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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter Foreign Affairs Minister Ambassador Fredrick Shava and Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun today toured three landmark infrastructure projects being constructed under the Zimbabwe-China cooperation. They toured the New Parliament building in Mt Hampden, the new NatPharm warehouse at Sally Mugabe Hospital and the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport expansion project […]

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the RES4Africa Foundation have jointly released a series of country regulatory reviews on electricity markets in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Zambia, South Africa and Ghana. The reports, which aim to support the crowding-in of scaled private sector investment in generation, networks and off-grid markets,were released on 8 December 20201 during […]

The Joint Standing Committee on Defence finds it completely unacceptable that the Department of Defence and Military Veterans has shown complete disregard and unwillingness to account for the 1 Military Hospital in Tshwane’s unending repair and maintenance programme. The committee scheduled a meeting with both the defence department and the Department of Public Works and […]

Final double-header of 2021 Formula 1® season kicks off with first-ever Saudi Arabian Grand Prix; F1® premiere in Saudi Arabia followed by season finale in Abu Dhabi, where DHL (www.dpDHL.com) will host the DHL Fastest Lap and DHL Fastest Pit Stop award ceremonies. With the largest, most ambitious racing calendar in Formula 1® history coming […]

President Uhuru Kenyatta and President Cyril Ramaphosa witnessed the signing of the agreements shortly after they led their delegations in bilateral talks at Union Buildings in Pretoria, the official seat of the South African Government. The eight agreements included MoU's in transport, health, diplomatic consultations and training as well as tourism and migration. Others were […]

U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie Sullivan joined the President of Ghana H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo and other Ghana government officials to formally inaugurate the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point (BSP) in Accra today.  The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funded the $64.7 million (GH₵ 391.9 million) electrical infrastructure project under the Ghana Power Compact. “The Pokuase Bulk […]

The National Railways of Zimbabwe plans to lay off 1 400 workers after the net loss for 2015 widened to $40,88 million from $31,6 million in the previous year contributing to a cumulative loss of $276,43 million since dollarisation.

Happiness Zengeni and Golden Sibanda ZIMBABWE has landed a top post at the Pan-African housing finance institution, Shelter Afrique and will automatically host the next annual general meeting. Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere was elected first vice president of Africa’s only housing finance institution, Shelter Afrique, and will deputise Nigeria’s housing […]

Martin Kadzere : Senior Business Reporter ZESA Holdings intends to construct a new electricity distribution line linking Mutare and Triangle at a cost of about $150 million and has already invited bids from interested companies to undertake the project, spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira said yesterday. To be known as Orange Groove-Triangle, the tender for the 300-kilometre 400kV […]