WITH Zimbabwe’s energy situation continuing to improve, the government plans to further expand its electricity generation capacity to enable the country to export power. Speaking yesterday, after commissioning Hwange Power Plant’s new units 7 and 8 — which have injected 600 megawatts into the national grid — President Emmerson Mnangagwa confirmed that the country would…
AUTHORITIES say that over 1 000 community information centres have been opened across the country, especially in rural and remote areas, since 2018. Speaking at the launch of school information communication technology laboratories at Tshabanda High School in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North Province on Wednesday, Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere said the government was…
THE government has released funds towards the operationalisation of three gold centres in the country’s three provinces. The gold centres are located at Makaha in Mashonaland East Province, Mukaradzi in Masho[1]naland Central Province and Penhalonga in Manicaland Province. A gold service centre is a one stop shop that offers technical services to miners, access to…
CLOSE to 400 land barons have so far been arrested while another 300 are currently under police investigation as authorities clamp down on illegal land grabbing, the government has revealed. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said some of the arrested individuals’ cases were now pending at the courts….
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora says polarisation of the country’s politics continues to weigh down on the country’s social, economic and political potential. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday during the launch of his party’s manifesto for the August 23 elections, Mwonzora said he believed in peace and political stability as pillars of a viable country,…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has called on Zimbabweans to work together to resolve the economic, social and political challenges that Zimbabwe is facing. Addressing thousands of party supporters at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera, Mashonaland East Province, yesterday, he said it was time Zimbabwe moved away from toxic politics in order for…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that viral hepatitis could kill more people than malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV combined by 2040 if not checked. The alert comes as WHO commemorated World Hepatitis Day yesterday, calling on governments to scale-up testing and treatment for the disease. “Millions of people are living with undiagnosed and untreated…
THE chief executive and chairperson of Geo Pomona Waste Management, Delish Nguwaya, has urged Russian investors to invest in Zimbabwe as the country has created an enabling environment for foreigners to conduct their business. Addressing top Russian business executives at the Exporters Club on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg, Russia, on…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has embarked on a citizens’ rights awareness campaign ahead of the forthcoming August 23 harmonised elections. The campaign is running under the theme My Vote, My Right, My Country and underscores the constitutional rights of citizens to actively exercise their right to vote and to participate in peaceful, free,…
THE European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) yesterday deployed its first teams of about 40 election observers across the country ahead of next month’s general polls. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, the EU EOM deputy chief observer, Beata MartinRozumiłowicz, said the observers would be deployed in both urban and rural areas. “The observers…
