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Government contractors warned against dishonesty
The Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades Workers Union (ZCATWU) has called on government contractors to stop abusing delayed payments from the Treasury as a justification for poor performance and d...Published: 15 hrs ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
Silent jobs massacre sweeps through Zimbabwe
A silent but brutal jobs massacre is sweeping across Zimbabwe's construction industry, as companies contracted by the government for key infrastructure projects plunge into financial turmoil due to ch...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:04hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco sales reach 88% of national target
A notable shift in Zimbabwe's tobacco marketing landscape is unfolding, with auction prices surpassing contract prices for 24 consecutive days, signaling potential cracks in the long-dominant contract...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 09:42hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Some Zimbabweans oppose development
There is a growing and deeply troubling trend among certain segments of our society—an unsettling comfort with the status quo of decay and underdevelopment. It is as if, for some, the sight of crumb...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 13:26hrs | 488 | by Kudzai Mutisi
Fresh Harare mass demolitions on the cards
The City of Harare is poised to commence demolitions of illegal structures following a High Court ruling that ordered Brickstone Builders and Contractors, a land development company, to vacate a dispu...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 10:14hrs | 10717 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt wins Trabablas land dispute
The High Court has ruled in favour of the State in a high-profile land dispute, reaffirming the legal precedence of public infrastructure development over individual property claims when fair compensa...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 10:01hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fails to avail land for development
Bulawayo City Council is facing a deepening housing crisis after failing for more than a year to secure contractors to develop new housing stands in the city. Despite multiple attempts and repeated ad...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:17hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Trabablas immortalised?
Yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially inaugurated the Trabablas Interchange, a flagship US$88 million infrastructure project designed to transform north-south traffic flow in Harare by re...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:05hrs | 1834 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt suppliers plot Treasury showdown at funeral parlour
In an extraordinary show of desperation, Zimbabwean government contractors used the funeral wake of one of their own last Thursday to plot emergency engagements with Treasury officials, warning that u...Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:11hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Treasury delists defaulting suppliers, bans pre-payment of services due to non-delivery
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has blacklisted a number of suppliers who failed to deliver goods and services after receiving advance payments from the government, Permanent Secretar...Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:50hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new politics of fraud
IN Zimbabwe, politics is no longer just the art of the possible.It has become the science of the scam.From boreholes to buses, roads to resettlement deeds, today's governance is not me...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:23hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
South Africa in talks with Zimbabwe, Zambia to run Grand Inga transmission line
South Africa's Minister for Minerals and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, announced on Tuesday that his country is engaging in discussions with Zambia and Zimbabwe regarding the potential routing ...Published: 28 May 2025 at 11:03hrs | 696 | by `
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 | 489 | by Staff reporter
Sanyatwe breathes fresh air into Sports ministry
A video that went viral last week shows newly appointed Sports Minister Anselem Sanyatwe actively confronting contractors over delays in the renovation of the National Sports Stadium. In the footage, ...Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:42hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Cereal imports ban looms in Zimbabwe
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has recommended a ban on cereal imports in a move aimed at boosting the local grain market and strengthening Zimbabwe's food ...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:18hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe focuses on boosting productivity in winter season
Zimbabwe has positioned itself for a strong winter cropping season with an estimated 141,000 hectares available for wheat production following an extensive rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure....Published: 18 May 2025 at 11:52hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Trabablas Interchange construction complete
The construction of the highly anticipated Trabablas Interchange is now complete, with contractors applying the final touches before the official commissioning by President Emmerson Mnangagwa later th...Published: 17 May 2025 at 21:01hrs | 1134 | by Staff reporter
Lupane hospital construction clocks 25 years
The construction of Lupane General Hospital in Matabeleland North province, which began over 25 years ago, remains severely delayed due to prolonged non-payment of contractors, Health and Child Care D...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:34hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi- Shangani Dam completion target in doubt, again
The ambitious Gwayi-Shangani Dam construction project, seen as a critical solution to Bulawayo's chronic water shortage, may not meet its 2025 completion target due to continued delays in the release ...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:30hrs | 2317 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Trabablas Interchange to open this May
The long-awaited Trabablas Interchange Construction Project is in its final stages and is set to officially open to traffic this May, bringing much-needed relief to motorists and commuters who have lo...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:29hrs | 3718 | by Staff reporter
Govt mobilises for construction of Simon Mazorodze-Willowvale flyover
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has announced the mobilisation phase for the construction of a Grade Separation Structure (flyover) at the busy Simon Mazorodze and Willowvale...Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:28hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Final phase of Harare-Beitbridge highway resume
Construction works on the outstanding sections of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway have resumed in earnest, with contractors now on-site to complete the final 88 kilometres of the 580-kilometre flagship ...Published: 11 May 2025 at 13:21hrs | 4867 | by Staff reporter
Winter wheat production takes off in Matabeleland South
Matebeleland South Province is ramping up preparations for the 2025 winter wheat season, with land preparation currently underway and a target of cultivating 2,300 hectares - a modest increase fro...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:36hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Employee accused of stealing over US$27,000
A Rainforcing Steel Contractors employee has appeared in court on charges of fraud, forgery, and theft of trust property. Nothando Banana, aged 35, of Barham Green, denied the charges when she appeare...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:47hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Tender process for Victoria Falls road rehab still underway?
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has confirmed that the tendering process for the Victoria Falls road rehabilitation project is still ongoing, following the retraction of an i...Published: 02 May 2025 at 07:57hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Vic Falls road rehabilitation corruption in tender awards exposed
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has backtracked on its earlier claim that contractors are already on site to begin rehabilitation of the dilapidated Bulawayo-Victoria Falls R...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 16:42hrs | 3247 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road upgrade to begin next month, claims govt
The long-awaited rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road is finally taking shape, with Government confirming that construction work is set to commence next month. The project, which is expe...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 18:45hrs | 4551 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ramps up winter wheat preparations
The Government has intensified preparations for this year's winter wheat production season, aiming to deliver essential inputs to farmers on time and build upon last season's record-breaking harvest. ...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:27hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's govt avoid potholes, flies Rovos Rail tourists to Victoria Falls
The Zimbabwean government was forced to abandon what critics described as a "disastrous" plan to drive stranded Rovos Rail tourists to Victoria Falls, instead opting to fly them to the iconic resort t...Published: 20 Apr 2025 at 19:18hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo-Vic Falls Road upgrading to take 10 months'
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona has confirmed that the long-awaited rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road will resume next month and is expected to be compl...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:19hrs | 4696 | by Staff reporter
Lt-Gen Sanyatwe assesses progress at NSS
Newly appointed Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, Anselem Sanyatwe, yesterday toured the National Sports Stadium in Harare, marking his first official engagement since assuming office. ...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:39hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
7 more firms for Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road upgrade
The Government has engaged seven additional contractors to fast-track the full rehabilitation of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway, a key economic and tourism corridor that has long been in a stat...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:08hrs | 6195 | by Staff reporter
Govt boosts completion drive on Harare-Beitbridge highway
The Government has released a new tranche of funding to expedite the completion of outstanding sections of the Harare–Beitbridge Highway, with contractors now back on site and working at full thrott...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:06hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Fake ID scam exposed at Bulawayo's Tredgold building
A fake national identity document scam operating from within the Civil Registry Department's Tredgold Building in Bulawayo has been uncovered, implicating an employee of a private company contracted b...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:40hrs | 2526 | by Staff reporter
Afreximbank's $100 million Harare Trade Centre nears completion
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is set to transform Harare's skyline with the imminent completion of its US$100 million African Trade Centre, a landmark project that will serve as the Souther...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 14:39hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Fake Zimbabwe ID syndicate busted in Bulawayo
A syndicate behind the production of fake national identity documents has been exposed at the Civil Registry Department's Tredgold building in Bulawayo, with links to a company contracted by the Depar...Published: 09 Apr 2025 at 21:26hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Geza motivated by financial selfish gains, says Tungwarara
The Special Presidential Investment Advisor, Dr. Paul Tungwarara, has dismissed war veteran Blessed Geza as a failed politician, accusing him of being driven by selfish interests. He urged the former ...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:46hrs | 177 | 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
Zimbabwe's Crumbling Roads: Where is the money going?
Zimbabwe's roads are in a state of disrepair, and people are dying because of it. Potholes large enough to swallow cars, faded markings that turn highways into death traps at night, and crumbling brid...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 21:48hrs | 1031 | by Vusani Magwala
Bulawayo assures residents of water safety
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced that it has resumed pumping safe drinking water to Tshabalala after rectifying a fault that had led to contamination concerns.Last week, residents in ...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 06:55hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
US$2,5 million released to accelerate Lake Gwayi-Tshangani construction
Zimbabwe's infrastructure development agenda is advancing steadily, with public-private partnerships (PPPs) playing a key role in road construction and the release of US$2.5 million to accelerate the ...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 06:51hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Voice of America dismantled over propaganda claims
US President Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back federally funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being "anti-Trump" and "radical".A White House statement said th...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 10:15hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo reveals road rehabilitation plan
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has requested authorization to utilize part of its allocation from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) for the procurement of tools, plant, and equipment...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:52hrs | 1874 | by Staff reporter
Steady progress in Bulawayo-Nkayi Road rehab
The rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road has gained momentum, with the contractor working on a 23km stretch from Inyathi Business Centre, affirming the Second Republic's commitment to infrastruct...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 07:41hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Deaths from infrastructure collapse are usually the tragic cost of corruption
There's always a human cost to corruption.The recent tragedy at Bandama Farm Dam in Chipinge, where five lives were lost due to the dam's sudden collapse, is a stark reminder of the perilous s...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 20:14hrs | 374 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Shun Sidemarketing, tobacco farmers warned
Contracted tobacco farmers have been warned to shun side marketing by senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa while urging them to fulfill their contractual obligations and deliver all their crops to the mer...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 12:16hrs | 172 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa to lead Old Gwanda Road groundbreaking ceremony
Zwane Enterprise, the investor behind the ambitious upgrading of Old Gwanda Road, has partnered with eight companies to execute the 120km road construction project, which is set to cost approximately ...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:02hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank urges banks to increase ZiG lending
With the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency now largely stable, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has urged banks to increase lending in ZiG, assuring financial institutions that the risk of depreciation h...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 08:56hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
TIMB stops contracting tobacco floor's operations
Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has ordered Bindura contract floor to stop operations in Mvurwi after the local council gave them a community ...Published: 28 Feb 2025 at 19:57hrs | 554 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
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