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African countries urged to resist pressure to abandon fossil fuels
Developed nations should not pressure Zimbabwe and other African countries to abandon fossil fuels, as alternative energy sources remain costly and could hinder economic growth, Russian energy expert ...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:28hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Zimplats advances Zimbabwe's value-addition drive
Zimplats, one of Zimbabwe's leading platinum group metals producers, is making significant progress toward enhancing value addition and beneficiation in the mining sector through the construction of a...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:58hrs | 2222 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe and Zambia combine efforts to solve their power woes
Zimbabwe and Zambia are combining efforts to deal with their electricity crises, which have seen power cuts of up to 21 hours per day.With no load shedding for eight months, Eskom has asked So...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 07:09hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Solar plants for all Zimbabwe airports
The Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) is intensifying efforts to modernize the country's international airports into smart and environmentally sustainable hubs. ACZ plans to construct solar plants at...Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 09:12hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
New 500MW solar plant for Victoria Falls
VICTORIA Falls is inching closer to becoming a smart tourism and green destination following plans to construct a renewable energy exhibition park and a 500MW solar plant, which will be complemented b...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Presidential solar scheme on cards
GLEN VIEW residents will be the first beneficiaries of a Presidential solar scheme set to be rolled next month as Zimbabwe moves to alleviate a power crisis.The project is being spearheaded by...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Chrome smelter to establish 300MW power plant
GWERU-BASED chrome smelting company, Jin Yi Enterprises is set to establish a 300MW solar and thermal duel power station to generate power for its operations and channel excess electricity to the nati...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimplats is cutting spending on its US$1.8bn projects
The decline in global platinum prices is compelling Impala Platinum to reduce its planned expenditures across its operations, including Zimplats, which is expected to negatively impact local suppliers...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 08:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 6 shutdown leaves Zimbabwe short of power
Zimbabwe's diminished electricity supply can be attributed to the temporary closure of Hwange Unit 6, as disclosed on Tuesday. This coal-powered generator was taken offline for maintenance last Friday...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 18:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo adopts GIS to promote tourism growth
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has adopted the geographic information system (GIS) to enhance connection with local hotels and heritage sites as part of innovative strategies to promote the growth of...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
10,000 stands for new suburb in Umguza
A major new suburb with 10 000 houses and flats is being developed in Umguza on the outskirts of Bulawayo where low-density and high-rise buildings will be constructed by developer Radar Properties in...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:08hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Giant step taken on Zimbabwe's 1 000MW floating solar project
THE bankability and feasibility study for the 1 000 Megawatt floating solar farm on Lake Kariba is expected to be completed this year while work on the proposed US$1 billion project will commence soon...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 6 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
China Energy proposes $1 billion floating solar farm In Zimbabwe
More than 1.8 million photovoltaic panels installed over 146 modular floating units would be used for the Lake Kariba project.China Energy Engineering Group proposed building a 1,000-megawatt ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's satellite ready to transmit data
ZIMBABWE'S first earth observation satellite — ZimSat-1 — will begin transmitting data from space to the Mazowe Satellite Station next month after undergoing orbital stabilisation.It was d...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC installs its first Smart Meters
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has launched its first smart meters, a modern innovation meant to improve the electrical supply chain.According to ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
More equipment for Harare airport expansion
THE Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) says it will take delivery of equipment to complete expansion works at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.The expansion is part of a broad plan ...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Obama rises to challenge Mnangagwa, Chamisa
It is that time of the election season, yet again, when aspiring candidates emerge from their shells to declare their interests in running for the highest position in the country, that of President of...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
260,000 people on Zimbabwe's land waiting list
An estimated 260 000 people are on the waiting list for land with 10 000 in the diaspora, government said yesterday as it announced plans to speed up the allocation of land to the landless.Add...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:40hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business mulls night-shift, weekend operations
INDUSTRY representative bodies are considering adopting night and weekend shifts as a short-term strategy to mitigate the adverse impact of crippling power cuts while ensuring steady production....Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Water infrastructure vandalism worries Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has expressed serious concern over rampant vandalism of key infrastructure at Epping Forest and Rochester Aquifer in Nyamandlovu, a development which continues to negatively affect...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1 | 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 | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa says households may be disconnected from the national electricity grid
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said households may be disconnected from the national electricity grid in response to the crippling energy crisis."We have a blueprint which targets hous...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZimSat-1 deployed into orbit
Zimbabwe is banking on its first satellite, ZimSat-1 to give impetus to plans to solve the country's power challenges, as it has capacity to, among other things, map regions where there is high sun in...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
All set for Old Mutual Schools Quiz grand finale
A nail-biting Old Mutual Schools Quiz finxale is in the offing after ten heavyweight schools won provincial spots to fight out in the national championship tourney to be held next month on 2 December ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 13:47hrs | 20 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Shot in arm for BCC
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has approved well-wisher's offer to instal solar systems at some of the council's facilities to ensure smooth running of operations during power outages.According t...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Radisson Group of Hotels seal Bulawayo deal
A NEW hotel is set to be constructed in Bulawayo after the local authority granted an international hotel group, Radisson Group of Hotels permission to build the hotel.Consultations have been ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe developing a new US$60bn capita city
Plans to develop Zimbabwe's new capital city in Mt Hampden are gathering momentum, with a masterplan for the multi-billion-dollar ultra-modern development now complete.The US$60 billion metrop...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
BCC in 100MW solar power joint ventures
A PROPOSED 50 megawatt solar farm joint venture between the Bulawayo City Council and Williams Engineering at Ncema Dam in Esigodini has been given a nod while another 50MW private undertaking at West...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Solar farm project delays raise stink'
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC)has been accused of awarding tenders to incompetent companies following delays in the implementation of the solar farm project in the city.But the city fathers b...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
'Govt stalling BCC's solar farm project'
BULAWAYO councillors have blamed the Local Government ministry for delaying the city's solar farm project by not granting the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) permission to approve ap...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC smart city project on
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will this year expedite the implementation of its smart city programme which it hopes to complete by 2024.This strategy, which was boosted by the visit of BCC o...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:40hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Investors shunning Zimbabwe, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday bemoaned lack of funding for various infrastructural projects, admitting that investors were shunning his administration.In a speech at the ground-breaki...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Revenue Hall to be 100% solar powered
BULAWAYO'S Revenue Hall is set to go 100 percent solar powered as the local authority ups its drive towards alternative energy at most of its facilities.This comes in the wake of reports that ...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
BCC to turn cemetery into solar farm
THE Bulawayo City Council is working on establishing solar farms within their water pumping stations which will help solve the problem of power outages which have forced the local authority to introdu...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:10hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
BCC's solar projects stalled by Zida approval delays
BULAWAYO City Council's (BCC) solar power projects have reportedly been stalled by the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida), which is yet to approve proposals by prospective contractors....Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
COP26: Mnangagwa tried too hard
THE Glasgow COP26 meeting in Scotland, United Kingdom, painted a grim picture about the environment and imminent dangers of climate change. However, besides Africa and the third world carrying the can...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:35hrs | 9 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Old Mutual Zimbabwe pours US$12.4 million into solar projects in Zimbabwe
Old Mutual Zimbabwe has poured US$12.4 million (over R188 million) into solar projects around the country, which will generate a combined 25 MW upon completion.The Zimbabwe economy has been st...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 19:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The economic toll of Covid-19 on Zimbabwe has deepened energy poverty
Zimbabwe's management of the Covid 19 pandemic on the health front seems to have scored positively compared to other countries but the gains on statistics should not deflect attention from the perils ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 21:43hrs | 10 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
'Modern NRZ increase freight 2.8 to 4.5 m tonnes by 2023' - pariah state's vision 2030 mirage
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is being upgraded in line with President Mnangagwa vision of creating an upper middle-income economy by 2030."We are working on installing modern electr...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:17hrs | 9 | by Nomusa Garikai
NRZ to bring back electric trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has set in motion an ambitious programme to introduce a modern electro system with high voltage power for their railway lines as the company moves away from the...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to set up solar farm to generate 50MW
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has received an unsolicited bid from a local engineering firm for a joint venture project to set up a solar farm to generate 50 megawatts of electricity to be fed into the ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
UK firm to invest in Bulawayo renewable energy
BULAWAYO has lined up a number of renewable energy development projects worth millions of United States dollars, which are set to transform the city's economy and impact positively on the country's re...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo unveils new 4-year master plan
THE City of Bulawayo Tuesday unveiled an ambitious four-year Master Plan which is expected to transform the country's second largest local authority to a smart city by 2024.Speaking at the unv...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
IDBZ to build 300MW plants
THE Infrastructure and Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) is scouting for investors to finance the construction of mini-hydro and solar projects with capacity to generate 300 megawatts (MW), as the c...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lithium mine secures power supply
Prospect Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with African Continental Minerals (ACM) for the supply of power to the Arcadia lithium project and is exploring imports from the regio...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:05hrs | 3 | by newZWire
Matshela Koko's 100MW solar project gathers pace in Zimbabwe
FORMER Eskom chief executive officer Engineer Matshela Koko is pressing ahead with his company's 100MW solar project in Gwanda, which is expected to be the envy of the continent upon completion....Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
A second President is possible for Zimbabwe to save the little left
The citizens may have lost out on many resources (mining) but remember we can still support anyone we want to turn our fortunes around. We need to have one we anoint as an economic leader, one we ...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 09:07hrs | 6 | by Justice Maphosa
Solar use incentives on the cards to 'ease pressure on Zesa'
Government is crafting incentives to promote investment into solar energy to reduce pressure on grid electricity, whose generation is currently depressed due to low water levels in Kariba dam. ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube was also surprised
It's almost a year since Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to help turn around an economy weighed down by decades of ruinous policies.In the 10 months...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chasi pushes for duty free solar equipment imports
ENERGY and Power Development Minister, Advocate Fortune Chasi, says modalities are being put in place to ensure solar products are imported duty free to increase investment in renewable energy across ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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