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Fungai Lupande Senior Court Reporter As the new dispensation’s anti-corruption dragnet spreads, former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi and erstwhile Energy and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge were yesterday arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on charges of abuse of office.

Felex Share Senior Reporter— Zanu-PF’s Extraordinary Congress yesterday endorsed Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa as the revolutionary party’s President and First Secretary and party Presidential candidate in next year’s harmonised elections. Ratifying resolutions of a Special Central Committee meeting held on November 19, the Extraordinary Congress also upheld the recalling of former

Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter— Government has doubled the weekly foreign currency allocation for fuel importation from $5 million to $10 million as part of measures to address shortages on the market. It has also facilitated the procurement of 20 million litres of fuel by oil companies and is now allowing delivery of fuel at night in […]

Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter— Government will by March 1 next year, ban the use of ordinary diesel (D500) and introduce the more efficient D50, Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge has said. Addressing a Press conference in Harare yesterday, Dr Undenge said adoption of diesel 50 was in line with the dictates of the National […]

Nyore Madzianike Mutare Bureau ZANU-PF’S Manicaland provincial executive has resolved to clear all pending disciplinary cases within the coming weeks as part of its preparations for the 2018 harmonised elections.

Business Reporter THE independent consultant engaged to audit the cost structure of Zesa Holdings has completed its work with the findings of the study, still being kept confidential, set to be presented to Cabinet for a review, the national energy regulator has said.

Business Reporters GOVERNMENT has put in motion two more upgrade phases for the Harare-Feruka pipeline, to enable it to pump 7,5 million litres of fuel per month, but only when demand rises from the current 4 million litres a day.

Liberty Dube Mutare Bureau THE Rural Electrification Fund has electrified 1 657 institutions, of which 218 are in Buhera District.

ZIMBABWE plans to set up a green-energy fund to promote the use of renewables, with the aim of increasing electricity production.

Leonard Ncube Bulawayo Bureau GOVERNMENT has sourced equipment worth $12 million to boost power generation at the Hwange Thermal Power Station in Matabeleland North province.

Tatenda Charamba Herald Reporter The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has been hailed for ensuring improved service delivery through effective risk management.

Bianca Leboho : Herald Reporter Seven heart patients who successfully underwent cardiac operations in India with assistance from a parastatal in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development have returned home. They were welcomed by Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge, Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa, officials from the two ministries and […]

Felex Share Senior Reporter— The Zimbabwe Power Company board is investigating how management unprocedurally made a down-payment of $5 million to Wicknell Chivayo for pre-commencement works on the 100 Megawatt Gwanda solar power project.