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Sandra Ndebele funds 11 solar powered boreholes

A total of 11 solar-powered boreholes have been drilled in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb to help alleviate the area's worsening water crisis, as residents in the high-density area continue to endure prolonged periods without running water.Th…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 12:06hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter

PPC unveils 30MW solar energy project in Zimbabwe

South African cement manufacturer PPC Limited has announced it is developing a 30 megawatt (MW) solar energy programme in Zimbabwe, aimed at reducing operational costs and lessening dependence on the unreliable national electricity grid.In…

Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:55hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter

Afreximbank backs Lake Kariba floating solar project

Businessman Eddie Cross's company, Green Hybrid Power Private Limited, has signed a landmark multimillion-dollar funding agreement that will pave the way for the development of a pioneering floating solar photovoltaic power project on Lake…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:28hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo council flags unsafe solar installations

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has raised the alarm over an increasing number of fire outbreaks linked to unsupervised and poorly installed solar power systems in residential areas, amid a surge in their use due to Zimbabwe's crippling el…

Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 07:48hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe signs agreement for 30MW Vungu solar project

Zimbabwe's Energy and Power Development Minister, July Moyo, has formalized a significant step towards expanding the country's renewable energy capacity by signing a Government Project Support Agreement (GPSA) with InfraCo Africa for the d…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:09hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter

Ariston reduces costs with new solar plants

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed agricultural company, Ariston Holdings Limited, has reported substantial financial savings driven by its investment in solar energy projects, which have helped reduce dependence on costly generators and their…

Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:08hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe introduces rebate for EV Charging systems

In a bid to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and strengthen sustainable energy infrastructure, the Government of Zimbabwe has introduced a duty rebate on imported equipment used to set up solar-powered charging stations.T…

Published: 04 May 2025 at 09:13hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter

New truck stops to ease safety concerns on Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road

Kusile Rural District Council has identified three potential sites to establish designated truck stops along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road, in response to rising concerns about reckless parking and safety hazards posed by truck drivers.…

Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:09hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to produce solar panels, lithium batteries

Zimbabwe is set to begin large-scale manufacturing of solar panels and lithium batteries as part of a bold new initiative to boost the country's renewable energy sector. The development follows the recent approval of a Memorandum of Unders…

Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:08hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa expected to launch the Presidential Solarisation Programme

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to launch the Presidential Solar Programme, which aims to provide solar power to 200,000 households in villages across Zimbabwe's eight rural provinces. The initiative is part of the government's efforts…

Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 16:08hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter

Stolen solar battery found in a bedroom

A man from Plumtree is facing legal trouble after he allegedly stole a solar system battery and hid it in his bedroom. The incident, which also involved the theft of an amplifier, came to light when the stolen property was discovered at hi…

Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 11:02hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: Traditional healer claims black mamba aids in healing patients

A traditional healer from Silalatshani in Filabusi, known as Nzwisa, has sparked intrigue after claiming that a black mamba he keeps helps him heal his patients. The healer, who is known for his unconventional methods, recently paraded the…

Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 17:06hrs | 1572 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe launches nationwide Presidential rural solarisation project

The Zimbabwean government has announced the launch of a nationwide Presidential Rural Solarisation Project aimed at providing sustainable renewable solar energy to rural households. The initiative, which targets approximately 200,000 rural…

Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 17:02hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo man develops solar-powered three-wheeled vehicle

For many, dropping out of school is seen as a setback, a dead-end in a society where education is believed to be the key to a brighter future. However, for 31-year-old Charles Ncube of Luveve suburb, dropping out of school has not been a b…

Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:36hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe targets 2,100MW renewable energy by 2030

The Zimbabwean government has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing renewable energy solutions, aiming to achieve 1,100 megawatts (MW) from renewable energy sources by 2025 and 2,100 MW by 2030. These targets, set within the nation's Rene…

Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 443 | 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 have resulted in multiple deaths from infe…

Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:57hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter

Kumalo residents install solar streetlights to combat crime

In response to increasing criminal activity fueled by unlit streets due to power blackouts and non-functional streetlights, residents of Bulawayo's Kumalo suburb have launched an initiative to install solar-powered streetlights. Mounted on…

Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:43hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter

Huawei in Zimbabwe solar power deal for mines

Leading renewable energy provider Grid Africa has entered into a strategic partnership with global technology giant Huawei to implement a 72MW solar power project aimed at supplying electricity to mines across Zimbabwe. The initiative come…

Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:40hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa commissions 200 kilowatt solar grid

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday commissioned a 200-kilowatt solar mini-grid at Hwakwata village in Chipinge, marking a significant step in the Second Republic's commitment to rural development and its policy of leaving no one and …

Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 17:11hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter

BCC goes solar to light up Bulawayo

In response to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company's (ZETDC) recent shift of tower lights to a prepaid system, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced plans to install solar-powered streetlights throughout …

Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 13:38hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to install floating solar panels at Kariba Dam

Zimbabwe plans to install floating solar panels by early next year at the world's biggest man-made freshwater reservoir, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy Development.An initial 150 megawatts of solar on the surface of the Kari…

Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Solar plants for all Zimbabwe airports

The Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) is intensifying efforts to modernize the country's international airports into smart and environmentally sustainable hubs. ACZ plans to construct solar plants at three major airports: Robert Gabriel M…

Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 09:12hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Chivayo, ZPC in negotiations to revive Gwanda Solar project

The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and Intratrek Zimbabwe Pvt Ltd are negotiating to resume work on the proposed 100-megawatt Gwanda solar power facility, following a Supreme Court decision upholding the contract between the parties.However,…

Published: 25 May 2024 at 12:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

New 500MW solar plant for Victoria Falls

VICTORIA Falls is inching closer to becoming a smart tourism and green destination following plans to construct a renewable energy exhibition park and a 500MW solar plant, which will be complemented by a tidal river plant on the Zambezi Ri…

Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Wicknell Chivayo revives Gwanda Solar Project

The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and Wicknell Chivayo's Intratek Zimbabwe are now set to resume the long aborted 100MW Gwanda Solar Project which derailed when the controversial businessman failed to deliver set targets when US$5 million w…

Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's Presidential solar scheme on cards

GLEN VIEW residents will be the first beneficiaries of a Presidential solar scheme set to be rolled next month as Zimbabwe moves to alleviate a power crisis.The project is being spearheaded by a private power company, Prevail Group Interna…

Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to install 100MW solar plant in Lake Kariba

THE Government will next year float solar panels in Lake Kariba to produce an initial 100 megawatts (MW) to boost the Kariba South Hydropower Station's electricity generation and promote green energy.The planned initiative comes in the wak…

Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe central bank fails to pay Equatorial Guinea debt for 40MW solar project

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has reportedly failed to fulfill part of its debt to Equatorial Guinea for a local investment in a 40MW solar project in Bwoni Village, Seke District, according to information presented in the High Court.…

Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Zesa is not going to pay US$22 million to Wicknell Chivayo

Zimbabwe's power utility Zesa says it is not going to pay US$22 million to flamboyant business tycoon Wicknell Chivayo as reported, but instead his company Intratrek Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd has to fund the now court-reinstated US$172 million Gw…

Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 16:24hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter

130MW solar power plant for Matobo

Plans are in progress for the establishment of a 130MW solar power facility in Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province, as Zimbabwe continues to attract investment interest in the energy sector.According to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulat…

Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe bemoans low IPPs success rate

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has expressed concern over the limited success of independent power producers (IPPs) in the country, highlighting that their contribution to the national grid remains below 2%.Zimbabwe boasts…

Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo woman cheats death in batteries explosion

A 38-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo's Woodlands suburb escaped death by a whisker in an explosion of solar batteries at her home last Saturday.Council acting chief fire officer Lynos Phiri confirmed the accident yesterday, saying the explosi…

Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Wicknell Chivayo splurges US$140,000 on Catholic parish

Wicknell Chivayo's spending spree shows no signs of abetting after the controversial businessman donated US$100,000 cash, a home solar system and a US$40,000 Toyota Hilux D4D to the Roman Catholic Church's St Gerard's Parish in Greystone P…

Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Gweru in traffic lights U-turn

GWERU City says it plans to negotiate with a Chinese contractor the local authority had contracted to install traffic lights after the two fell out over the deal and took each other to court.Speaking at a Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Ass…

Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Giant step taken on Zimbabwe's 1 000MW floating solar project

THE bankability and feasibility study for the 1 000 Megawatt floating solar farm on Lake Kariba is expected to be completed this year while work on the proposed US$1 billion project will commence soon after as the country races to reach en…

Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 14 | by Mbuso Ndlovu

Bulawayo solar tile producer eyes Sadc market

A BULAWAYO entrepreneur who produces solar roof tiles and kitchen countertops from plastic waste is eager to penetrate the Southern regional market and help promote intra-regional trade.Solar tiles are used to power households and are a ch…

Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe government officials in India looking for solar power

A delegation from Zimbabwe, which is currently facing a serious energy crisis, is looking for partners to develop green energy projects in the land-locked country, particularly solar power units.The team, headed by Zimbabwe's deputy ambass…

Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chivayo begs another chance to complete bungled Gwanda solar project

Businessman and socialite Wicknell Chivayo has begged for another chance to work on the Gwanda solar project whose contract was terminated after his Intratek company bungled the job through delays.He said this under cross examination with …

Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 18:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chivayo says ZPC owes Intratrek US$600k as trial fails to take off

The National Prosecuting Authority on Thursday revived criminal charges against Intratrek Zimbabwe and its director Wicknell Chivayo over the stalled US$173 million Gwanda solar power project, as defence lawyers said they were "taken aback…

Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Matshe Koko's firm to build massive solar plant in Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has signed a power purchasing agreement with a South African independent power producer, Matshela Energy Limited, for a 100MW solar plant in Gwanda.The project is toute…

Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

400 solar boreholes for Matabeleland North

GOVERNMENT aims to drill 400 solar-powered boreholes in Matabeleland North Province by December this year, which will boost access to clean water and facilitate establishment of nutritional gardens in line with the Presidential Rural Devel…

Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Go well defender of Zimbabwe's legacy!

IT was a grand sendoff fit for a liberator as the body of the late Major General (Retired) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi left his rural home yesterday in Mapate area in Gwanda on the final journey for burial at the National Heroes' Acre in Hara…

Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

3 Matebeleland hospitals to get solar power plants

THREE hospitals in Matebeleland region are set to benefit from solar power plants through a project being implemented by a consortium of local independent power producers (IPPs) and German partners.Enduring Sun Energy, which is a consortiu…

Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Largest solar plant set for Matebeleland South

A 2,5MW solar power plant expected to be the single largest rural electrification project in the country is set to be constructed in Manama, Gwanda in Matebeleland South, at a cost of US$4,5 million.The solar power plant, which will provid…

Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

'Solar farm project delays raise stink'

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC)has been accused of awarding tenders to incompetent companies following delays in the implementation of the solar farm project in the city.But the city fathers blamed the Zimbabwe Investment and Development A…

Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter

'Govt stalling BCC's solar farm project'

BULAWAYO councillors have blamed the Local Government ministry for delaying the city's solar farm project by not granting the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) permission to approve applications submitted by contractors.Cou…

Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

IPP doubts Zimbabwe judiciary

AN independent power producer (IPP) that is battling to force Zesa Holdings to settle US$9 million for electricity transmitted into the national grid has cast doubts in the independence of the judiciary system on Friday, saying a fair verd…

Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Power firm demands payment in forex, drags Zesa to arbitration

ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest independent power projects (IPPs) has approached the Johannesburg-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to arbitrate over a payment dispute with the State-run Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribu…

Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Old Mutual Zimbabwe pours US$12.4 million into solar projects in Zimbabwe

Old Mutual Zimbabwe has poured US$12.4 million (over R188 million) into solar projects around the country, which will generate a combined 25 MW upon completion.The Zimbabwe economy has been struggling with high levels of inflation which re…

Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 19:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

SA businessman arrested in Zimbabwe over presidential solar plant project dispute

A South African businessman was arrested last week on his arrival in Zimbabwe, and now can't leave the country because of a contractual dispute involving $1m (R14.66m) and material for the construction of the Harava Solar Park.The solar pr…

Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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