Maputo — Mozambique’s main opposition party, Renamo, has accused agents of the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR – the Mozambican equivalent of the riot police) of murdering a prominent Renamo member in the western province of Tete. A Renamo press release issued in Maputo on Monday claimed that the police members had formed a “death squad” […]
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NAMIBIA’S national power utility, NamPower, is faced with a potential power supply gap in the future. This follows and increase in demand and a lack of supply in South Africa and Zambia, which have been experiencing recurrent blackouts. Both Zambia and South Africa are key suppliers of power to Namibia. The current problems in the […]
Workers building the $1bn steel plant for the Chinese-owned Dinson Iron & Steel Company (Disco) claim they are exploited, forced to work in inhumane conditions, and sleep crammed eight to a small room on the construction site. The workers, backed by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), told the Sunday Times that as they […]
Zimbabwe continues to consolidate its position as a major lithium producer globally, with Bikita Minerals having ramped up petalite production to 60 000 tonnes annually after a Chinese firm, Sinomine, beginning last year, injected US$200 million to increase output. Sinomine last year acquired Bikita Minerals and announced a US$300 million investment to hike production and […]
Tadious Manyepo in CAPE TOWN, South Africa THE happy ending to the Gems’ Netball World Cup campaign has drawn praises from the Government with Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry saluting the girls’ gallantry act at the International Convention Centre here yesterday. Zimbabwe put together a top drawer performance with a commanding […]
Judge Ingrid Opperman says Lemane Sithole and Michael Maile’s application “abused the court process” A Johannesburg High Court judge says a litigant approaching the urgent court should explain why they have not pursued faster remedies through the Press Council, particularly where they threatened to do so. The case before the court was an urgent application […]
Government will soon review the legal framework on dangerous drugs and illicit substances to come up with deterrent sentences on convicted persons who often prey on young people with dangerous and banned substances, President Mnangagwa has said. This comes as the country today commemorates National Youth Day under the theme “Drug and substance abuse: A […]
Keynote address by MS Maropene Ramokgopa, Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation, during the township economy in BRICS dialogue 2023 Taking the BRICS Conversation to the Townships’ Program Director, Ms Katlego Msomi, Mr Bheki Twala, President of the Township Economic Commission of South Africa (TECSA), Cllr. Colleen Makhubele, Speaker of the City […]
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Specially trained and accredited pharmacists in South Africa will now be allowed to provide people with medicines to prevent HIV and tuberculosis (TB) and to treat uncomplicated HIV without a doctor’s script. This is because the North Gauteng High Court this week ruled against an application by the IPA Foundation (an association of private doctors) […]
The efforts by government to ensure a safe return for all Zimbabweans living and working in South Africa when their permits expire in June, have been welcomed by ordinary people and political analysts as a great move. Analysts say the kind gesture underlines President Mnangagwa’s determination to have all citizens playing a role in nation […]
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Zimbabwe: 100mw Solar Project Begins
Victoria Falls — CONSTRUCTION of the 100MW Victoria Falls-Chidobe Solar Plant outside the resort city has started taking shape, with contractors saying over 9 000 solar panels have been installed and are ready to generate the first 5MW of power from next month. Independent power producer, Power Ventures (Private) Limited, a subsidiary of Southern Energy, […]
Harare — In New Ashdon Park, a medium-density area in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, at new homes that have replaced a once thriving forest, makeshift fireplaces have become common sights as residents solely depend on firewood for energy. City dwellers like 34-year-old Neliet Mbariro, a married mother of four, live in a house that has […]
A total of 85 000 hectares have been targeted for winter wheat this year and this is expected to produce 408 000 tonnes of the cereal, well above the 375 000 tonnes of last year and the minimum of 360 000 tonnes needed for self-sufficiency. A target of 7 700ha has been set for barley […]
It is illegal to buy or sell sex in South Africa. But this may soon be a thing of the past if a recently published draft bill to decriminalise sex work is passed. Researchers and activists Marlise Richter and Monique Huysamen set out what’s in the new law, what’s good about it and what still […]
The existing State Land Disposal Act could be used to fast track the use of public land for human settlement Land activists are urging the President to use the State Land Disposal Act of 1961 to make public land available for human settlement. About 600 people marched on Wednesday to the official Cape Town residence […]