Singaporean firm to put up 200MW solar power plant
Business Writer Singapore-based company, AF Power Pte Ltd, is working on investing in a 200MW solar power plant in the country, according to a joint press release by the company…
More earnings targeted from tobacco exports
Martin Kadzere Zimbabwe is looking to more than double revenue from tobacco exports this coming season after setting up a facility to fund the crop using local money. Information, Publicity…
Aggressively explore local value chains, CZI
Business Writer Zimbabwe industries will have to aggressively explore value chain possibilities that promote local manufacture of some raw materials, if it is to avoid shocks associated with over-reliance on…
Zim hits record cotton output
Business Writer Zimbabwe forecasts cotton production for the current 2020/21 season will likely surpass 150 000 tonnes, the highest yield in nearly five years on increased inputs subsidies and good…
Massive equipment for gas project lands
The next stage in the exploration for gas and oil in the Muzarabani area is imminent with 20 very large trucks coming through Beitbridge over the next few days carrying the state-of-art equipment to be used by Australian firm Invictus Energy in a seismic survey to identify the best sites for sinking exploration wells.
End to power shortages in sight
Leonard Ncube in Hwange ZIMBABWE’S drive to permanently end power shortages is well on course after completion of a new thermal power plant in Hwange that is expected to feed…
Cold and drizzly weekend ahead
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Health Reporter ZIMBABWEANS should brace for an extremely cold and drizzly weekend and vulnerable members of the public should be adequately dressed to avoid diseases like pneumonia.…
Second Republic economic reforms charm China
THE Second Republic under the leadership of President Mnangagwa has in a short space of time set the country’s economy on the recovery path after years of stagnation, a top Chinese official said.
COMMENT: Additional vaccination centres welcome
THE move by the Bulawayo City Council to engage 18 private health institutions to turn their facilities into vaccination centres, if successful, will be a welcome development in as far…
Muzarabani oil, gas drilling start early 2022
INVICTUS Energy, the Australian firm hunting for oil and gas in Muzarabani, may start drilling exploration wells early next year, after taking delivery of massive state -of -the –art- equipment to be used in identifying well sites.











