Day: December 4, 2023
‘Zim ripe for investment’
ZIMBABWE is endowed with a vast array of natural resources but lacks capital and technological expertise to fully exploit them, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing members of the United Arab Emirates business community here on Saturday where he was attending the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), President Mnangagwa reiterated that Zimbabwe was open […]
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Schools start online Form 1 selection today . . . as entrance tests remain banned
GRADE Seven results will be uploaded on the e-map system today with headmasters expected to start selecting learners for Form 1 places, Primary and Secondary Education Permanent Secretary Mr Moses Mhike has said. Traditionally, boarding schools administered their own entrance tests to select Form 1 learners, a move which received a backlash from parents over […]
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1 million new housing units on target
THE country’s target of building one million flats and houses by 2025 is well on course and the private sector is keen to play a part in this regard, the mid-term review of the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) has shown. NDS 1 is the first five-year National Development Plan towards Vision 2030, of an […]
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Zesa in solar boilers move
ZIMBABWE has made a giant step towards transitioning from coal boilers to solar boilers to produce clean energy in line with the global climate change mitigation drive after signing an agreement with Absolicon Solar Collector AB of Sweden to manufacture solar collectors in Zimbabwe to use solar energy. This will be new technology not only […]
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Gwanda 100MW power station must be built: Supreme Court
THE contract between Zimbabwe Power Company and Intratrek Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd for the US$173 million Gwanda 100MW solar station is binding and ZPC must allow Intratrek to build the station or it must pay the company US$22 million damages, the Supreme Court has ruled as it confirmed a High Court order. The ruling settled the […]
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Let’s capitalise on opposition confusion: VP Chiwenga
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga says Zanu PF will capitalise on the confusion within the opposition ranks to clinch a resounding victory in the by-elections slated for this weekend. Describing the opportunity as “manna from heaven”, he told thousands of party supporters yesterday at a rally in Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park suburb that the infighting within […]
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SA intercepts 443 trafficked Zim children in special op
“We were able to take them out of those buses. We then engaged Zimbabwean officials and handed them over to Zimbabwe for processing back into the country,” Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner, Dr Michael Masiapato, said while briefing the media yesterday morning. SOUTH Africa’s Border Management Authority yesterday said it blocked the attempted trafficking of […]
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Lithium mines given March 2024 deadline
Lithium mining companies have been given a deadline of March 31, 2024, to submit beneficiation plans as the Government seeks to tap into substantial mineral revenues that can be generated from the beneficiation of key minerals. The Government believes that Zimbabwe, with a significant resource endowment of platinum group metals (PGMs), gold, lithium, and diamonds, […]
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Govt seeks US$330m to cover budget deficit
THE Government is negotiating external loans worth US$330 million to finance the national budget gap for 2024, according to a report on public debt released by the Treasury last week. It also intends to issue Treasury Bills and bonds amounting to $5,8 trillion to fund the gap. The estimated funding gap for the budget stands […]
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