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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 | 1176 | 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 | 1740 | 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 | 492 | 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 | 148 | 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 | 568 | 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 | 1714 | 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 | 834 | 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 | 610 | 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 | 1310 | 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 | 7002 | 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 | 228 | 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 | 691 | 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 | 4153 | 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 | 211 | 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 | 922 | 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 | 2199 | 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 | 235 | 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 | 2695 | 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 | 850 | 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 | 693 | 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 | 172 | 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 | 407 | 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 | 2729 | 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 | 3678 | 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 | 327 | 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 | 132 | 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 | 299 | 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 | 2433 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's under paid guard jailed
Under paid former president Robert Mugabe's Gushungo Dairy security guard was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by Concession resident magis...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 23:05hrs | 3824 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Gun-totting robbers raid tuckshop
THREE machete and gun-totting robbers raided a tuckshop in Vumba Heights and stole goods worth US$3 000.Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the robbery yeste...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
10 solar panels stolen from clinic
THIEVES broke into Dandanda Clinic in Lupane, Matabeleland North and stole 10 solar panels that were used to power the local primary health institution. The theft occurred on Saturday at about...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:16hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
A place in Zimbabwe where load-shedding is 'taboo'
A handful of revellers, disregarding global and national recommendations to stay at home and reduce the possibility of contracting or spreading the deadly coronavirus, mingle in a pub at Hauna growth ...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:03hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Zesa dumps 'costly' diesel power plant
STATE-owned power utility ZESA Holdings has abandoned its US$100 million Mutare Peaking Power Station amid concerns of high costs of running the facility.ZESA, which was implementing the proje...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
3 armed robbers arrested
Police have arrested three other members of a gang of armed robbers that raided a Chinese-owned mine in Lalapanzi and several houses in Bulawayo, stealing a total of US$20 000, bringing the total arre...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Power Crisis Solely a Result of Poor Planning by the Illegitimate Regime
Zimbabwe power short ages will not be resolved - as long as the ED led illegitimate regime continues to sleep at wheelAs the Zimbabwean citizenry and economy is ravaged by incessant powe...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 11:22hrs | 594 | by Jasmine Toffa
Gold buyer ambushed and robbed
THREE men have been arrested after they allegedly robbed an illegal gold buyer of R27 000, $900 and 35 grammes of gold after ambushing and smashing all the windows of a taxi that he was travelling in....Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:59hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo liquor traders raise US$1 050, ZW$6 930 for Thorngrove Hospital
BULAWAYO bars, leisure spots and bottle stores have so far raised ZW$6 930 and US$1 050 as their contribution to improve facilities at Thorngrove Infectious Diseases Hospital. The hospital urg...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fears COVID-19 transmission
Bulawayo City Council is worried about possible active transmission of COVID-19 after the city received 1 125 visitors from hotspot countries.Council said although the visitors were being moni...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:57hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Overlook Chivayo's criminal record, Undenge ordered ZPC
Former Energy minister Samuel Undenge reportedly ordered the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) management to overlook Intratrek boss Wicknell Chivayo's criminal record and award him the US$183 million Gwan...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa approved Chivayo's Gwanda solar project
THE final forensic audit report on Zesa Holdings (2019) by PricewaterouseCoopers has revealed that former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa approved the proposal to award Wicknell Chivayo's Intratrek...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 08:41hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
Zesa's US$500m plan to end load-shedding
Zesa has cobbled up a US$500 million plan to end rolling electricity cuts by building solar power plants across the country in partnership with private investors.Zimbabwe last year introduced ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1877 | by Staff reporter
Government awaits technical report on Gwanda solar project
THE Government is awaiting a technical report from Zesa Holdings to make a decision on the way forward with regards to the commencement of work at the proposed 100-megawatt Gwanda Solar Farm project i...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:30hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Zesa cuts Eskom debt to US$4m
LOAD-SHEDDING is expected to significantly ease within the next three months as Zimbabwe is close to settling its debt with South Africa's Eskom - one of the country's major power suppliers - while pa...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:27hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for land in Zimbabwe's new capital city
At the centre of a vast swathe of magnificent landscape of prime farming land north-west of Harare lies a mountain that dwarfs its lush green environs. The rich red soils, have for years, been the hal...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:46hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official in US$15 000 swindle
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer in Beitbridge allegedly ganged up with a customs clearing agent and swindled a Harare businessman of US$15 000 after fraudulently clearing his imported car...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:38hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP invests in new clinic
Gutu West Member of Parliament (MP) John Paradza is working with members of the Chavarove community in Ward 29 to turn a disused farmhouse to into a clinic.The house, which had been standing d...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:27hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar chaos power producers
The ban on the use of foreign currency in local transactions and the rapid collapse of the re-introduced Zimbabwe dollar has left independent power producers (IPPs) facing viability problems and is st...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
'30-year jail for Zesa property vandalism'
THE government is pushing for a mandatory 30-year jail sentence for people found guilty of vandalising electricity infrastructure to curb the vice, Energy minister Fortune Chasi said yesterday....Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 06:02hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
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