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Second-hand clothes behind Harare bed bug terror
A growing bed bug infestation in Harare has triggered widespread concern among residents, with second-hand clothing identified as a possible cause of the outbreak. Health experts and civic leaders are...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:21hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rural industrialisation is underway
It is important that I begin by highlighting the changing face of rural industrialisation in Zimbabwe.My kick-off point is the advent of the Land Reform Programme as of Year 2000.With ...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 22:44hrs | 526 | by Chris Mutsvangwa
Cholera outbreak confirmed in Gwanda: 1 dead, 3 cases recorded
Health authorities have confirmed a cholera outbreak in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, where one person has died and three cases have been recorded to date. Efforts are underway to contain the o...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:35hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power utility warns over 'bush' electricians
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has issued a stern warning to the public about the dangers of hiring unqualified electricians to carry out electrical work, follo...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 09:06hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
ZITF roars to life
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) 2025 has officially opened today in Bulawayo, transforming the city into a bustling hub of activity as final preparations for the prestigious event were co...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 08:59hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga sues Justice and Information ministers
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga has taken legal action against the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Information, and the Attorney General (AG), challenging the constitutional...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:49hrs | 2711 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's dodgy mandatory electrical inspections suspended
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has proposed a temporary suspension of mandatory electrical inspections for households and commercial buildings, citing the need for broader consultatio...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 14:58hrs | 3751 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga seeks bail after High Court denial
Senior journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who has been in remand prison since his arrest on February 24, is back at the Harare Magistrates Court seeking bail after the High Court recently denied his applicat...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:27hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Mangoma slams ZETDC over US$25 inspection fee
Former Energy Minister Elton Mangoma has criticised the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) over its new policy requiring consumers to pay a US$25 fee for mandatory insp...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:24hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe community radios in financial distress
Community radio stations in Zimbabwe are grappling with a sustainability crisis due to chronic under-funding, weak financial management, and infrastructural shortcomings, the Parliamentary Committee o...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:55hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Senate passes Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill
The Senate has passed the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill, moving the legislation one step closer to becoming law as it now awaits transmission to President Emmerson Mnangagwa for his assent. The...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:45hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC introduces dodgy mandatory $25 electrical inspections fee
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has announced a mandatory US$25 fee for inspections and re-inspections of electrical installations across the country. This measu...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 08:28hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Why should citizens pay for ZESA's failure to provide reliable power
If you give us electricity we will not need generators. In a world where governments are often scrutinised for their decisions and policies, the Zimbabwean Electricity Transmission and Dis...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 11:29hrs | 421 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe's Health ministry in budget quandary
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has called for a supplementary budget to mitigate the impact of the withdrawal of United States funding, particularly towards HIV and Aids programmes. The funding...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:18hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Dakamela Achievers Awards
The Chief Dakamela Achievers Awards/ Imiklomelo Kadakamela are a significant initiative in reviving and promoting Mthwakazi economy, culture and traditions.Eco...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 21:09hrs | 642 | by Sam Velaphi Mabhena
Blessed Mhlanga denied bail at High Court
High Court Judge Gibson Mandaza has dismissed a bail appeal filed by detained Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga, ruling that there was no compelling argument to overturn the findin...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 18:14hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak spreads in Mashonaland
The cholera outbreak that was initially concentrated in Mashonaland Central has now spread to Mashonaland East, prompting the government to deploy health personnel to Dindi in the Uzumba-Maramba-Pfung...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 06:54hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to reform electricity pricing
Zimbabwe is set to introduce regulatory changes in its electricity pricing system to allow producers to sell power at competitive rates, ensuring they can recoup costs and sustain operations.E...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:24hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Makomo set to bounce back from curatorship
Makomo Resources, one of Zimbabwe's major players in the coal mining sector, is set to emerge from corporate rescue next week after nearly four years under administration.The company, which op...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 11:58hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa and the 26 criminals around him
In November 2017, former President Robert Mugabe was removed from office and his crime, according to the putschists who ousted him in a coup, was that he had allowed himself to be surrounded by crimin...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:51hrs | 1689 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Residents decry surge in sex work in Bulawayo CBD
Residents of Ward 1 in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) are sounding the alarm over the increasing presence of sex workers between 8th and 9th Avenue and along Lobengula Street, expressing c...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 16:59hrs | 2071 | by Staff reporter
ZINEF condemns arrest and detention of Blessed Mhlanga
The Zimbabwe National Editor's Forum (ZINEF) has strongly condemned the arrest and detention of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist and HStv presenter Blessed Mhlanga, describing it as an attack on ...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 19:47hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
NSSA chairman embroiled in underhand Rainbow Tourism Group takeover bid
NATIONAL Social Security Authority (Nssa) chairman Emmanuel Fundira, who is former chairman of African Sun Limited, and an ex-Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) senior executive Paula January are accused of ...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:01hrs | 1526 | by NewsHawks
Zimbabwe faces looming energy crisis
Zimbabwe risks plunging into an energy abyss that could severely undermine its economic prospects if it fails to address its ongoing power challenges, a parliamentary report has revealed.The d...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 07:48hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's power deficit soars to 1,560 megawatts
Zimbabwe is grappling with a worsening power crisis, with the country's electricity deficit now standing at a staggering 1,560 megawatts (MW), according to a new report from Parliament's Portfolio Com...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 15:27hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe High Court rules HIV no longer deadly
The High Court has advised convicted criminals to cease raising their HIV status as a special circumstance during mitigation, stating that the infection is no longer considered deadly due to advanceme...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 12:05hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
5 arrested for vandalising Zesa transformer
Police in Mutoko have apprehended five suspects for allegedly vandalising a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) 100 KW transformer and stealing copper cables at Mazezuru...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 07:02hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Farai Jere linked company named in Harare's multi-million water deal, raising a stink
Helcraw Electrical, a company with a history of securing controversial contracts with public institutions, has been awarded a key role in the government's plan to revamp Harare's water reticulation sy...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 10:41hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe invites power-storage bids to ease supply crisis
Zimbabwe's power-transmission company has invited bids for companies to install energy-storage units as part of measures to ease crippling energy shortages.Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission &a...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:57hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges timely distribution of food aid amid drought
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for timely and efficient aid distribution to people facing food shortages resulting from an El Nino-induced drought."The timely delivery of f...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:53hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border transporter arrested over copper cables
A South Africa-based cross-border transporter, Bongisani Ndlovu (44), was arrested on December 13 after he was found in possession of copper cables near the Gwanda Lithium Mine in the Mandihongola are...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:44hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power surge triggers shutdown in Zambia?
Zimbabwe and Zambia were hit by a synchronized nationwide power blackout on Tuesday, following a shutdown initiated by South African power utility Eskom due to a surge in the regional power grid....Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 16:24hrs | 2473 | by Staff reporter
PPC Zimbabwe to fast-track solar projects
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe has announced plans to accelerate the construction of two solar power plants with a combined capacity of 30 megawatts (MW) in Colleen Bawn and Bulawayo. The ini...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 10:33hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
ZBC urged to build national consciousness
The recapitalisation of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is essential for the national broadcaster to fulfill its mandate of fostering national consciousness and promoting heritage-based br...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:13hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
ZBC receives 25 vehicles, radio and TV equipment
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr. Jenfan Muswere, has officially commissioned 25 new vehicles and state-of-the-art equipment aimed at enhancing radio and television transm...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 14:46hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power users raise US$250 million for floating solar plant on Kariba Dam
Zimbabwe's industrial power users have secured $250 million from the African Export-Import Bank to build floating solar panels at the world's largest man-made lake.The Intensive Energy User Gr...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:14hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe consortium seeks US$3 billion for power transmission project
The Intensive Energy User Group (IEUG), a local power consortium, is calling for over US$3 billion in investment over the next five years to enhance transmission infrastructure and address power imbal...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:58hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says power cuts cast a cloud over Sadc
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has highlighted the persistent electricity shortages facing Zimbabwe and other Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, calling them a major hindrance ...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:52hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Global interventions to end HIV and AIDS: A call for sustained action
As the world marks over four decades since the emergence of HIV and AIDS, the global response has evolved from fear and stigma to hope and determination. Through innovative interventions, robust fundi...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 14:25hrs | 356 | by Marilyn Mutize
Zimbabwe farmers turn to maggots to survive drought
At first, the suggestion to try farming maggots spooked Mari Choumumba and other farmers in Nyangambe, a region in southeastern Zimbabwe where drought wiped out the staple crop of corn.After m...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:28hrs | 1709 | by Staff reporter
Zesa loses over US$2 million in equipment to theft and vandalism
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has suffered losses exceeding US$2 million due to theft and vandalism of electricity transmission and distribution equipment between January and Octobe...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:49hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Breakthrough as 720MW Titan Power Plant Project scheduled for December 2 launch
A ground-breaking ceremony for the 720MW Titan Power Plant Project is scheduled for 2 December 2024 at Hwange Power Station, marking a pivotal moment in Zimbabwe's quest for energy self- sufficiency. ...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 14:39hrs | 2107 | by George Tshuma
Mthuli Ncube squeezes taxpayers
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Mthuli Ncube, yesterday unveiled a set of new taxes aimed at bolstering government revenue in the 2025 national budget. The tax measure...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:16hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Power outages worsen Bulawayo water crisis
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced an interruption in water supply to all residential areas, following power outages caused by heavy rains in the Mzingwane and Inyakuni areas. The city, which r...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:11hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe and Zambia suffer simultaneous blackouts
Zimbabwe and Zambia experienced nationwide blackouts on Sunday night, a disruption believed to be caused by a surge on power lines connecting the two countries to South African power utility Eskom....Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 19:35hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak in Kariba: A wake-up call for vigilance and prevention
The recent cholera outbreak in Gache Gache Fishing Camp, located in Kariba District, has thrust the community into a state of crisis, claiming one life and leaving five others battling the disease. Th...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 14:11hrs | 184 | by Anashe Mupamombe
Zimbabwe and Zambia combine efforts to solve their power woes
Zimbabwe and Zambia are combining efforts to deal with their electricity crises, which have seen power cuts of up to 21 hours per day.With no load shedding for eight months, Eskom has asked So...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 07:09hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to endure 6 more years with load shedding
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is undertaking energy generation projects worth 3,000MW to eliminate load-shedding and achieve universal electricity access by 2030. The initiatives ar...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:49hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs want two distinct driver's licences for Automatic and Manual cars
Lawmakers in Zimbabwe have urged the government to introduce two distinct driver's licenses for automatic and manual vehicles in a bid to curb corruption and streamline the process of licensing driver...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:53hrs | 8389 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miners fingered in Gwanda's rising HIV stats
Gwanda district has emerged as the area with the highest number of HIV cases in Matabeleland South, with the infection's spread largely attributed to the activities of artisanal miners, according to t...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:44hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
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