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Zinara disburses more than $4,7bn for ERRP2
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has disbursed more than $4,7 billion for the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) with road rehabilitation works now 50 percent complete....Published: 21 hrs ago | 184 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate leakages: Zinara losing millions
COLLUSION between officers manning toll gates and corrupt motorists has seen banned kombi and pirate taxi crews sneaking through boom gates without paying, prejudicing the Zimbabwe National Road Admin...Published: 21 hrs ago | 367 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses US$1,3bn in forex leaks
ABOUT US$1,3 billion is being siphoned out of the country every year and the proceeds are benefitting countries that ironically accuse Government of corruption.This was revealed by the Zimbabw...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:10hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU vaccines case hit snag
The High Court has struck off the roll with costs an urgent application by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), seeking to prohibit employers including Government from compelling unvaccinated...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 19:20hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Zacc persues properties in Isle of Man
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has instituted legal processes to seize properties valued at US$6,5 million (ZW$75 581 395) owned by Zimbabweans in the Isle of Man.The Isle of M...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:38hrs | 2853 | by Staff reporter
We'll not wait for polls to deliver, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has said it will not wait to be elected to improve the lives of urban residents, already benefiting from a number of central Government initiatives taken after local authority failures. ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:17hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors slam 'shoddy' government road repairs in city
Bulawayo councillors on Wednesday slammed a government-led road rehabilitation exercise, questioning the workmanship which they said was shoddy.Speaking during a full council meeting, the coun...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 11:46hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
New Beitbridge freight terminal opens next month
THE newly-upgraded commercial terminal, built under the US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post modernisation project is set to open to commercial traffic on October 6. SADC's busiest inland por...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
More funds for road rehab
Government is set to go onto the market for complementary funding to ensure simultaneous implementation of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) and undertaking of new road development...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:48hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
40 roads under rehab in Harare
THE Government has expressed satisfaction with progress in the rehabilitation of Seke Road under the Emergency Road Repair Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2) as the Second Republic continues prioritising infra...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Employers adopt no jab, no entry policy
TAKING a cue from government, several companies in Zimbabwe are making proof of vaccination a prerequisite for employees to enter their premises in a bid to curb the spread of the novel virus....Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Zinara introduces automatic cameras at tollgates
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced automatic number plate recognition cameras at tollgates along the Plumtree-Mutare Highway as part of broader measures to reduce conges...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo changes roads repair plan
GOVERNMENT recently withdrew the Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers (IGFT) 2021 funds allocation for devolution for Bulawayo to rehabilitate roads, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) documents show.M...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:51hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cargo transportation firms have collapsed
SEVERAL Zimbabwean cargo transportation firms have collapsed under the weight of punitive taxes and fees charged by State agencies manning trunk roads, as hundreds of northbound foreign haulage trucks...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:50hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
New Zinara technology to ease congestion at tollgates
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced automatic number plate recognition cameras at tollgates along the Plumtree-Mutare Highway as part of broader measures to reduce conges...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:11hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads benefit from Mnangagwa programme
THERE is significant progress on some of Bulawayo's major feeder roads, which are being rehabilitated under the ongoing Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
ZACC guns for US$7bn assets illicitly siphoned out of the country
An estimated US$7 billion worth of assets were illicitly siphoned out of the country through corruption and money laundering and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is now ratcheting up mea...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:00hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Zimra loses tax case against fuel company
The High Court has suspended a garnish order which the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) issued against a Bulawayo-based fuel company to recover more than $2.3 million plus over US$800 000 in tax obl...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:05hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for ex-Zinara boss
Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi's application for an order to forfeit identified properties owned by Frank Chitukutuku and his wife has been struck off the roll by the High Court because the appl...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:04hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Malunga farm invader's car 'likely smuggled' - report
A National University of Science and Technology (NUST) lecturer accused of trying to grab a Nyamandlovu farm may be driving a stolen car, ZimLive reported.Dumisani Madzivanyathi stormed Esidak...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 09:44hrs | 3864 | by Staff reporter
Colleges venture into number plates production
Selected colleges and universities have started working on the production of motor vehicle registration plates as the Government seeks to reach the country's self-sufficiency, Higher and Tertiary Educ...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:41hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Govt avails $19 million for road fund in Bulawayo
THE Government has availed an initial $19 million under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) in Bulawayo as the facility gathers pace in the city.The $19 million is part of the ...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko trial moved to August
THE trial of former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko on criminal abuse of office charges has been moved to the end of August.Mphoko yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mamban...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:15hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's trial deferred
The trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko on criminal abuse of office charges has been further deferred to August 31 following indications that the presiding magistrate Mr Trynose Utahwash...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:13hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reaps rewards from 2nd Republic initiatives
The country has already started reaping rewards from the progressive initiatives by the Second Republic to move the country forward. Last year, Government moved closer to achieving its optimal agricul...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 12:50hrs | 981 | by Derick Tsimba
Byo makes emergency roads rehabilitation inroads
Roadworks in Bulawayo under the Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) recently launched by President Mnangagwa, have gathered pace with significant progres...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 09:41hrs | 1218 | by Staff Reporter
Justice Ndewere fired
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has fired High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere, after a tribunal set up to inquire into her suitability to hold a judicial office recommended that she be removed from the bench ...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1754 | by Staff reporter
Zinara pledges openness to enhance transparency
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it has begun publicising its financial disbursements to local authorities in a bid to enhance transparency and accountability as part of its reb...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:18hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
$2bn for roads rehabilitation
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed more than $2 billion to road authorities for the national emergency road rehabilitation programme.The disbursements were made b...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Luck runs out for former Zinara boss
FUGITIVE former Zinara acting chief executive officer Moses Julius Juma, who was lying low after his appeal against conviction and sentence for abuse of office was struck off by the High Court, has no...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1278 | by Staff reporter
2021 Mid-Term Budget Expectations
Zimbabwe's mid-term budget for 2021 is expected to be presented in the beginning of July amid encouraging signs of economic recovery in the last 12 months. The country is undergoing a period of relati...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 20:21hrs | 708 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mphoko's trial deferred as lawyer is involved in car accident
The trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko on criminal abuse of office charges failed to continue today following indications that his lawyer Mr Zibusiso Ncube was involved in a car acciden...Published: 31 May 2021 at 18:55hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
ZACC intensifies manhunt for ex-Zinara boss
A manhunt has intensified for former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive officer, Moses Julius Juma, who is on the run after losing a High Court appeal against his c...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:11hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
SA bank restructures US$200m Zinara loan
Zimbabwe got a reprieve after the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) agreed to restructure the US$206 million loan that the Zimbabwe National Road Administration got to refurbish the Plumtree-...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:02hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
ZACC hunts for former Zinara boss
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is hunting for former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive officer Moses Julius Juma who is on the run after losing a H...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regressing instead of progressing
I remember passing through Dubai on my way to Afghanistan, and what I used to see there is serious business.Fifty years ago Dubai was a very small city in a desert but they have changed it int...Published: 23 May 2021 at 09:24hrs | 903 | by Leonard Koni
BCC seeks $11m for roads rehab
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it is planning to borrow about $11 million to carry out emergency road rehabilitation.This was revealed by the BCC director of engineering services Simela Dube...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Emergency roads rehab starts ko Bulawayo
THE first phase of roadworks in Bulawayo under the Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) recently launched by President Mnangagwa, has started. Bulawa...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
BCC needs $15m per month to cover roads shortfall
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) requires $15 million per month to cover government funding shortfalls for the city under the nationwide emergency road rehabilitation.Government declared roads in t...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:07hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Arrest Zinara looters, says Parly
PARLIAMENT'S Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered law enforcement agents to arrest chefs implicated in the looting of Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara)'s funds, running into millio...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Pupils stranded as police impound vehicles
SCORES of pupils were yesterday left stranded at roadsides as police in Bulawayo impounded vehicles that were pirating in defiance of the Government's travel regulations meant to curb the spread of Co...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
Prosecution recommended for Zinara looters
ZINARA officials involved in special projects undertaken with questionable and dubious contractors between 2012 and 2016, that prejudiced the Zimbabwe National Road Administration of US$71,5 million a...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:12hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
'Dubious' contractors prejudice Zinara of US$71,5 million
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) could have been prejudiced of about US$71,5 million in special projects undertaken with a number of "questionable and dubious" contractors between 20...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge road contractors on track to complete revamp
Five Zimbabwean companies contracted to widen, rehabilitate and upgrade the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway are confident of completing all the roadworks and have the revamped road fully working ne...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo identifies roads for Govt funded repairs
A total of 43 roads in Bulawayo have been identified to be rehabilitated under the Government's Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) at a cost of $872 million.Early this month, Pres...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Parly exposes Zinara tender scam
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) unprocedurally awarded lucrative contracts to private entities to supply equipment and services that prejudiced the parastatal of huge amounts of mo...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Excessive taxation driving fuel prices up
On the 5th of April, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) announced new pump price ceilings for fuel on the local market. The maximum pump price for Diesel is now ZW$111.77 per litre, up fr...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1360 | by Victor Bhoroma
ZINARA diverts road fund from Mutare City Council to Government
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) diverted road fund which was supposed to go to Mutare City Council and gave it to the Government Road department.This was after an order fom Zan...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 08:05hrs | 1473 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
$400m for urban road rehab
Work has already started on repairing urban roads under the Government's Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP), set up after the MDC-run urban councils had failed, spending much time on polit...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Residents must resist road levy
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) is calling all residents of greater Harare and motorists to resist the introduction of a roads levy by the City of Harare.The move comes at a t...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 488 | by Combined Harare Residents Association
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