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Southern African power crisis stems from post-liberation history
THE electrical power crisis that has enveloped southern Africa has its roots in our post-liberation history. Prior to that, the utilities created by the States of southern Africa exhibited considerabl...Published: 15 hrs ago | 366 | by Eddie Cross
Mnangagwa salutes late ex-Chinese leader Jiang
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent a condolence message to China following the death of former leader Jiang Zemin describing him as an outstanding statesman who led his country into growth and progress...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:00hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
New water treatment plant for Bulawayo to draw supplies from Lake Gwayi-Shangani
GOVERNMENT is inviting tenders for the construction of a new water treatment plant in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb which is one of the key components of the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project meant ...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani 245km pipeline project paces up
GOVERNMENT has opened a tender process for the construction of a new water treatment plant in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb as it intensifies efforts to address the city's water supply shortages thro...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe paying price for shoddy energy deals
ZIMBABWE is paying the price for failure to tap into renewable energy, as climate change is hindering power generation at Kariba Power Station - the country's largest electricity generating plant - wh...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 14:06hrs | 3153 | by Staff reporter
Beyond Beijing's 'gift' to Zimbabwe
On November 23, 2022, the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa gave the state of the nation address at the new iconographic parliament building that was designed, funded, built and "donated" by C...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 195 | by Gorden Moyo
Mnangagwa reiterates his call for tolerance and peace
As Zimbabwe prepares for the 2023 harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa has reiterated his call for tolerance and peace, saying constructive criticism and divergent views can spur national develop...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
$3.1bn for Zimbabwe air traffic control system
Government has moved to avert safety and security concerns at the country's airports by providing ZWL$3.1bn on the procurement and installation of an air traffic control system (ATC) following years o...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:15hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rolls out Covid-19 vaccination blitz
A Covid-19 vaccination blitz is starting this week in parallel with the second phase of the special polio vaccination campaign, so parents and older children can get their Covid-19 jabs when they take...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:11hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
EU envoy meets Zanu-PF, CCC
EUROPEAN Union (EU) human rights envoy Eamon Gilmore has met the ruling Zanu-PF and opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leaders as the European bloc ratchets pressure on Harare to con...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 2040 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa yet to fill vacant politburo posts
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (ED) has kept the ruling Zanu-PF party in suspense as he is yet to appoint other politburo members several weeks after the party's elective congress was held in the capita...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa mourns former Chinese leader
FORMER Zimbabwe Ambassador to China, Christopher Mutsvangwa, yesterday said he was "deeply saddened" by the death of former Chinese Presi- dent, Jiang Zemin.Former President Jiang died at the ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 40 senior military officers
Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Mnangagwa, has promoted 40 Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) senior officers.Twenty Lieutenant Colonels were promoted to full Colonels w...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:54hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades
A FEW years ago relations between Zimbabwe and the Western world were at the lowest ebb but now a new chapter has been opened, thanks to President Mnangagwa's policies espoused by re-engagement and en...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 4363 | by Staff reporter
Global steel giant shows confidence in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe stands ready to welcome more investors from across the globe for win-win outcomes such as the development of the country's rich mineral resources, and the multi-billion-dollar steel mills and...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
$3 billion for RG Mugabe Airport upgrade, amid faulty radar system
THE upgrading of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare has been allocated ZW$3.1 billion by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as fears mount that the port of entry has become a major c...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:59hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Man (21) charged with theft over picked wallet
A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo who picked up a wallet containing US$240 in a commuter omnibus and spent some of the money on clothes had an unexpected surprise when he was arres...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 13:57hrs | 634 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga to testify on murder attempt
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga is set to testify in a case where his ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa is accused of attempting to kill him in South Africa two years ago.Mubaiwa, who is being represe...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt pays US$50,28m to service external debt
TREASURY paid out US$50,28 million between January and September this year towards servicing its active debt portfolio while token payments were also made for debt arrears owed to International Financ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wants to join BRICS
ZIMBABWE has made overtures to join emerging economies that make up the BRICS bloc as part of its engagement and re-engagement thrust, which is particularly designed to increase the countries' clout g...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:52hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military shops for arms in Pakistan
A HIGH-POWERED delegation of military officers led by Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) Air Vice Marshall Biltim Chingono was in Pakistan this month to inspect modern aircraft and armaments during a d...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 18:22hrs | 3478 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe need the Commonwealth?
ZIMBABWE joined the Commonwealth in 1980 after gaining independence from Britain - in what appeared to be a major victory for the Commonwealth. Twenty-three years down the road, Zimbabwe quit the Comm...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 291 | by Vusi Nyamazana
Zimbabwe warms up to more investments from China
Zimbabwe stands ready to welcome more investments from China across all sectors of the economy as Harare accelerates a sustainable and mutually beneficial modernisation and industrialisation of the tw...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails 'excellent' China relations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hailed "excellent" relations with China as he delivered for the first time a State of the Nation address at a new multimillion-dollar parliament building gifted by the Asi...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe pilot appointed Mangwe headman
HIGHFLYING Air Zimbabwe pilot Captain Simon Thalon Moyo has been appointed as Godzi headman under Chief Tjanguluba in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South Province.The pilot has flown President...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree pilot defies racial attitudes to pursue dream
FORTY years and still counting years of flying different aircraft types, heads of States, the late Prince Philip; husband to the late Queen Elizabeth II, and roles spanning basic flying, advanced flyi...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Parliament ready for business
President Mnangagwa will inaugurate the New Parliament building in Mt Hampden this week, when he delivers a State of the Nation Address (SONA) and officially opens the 5th session of the ninth Parliam...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF congress maintains 2017 coup hierarchy
"LOBENGULA comes back as secretary for administration," Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on 29 October as he appointed the ruling party's top leadership at the recent congress at...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
'Jonathan Moyo, Patrick Zhuwao's intentions not yet clear'
Zanu-PF has not been formally approached by self-exiled former party members Professor Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao, and their intentions are not yet clear, it has emerged.This comes follo...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:36hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Plastic carrier bag ban postponed
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has indefinitely postponed a ban on plastic carrier bag use, which was initially scheduled for December 31 this year.In a letter to the Confe...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:31hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth readmission will not solve Zimbabwe's problems
IT looks very likely that in the near future Zimbabwe will be readmitted into the Commonwealth, the grouping of former British colonies, boosting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts a...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:29hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'mutilates' Zanu-PF constitution
Zanu-PF president and first secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa has mutilated the party constitution introducing sweeping changes, ostensibly, to remove some provisions that hounded his firm grip to power....Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:44hrs | 2969 | by Staff reporter
China-funded Hwange power generator turned on
One of the two power generators being built at Hwange Thermal Power Station was successfully turned on for the first time on Tuesday, bringing the country closer to producing an additional 300 megawat...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 5-year tenure divides public opinion
THE history of Zimbabwe is etched on the fateful events of November 14 and 21, 2017 an eventful week that saw soldiers roll their tanks onto the streets of Harare, culminating in the forced resignatio...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
China-Zimbabwe trade up 30%
TRADE between Zimbabwe and China went up by 29,9% to US$1,7 billion between January and September this year.The statistics were revealed by Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun during a...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe votes for 'Mother' Russia
ZIMBABWE on Monday voted against a United Nations General Assembly (Unga) resolution for Russia to pay compensation for the damage caused by its invasion of Ukraine.Ninety-four countries voted...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 2326 | by Staff reporter
Foreign nationals arrested in Zimbabwe over drugs
THREE foreign nationals have been arrested at the country's airports between September and this month while trying to smuggle heroin to India with a combined street value running into millions of doll...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF raises concern over slow Commonwealth process
Zanu-PF has told the visiting Commonwealth delegation that the ruling party is more than ready to rejoin the bloc, but expressed disappointment at the slow pace of the process.Speaking after a...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's re-engagement effort faces brickwall
The Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive is largely influenced by many issues, chief among them political instability, democracy, high inflation and unemployment.Through the ongoing re-engagem...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:50hrs | 409 | by Nomatter Jakachira
Zanu-PF claims to be ready to engage progressive opposition
Zanu-PF is ready to engage with all progressive opposition parties as long as they are not receiving instructions from foreign forces targeting regime change, the party's acting Secretary for Administ...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:47hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition disunity promotes Mnangagwa's rule
RENOWNED economist, Dr Godfrey Kanyenze has blamed disunity among the country's opposition political parties for propping up President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ascendancy and leaving foreign allies with n...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1645 | by Staff reporter
Beware of the folly of Trojan rulers!
Government, folly of mankind?Barbara W Tuchman is a prolific writer on politics as read through history. I enjoy her take on her subject.But she is American, western, itself an importa...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 18:07hrs | 439 | by on Saturday
CCC top officials fall for ZANU PF money
There are reports reaching this reporter indicating that some Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior members are stampeding for ZANU PF's stipends as the ruling party is leaving no stone unturned ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 11:49hrs | 10518 | by Mandla Ndlovu
RBZ conducts digital currency survey
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has stepped up plans to create Zimbabwe's own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) on a phased approach by carrying-out consumer perception surveys.The bank'...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
China to avail more assistance to Zimbabwe
CHINA will soon avail more assistance to Zimbabwe in agriculture, energy, health and science and technology sectors, the country's Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Guo Shaochun, said yesterday.Addressi...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police pays ZW$1 million compensation to victim of 2018 shooting
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has paid ZW$1 million compensation to a man who was shot and injured by a constable in 2018, two years after the case was brought to the courts by the Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani to miss completion deadline
CONSTRUCTION works at the gigantic Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District, Matabeleland North have resumed following the release of funds by Treasury.Lake Gwayi-Shangani, a major component of ...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Call to ban biased observers from Britain
ZIMBABWE is a friend to all and an enemy to none, but the British House of Lords should not take that as a sign of weakness, Zanu-PF Chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has said.This comes after some ...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says not bothered by high Zec fees
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday claimed it could afford the US$187 000 fee demanded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for the release of a copy of the voters roll in a veiled jab at opposi...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu takes bootlicking to another level over re-appointment?
Zanu-PF's secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has taken bootlicking to another level by penning an open letter praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his recent reappointment as party leader....Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:31hrs | 2133 | by Staff reporter
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