DIDG rolls sleeves in NRZ turnaround… gets 50percent stake to manufacture rail sleepers
DIASPORA Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) has acquired a 50 percent stake of the country’s sole manufacturer of rail slippers Fort Concrete and will inject $3 million into the Gweru-based company to start manufacturing the slippers for the rail track rehabilitation project. DIDG won the $400 million tender to recapitalise and operate the National Railways of […]
Heads Roll After President Mnangagwa’s Security Breach
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s security was breached during a recent Zanu PF youth interface rally in Gweru after a losing candidate tried to grab his hand while he was on stage. The incident that was caught on video, which has since gone viral, has landed three members of Mnangagwa’s close security unit in trouble, sources revealed. […]
Zimbabwe War Vet Loses Farm After Going to Opposition Rally – Report
In a sign of just how hazardous it is to support the opposition with elections looming in Zimbabwe, a war veteran has been disowned by his colleagues and ordered to vacate his farm after going to an MDC rally, it was reported Sunday. NewZimbabwe.com reports that Regis Musengeyi landed himself in trouble for attending the […]
Rape, murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and jail breaking it runs in the family says Masendeke
The name “Masendeke” is the stuff of legend in Zimbabwe. Synonymous with such heinous crimes as rape, murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and jail breaking, the name is one that many know. It was in 1995 that the country was forced to take notice of the now infamous name. This was after Edmund Edgar – the […]
NRZ, Russian firm discuss supply of 100 new wagons: $10m wagons deal
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is in discussions with a Russian wagon manufacturer, Uniwagon, for the supply of 100 new wagons under a $10 million loan facility. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Transport and Infrastructural Development Deputy Minister Engineer Michael Madanha said NRZ has already submitted its relevant documentation to the Russians pertaining the […]
Zimbabwean nurse caught pants down, beds ex-boyfriend on honeymoon
A nurse at Claybank hospital in Gweru is battling for shame after she was recently caught in bed with another man on her wedding night. The sex starved Kudzai Juliet Mudema and her husband Progress Walusi were both student nurses at Gweru General and are said to have begun their marriage on the rocks, as […]
Potential investors inspect National Railways of Zimbabwe assets
A GROUP of 10 potential investors interested in the proposed $400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation project have conducted a four-day voluntary due diligence inspection of the parastatal’s assets. NRZ public relations manager Mr Nyasha Maravanyika said the voluntary tour by the group was a follow-up to the recapitalisation pre-bid conference held in […]
War vets preach ‘no-violence’ ahead of Zimbabwe’s 2018 election
WAR veterans have initiated a peace campaign aimed at assuring communities across the country that their members will not be involved in any politically-motivated violence in next year’s elections. Led by Wilfred Marimo, Maxwell Takawira and Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association national executive member Abraham Tsikwa, the former freedom fighters said they wanted to […]
Gweru Council Fails to Meet Sewage Treatment Capacity
Gweru City Council is discharging 50 mega litres of sewage per day against a treatment capacity of 19 mega litres on a daily basis with the city failing to meet discharge standards, a senior official has said. Mayor, Charles Chikozho said the local authority was looking for partners to rehabilitate and upgrade the existing treatment […]
UN agency sets up health resource centre at Midlands State University
A UNITED Nations agency has set up a state-of -the-art model health resource centre at the Midlands State University in Gweru to help mitigate the growing number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among students. The health facility, which boasts of pool tables, computers, HIV and Aids literature, a boardroom and counselling room, is the brainchild […]
