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Timber shortage hits Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is grappling with a serious timber shortage that has left the local market heavily reliant on imports from neighbouring countries, particularly South Africa, as deep-rooted challenges continu...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 07:39hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cuts ribbon on 23 fire tenders
IN a remarkable achievement by the Government, President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 23 firefighting trucks out of a total of 133 acquired from Belarus. A momentous step forward was also taken wi...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associate biggest winner in Zimbabwe-Belarus deals
ZIMBABWE'S honorary consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman, a close associate to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, was the biggest winner in trade agreements signed t...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
President Alexander Lukashenko warns Mnangagwa
VISITING Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told his ally President Emmerson Mnangagwa to work extremely hard to win this year's elections which he said will not be a stroll in the park for the Za...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chasi turns to renewable energy
Energy minister Fortune Chasi has called on players in the private sector to collaborate with the government and invest in renewable energy to offset the power deficit in the country.Chasi's c...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare Central demands more from Gonese
MUTARE Central constituency is a high-density suburb, which also stretches to some industrial areas and has six wards. Most people in the constituency are not employed and are informal traders who sur...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga spells out devolution plan
Government has a comprehensive devolution master plan that will see provinces assigned specific economic development responsibilities, Acting President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said.At a co...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 07:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Government committed to resolving Gukurahundi'
THE Government has always shown commitment in bringing closure to the matter of civil disturbances commonly known as Gukurahundi that affected Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the 1980s with for...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'If you were settled illegally, move out now' - Lands minister
Government is ready to deal with lawlessness in the agricultural sector in order to improve productivity, a cabinet minister said on Monday.Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora told journalists a...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
President Mugabe Should Probe Timber Industry Fiasco
Recent Press reports about serious debts that are haunting one of the most prominent timber companies PG timbers point to the upcoming collapse of the timber industry in Zimbabwe.Recent commen...Published: 06 Jun 2014 at 07:52hrs | | by Sad Citizen, Chimanimani
Zim Timber Industry will dead soon
The Timber Industry in Zimbabwe will be dead soon if nothing has been done to urgently rescue it from the jaws of saboteurs and reckless administrators whose actions will soon render most workers in t...Published: 06 May 2014 at 10:47hrs | 133 | by Grace Demo
Timber industry in limbo
The exotic timber industry was arguably one of the mainstream industries, not only in Manicaland province, but the whole country.The eastern highlands were known for the lush pine, gum and...Published: 08 Nov 2013 at 02:12hrs | 3 | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Tsholotsho RDC, timber logging company clash
The Tsholotsho Rural District Council has approached its lawyers to recover nearly $15 000 it is owed by an organisation it awarded a tender to log timber in the district.The council awarded S...Published: 25 Apr 2013 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lurosa applies for licence to construct two-megawatt power station
LUROSA Investments (Private) Limited, has applied for a licence to construct a two-megawatt power station in Chimanimani, Manicaland province, the Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Authority has said....Published: 01 Apr 2013 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Labour Act to be amended - Biti
THE Labour Act should be amended to balance the interests of both workers and employers while promoting productivity, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said. Speaking at the 2013 pre-budget co...Published: 29 Oct 2012 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transcript of Welshman Ncube on Question Time Part 2
Industry and Commerce Minister Welshman Ncube joins SW Radio Africa journalist Lance Guma for Part 2 of this Question Time interview. Ncube who leads the smaller MDC formation tackles questions from...Published: 06 Feb 2012 at 14:46hrs | 1 | by Lance Guma
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