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Chamisa outlines US$4.3 billion plan to end energy crisis
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has mocked the Zanu-PF led government for failing to roll out a contingent blueprint to deal with power outages while outlining a f...Published: 7 hrs ago | 925 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans mock Mnangagwa over election promises as blackouts worsen
The announcement by the Zambezi River Authority, which runs the Kariba Dam, that Zimbabwe had used up its share of the water in the world's largest man-made reservoir sounded a death knell to an alrea...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1333 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zanu-PF ineptitude created power crisis
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the power crisis bedevilling the country is a symptom of the ruling party's lack of foresight, corruption and energy policy i...Published: 7 hrs ago | 169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife will now be referred to as Dr. Amai
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa will now, just like her predecessor Grace 'Gucci' Mugabe have the privilege of being referred to as Dr. Amai.This comes after the Zimbabwe Open University's (ZOU)...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:13hrs | 2356 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for Form 1 places
Government has said there are adequate Form One places to absorb all pupils that wrote the Grade Seven public examinations this year.The announcement comes as parents and guardians have starte...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Things not looking good for Chamisa's CCC
The events that are taking place within CCC coupled with the party's defeat by Zanu-PF in the by-elections held in Binga, Gweru and Mberengwa over the weekend show that things are falling apart in the...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1514 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Zimbabweans endure 19 hours a day without electricity
Zimbabweans are being subjected to 19 hours of power cuts a day, because there is insufficient water in the Kariba dam to drive the nation's main hydropower plant.The worst outages since 2019 ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:13hrs | 1994 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says struggling to deal with power crisis
GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted that it was having difficulties in dealing with the power situation in the country, saying additional imports will be critical to solve the power crisis.This was ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere desperate for a political comeback'
Self-exiled and former Cabinet Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere is desperate to make a political coming back and has been engaging some fringe political parties to support his 2023 presidential bid , it h...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 19:31hrs | 2198 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chihuri properties seizure - PG wants graft law amended
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Nelson Mutsonziwa has called for the amendment of corruption laws to plug loopholes being used by "criminals" to keep hold of ill-gotten property as the state pushes for the seizure...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 18:50hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
What is Gata even still doing at ZESA?
As Zimbabwe continues to sink deeper into an economic abyss - exacerbated by recurrent crippling electricity shortages - one is baffled as to why heads at the power utility are not rolling.No ...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 11:43hrs | 2026 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Sikhala a victim of his own mischief'
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has described jailed Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala as a theatrical character, who is "author of his own situation".The minister s...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC, Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF unite to 'loot' State coffers
GIVEN the fluidity of Zimbabwean politics, one can only second guess President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 elections strategy.Cabinet ministers have been offered US$500 000 "loans" they have not...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 419 | by Sibanengi Mswazi Dube
Zimbabwe's power situation dire
ZIMBABWE'S dire power situation was laid bare yesterday, as the country was generating 23% of requirements, crippling industry and homes which have to endure days on end without electricity....Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga duped into buying fake gold for US$24,000
A gold buyer who punished a Chinhoyi couple for selling him fake gold worth US$24,000 will spend Christmas behind bars after he was arrested for taking the law into his hands in revenge.Donald...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 3494 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe border jumpers feared dead in road accident in Botswana
AN unconfirmed number of Zimbabwean nationals, including children, is feared dead after a Nissan Elgrand transporting illegal immigrants overturned near Franscistown Saturday.According to repo...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1488 | by Staff reporter
An acid test for Zimbabwe's opposition parties
EVERY institution is bound by a code of conduct which helps an organisation to run professionally and within the parameters of operations.There are several kinds of codes of conduct which the ...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | 271 | 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 | 262 | 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
70% registered to vote, claims ZEC
More than 70 percent of Zimbabweans eligible to vote have registered and are already on the voters roll, the chief elections officer of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, has tol...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
'CCC will win the 2023 elections' Need a reality check here, especially after 42 years of rigged elections
"Our motive is clear, we want to win the 2023 Presidential Election. Let it be known that Chigumba cannot stop the wave of change, said CCC Task Force Com...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 21:27hrs | 712 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwean defeats South African to retain EFC bantamweight title
RISING Zimbabwean Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Nicholas "Gokwe Boy" Hwende retained his EFC Bantamweight title after beating challenger Nkazimulo Zulu of South Africa by a unanimous points decisio...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 14:00hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Plot to take out Ramaphosa's deputy David Mabuza?
A number of South Africans are wondering if there is a plot to take out ANC Deputy President David Mabuza, who is also known as the "CAT".Mabuza's convoy was involved in a freak accident in Mi...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 12:35hrs | 2261 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for dark Christmas
ZIMBABWEANS have to brace for a dark Christmas, with power outages projected to persist until February next year when the water level at Lake Kariba is expected to rise, The NewsHawks reported....Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 09:07hrs | 1602 | by Staff reporter
Fresh voters' roll headache for Zec
A local independent election watchdog has dragged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to the High Court seeking an order directing the electoral management body to release a soft copy of the voter...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:14hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition's to-do list ahead of 2023 polls
Zimbabwe is expected to hold its presidential election next year, and the world has mixed sentiments about the impending polls due to the Zimbabwean government's reluctance to execute electoral reform...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 176 | by Evans Mathanda
Sikhala's 12 children struggling to survive
Opposition MP Job Sikhala refused to go to court this week for the ruling on his 10th bail application in protest against what he knew would be the outcome.His lawyer, Freddy Masarirevu, told ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:09hrs | 4212 | by Staff reporter
Man runs away with wife after killing her lover
There is clearly no limit to strange things people do in the name of love. A Harare man recently allegedly murdered his wife's lover and ran away with this cheating wife. This is not a movie script. ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:02hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections cost US$116m
ZIMBABWE'S 2023 general elections are expected to gobble up ZW$76 billion (US$116 million).The country will hold presidential, parliamentary and local government elections simultaneously, most...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:10hrs | 249 | 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
Cotton farmers give Mnangagwa's Intwasa middle finger
Some cotton farmers who got free inputs from President's Emmerson Mnangagwa's Pfumvudza programme have chosen the most unorthodox way to pay back the Zimbabwean leader's presumed benevolence through s...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:15hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
2 killed and several injured as kombi ferrying mourners to funeral bursts tyre and overturns
Two mourners died whole 10 others were injured after a vehicle ferrying them to a funeral was involved in a road crash.Midlands Acting police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Fungai Ngawagare...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:14hrs | 793 | 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 | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now one of the fastest growing African economies
ANALYSING Zimbabwe's unconventional economy always proves somewhat cumbersome because it is a country bridled with policy inconsistency, unfavourable operating conditions buoyed by decades of unilater...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:32hrs | 1248 | by Respect Gwenzi
A clinical test for the opposition
Every institution is bound with the code of conduct which helps an organisation to run professionally and within the parameters of operations....Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 09:11hrs | 850 | by Leonard Koni
Zesa tariff hike looms for miners
ZESA Holdings is set to review tariffs for major consumers such as miners to improve generation and boost its capacity to import electricity to meet local demand.In his 2023 national budget st...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Government outlines measures to stabilise electricity supply
Efforts to stabilise electricity supply are ongoing, with the Government coming up with a raft of measures such as gradually reviewing the tariff upwards so that funds are available for maintenance, i...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:56hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Varsity students 4ED pledge support
The newly formed Varsity Students 4ED has pledged to support President Mnangagwa during the forthcoming harmonised elections in honour of the life-changing programmes such as the Education 5.0. ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:56hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
'EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospect of opposition govt fades' - we only have ourselves to blame for this
"EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24. Of course, every thinking Zimbabwean out there must be disappointed the EU has given up the fight end ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 14:12hrs | 1154 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Fresh headache for Mwonzora as Marara drags him to court
Fissures have emerged within the MDC-T ahead of its elective congress slated for 18 December this year as that party's secretary for programs and party business, Norest Marara is set to approach the c...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 09:52hrs | 3290 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZEC claims over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chief Elections Officer Utoile Silaigwana has told parliament that there has been over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server, a day after re...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Team Pachedu labelled a terrorist organisation
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday accused a group of data analysts, Team Pachedu, of employing "terrorist tactics" to try to hack into its system and destabilise the country's election...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Govt guns for land barons
GOVERNMENT has finally decided to act on land barons and illegal settlements by crafting a cocktail of strategies that include reviewing legislation and setting up courts to specifically deal with the...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
The alternative Sona by Trevor Ncube
DEAR compatriots, comrades, and friends.Since independence in 1980, our nation has experienced moments of joy punctuated with anguish and trauma.The dream of our liberation struggle of...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | 279 | by Trevor Ncube
Zimplats dumps community share payment obligations?
Despite notching up a record revenue of US$1.4 billion last year coupled with tax contributions and royalties totalling US$404,6 million, platinum mining giant Zimplats has been dragged to court for f...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1673 | by Staff reporter
British newspaper brands Cyril Ramaphosa as a 'dreadful fellow' after state visit to UK
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been labelled "a dreadful fellow" by the UK-based Sunday Times newspaper, where he was described as a man who prefers "folded stuff" over chequebooks.In the...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:35hrs | 4266 | by Staff reporter
ZEC reports US linked Pachedu to the police
IN a litmus test against cyber terrorists, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday reported an anti-Zimbabwe shadowy group Pachedu to the police on a litany of allegations ranging from hackt...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe turns to Zambia for power bailout'
ZIMBABWE is reportedly negotiating with neighbouring Zambia for additional power imports following indications that the country's Kariba Power Station could soon be switched off due to low water level...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt failing Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted failing to run elections properly, but has laid the blame on poor funding by the State.In its latest report on the March 26 by-elections, Z...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe presently facing acute power shortages
Cabinet was yesterday seized with the prevailing electricity challenges afflicting Zimbabwe, with remedies expected to be announced and rolled out soon, acting Information, Publicity and Broadcasting ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
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