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Top entrepreneurs, firms talk service innovation
A CUSTOMER service symposium held last week attracted Zimbabwe's top entrepreneurs and firms, including quoted companies who gathered in Harare to explore strategies on how the country could catch up ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to take over Kariba in 2 years
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) will take over full control of the newly completed Kariba South Power Station after two years when the defects liability period agreed with Chinese contractor Sinohydr...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:49hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Zesa offers whistleblowers rewards for exposing the criminals
ZESA has invited whistleblowers to volunteer information that could lead to the arrest of culprits behind the vandalism and theft of electricity infrastructure. In a statement, Zesa said the i...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 581 | by Staff Reporter
Fire razes another house
A THREE- roomed house was gutted by fire in Bulawayo's Lobengula West suburb after a 16 year old boy doing homework using a candle for light dozed off. Ndaitai Muchimba fell asleep at around 10PM on T...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:11hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean power imports down 50%
Zimbabwe's power imports declined by almost 50 percent during the second quarter of the year after the country's power utility increased generation at Kariba plant. Zesa Holdings increased out...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:24hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Power fault fire razes $50 000 property
PROPERTY worth more than $50 000 was reduced to ashes when a four-roomed thatched cottage caught fire after sparks from Zesa overhead cables ignited its roof in Bulawayo's Harrisvale suburb. B...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official in nasty tiff with tax whistleblower
AN acrimonious fight between a top Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official and a whistleblower has reportedly prejudiced the country of millions of dollars with the former allegedly slashing amoun...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Zesa under fire over EcoCash purchases
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has increased its minimum EcoCash prepaid electricity token to $10 from $2, much to the chagrin of customers who say the hike caught them by surprise. ...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Byo gets $7 million water boost
BULAWAYO City Council has received $7 million from the African Development Bank and the Government for the refurbishment of Ncema and Fernhill waterworks in a bid to increase water pumping capacity in...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:12hrs | 754 | by Staff Reporter
New cabinet should fight corruption
The new look ED's has brought new dawn to highly expecting Zimbabweans. The corrupt ministers who had been looting the government resources should be given a rest and one impression exhibited ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:15hrs | 358 | by Isaac Nkomah
ED rigged the elections, first came cash shortage and next is the exodus - no lights to turn out
"If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights." Screamed the headlines in The Sun April 1992, Britain's leading tabloid newspaper. Neil Kinnock, Labour, did n...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1180 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Outrage over Zesa's $10 minimum purchase via EcoCash
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has increased its minimum EcoCash prepaid electricity token to $10 from $2. ...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 08:26hrs | 2240 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes Zimra official
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) yesterday said it was closing in on a top Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official implicated in a bribery storm after he allegedly demanded a bribe f...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa petitioned over Zesa corruption
Youth Against Corruption (Yac) has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding him to act on corruption at power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa).Yac accused Zesa senior management of firing...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 13:42hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter
Zesa's $20 million transformers burden
NATIONAL power utility, ZESA Holdings, requires a staggering $20 million to replace over 4 000 transformers that were either vandalised or stolen across the country. Government says thieves ar...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:23hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Distressed firms splash costly Mnangagwa adverts
Distressed companies, some of which are on the verge of collapse, have dug deep into their nearly empty pockets to join the bandwagon and congratulate President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was sworn in as ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:58hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
Zesa hammered for negligence in electrocution cases
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, has been ordered to pay $23 805 to a Harare widow who lost her husband due to electrocution. ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:32hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet okays Zesa re-bundling
Cabinet has approved the re-bundling of Zesa Holdings as part of measures to arrest the high cost of running the business, and potentially result in the power tariff coming down or remaining at the cu...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:30hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Zesa prepaid system woes hit consumers hard
Egrina Magura (25) had come all the way from Unit O Seke, in Chitungwiza, about 35km south-east of the capital to purchase pre-paid electricity tokens which are unavailable now owing to a breakdown of...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:39hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mourns Alderman Sibanda
Bulawayo mayor and alderman, Alexius Mackson Sibanda, has died.He was 73.Sibanda is survived by his wife, 10 children, 21 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.He will be...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Duo electrocuted in attempted cable theft
TWO Harare men were severely electrocuted after they allegedly tried to steal live Zesa Holdings power cables and are admitted at Harare Central Hospital, where they are battling for life under prison...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:01hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Tallest man in Zimbabwean?
Simbarashe Mhukahuru, probably Zimbabwe's tallest man at 2,11m turned heads when he walked through the streets of Masvingo on Tuesday. Above The Mirror editor Nkulumani Mlambo looks like a midget when...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 07:38hrs | 8864 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo turns to God
Flashy businessman Wicknell Chivayo has spoken about his stay in remand prison, describing the days as long.After his release on $2 000 bail, Chivayo took to Instagram in his usual style but t...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 15:59hrs | 8621 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance official mourns death of Mathuthu
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has mourned the death of former Matabeleland North governor Thokozile Mathuthu who passed on Monday morning."Umama u Thokozile Mathuthu is no more....Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 09:36hrs | 2774 | by Stephen Jakes
Sangoma now an MP
MANY people believe traditional healers commonly referred to as izinyanga or osiwalu posses some super-natural powers to control our daily lives and even predict the future.In fact, many peopl...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:52hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Residents mete instant justice on Zesa crew
THREE Zesa employees were arrested after they were allegedly caught stealing copper cables in Woodville suburb in Bulawayo on Wednesday night.The trio was bashed by neighbourhood watch committ...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:24hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Polling stations close
Most of the polling stations in Kariba closed by 7pm, the prescribed time.The voting process in Magunje, Karoi and Kariba was peaceful with logistics being in place for efficient polling syste...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 20:03hrs | 2323 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo's Special Economic Zone areas identified
THE Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority (ZimSeza) is working on granting part of Bulawayo's industrial sites SEZ status as part of its efforts to re-industrialise and improve the economy of the ...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:13hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
30 MW of power saved
THE country has managed to save over 30 megawatts (MW) since the banning of incandescent bulbs last year as it moves to reduce importation of power while channelling it to more productive sectors of t...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:11hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Brutish and Ferocious 'Crocodile' your time is up to vacate Munhumutapa Building
With less than 5 days before Zimbabweans cast their votes for the make or break presidential elections on July 30, it is important especially for those in the rural areas to punish Emmerson Munangagwa...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 12:55hrs | 1697 | by Knowledge Hakata
OneMoney subscriber base increase by more than 49%
MOBILE telecommunications firm, NetOne, says its mobile financial service - OneMoney - increased its active subscribers by more than 49% in the first quarter of the year, due to the increase in the us...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:03hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Gutu South yearns for capable leadership, says Togarepi
The people of Gutu South yearn for capable representation and leadership that can initiate and sustain development, something they are bound to have come July 30, Zanu-PF Gutu South parliamentary cand...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:17hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Undenge sentence too lenient
YESTERDAY'S conviction and sentencing of former Energy and Power Development minister Samuel Undenge to four years imprisonment for Criminal Abuse of Office should send a strong message to all corrupt...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:34hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pressures Zesa to pay Chivayo $52m
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration - in many ways carrying over from where toppled former president Robert Mugabe's regime left - has given the green light for Wicknell Chivayo to access a ...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:25hrs | 2945 | by Staff reporter
Late entry: The People's Agenda manifesto
OVER the past few weeks, my colleague Paul Kaseke has been analysing what he identified as the top five manifestos and he simplified the jargon thrown in them as he unpacked them for everyone to easil...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:37hrs | 683 | by Thabani Mnyama
Zesa unit in fraud storm
ZIMBABWE Power Company (ZPC) has flown into the eye of a storm amid revelations a senior executive of the State- owned power utility allegedly awarded a multi-million dollar contract without going to ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:15hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe stalled border upgrade'
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Joram Gumbo has disclosed that former President Robert Mugabe stalled the multi-million-dollar Beitbridge Border Post upgrade after the project was l...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:52hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
One week no water for Bulawayo suburbs
A Number of Bulawayo suburbs have been without water since last Wednesday as the council has not been pumping water from Ncema Water Works following theft of power cables.The council had hoped...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:56hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Press silent about women achievements
A few days before the July 30 historic harmonised Presidential and Local Government elections take place, the media in Zimbabwe still remain man~world with little to zero reflection of women's involve...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 13:02hrs | 664 | by Maxwell Kudzika Teedzai
Zanu-PF destroyed Zimbabwe soon after taking over from Smith
Election time in particular, and politics in general, is predominantly a game for liars and tricksters, but as Zimbabwe heads towards the watershed 30 July harmonised polls, the electorate can not aff...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 08:28hrs | 1485 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa pledges power project
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed to push ahead with a hydro-electric power project on the Zambezi river as he campaigns ahead of the July 30 election on a promise to rebuild the shattered econom...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 13:29hrs | 281 | by AFP
$4,5bn Batoka deal to create 6 000 jobs
Zimbabwe and Zambia have agreed on principles for the $4,5 billion Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity project secured by Harare, paving way for a technical meeting this week between experts from two the c...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Zesa declares war on infrastructure vandalism
POWER utility company Zesa has embarked on a door to door inspection to check residents who are tampering and by-passing electricity pre-paid meters.The company said it was worried over the ri...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:08hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge businesses decry 6 yrs of power cuts
Businesses operating in the eastern part of Beitbridge's central business district have raised concern over intermittent power cuts, which have become perennial over the past six years. So bad...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:30hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Pre-paid electricity meters too expensive
EDITOR,While the move to have residents purchase their own household electricity pre-paid meters is a noble idea, there still lingers many questions regarding their accessibility.We ac...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 18:23hrs | 2102 | by Tawanda Pamire
Zesa explosion worker dies
ONE of the four Zesa employees who were hospitalised after they were severely burnt following an explosion that occurred while they were working on an electric fault in Bulawayo's city centre, has die...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa doesn't trust Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sensationally claimed that he does not trust former First Lady Grace Mugabe and her G40 acolytes, adding he could not rule out their involvement in the fatal bomb atta...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | 3073 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions $1,5bn project
HWANGE The expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station under a $1,5 billion facility is now set to begin in earnest after President Mnangagwa officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the project he...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:50hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission $1bn Hwange project
President Mnangagwa is today expected to commission the construction of the $1 billion Hwange 7 and 8 Power extension project as his administration continues to drive the country towards energy self-s...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:39hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address rally in Hwange
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will address a rally in Hwange tomorrow soon after presiding over a ground-breaking ceremony at the Zimbabwe Power Company expansion project.The ground-breaking ceremony wi...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 07:03hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
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