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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 | 174 | by Staff reporter
Cement imports threaten Zimbabwe's economy, warns PPC Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe risks losing approximately US$50 million annually in foreign currency if cement imports continue to flood the market, warns leading cement manufacturer Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 18:57hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
3 men fatally assaults rival suitor over woman
Police have apprehended three members of a gang and initiated a manhunt for three other suspects after a deadly confrontation over a woman resulted in the fatal assault of a rival suitor.The d...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 09:58hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for murder over USD$3 dispute
Police in Filabusi have arrested 21-year-old Trymore Mangena in connection with the murder of Nkulumo Sibanda (47), who died after being stabbed in the chest with a Columbian knife following a dispute...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:44hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Miners wreak havoc on roads
GOVERNMENT has expressed shock after illegal gold miners dug a four-metre tunnel under a section of the Gwanda-Beitbridge Road as vandalism of national infrastructure persists.Road and railway...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda - Beitbridge road faces collapse as illegal miner tunnel under it
ILLEGAL gold miners have dug a 4-metre tunnel under a section of the Gwanda-Beitbridge Road as their vandalism of national infrastructure continues unabated with several roads and railway infrastructu...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:47hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 50 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
List of renamed places in Zimbabwe
Place names in Zimbabwe, including the name of the country itself, have been altered at various points in history. The name Zimbabwe was officially adopted concurrently with Britain's grant of indepen...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 16:46hrs | 14 | by Wikipedia
Zinwa denies cutting water supplies to Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme
A spokesperson from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), Marjorie Munyonga, has refuted allegations that water supplies to the Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme in Insiza, Matabeleland South pr...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 08:59hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
Zinwa disconnects supplies to irrigation scheme, demands US$300 each from rural folk
The maize crop at Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme in Insiza South, Matebeleland South province, is wilting before maturity after the Zimbabwe National Water Authority disconnected water supplies due to...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Plans to relocate tollgates at advanced stage
THE Skyline Tollgate will soon be moved to the 36km peg along the Harare-Masvingo Road, moving it outside the present urban conglomeration, while the new Shamva tollgate which was last month moved fro...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe allows cement imports after prices double
Zimbabweans can now freely import cement, the government says, a response to a doubling of prices caused by surging demand and depressed local production.Cement prices are rising due to a comb...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Local boy steps down as PPC Zimbabwe MD, foreigner takes over
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe Limited has officially announced the resignation of its Managing Director, Mr. Kelibone Masiyane. His successor, Mr. Albert Sigei, is set to assume the role sta...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 20:17hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
PPC consolidates shareholding in Zimbabwe unit
Cement manufacturer PPC has increased its shareholding in its Zimbabwean unit to 90% by repurchasing shares previously held by various indigenisation parties. The shares were repurchased at a price of...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Collen Bawn mine
SIX unknown armed robbers reportedly attacked two security guards at a mine in Colleen Bawn, Matebeleland South province and got away with Gold Carbon.The incident occurred on July 24, 2023....Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Power outages hit PPC cement sales
REGIONAL cement maker PPC expects sales volumes at its Zimbabwean unit will drop by 14% in the full year compared to the same period last year due to recurrent power outages and grey imports.P...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gold mine fined $500 000 for flouting environmental laws
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has fined Jannarch 17 gold mining and milling plant $500 000 for operating a gold mine without an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) licence.The mi...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA registered car caught trying to ferry stolen cattle in Zimbabwe
A South African registered car has been caught trying to transport stolen cattle from Mberengwa. According to a message circulating on social media, it is believed the cattle were stolen in th...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matshe Koko's firm to build massive solar plant in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has signed a power purchasing agreement with a South African independent power producer, Matshela Energy Limited, for a 100MW sol...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'No need to import cement into Zimbabwe'
THE country's leading cement manufacturer, PPC Zimbabwe says they will continuously invest in their operations through maintenance and capital development programmes to ensure excellent product qualit...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
PPC downbeat as inflation shakes Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed Pan African cement maker, PPC has said its earnings per share (EPS) from the Zimbabwean operations would be undermined by rocketing inflation.Ahead of ...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda residents apprehend robbers
GWANDA residents teamed up and apprehended two armed robbers who had robbed a resident of R2 500 and a power bank last week.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Inspector Loveness...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police name Colleen Bawn mine collapse victims
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has named the seven miners who lost their lives Saturday after hoisting ropes to a cage bringing them up the shaft snapped at Bucks Mine in Collen Bawn, Gwanda, Mata...Published: 19 May 2022 at 19:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Hope amid fear as relatives await fate of miners
FAMILY members of seven miners from Bucks Mine in Colleen Bawn sit around small fires and watch helplessly as rescue workers go in and out of the shaft where their relatives have been trapped undergro...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 feared dead in mine collapse
SEVEN miners from Bucks Mine in Colleen Bawn are feared dead after hoisting ropes to a skip bringing them up the shaft from underground snapped, plunging them back on a free-fall of about 200 meters....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colleen Bawn segregation: Spacious and crammed villages
VICTORIAN style houses surrounded by beautiful greenery on cosmic pieces of land characterised Village 1, a gated community for the white minority living in Colleen Bawn, Matabeleland South before the...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Police recover 21 cattle stolen from Botswana
POLICE have recovered 21 cattle which were stolen from Botswana.In their twitter page police said the cattle were recovered on March 26 through a joint operation between the ZRP and Botswana p...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Agritex officer arrested
A NKAYI based Agritex officer has been arrested for criminal abuse of office after he collected transport money from villagers under the pretext that it was for transporting fertiliser.Police ...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Murder at Sun Yet Sen
A man from Sun Yet Sen in Matabeleland South Province was on Monday killed for touching another's belongings.Police revealed on Twitter that they are looking for information which may lead to ...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is it too late for Mnangagwa to reverse course?
All reasonable men know that the people of the Rainbird are the "wisest" among the Bantu. I was made aware, quite recently that they also have a weird sense of humour. When a bad character meets his f...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:59hrs | 10 | by Kenneth Mufuka
PPC projects 126% earnings rise
SOUTH African headquartered cement maker PPC says its earnings per share (EPS) for the six months ended September 30, 2021 is expected to be between US$0,63 cents and US$0,68 cents, an increase of bet...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 08:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland projects get priority in 2022 budget
GOVERNMENT continues to drive the development of Matabeleland with the 2022 National Budget Statement presented yesterday in Parliament by Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli N...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 08:43hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Inside Colleen Bawn's Makokoba township
The sweltering heat in the mining area of Colleen Bawn, 26km south of Gwanda in Matabeleland South province has driven a handful of thirsty men to the local bar where they sit, drink and exchange chee...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate relief for motorists
Five tollgates on the outskirts of cities and towns will be moved further out to ease the financial burden on motorists living in peri-urban areas who have to pay road tolls twice daily on their way t...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gospel singer kidnapped, robbed
Gospel musician, Kudzaishe Nyakudya was last week kidnapped, assaulted and robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash by three robbers while two people lost over US$40 000 and R315 000 to criminals in Ma...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Robbers get away with US$50 000, R310 000
Police have expressed concern over the increase in armed robbery cases after criminals got away with over US$50 000, R310 000 and various property since last week in separate incidents countrywide....Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can Caterpillars Save Us?
For as long as anyone can remember, mopane worms have provided a critical source of nutritional and financial sustenance for Zimbabweans, especially in the country's southernmost provinces.In ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:24hrs | 12 | by Fortune Moyo
We have enough cement stocks, claims PPC
PPC Zimbabwe says it has enough cement stocks to meet local demand and that it was actively involved in ensuring the market's stability by fighting artificial cement shortages."Artificial shor...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
PPC blames cement shortages on panic buying
Zimbabwe's largest cement maker, PPC Zimbabwe says artificial shortages created by customers engaging in panic buying is adversely impacting on the country's construction industry, Business Times can ...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dies after drinking spree
A GWANDA mine worker died on Sunday after getting home from a drinking spree.Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector, Thabani Mkhwananzi confirmed the inc...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
PPC boss puts 'Zimbabwe first' under robust plan
PPC Zimbabwe managing director, Kelibone Masiyane said on Thursday that the country's largest cement maker had invested almost US$120 million across its Zimbabwean operations to ramp up production....Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
PPC rebounds after pandemic setback
PPC Zimbabwe, the country's biggest cement maker, said on Friday it had posted strong first quarter recoveries as the Covid-19 scourge appeared to be under control, with abandoned projects now back on...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine owner killed after firing workers
A worker at a mine in Colleen Bawn has been arrested after he stabbed his employer to death with a kitchen knife for firing his two workmates.Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokes...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hit by serious shortage of cement, PPC fails to meet orders
Zimbabwe has been hit by a shortage of cement, leaving the construction industry stranded, while in some instances resorting to the black market.The country implemented a cement import ban (SI...Published: 25 May 2021 at 13:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Govt reviews geo-fencing transit trucks route
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect reviewed the geo-fenced routes used by commercial trucks transiting through Zimbabwe to countries north of the Zambezi River.It is understood that the move...Published: 21 May 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Abednico Ncube for Vice Presidency
Gone are the days when leadership was based on qualities, qualifications and to some extent anointing. Leadership came with a responsibility of protecting the interests of those being led. The recent ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 10:06hrs | | by Mthabisi Mathuthu
Mnangagwa declares war on potholes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he is pained by the potholes on the country's "once great highways" while committing $33,6 billion towards the rehabilitation of 10 000kms of the country's roads. ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland converted into Mberengwa
The people of Matabeleland are up in arms with a ploy that is at an advanced stage to make part of Gwanda South be merged with Mberengwa. The person behind this gambit is a senior Zanu PF official who...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Sibangilizwe Moyo
Gwanda fisherman runs into dead body instead of good catch
A 19-year-old fisherman from Gwanda literally became a fisher of man when he cast his rod into Sengezane river hoping to reel in a good catch only to discover a dead body floating in the water....Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda man swept away by river
THE body of a 30-year-old man from Garanyemba village in Gwanda who drowned in a river about a week ago has been found more than 10 kilometres downstream.Matabeleland South provincial police s...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 16:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
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