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Chris Kuruneri's estate in wrangle
TWO Mazowe miners have approached the High Court for a revision of judgment accusing the late former Finance minister Christopher Kuruneri of secretly acquiring an order for their eviction without the...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mines minister orders stop to artisanal mining
Mines Minister Soda Zhemu has called on artisanal miners to "completely stop" mining activities during the current rain season which poses a high risk of mine disasters.In a statement, Zhemu a...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
How a Zimbabwean business coach went from artisinal miner to CEO
"I am always busy from Monday to Friday working for the Youth Miners Foundation, and on other days I will be at my own gold mine…" Payne Farai Kupfuwa, the 36-year-old CEO of the Young Miners Founda...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:57hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Gas discovery excites Zimbabwe govt
AUSTRALIA oil and gas exploration firm, Invictus Energy, has announced a massive breakthrough in its exploitation drive declaring a gas discovery from the Mukuyu-2 sidetrack well in the Upper Angwa fo...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's small scale miners take Minister to task over bottlenecks
The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) convened with the newly appointed Mines Minister on Friday to discuss the complex challenges afflicting the sector.Annually, the sector's miners contribute...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Delays in issuance of mining certificates worrying
The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has expressed deep concern over the protracted delays in the issuance of mining certificates, citing that this has led to unnecessary disputes arising from the ove...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints son Deputy Finance minister in new Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new cabinet, retaining a bulk of his ministers in key posts and adding a few new faces.Finance and Investment PromotionProf Mthuli NcubeDep...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 17:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa badly missed veterans
WITH the national election done and dusted, it has become apparent that there are several Members of the National Assembly from the ninth parliament that will not be joining the new faces at the new p...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:55hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions have made Zimbabwe to be more innovative,' says Mnangagwa
THE level of development and economic transformation achieved in the last five years without access to global lines of credit is an indication that Zimbabwe under the Second Republic is effectively de...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe signs nuclear energy cooperation agreements with Russia
The intergovernmental agreement between Russia and Zimbabwe - which follows a memorandum of understanding concluded in September 2021 - was signed by Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev and Zimb...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:19hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Failed Gwanda solar project angers residents
THE 100 megawatt Gwanda solar project awarded to controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has turned into a white elephant after it was abandoned due to the long protracted legal dispute with reside...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
29 houses for families displaced by powerline
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) yesterday handed over 29 houses built in Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo for families displaced by the new 400kv power transmission line under the Hwa...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zesa quietly feeds power from Hwange Unit 8 into national grid
Power utility ZESA has quietly begun drawing power from Hwange Unit 8, the second of two 300 MW generating units built at a cost of US$1.4 billion, ZimLive reported.Testing of the coal-fired u...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 18:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 back on Zimbabwe power grid
Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7, which was recently taken off the national grid for confirmation tests, was successfully put back on Monday, adding 300MW to the national output as the country puts...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 back on grid today
Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7, which was recently taken off the national grid for further tests, will be back online on Monday, adding 300MW to the national output, Energy and Power Development ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 passes tests, back on grid Monday
Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7, which was recently taken off the national grid for further tests, will be back online on Monday, adding 300MW to the national output, Energy and Power Development ...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 8 to begin synchronisation on Tuesday
Hwange Thermal Power Station's Unit 8 is expected to be synchronised with the grid on Tuesday, and will progressively add another 300 megawatts that will boost supplies to both domestic and industrial...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reportetr
Load shedding to further ease in Zimbabwe
THE country's power generation capacity continues to improve with Government announcing that the synchronisation of Hwange Unit 8 is slated for 16 May, a development that is expected to ease load shed...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 23 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Power Company increases power generation
ELECTRICITY generation at Hwange Power Station has drastically improved from last week's levels of below 80 megawatts to 395 megawatts today (Monday).According to daily production figures from...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs take Soda Zhemu to task
LEGISLATORS say Energy minister Soda Zhemu is painting a misleading picture of Zimbabwe's energy situation, which they say is worsening despite his numerous assurances.In the final quarter of ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 to come on grid in two weeks
The new Unit 7 at Hwange Thermal Power Station is expected to come on the grid in the coming two weeks while Unit 8 is expected to come on line next month to give an additional 600 MW of electricity t...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's disused radioactive material facility nearing completion
Permanent secretary Gloria Magombo, RPAZ Ceo Justice Chipuru and Energy Minister Soda Zhemu touring the Disused Radiation Sources Facility in Hatcliffe, Harare yesterdayTHE construction of a d...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:08hrs | 3 | 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: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt concedes power cuts causing distress
GOVERNMENT has admitted that the prevailing electricity blackouts are causing distress to citizens and business as Zimbabwe is currently experiencing uninterrupted 18 hours or more of load shedding....Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Energy Minister Soda Zhemu's 2 years of empty electricity promises
On 29 August 2020 Energy Minister Soda Zhemu told the nation that, "One of the power generating units at Hwange Thermal Power Station was fixed yesterday to boost the country's unity capacity by more ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 13:26hrs | 2 | by Nicholas Ncube
ZESA says NO to Chiwenga's 2023 budget address
VICE President and health minister Constantino Chiwenga's 2023 budget presentation was Monday afternoon interrupted by a ZESA power in a poignant moment for the country's top leadership.Ordina...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 19:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Energy Minister absconds Parliament for 2 months amid deepening power crisis
PARLIAMENTARIANS have demanded that Energy Minister Soda Zhemu avails himself to the National Assembly to respond to questions regarding continuous power outages that have been going on for months wit...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe joins exclusive club with gas project
AFRICA Oil Week, a prestigious global platform for stimulating deals and transactions across the continent held annually, will this year host Zimbabwe's Energy Minister, Soda Zhemu.For over 25...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seals Zambia and Mozambique power import deals
ENERGY and Power Development Minister, Soda Zhemu has announced Zimbabwe has sealed a new power import deal with Zambia while it has retained others with Mozambique and South Africa.Both contr...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles with daily blackouts
ZAMBIA'S integrated power utility ZESCO has declared that the country how has surplus capacity of about 1,000 megawatts (MW) at a time the country is also enjoying an economic rebound.Across t...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans told to brace for more power cuts
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned of more power cuts due to the increase in the demand for electricity during the winter season.The country is already facing a power deficit, while the power utility...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Biti survives stone attack
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy president Tendai Biti escaped death after he was attacked by suspected Zanu-PF activists in Mashonaland Central on Friday as political temperature...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF internal challenges a blessing for Chamisa in Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland Central is home to Madzibaba veShanduko real name Godfrey Karembera who hails from Guruve. Madzibaba veShanduko and several Citizens for Change have descended upon Mashonaland Central as C...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 10:36hrs | 13 | by Hector Muringani
60% of Zimbabwe has never known electricity
NEARLY three quarters of the country remains stuck in the dark ages after only 20% and 40% of the country's rural and urban areas have respectively been electrified since the country came into existen...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents finger ZETDC employees in cables theft
RESIDENTS of Queens Park East in Bulawayo have accused Zimbabwe Electricity, Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) employees of colluding with thieves in the theft of electricity copper cables...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Petrotrade board suspension challenge hits a snag
HIGH Court judge Justice David Mangota has struck off the roll an urgent chamber application by former Petrotrade board chair Tinomudaishe Chinyoka, who was challenging his dismissal from state oil co...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Mozambique
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to lead a high-powered delegation to Maputo, Mozambique, today for a three-day state visit.A number of Memoranda of Understanding are expected to be signed to d...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zesa begs for US$2,5bn war chest to end load shedding
POWER utility, Zesa Holdings Private Limited executive chairperson Sydney Gata says the parastatal is in need of US$2,5 billion to end load shedding as the country grapples with subdued local po...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Senior Petrotrade managers challenge forced leave
TWO senior executives at state-owned petroleum firm Petrotrade have gone to court to challenge their placement on "mandatory leave", warning that the illegal action could plunge the country into chaos...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Top govt officials in messy Petrotrade fight
STATE-OWNED petroleum firm, Petrotrade, has been rocked by fresh controversy amid reports that Energy and Power Development permanent secretary Gloria Magombo ordered the firing of two executives via ...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe issues ultimatum on 70 IPPs
GOVERNMENT has issued an ultimatum on 70 independent power producers (IPPs) sitting on licences for renewable energy projects, to immediately start project implementation.According to the Ener...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 17:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions 42km water pipeline
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a US$48,1 million 42km pipeline which will supply water to Hwange Power Station from Zambezi River....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Construction of key water pipeline for Hwange power begins
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday officiated at the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of a US$48,1 million, 42km water pipeline which will supply water to Hwange Power Station fro...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
Govt shields dodgy US$400m deal from political scrutiny
THE government has ring-fenced a filthy US$400 million waste-to-energy Pomona dumpsite deal pushed through by Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) from political scrutiny and possible ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 17:07hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei eyes government fuel monopoly
Rapacious oligarch Kudakwashe Tagwirei would supply all government departments with fuel when he completes the capture of Petrotrade and Genesis, the two government-owned petroleum companies, ZimLive ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 15:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soda Zhemu warns power outages will persist until ZESA charges 'viable tariff'
Energy minister Soda Zhemu says power cuts will persist because Zimbabwe's electricity is too cheap, a situation he says is pushing "unproductive" demand by domestic customers.Zhemu is support...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia-Ukraine war: Zimbabwe braces for severe crisis
ZIMBABWE should brace for more price hikes of basic commodities and debilitating fuel hikes in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war with observers this week warning the situation in the country may get ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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