ZIMBABWE renewable energy drive has received a massive boost after the Great Zimbabwe Hydro Power Project secured a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC).The project’s coordinator, Hilbert Chipfumbo, said the agreement marks a significant milestone in the development of the five-megawatt hydroelectric facility, providing long-term certainty for investors…
Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to the private sector, churches, communities and well-wishers to partner with the government in accelerating the repatriation and reintegration of thousands of Zimbabweans returning from South Africa.The appeal comes as the government says nearly 59 000 Zimbabweans have already returned home through both state-assisted and self-repatriation programmes…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER MASVINGO City Council is considering privatising its parking management system as part of efforts to curb corruption, plug revenue leakages and improve income collection.The proposal was tabled during a recent full council meeting after mayor Aleck Tabe raised concern over alleged corrupt practices by municipal police officers, which he said were undermining…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has demanded a coordinated crackdown to dismantle entrenched drug supply networks across the city.Speaking during a courtesy call by the Bulawayo United Residents Association (BURA) at his offices yesterday, Coltart said while awareness campaigns and rehabilitation programmes were important, greater attention must be directed towards those supplying drugs.“We…
SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI ESCALATING Afrophobic attacks in neighbouring South Africa, which have triggered a mass exodus of migrants there, will have huge social, political and economic consequences for Harare, Pretoria itself and the rest of the region.So says veteran economist and businessman, Eddie Cross, who adds that although Zimbabwe is now in a much better shape…
FELIX MHONA GOVERNMENT has suspended the operating licence for all omnibuses run by transport operator Blessing Matimbe after investigations into a fatal road accident exposed multiple breaches of road traffic and public transport regulations.The minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Felix Mhona, said the suspension was with effect from last Thursday following investigations into a…
RUTENDO NGARA MORE and more unsuspecting Zimbabweans continue to be duped into participating in the Russia-Ukraine war.In the latest incident, a somber Harare Magistrates’ Court was told on Friday how one unfortunate local had recently lost his life tragically in the deadly conflict, after being lured to Russia on the false promise of a lucrative…
Staff Writer PHILANTHROPIST and businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, wants legendary Chimurenga music maestro — Thomas Mapfumo — to bow out a millionaire.The businessman, whose philanthropy and business activities have been simultaneously expanding at a frenetic pace, has previously offered Mapfumo decent money and packages, which the icon at the time politely declined.At the weekend, while celebrating…
BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE government has earmarked more than US$1 million for the construction of an open prison and a halfway facility as part of efforts to decongest the country’s correctional facilities while promoting the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders.The development comes as Parliament has implored authorities to increase budgetary allocations to the Zimbabwe Prisons and…
BRANDON JOSPHAT MORE than 58 000 Zimbabweans have been repatriated from South Africa as government-led reintegration efforts gather significant momentum.This comes amid an influx of thousands into the country, among them locals and foreigners headed for their home countries such as Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.The government is also ramping up its stringent,…
