings in court for double murder
TWO siblings from the Midlands province who ganged up and allegedly murdered a taxi driver in Bulawayo and a shop owner in Inyathi in Matabeleland North before stealing their property worth more than ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa’s Agenda 2020 address to the nation
(Transcript of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s ‘Agenda 2020’ address as prepared for delivery at Stodart Hall in Mbare on January 21, 2020)Fellow Zim...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 19:47hrs | 1308 | by Nelson Chamisa
Wicknell Chivayo gets title deeds back
Wicknell Chivayo has been given back title deeds to his upmarket Colne Valley property, while his reporting conditions have been removed, but his bail has been raised to $10 000 to ensure he stands tr...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:42hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Cal_Vin hits back at Skyz Metro FM
RAPER Cal_Vin, who is under fire from a Bulawayo radio station after he released a controversial single titled Im So Bulawayo, which takes a dig at the radio station and one of its DJs, has come out g...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:12hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Modi woos Indian investors to Zimbabwe
THE Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, has returned from a month-long working visit to India's state of Gujarat where he was engaged in a charm offensive which will see Indian investo...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:42hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Telecel seeks tariffs review to stay afloat
ZIMBABWE's third-largest mobile telephone operator Telecel Zimbabwe has conceded that it is facing challenges and has been failing to meet some of its obligations due to inadequate funding.In ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:41hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Econet wants to hike tariffs
TELECOMMS giant, Econet Wireless is in talks with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) for a possible tariff increase prompted by the continuing devaluation of t...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:55hrs | 2813 | by newzimbabwe
200 illegal miners arrested in Mazowe
TWO HUNDRED more illegal miners were arrested in Mazowe, bringing to 1 107 the number of those netted in the blitz in Mashonaland Central Province this week. This came as security guards at a mine in ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:58hrs | 94 | by Staff rpeorter
Wicknell Chivayo hits back at the State
Intratrek Zimbabwe boss, Wicknell Chivayo, has hit back at the State after a recent Supreme Court appeal against his famous acquittal in $5, 6 million fraud charges.The State has appealed agai...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 20:56hrs | 5889 | by Staff Reporter
5 men nabbed for vandalizing network boosters
FIVE Harare men were arrested on Wednesday in Mount Darwin after vandalising three mobile base stations (boasters) in Mashonaland Central and stealing 14 batteries worth ZWL$250 000.The five a...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:52hrs | 2831 | by Paul Ndou
Invest in sustainable energy sources, expert tells Zim government
In the face of crippling power shortages in Zimbabwe and neighbouring South Africa, an energy expert has challenged the country to invest in sustainable energy sources to ease the crisis.Dr Kw...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 07:14hrs | 483 | by Bulawayo24 Correspondent
Govt mulls solar systems for public health facilities
Government will soon start installing solar systems in all its urban and rural hospitals and clinics to mitigate challenges of power cuts and high costs involved in running generators, Energy and Powe...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 13:19hrs | 839 | by Staff Reporter
Harare shopping mall up in flames
Goods worth millions of dollars were destroyed when a shopping mall housing small shops at the corner of Robert Mugabe road and Chinhoyi street in Harare caught fire early this morning. The sm...Published: 02 Jan 2020 at 16:00hrs | 16473 | by Staff Reporter
Shake-up looms at Zesa
Zesa Holdings has been set tough performance standards and goals in both energy supply and administrative efficiency, with the Government taking an active role in monitoring progress. This was...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 09:57hrs | 5045 | by Staff Reporter
Dormant African Graduates need the Joshua Maponga Balm
If you have worked very hard to attain your Degree, and you can't get the job you dreamt for, you need to buy a balm called Pastor Joshua Maponga. Pastor Maponga himself is confussed and does not real...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 18:02hrs | 1286 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Polad is a sleeping pill to ignore Zanu failures
After failing to fix the economy and to open space for political competitiveness, Zanu political Scientists invented a sleeping pill called Polad.Zanu Political Scientists have mastered the sc...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 13:10hrs | 1431 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Bread price goes down
LEADING confectionary company Bakers Inn has reduced the price of bread from $18,50 to $16.50 bringing relief to consumers. Other bread makers including Lobels and Proton were yesterday ...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 04:54hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Property Renovations to Increase Property Value for 2020
You've bought a home and you can proudly call yourself a homeowner. What's next? Well, for some, it's to live peacefully with their family or to start one. For others, it is to increase the property's...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 19:04hrs | 1441 | by Staff Writer
Only 47% of citizens have access to electricity
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has said only 47 percent of the country's population has access to electricity. Zera's consumer services manager Engineer Nobert Matarutse on Fr...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 10:19hrs | 852 | by Staff Reporter
What are our leaders smoking?
Zimbabwe has been experiencing electricity shortages which has been compounded by reduced water levels in Kariba Dam . South Africa, through their power utility Eskom, has come to the rescue but recen...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 13:49hrs | 1955 | by A Kadada
Higherlife Foundation launches 'Support Our Hospitals' campaign
Higherlife Foundation today launched the 'Support Our Hospitals' campaign aimed at capacitating doctors working in public hospitals by mobilizing funding and material support to ensure public medical ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 16:23hrs | 1898 | by Agencies
Chasi challenges Koko to expose officials
Government has challenged South African businessman Engineer Matshela Koko to expose officials frustrating the implementation of a licensed US$250 million solar power deal by demanding bribes. ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:28hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Biti doubts Mthuli Ncube's growth figures
Tendai Biti led Parliamentary committee has described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's projected economic growth for 3% next year as unrealistic given the acute electricity shortages and drought facing...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:56hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Jatropha bio-diesel plant suffers stillbirth
EFFORTS to capacitate the multi-million-dollar Jatropha bio-diesel processing plant in Mount Hampden have been stalled due to logistical challenges, an official has said.Zimbabwe Energy Regula...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:49hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean student among UK top 10 Rare Rising Stars
Zimbabwean - born economics and finance student, Hlanganiso Matangaidze has been named one of the UK's top 10 Rare Rising Stars for his start-up innovation that has dedicated time to building low-cost...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:11hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm to set up hospital in Zimbabwe
A group of doctors here intend to build a hospital in Zimbabwe specialising in Chinese medicine and a feasibility study for the project will be done at the beginning of next year, renowned Chinese med...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Government officials try to extort South African businessman
South African based Engineer Matshela Koko has claimed that the 100MW solar power plant project which he was supposed to commence in August this year has been delayed because of people in government w...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:46hrs | 8939 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chivayo's Gwanda solar project impasse rages on
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is embroiled in an impasse with the Zimbabwe Power Copany (ZPC) over a US$5 million Gwanda solar power project, has approached the High Court seeking to rectify a rec...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:27hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Liberation mine property goes under the hummer
Liberation Mining (Pvt) Limited in Gwayi area Matabeleland North will on Saturday have numerous of its property worth millions of dollars auctioned to settle debts the mining firm owes to two companie...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 09:46hrs | 743 | by Stephen Jakes
Mohadi launches community bakeries
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday rallied the nation to make use of available indigenous resources and knowledge to enhance community resilience and tackle challenges of price increases for basic ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:06hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
CIO linked to stolen computer at Baba Jukwa's office
THE Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has been fingered as a prime suspect in the October theft of a Surface Book computer at an office building where former Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi re...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 21:15hrs | 3933 | by newzimbabwe
Westgate 50MW solar project licensed
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has granted Parvalue Energy (Private) Limited a 25-year licence to establish a 50 megawatts solar photovoltaic power plant at Westgate Suburb in Bulaway...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:20hrs | 233 | by Staff rpeorter
Does the people's land belong to the state or the government of the day
IN a recent article I attempted to explain the historical background of land ownership in this country, which was introduced by colonists and has since been inherited and accepted as the norm by today...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:15hrs | 413 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
'Cops' arrested for robbery
FIVE men from Bulawayo who masqueraded as police officers before robbing several residents of more US$30 000 and R43 000 as well as an assortment of goods worth more than $200 000 have been arrested. ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:36hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UAE ink 2 000MW solar deal
Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a 2 000 megawatts solar power deal, which will go a long way in solving Zimbabwe's power deficit once implemented in 18 months. The firs...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:21hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
'Load shedding to end in 18 months time,' says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured the nation that current power challenges will end in 18 months' time, following the signing of a 2 000 Megawatt Solar Power deal between government and the Uni...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 18:57hrs | 2471 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to criminalise machete possession
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has emphasised the important role the youth play as the pillar of the ruling party.He was addressing thousands of youths at the Zanu PF Youth League National Conve...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 18:45hrs | 831 | by Staff Reporter
Hailstorm ravages Bulilima West
A HAILSTORM, which ploughed through Bulilima West over the weekend, destroyed entire classrooms at Ndolwane Primary School, leaving only one, with reports that yesterday pupils were turned away becaus...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
2020 Budget Hits and Misses
Zimbabwe's 2020 National Budget was presented amid high expectations from the market on the urgent need to turnaround the fortunes of the waning economy, restore incomes, and improve productivity and ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 11:17hrs | 1319 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa championing energy sector revival
BY the time of the advent of the New Dispensation, Zimbabwe was already in the throes of debilitating power cuts across the economy. It is not a secret that the country was failing to generate enough ...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:14hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Indian power giant eyes Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S efforts to resolve a crippling power shortage have received a major boost after India's largest power services company, NPTC Limited, expressed interest in building a 100-megawatt&nbs...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:04hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
United Arab Emirates to send opportunity scouts to Zimbabwe
A high-powered business delegation from the United Arab Emirates will soon visit Zimbabwe to scout for potential business opportunities offered by the country under the new dispensation, Finance and E...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:04hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo’s bid to delay trail flops
Attempts by former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairman Stanley Kazhanje and businessman Wicknell Chivayo to delay their trial over an alleged $10 000 bribe failed yesterday after the magistrat...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:45hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe steps up battery storage
As a worsening drought slashes the country's hydropower production, creating lengthy power cuts, Zimbabwe's industries are beginning to turn to solar panels and battery storage systems to keep busines...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 2080 | by Staff reporter
Govt allocates millions to irrigation schemes
TREASURY has allocated nearly $423 million towards the development of irrigation schemes countrywide. Presenting the 2020 National Budget in Parliament on Thursday, Finance and Economic Develo...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 11:24hrs | 850 | by Sta Reporter
The Budget 2020 - Which way Zimbabwe
In the darkness of the Zimbabwean economy with ordinary people grinding beans using their back Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube casts a very bright light at the end of the tunnel. He said the count...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 23:50hrs | 2084 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe bans fitting of new electric geysers
Government has outlawed the fitting of new electric geysers, but existing geysers can continue to be used. Owners of electric geysers are encouraged to switch to solar, while new solar geysers can hav...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:27hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt sets solar energy regulations
Energy and Power Development Minister, Advocate Fortune Chasi has banned the use of electric water heaters and has issued regulations guiding the installation, licensing and operation heating systems ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 13:16hrs | 3077 | by Staff reporter
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