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Bitumen World forced to cut jobs
One of Zimbabwe's leading construction firms, Bitumen World (BW), has announced job cuts due to delayed payments from government projects, highlighting the ongoing financial challenges in the country'...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 08:26hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to officially open $88 million Trabablas Interchange
Zimbabwe is poised to celebrate a landmark achievement in its ambitious road infrastructure overhaul as the state-of-the-art Trabablas Interchange is set to officially open to traffic this Friday. The...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:12hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Coltart frustrated by Glassblock Dam delays
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has expressed mounting frustration over the bureaucratic hurdles that are stalling the long-awaited Glassblock Dam project, a critical initiative aimed at ensuring a stabl...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:27hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Fidelity Gold Refinery invites bids for gold collection centre construction
Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mutapa Investment Fund, has issued a tender for the construction of gold collection centres as part of efforts to improve accessibility a...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:08hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Mbare fire evidence disappears
Investigations into the cause of the devastating fire that engulfed Mbare Musika last week have reportedly stalled as vendors rushed to clean up and reclaim the affected space, NewsDay has learned. Th...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 13:26hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to force road construction firms to erect fences along highways
The Government is considering new legislation to mandate that companies contracted for major road rehabilitation projects erect fences along highways to prevent accidents caused by stray domestic and ...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mbudzi interchange fund looted
Several directors at the Ministry of Transport have been quizzed by anti-graft investigators after whistle blowers leaked explosive details linking them to the pillage of a fund meant to compensate ow...Published: 14 Jan 2024 at 20:50hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Prisca Mupfumira cleared but . . .
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna today cleared former Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira of allegations of subverting National Social Security Authority (NSSA) tender processes and pressuring ...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Parly clarifies Command Agriculture figures
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said the Government extended about $1,1 billion to private sector participants in the Command Agriculture Programme instead of the falsely touted US$3,...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube bolsters construction sector
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2022 national budget presented on Thursday gave impetus to the growth of Zimbabwe's construction sector, analysts at Inter Horizon Securities said yesterday.Ncu...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Construction firms cash in on Zimbabwe's growing infrastructural spending
AS construction spending by government, mines and individual home builders grows, the tills are ringing at some of Zimbabwe's listed companies.Between January and June, government spent $21,2 ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Indonesia sets sights on NRZ
SOUTHEAST Asian nation, Indonesia, seeks to clinch deals in Zimbabwe's various economic sectors such as pharmaceuticals, rubber and the railways, an official has said.A representative of the I...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Robbers raid road construction firm
POLICE in Chivhu have arrested two men who were part of a gang that raided a road construction company along Masvingo-Harare Highway and stole 350 litres of diesel.The suspects were arrested i...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Rising cement prices choke construction sector
Zimbabwe's construction sector is on a massive rebound, boosted by public spending on infrastructure and private development, but recent rising cement prices is becoming a major threat to the industry...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Beitbridge project among top deals of the year'
The Global Trade Review, the global trade finance magazine, has named the US$296 million project to rebuild Beitbridge Border Post among its top 11 worldwide deals of the year.Global Trade Rev...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Makuti-Chirundu stretch
The completed phase of the US$21 million Makuti-Chirundu road rehabilitation is expected to be commissioned by President Mnangagwa tomorrow, just over 18 months after he officiated at the ground-break...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
China flexes its muscle, slaps sanctions on EU officials
China yesterday said it had decided to impose sanctions on 10 European Union citizens, including politicians, for "gross interference" in its internal affairs, and for "flagrantly violating internatio...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar will maintain a 'fragile stability' this year report
ZIMBABWE's currency will maintain a "fragile stability" this year, continuing from the volatilities that haunted the domestic unit even after the introduction of theforeign currency auction system...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prioritise locals over Chinese contractors for the benefit of Zim economy
Kenyan law professor Patrick Lumumba gets animated when he talks about China's rising influence on the African continent where governments get blinded by their fraternal ties with the Communist Party ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:51hrs | 7 | by Anthony Matutu
Harare City Council faces $7m lawsuit
HARARE City Council (HCC) faces a potential $7 million defamation lawsuit from Paulos Construction over an audit report which accused the company of fraud.Paulo Construction has hit back at HC...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites major Chinese company
President Mnangagwa has invited Chinese construction firm, Shanghai Construction Group, to establish offices in Zimbabwe in preparation for future infrastructure construction projects, as the country ...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt in Murambatsvina 2 drive
THOUSANDS of families risk being left homeless as government is mooting a massive eviction and property destruction programme to clear out illegal settlers occupying Harare wetlands and council land....Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand new NSSA audit report
PARLIAMENT has given Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza an ultimatum to release the latest external forensic audit report on the National Social Security Authority (Nssa),...Published: 10 May 2019 at 13:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Key ways of making money
Before we start to talk in earnest about managing money, we must know where it comes from, how the ordinary person gets it. This is what we call income. You can make money in more ways than one and wi...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 10:45hrs | 1 | by Kudzai Mubaiwa
Beitbridge-Chirundu highway's new design to cost US$520 000
THE Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway dualisation project has been pushed back by a further three months over new designs. This comes as government scouts for a new road designer after Austrian firm...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 19:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Government pins development on infrastructure
Government's policy reforms which also encompasses infrastructure development is key to modernising and boosting productivity in all the productive sectors, as well as facilitating delivery of social ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | | by Rudo Saungweme
Local contractors to get mega projects
The Zimbabwean government is mulling to prioritise local construction firms on mega projects as a way of preserving scarce foreign currency.The southern African country is facing an acute shor...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff rep
New parliament building to be completed in 2021
The New Parliament building which is being constructed by Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) in Mt Hampden will be commissioned in 2021,Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing J...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 16:30hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chivayo, Ginimbi deny conning Zanu PF MP
TWO Harare businessmen Wicknell Chivayo and Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, who are facing two counts of conning Zanu PF Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna and another miner of R1 581 890 in a botched mining eq...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to engage local firms for Beitbridge-Chirundu highway
Government is moving to engage Zimbabwean road construction firms in a major road expansion programme connecting Beitbridge and Chirundu amid indications the deal reached with Chinese firm Anhui Forei...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 12:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mukupe off the hook
FORMER Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe yesterday successfully overturned two default judgments entered against him, and which compelled him to pay a combined debt of $58 000 to a private schoo...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Ginimbi
A warrant of arrest has been issued against businessman Genius Kadungure after he failed to pitch for his fraud trial yesterday. Kadungure, who is jointly charged with Wicknell Chivayo, was su...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi, Chivayo R1,5m fraud trial moved
A HARARE magistrate yesterday issued a warrant of arrest to businessman Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi, who is accused of swindling Zanu PF member of Parliament Dexter Nduna of R1 581 89...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi, Chivayo fraud trial resumes
HARARE businessman Genius Kadungure, also known as Ginimbi, who is accused of swindling a Zanu-PF member Dexter Nduna of R1 581 890 in a botched mining supply deal, was summoned to appear in court on ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mukupe battles to overturn default judgments
Former Finance and Economic Development deputy minister, Terrence Mukupe, has petitioned the court seeking to overturn default judgments granted in favour of a local international school and a Chinese...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Chinese firm targets key rail project
Thousands of jobs are in the offing for skilled and unskilled Zimbabweans from a mega infrastructure project that will see the construction of a 400km railway link between Shamva and Moatize in Mozamb...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Murewa North candidate in 'farm looting spree'
ZANU-PF Murewa North parliamentary candidate, Daniel Garwe, has been taken to court by his estranged wife, Pedzisai Mirrian Lilliethy, on allegations of stripping the couple's two farms in Mvuma and H...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Homelink sets eyes on Bindura
HOMELINK - a subsidiary of the central bank - says it is engaging construction firms to build low-cost housing units in Bindura under its initiative to construct 30 000 houses by 2018 for middle-incom...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 11:20hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
SA firm applies for $200m Nkayi Road construction
LEADING South Africa-based Zimbabwe-owned construction firm, ALW Team Investments (Private) Limited has made an application for the construction of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road at an estimated budget of $2...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gamble backfires
The Austrian company contracted to dualise the Beitbridge-Chirundu highway has ignored President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to cancel the contract and says it is already working on the project amid ind...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Harare-Beitbridge dualisation deal opens can of worms
The cancellation of the Geiger International road dualisation deal has exposed that incompetence and corruption abounded in Government corridors amid revelations that the Austrian company is just a "b...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Zimbabwe's $1 billion highway upgrade tender
Confusion has rocked the long-delayed Harare-Beitbridge-Chirundu highway dualisation project, with Transport and Infrastructure Development minister, Joram Gumbo, insisting government has not cancelle...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 18:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Major rail firm comes to Zimbabwe
CHINESE companies have heightened their interest in local investments following President Mnangagwa's inauguration in late 2017, with a major construction firm last week dispatching a delegation to Zi...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 07:57hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Multi-million company to launch nine companies in Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa-based company, Big Time Strategic Group will launch nine companies in the country as part of efforts to heed calls by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for Zimbabweans in the diaspora to inves...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA construction firm eyes Matabeleland venture
A South Africa-based Zimbabwe-owned construction firm, ALW Team Investments (Private) Limited has expressed interest at channelling most of its investment into the country especially in the Matabelela...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu's company sues over debt
HOME Affairs and Culture Minister Dr Obert Mpofu's company, Khanondo Safaris and Tours has taken a Victoria Falls construction firm to court over a debt of more than $15 000.Khanondo Safaris a...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anglican Church dragged to court
A BULAWAYO-based construction company has taken the Anglican Church to court for failing to settle a debt of more than $320 000.The debt allegedly arose when the company renovated the church's...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Setback for Beitbridge-Chirundu dualisation
GOVERNMENT has put brakes on the US$3 billion Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu dualisation project, despite the recent hype around what could be Zimbabwe's biggest infrastructure project since independence ...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Probe into Jonathan Moyo - details
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission wants to interview Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo; his deputy Dr Godfrey Gandawa; and three other pu...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt seals multi-lateral road deal with Austrian and Chinese companies
Zimbabwe yesterday signed a "framework agreement," with an Austrian construction firm Geiger International and a Chinese Company, China Harbour Engineering (CHEC), setting the stage for the rehabilita...Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Samantha Chigogo
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