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Mohadi tours Dinson steel plant
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has arrived at the Dinson Iron and Steel Company (DISCO) plant in Manhize to assess the ongoing progress in the country's flagship steel manufacturing project.The v...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 15:04hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Why community engagement and dialogue are key for Zimbabwe's development
Communities are the backbone of any country.I was recently privileged to moderate the Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue on Bridging Community Solutions and National Policy - organized by the Institu...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:45hrs | 154 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa dragged into messy, illegal takeover of Arlington Estate
Barely a month after President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed over 480 hectares of Arlington Estate to PPC Zimbabwe, a storm is brewing over the land's true ownership, with fresh court documents revealing ...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 12:18hrs | 4023 | 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 | 368 | by Staff reporter
Over 1 million travellers cleared at Zimbabwe's ports in December
Zimbabwe recorded a significant increase in traveller volumes in December 2024, with over one million people processed at the country's ports of entry. This marked a notable rise from the 840,000 trav...Published: 05 Jan 2025 at 08:42hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's foreign policy contributes to the economic growth trajectory
Zimbabwe's foreign policy in the past six years has been commended for contributing to the economic growth trajectory under the Second Republic.Upon inception, the Second Republic sought to pl...Published: 26 Dec 2024 at 17:05hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
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 | 214 | by Staff reporter
515 students graduate at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic
A total of 515 students graduated yesterday from Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, marking a significant milestone in the institution's efforts to contribute to Zimbabwe'...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:55hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Harare's Mbudzi Interchange partially opens to traffic
Motorists and travellers have welcomed the partial opening of the Masvingo-Glen Norah loop road, a key part of the ongoing Mbudzi Interchange project, which aims to ease traffic congestion in southern...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 06:27hrs | 3624 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Rome for Italy-Africa Summit
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here last night and is set to join other world leaders at the Italy-Africa Summit where Rome is expected to present a strategic partnership with Africa, aimed at improving ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Insiza joint venture farmers table proposal to build dam
INSPIRED by the desire to enhance water harvesting and boost climate-proofed food production, seven farmers from Insiza District in Matebeleland South have availed a combined 700 hectares of land for ...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New boarding school for Tsholotsho
TSHOLOTSHO district in Matebeleland North is set to have a third boarding school following the setting up of Royal Avenues High School in Simanje Village, Ward 15 under Chief Gampu area.The pr...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:40hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Professor Ncube readies Zimbabwe's budget
AS Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, readies to present the 2024 National Budget tomorrow, expectations are high that it will consolidate prevail...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:08hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
AU livestock programme launched in Zimbabwe
THE African Union-Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation yesterday launched the resilient African feed and fodder systems (RAFFS Project) in Zimb...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reiterates call for mono-currency
President Mnangagwa has announced that Zimbabwe will transition back to using its local currency as the exclusive legal tender, discontinuing the multi-currency system. He emphasized that a country's ...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Why properties in Zimbabwe are overpriced
YOU probably have heard that properties in Zimbabwe are expensive, especially compared to regional peers like South Africa and Kenya.To substantiate this claim, a quick online survey on proper...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 08:50hrs | | by Rufaro Hozheri
Small progress on Beitbridge, Bulawayo -Victoria Falls road
SMALL progress has been recorded in the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo- Victoria Falls Road with the contractor expected to complete about 20km of newly surfaced road within the next two we...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Polad to stay in place
THE Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a grouping of all presidential candidates who participated in the 2023 elections is set to return, President Mnangagwa has said.POLAD was first establish...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimra implements electronic single window project
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) plans to launch the first implementation stage of Zimbabwe Electronic Single Window (ZESW) in September, a concept introduced last year as part of measures to en...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pleads with Zimbabweans to embrace Zimdollar
TREASURY boss Mthuli Ncube has pleaded with Zimbabweans to embrace the local currency for the country to achieve growth and stability objectives of National Development Strategy 1 economic blueprint....Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe officially ends load shedding
The Government has announced that the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority has officially ended load-shedding countrywide following various interventions implemented by the Second Republic.In...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 10:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
No more need for load shedding, says Zesa
IN a huge breakthrough for the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa the power utility, Zesa, says the country no longer needs a load-shedding schedule as it is now able to produce enough electri...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will always suffer with a govt perpetually crying over sanctions!
As Zimbabweans continue to suffer through unmitigated poverty, under the ZANU PF regime, for the past two decades - do they honestly see any light at the end of the tunnel?Surely, every time I...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
What can Zimbabwe and Africa learn from China's 1949 revolution?
The Chinese Revolution of 1949, made the West to regard China as a yellow peril or disease which had to be quarantined for 20 years and how in turn China built up its political and economic strength i...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:44hrs | 1 | by Erick Matotoba
13 distressed Zimbabwe firms rescued
Testifying to its commitment to tangible deliverables aimed at transforming the livelihoods of the people, the Second Republic, under the stewardship of President Mnangagwa, has resuscitated 13 previo...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZITF roars to life
THE 63rd edition of the premium trade exhibition — the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair — kicks off in Bulawayo today amid high optimism that the platform will strengthen existing business linkag...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected in Bulawayo for youth dialogue
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected in Bulawayo today where he will lead deliberation on the inclusion of youth in economic development, while also tackling the topical issue of drug and substance abuse r...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
UN to mobilise US$2,8 billion for Zimbabwe
The United Nations intends to mobilise US$2,8 billion by 2026 for various developmental programmes in Zimbabwe, as contained in the country's five-year economic blueprint, the National Development Str...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power supplies set to improve
RISING water levels in Lake Kariba and the imminent synchronisation of Hwange units 7 and 8 to the grid - which will add a cumulative 600MW - have raised expectations that the country's power supply s...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo, Intratrek acquitted of defrauding ZPC
Maverick Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his company Intratrek Zimbabwe have been acquitted of defrauding the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of US$5.8 million.In a judgement handed down ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 21:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe closing gender gaps in technology, says Mutsvangwa
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa says the Second Republic is actively working towards bridging gender gaps which exist in innovation and tech...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 23:14hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Government to start upgrading Nkayi Airstrip
GOVERNMENT will next month start upgrading Nkayi Airstrip in Matabeleland North Province with $40 million already set aside for the project as the Second Republic continues to roll out key infrastruct...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nust students complex awaits Mnangagwa commissioning
THE Government, through the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ), has completed constructing the massive US$17 million student accommodation complex in Bulawayo.The multi-purpose...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 15:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions choking Zimbabwe: Myth or reality?
"African politics is dogged by crises of legitimacy, monetised politics and corruption, personalised leadership, and lastly the sit-tight syndrome" notes the African Exponent. During an electoral seas...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Zvikomborero Sibanda
Chinese firm to manufacture lithium batteries in Zimbabwe
CHINESE steel manufacturer Dinson Iron and Steel Company (DISCO) says it intends to locally produce lithium-ion batteries as Zimbabwe has all the raw materials required in the production process....Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:30hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Government policy destroying the formal economy
Policy missteps and inconsistency has turned the Zimbabwean economy on its head against the formal sector, posing a threat to business continuity, domestic resource mobilization and formal employment....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:06hrs | 9 | by Victor Bhoroma
Tough foreign exchange regime suffocating economy
Zimbabwe's broad money supply has grown from just under ZW$364,60 billion as of September 2021 to more than ZW$1,920 trillion as of September 2022. This represents growth of over 426% over a period of...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:02hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
9 000 housing, commercial stands for Bulawayo
PROPERTY development and management firm, Radar Holdings Limited, has initiated a project to service close to 9 000 residential and commercial stands in Bulawayo as part of private sector efforts to c...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bornfrees4ED calls for the removal of sanctions
BORNFREES4ED, a newly-formed Zanu-PF affiliate whose membership is drawn from young people born after 1980, has joined the fray in calling for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions imposed on...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
NPA to think over Chivayo trial
The legal team acting for Intratrek Zimbabwe and its director Wicknell Chivayo says the National Prosecuting Authority risks civil liability and criminal abuse of office charges for reviving criminal ...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa declares that he will win Zimbabwe's 2023 elections even without electoral reforms
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has expressed confidence in winning the 2023 presidential elections, in which he would defeat incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa, even ...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets $1 billion for road repairs
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has disbursed about $12 billion to road authorities across the country for road maintenance and rehabilitation since the beginning of the year under...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants to beat Mnangagwa hands down
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has warned his charges against engaging in corruption, saying the vice was synonymous with "Zanu-PF councillors and legislators plagued by t...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Policy flaws chasing Forex from the formal market
It is estimated that US$2.5 billion is circulating outside the formal banking system in Zimbabwe with households, businesses and foreign investors preferring to store their hard-earned foreign currenc...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 12:05hrs | 15 | by Victor Bhoroma
Propaganda, lies will not resurrect Zimbabwe economy
THE country's economy is on its knees and probably needs biblical resurrection.The Zanu-PF government has lost its marbles and its successive economic blueprints have failed to turn around the...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:50hrs | 13 | by Leonard Koni
Bulawayo struggles to clear housing backlog
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) plans to service 650 medium density stands in Mahatshula and 453 high density stands in Luveve suburbs as it battles with a housing backlog of over 120 000.The hous...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:08hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
135 properties to make way for Mbudzi interchange
At least 135 residential, industrial and commercial properties built near Mbudzi roundabout in Harare will have to be demolished to pave way for the construction of 14 bridges and bridge-like structur...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Massive roadworks change face of Beitbridge
THE massive road construction projects in Beitbridge, which dovetail with the ongoing US$300 million modernisation of the border post being spearheaded by the Second Republic, have transformed the fac...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zesa reaches out to Rwanda to clear connections backlog
STATE power utility, Zesa Holdings, has engaged Rwanda Energy Group for assistance in raising funding the company requires to clear a backlog of 305 000 houses requiring new electricity connections in...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The price of bread to humble Mnangagwa
Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation should should always play a track from Simon 'Chopper' Chimbetu's song Survival which is very informative and educative.This is a well choreographed track...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
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