Bulawayo fights to reclaim power station

Bulawayo fights to reclaim power station http://www.dailynews.co.zw Saturday, 15 September 2012 13:44BULAWAYO – Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has intensified efforts to regain control of the city’s thermal power station. The Bulawayo power plant was arbitrarily expropriated by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) more than two decades ago after the amalgamation of all the Local Authority Electricity Undertakings. …

Zimbabwe targets 10,00MW power grid

Zimbabwe targets 10,00MW power grid http://www.newzimbabwe.com 15/09/2012 00:00:00by Mining Weekly ZIMBABWE is continuing to invest in new power generation capacity to close its supply gap, officials from the energy regulatory authority and national power supplier told delegates at the yearly Mining Indaba in Harare on Thursday. Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) chairperson Canada Malunga said the government had launched …

Two million face starvation

Two million face starvation http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ September 14, 2012 in NewsABOUT two million Zimbabweans will require food aid during the 2012/2013 agricultural season because of poor rainfall patterns and limited access to farming inputs. Report by Staff WriterAccording to a recent Zimbabwe 2012 Consolidated Appeal report compiled by the World Food Programme (WFP), the country’s food security remains unstable as …

Multiple farm-owners defy Mugabe

Multiple farm-owners defy Mugabe http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ September 14, 2012 in NewsZANU PF cabinet ministers and other senior government officials, who are multiple farm-owners, continue to defy President Robert Mugabe’s order to surrender surplus landholdings in line with their party policy, as it emerged this week many of them are still clinging onto more than two farms. Report by Elias …

Mining in Mana Pools/Sapi/Chewore: Report on stakeholders meeting – 31 August 2012

Mining in Mana Pools/Sapi/Chewore: Report on stakeholders meeting – 31 August 2012 http://www.zamsoc.org Mining in Mana Pools/Sapi/Chewore:Report on stakeholders meeting – 31 August 2012 September 13, 2012 By ZAMSOC Reporter On  31st August 2012, The Zambezi Society attended a stakeholders meeting at the invitation of   Impact Assessment Consultancy  IMPACO (www.impaco.org )  on behalf of Habbard Investments, to discuss the …

Severe fertilizer shortages loom

Severe fertilizer shortages loom http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk A severe shortage of fertilizer is looming, amid revelations that producers have been incapacitated by financial constraints owing to failure by government and other creditors to settle their bills.12.09.1212:32pm by Owen Muchena Producers, including Chemplex, Windmill and Zimbabwe Fertilizer Company, are owed a collective $40m by customers who borrowed fertilizer in previous farming seasons, …

Goche in land scam?

Goche in land scam? http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Nicholas Goche has waded into a land ownership scam in which he is being accused of having grabbed a farm from the Bindura Town Council using his political muscle.12.09.1212:06pm by Christopher Mahove Goche, a Zanu (PF) senior member and former State Security Minister, allegedly seized Artherstone …

Founder of Chipangali Wildlife orphanage dies

Founder of Chipangali Wildlife orphanage dies http://www.swradioafrica.com Staff reporter11 September 2012 Viv Wilson, the founder of one of Zimbabwe’s most well known wildlife orphanages, Chipangali, died in Bulawayo on Sunday evening. His son Kevin Wilson issued a statement saying: “It is with great sadness that my father Vivian Wilson passed away at his home in Bulawayo. He …