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Gauteng-Limpopo bullet train takes another giant step
The planned "bullet train" between Gauteng and Limpopo has taken another step towards its eventual completion.The project, which was first announced in 2023 and is titled the Limpopo-Gauteng S...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 13:08hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi's million-dollar supercar collection vanishes
Five years after his tragic death in a fiery car crash, the once-glorious supercar collection of Zimbabwean socialite and businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure has all but vanished - sold off, scatte...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 07:47hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe truck driver steal $15,000 worth of wheat in Zambia
A 47-year-old truck driver employed by MakMotors, Milton Muzanenhamo, was remanded in custody on Wednesday over charges of theft of trust property.Muzanenhamo appeared before Harare magistrate...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:13hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
The truth behind Rovos Rail's collision in Zimbabwe
The luxury rail industry across Southern Africa was shaken earlier this year when a Rovos Rail train carrying 47 foreign tourists and 34 staff collided with a freight train on the Bulawayo-Beitbridge ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 10:31hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa gets a R26.5bn World Bank loan
The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion (approximately R26.5 billion) loan to support structural reforms aimed at boosting South Africa's infrastructure.The Washington-based lender sa...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 10:14hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road rehab begins without official tender winners
Preparations for the long-awaited rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road are now at an advanced stage, with detours under construction to maintain traffic flow during the works.The...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:37hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe drivers will need medical report to renew licences
Seventy-year-old Sekuru Moyo was unsettled when he read a newspaper report suggesting that all local drivers might soon be required to undergo mandatory retesting. For Moyo, whose daily life revolves ...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 13:31hrs | 16717 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner digs under railway line, faces 10 years behind bars
A daring artisanal miner is facing a possible 10-year prison sentence after being caught illegally digging for gold directly beneath an active railway line in Mvuma - a reckless act that endangered bo...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:10hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Spike in wildlife poaching alarms Victoria Falls conservationists
The Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VFAPU) has raised the alarm over a surge in wildlife poaching, with at least seven animals killed in April alone, including three buffaloes, one kudu, and three ...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:09hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is a failed state. So, who will care for the carers when they are old?
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? "Who will guard the guards themselves?" or "Who will watch the watchmen?" Asked Roman poet Juvenal.Replace guard with political leader and you can see why democr...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 13:18hrs | 413 | by Wilbert Mukori
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 | 1863 | by Staff reporter
How the NRZ Can Fund Zimbabwe's Pensioners on Its Own
As Zimbabweans, do we pause to look inward and realise that some of the solutions we desperately seek already lie within our own institutions. The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) stands as a t...Published: 24 May 2025 at 23:02hrs | 426 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
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 | 4886 | by Staff reporter
6 arrested for smuggling 17,5 tonnes of T-shirts
Six individuals, including two ZIMRA officials and a clearing agent, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of fraud after allegedly orchestrating a scheme to evade more than US$78,880 in customs ...Published: 10 May 2025 at 20:48hrs | 1815 | by Staff reporter
Nigerians buying South African bank
The Bidvest Group has placed Bidvest Bank as a discontinued operation in its latest financial results ahead of the bank's sale to Nigerian giant Access Bank.In its results for the six months e...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 16:34hrs | 2028 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF praises Mnangagwa for Beitbridge Border Post transformation
The Zanu-PF Economic Development Cluster has applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa for his leadership in the transformation of the Beitbridge Border Post, a US$300 million infrastructure project unde...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:42hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa misses Chapo inauguration
Zimbabwe's Defence Minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, is set to represent President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the inauguration of Mozambique's President-elect, Daniel Chapo, in Maputo today. The event un...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 12:08hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver nabbed for smuggling
A 53-year-old truck driver, Douglas Tengende, has been arrested for attempting to smuggle goods worth R427,823 through the Beitbridge Border Post without his employer's knowledge.Tengende, emp...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:54hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
NRZ struggles amid sanctions, as revival efforts falter
In its prime, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) was the backbone of the nation's transport system, transporting passengers across the country and facilitating the movement of goods beyond Z...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:07hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
SA insurance companies crackdown on foreign truck drivers
Foreign truck drivers working for South African freight companies are required to have valid working permits and if they do not, insurance companies are legally not obliged to pay out claims in the ev...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 09:47hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
ZSE outshines VFEX in wealth creation
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has emerged as the preferred investment destination for those seeking wealth creation, surpassing the foreign currency-denominated Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:37hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Molefe exposes Transnet's CEO
The role state capture has played in the current troubles facing Transnet was in dispute in Parliament on Tuesday as the state freight company's former CEO, now MK Party MP, Brian Molefe, challenged t...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 06:58hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opens rail network to private companies
The National Railways of Zimbabwe has opened its network up to private players, including a unit of South Africa's Grindrod, as it seeks to boost freight volumes that had collapsed after decades of un...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 13:07hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
As Zimbabwe's rail system collapses, vice thrives in the trains left behind
INSIDE the abandoned trains of Zimbabwe's once-proud railway system, sex workers try to catch the attention of passing men, while drug dealers sell codeine-laced cough syrup and homeless families sear...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:22hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe treasury defends transit fuel tax
THE new import duty for fuel tankers in transit, paid on entry and refunded on exit, was necessary to curb the abuse of the electronic cargo tracking system, the Permanent Secretary for Finance, Econo...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 06:28hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Zimra warehouses full of smuggled goods
State warehouses at Beitbridge Border Post are overflowing with intercepted goods as security officials continue to crackdown on smugglers along the border.The use of drones, commercial and ba...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:31hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
91 tonnes of copper stolen at Chirundu border post
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has seized three South African registered trucks belonging to Nashfreight and Transport Services after 91 tonnes of copper, disguised as in-transit goods, were s...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:25hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
NRZ eyes new passenger coaches to win back public trust
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) urgently needs new passenger coaches to resume its transportation services and compete with private buses in terms of ambience and speed, according to General M...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 15:29hrs | 3518 | by Staff reporter
NRZ, Beitbridge Bulawayo Railwayink open access deal
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has signed an open access agreement with its subsidiary, Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway (BBR), to enhance rail capacity and expedite deliveries by allowing private...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 07:47hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Fake clearing agent dupes businessman
Sadam Mangwiro, a director at GAFA Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, a South African trading company, has allegedly fallen victim to fraud by a fake clearing agent in Harare. The accused, Isaac Bachi (39), appeared...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:33hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans enjoy border digitisation gains
The digitization of the Beitbridge port of entry through the Zimbabwe Electronic Single Window (ZESW) platform is significantly improving trade facilitation and clearance efficiency. Introduced in 202...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
NRZ aims to move 2.7 million tonnes
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) aims to move 2.7 million tonnes of freight this year, a 17 percent increase from last year. However, this figure is still significantly lower than in previous y...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra caught offside
A Zambian firm, Rock Telecom Limited, has won a Supreme Court appeal after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) seized its consignment of 96,820 mobile phones imported from China. Initially, the Hig...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 11:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
China to revamp Zimbabwe railway company
Zimbabwe is in talks with China Railway Group Ltd. to help modernize the state-owned National Railways of Zimbabwe."We believe that we could make use of their expertise and financial muscle to...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NRZ, Chinese firm in US$500 million investment deal
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is gaining momentum in its recapitalisation efforts, as it has signed a lucrative agreement with TransTech, a subsidiary of China Railway International Group (C...Published: 20 May 2024 at 09:24hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's cash-in-transit workers threaten to go on strike
A strike in the cash-in-transit (CIT) sector could see South Africa's automated teller machines running dry.That's the prospect if the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration gr...Published: 20 May 2024 at 08:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Free Russian fertilizer arrives in Zimbabwe
Over 23,000 metric tons of free Russian potash and NPKS fertilizer has arrived in Zimbabwe, the press service for Uralchem Group reported on Wednesday. The shipment is Uralchem's fifth humanit...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 17:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Afrochine loses US$3m tax battle with Zimra
AFROCHINE Smelting Private Limited has been ordered to pay nearly US$3 million in royalties for under-declaring its earnings. Afrochine Smelting is a company that produces and exports ferrochrome, an ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Seized Russian fertiliser consignment finally arrives
ABOUT 10 000 tonnes of fertiliser, which are part of the 26 000-tonne consignment from Uralchem Group, a leading Russian agrochemical producer, have arrived in Zimbabwe.Uralchem pledged close ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets more free fertilizer from Russia
A ship carrying 23,000 metric tons of fertilizers has reached and fully offloaded at the port city of Beira in Mozambique, Uralchem Group's press service reported on Monday.The fertilizers wil...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 15:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to benefit from AfDB's US$40m Mozambique facility
THE African Development Bank's (AfDB) US$40 million loan to Mozambique's State-owned rail and port authority, Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique EP (CFM), will help neighbouring countries, incl...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NRZ passenger train service to be revived
PLANS are underway to capacitate the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) that will result in the revival of abandoned passenger services to ease the pressure on the country's major highways, Vice- Pre...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:05hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwean truck drivers based in SA with valid permits cannot be fired'
Zimbabwean truck drivers notched up a victory this week in the Durban High Court, which ruled they cannot be fired if they have a valid permit, such as the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).Ea...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean truckers head to court to stop unlawful 'purging' by SA employers
Several Zimbabwean truckers rushed to the Durban High Court this week seeking an urgent interdict to stop their employer terminating their employment on the grounds that they are illegal immigrants....Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 15:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimra urges public to follow pre-clearance procedures
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has called on vehicle importers to adhere to pre-clearance procedures for all imported vehicles. Pre-clearance involves completing customs import procedures befo...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe air traffic volumes surge
As Zimbabwe continues to experience the benefits of liberalizing air transport, such as improved service quality and increased air traffic, which in turn facilitates tourism, trade, investment, and gr...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Potraz moves to regulate omalayitsha
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has expanded its licensing categories to encompass cross-border transporters, commonly referred to as "omalayitsha," in a bi...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:47hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
US$115m loan for NRZ imminent
The National Railways of Zimbabwe is on the verge of finalizing a loan agreement of US$115 million with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). Out of this amount, $81 million will be allocated ...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
NRZ adopts strategy to reboot operations
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has announced a new inward-looking strategy aimed at enhancing its operations and efficiency. This initiative seeks to leverage domestic solutions to a...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
NRZ gets US$115m loan to procure new locomotives, wagons
A NEW era is beckoning for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), which is expected to tap into a US$115 million line of credit negotiated by the Government towards procurement of new locomotives an...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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