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From Mnangagwa's oil and soup dripping hands, to Chamisa's naivety
BESIDES pulling down an outdated calendar and hanging up another on the wall each year in Zimbabwe, has anybody ever asked themselves if really we are going anywhere as a country? I say this with ever...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:26hrs | 1578 | by Robert Sigauke
Zesa switches off 100 households over illegal connections
POWER utility Zesa yesterday conducted a blitz and disconnected over 100 illegally connected households in Stoneridge, Harare. Zesa has been losing electricity worth thousands of dollars to unscrupulo...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC suspends nine managers
NINE senior Zimbabwe Electricity, Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) managers have been suspended pending investigations over allegations of spearheading illegal power connections. ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1777 | by Staff reporter
Electricity tariff increase looms
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) is assessing an application for an electricity tariff increase that was recently lodged by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Compan...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 8951 | by Staff reporter
From Zanu's Oil and Soup Dripping Hands, to the Opposition's Naivety
Besides pulling down an outdated calendar and hanging up another on the wall each year in Zimbabwe, has anybody ever asked themselves if really we are going anywhere as a country? I say this with ever...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:54hrs | 4870 | by Robert Sigauke
Zimbabwe suspends phone based mobile money transactions - Fulltext
The Statement of Suspension on Monetary Transaction on Phone-Based Mobile Money TransactionsThe government of Zimbabwe has with immediate effect suspended all mobile money services and trading...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 19:41hrs | 7714 | by Staff reporter
Kombis use fake Zupco stickers
SOME commuter omnibuses have been operating using fake Zupco stickers to illegally transport passengers in the Midlands province but law enforcement agents have curtailed the challenge. Only Z...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses US$100m worth property to vandalism
Vandalism and theft of public infrastructure has resulted in government departments and municipalities losing property and equipment worth more tha n US$100 million every year.The vandalism af...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:37hrs | 87 | 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 | 1742 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Minister Undenge sentenced to 2 years in jail
Former Energy and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge have been sentenced to two-and-a-half years. This follows the High Court's recent rejection of his appeal after it found out that hi...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 12:24hrs | 7120 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zesa to develop debt recovery plan
ENERGY and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi has directed the board of the financially hamstrung power utility Zesa to come up with strategies to recover US$1,2 billion it is owed by customers,...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
Social grants beneficiaries unreachable, claims govt
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare secretary Clemence Masanga yesterday said his ministry was facing difficulties in identifying vulnerable people to benefit from government social grants....Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:06hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must expel Jacob Mudenda
Today President Emmerson Mnangagwa leads the nation in a day of prayer and fasting. This is a noble initiative and welcome development, however the context of the day of prayer and fasting make the en...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 12:01hrs | 9016 | by Chapter 2 Movement
'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
Zesa tariffs go down
POWER company Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has lowered electricity tariffs by between 11 percent and 25 percent and introduced a new low-cost tariff band that reduces electricity charg...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 3469 | by Staff reporter
Zera adds third band of cheaper electricity
A third band of cheaper electricity has been added to existing two by energy regulator, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (zera), that will help larger families that were struggling to remain withi...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:10hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
'Khami Dam sewage water unfit for Bulawayo consumption'
DESCENDANT of the Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula, Prince Peter Zwide Khumalo yesterday slammed plans by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to pump the heavily-polluted Khami Dam water into households to all...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
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
Zimbabwe punishes EU, America, and the World Bank!
Refusing Zimbabwe a corona bailout, World Bank and western countries must be severely punished. The punishment America and the western world received is greater than thunder itself. Three weeks ago, t...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 18:34hrs | 8023 | by Nomazulu Thata
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
ZETDC threatens to disconnect Zisco
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC), has threatened to switch off defunct steel giant, Zisco, over a ZW$6,2 million debt accrued over a period of three months.In a letter to ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:39hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Former Mugabe minister faces jail
Former Energy and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge's appeal against a 30-month jail term for abuse of office was thrown out by the High Court yesterday which found that the sentence was not e...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1445 | by Staff reporter
Chasi reads riot act over Zesa tokens failure
ENERgy minister Fortune Chasi has read the riot act to the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) after residents failed to purchase electricity tokens for the greater part of this week followin...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:06hrs | 3149 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over electricity tokens
ZESA Holdings customers yesterday expressed outrage over failure to buy electricity tokens after the power utility's payment platforms were overwhelmed. Customers endured long hours in queues at Zesa ...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:05hrs | 1192 | by Staff reporter
Scores of stranded as Zesa system is overwhelmed
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) on Monday left scores of electricity consumers stranded failing to buy prepaid power tokens as its online system was overwhelmed ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:38hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
Corruption not sanctions killing Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has been grappling with corruption for years now, dating back from the Willovale Motor Scandal, GMB saga where the late former Minister Kumbirayi Kangai was involved.In 1994 War...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:02hrs | 866 | by Leonard Koni
Tagwirei's business empire comes under scrutiny
WHEN Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father passed away in May 2018, the government came to a standstill.Cabinet was postponed, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, ministe...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2385 | by Staff reporter
Thieves crash in getaway car
TWO men from Bulawayo who were court on camera stealing from a vehicle in Gwanda were arrested after their getaway car was involved in an accident during a speed chase. Mpilwenhle Ndlovu (35) ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zesa CEO acquitted
FORMER ZESA Holdings group chief executive officer Joshua Chifamba has been acquitted of criminal abuse of office charges, in which he was jointly charged with former Energy Minister Elton Mangoma and...Published: 20 May 2020 at 17:24hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in gunning totting storm
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Tarirai, has landed himself in trouble after he reportedly fired into the air repeatedly, threatening to shoot a Zesa employee deployed to record the meter reading a...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 7368 | by Staff reporter
Why NRZ electric trains disappeared
WHEN the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) launched the electric train more than two decades ago, the long dreary journey between Harare and Dabuka, south of Gweru, became an enjoyable one.A...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:32hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
No load shedding during lockdown
The Herald Herald ReporterResidential areas are likely to continue receiving uninterrupted power during the extended lockdown period despite the recent partial re-opening of industries, a senior Gover...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Digital library implementation and roll out - Case for Zimbabwe
There are basically 2 routes to do this. Do it your self or hire a pro. Which ever way you opt for a few things remain the same;(1.) If you choose to implement your own library, the first step...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 172 | by Robert Ndlovu
Bridging the digital divide - Digital libraries - Case for Zimbabwe
"If you can't visit the Web, the Web can be brought to you. "The challenges that face ICT development in Africa have to be tackled at the same level at which they occur .The digital divi...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 153 | by Robert Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa's lockdown rent reprieve illegal'
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has poked holes into government's recent directive deferring payment of rentals and stopping tenant evictions during the lockdown period, saying the move was illegal ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers want rates, water, Zesa bills deferred too
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) wants the Government to allow property owners to defer payment of local authority rates, water and electricity bills on the same terms as the deferment of rent by the...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1147 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers rip up 'irrational' Mnangagwa rent payment reprieve order
ZIMBABWEAN lawyers have dismissed as unfair and irrational, a recent order by President Emmerson Mnangagwa barring landlords from compelling tenants to meet their monthly rental payments end of April ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 417 | by newzimbabwe
'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
Govt denies ZESA secretly hiked power tariffs
ENERGY Minister Fortune Chasi has dismissed as false, claims that power utility, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) had secretly hiked tariffs without notifying consumers.Electricity...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1533 | by newzimbabwe
ZESA Negligence of Duty 'Customer Service' to Clients is Simply Unacceptable
MDC Alliance Secretary for Energy and Power Development Jasmine Toffa has said the party has noted with grave concern the disturbing trend by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) customer ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 16:36hrs | 1263 | by Stephen Jakes
'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
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
Zesa told to harden blow on debtors
THE Government has instructed Zesa Holdings to come hard on defaulters in its efforts to recover its outstanding debt, which has ballooned to more than $1 billion.Power and Energy Development ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
May weirdos please hold their peace
Huntsmen are literally worshipped like gods in the village.This is hardly surprising because of the eternal struggle to get palatable relish.Most often, meal times - either lunch or su...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 114 | by Bshop Lazarus
Zimbabwe shall rise again. . .
INDEPENDENCE Day speech by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, April 18, 2019 I welcome you all ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 810 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa,
Celebrating 40 Years. Which way Zimbabwe?
At 40, Zimbabwe should be celebrating a milestone-forty years of independence from our former colonial masters.18 April 1980 was indeed a milestone for Zimbabwe. Yet, we stand today on 18 April 20...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 3603 | by Benjamin Paradza
Cable thieves plunge Bulawayo suburbs into darkness
SOME parts of Bulawayo's western suburbs have been plunged into darkness following the theft of copper cables with the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) saying it cann...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:16hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Is Mthuli Ncube IMF's man in Harare?
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its 2019 Article IV report on Zimbabwe at the end of March 2020. Without delving into policy details, which I leave to experts to unpack, one can observe...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:40hrs | 2498 | by Dr Tim Rainhard
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
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