Zim shelves Botswana pipeline sharing deal
By Adel Moyo, HARARE, September 19 (The Source) – Zimbabwe has effectively shelved plans to extend its Feruka pipeline to Francistown, Botswana citing viability concerns over the project, an official...
View ArticleZimbabwe sets new date for move to low sulphur diesel
HARARE, September 28 (The Source) – Zimbabwe has missed a June deadline to switch from high sulphur diesel to cleaner fuel and will now give fuel dealers a grace period to March 2018 to clear old...
View ArticleZim power output falls, load shedding returns
HARARE, November 1 (The Source) – The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) sent out a total of 2029.88GWh of electricity against a target of 2124.59GWh in the third quarter of 2017, missing the production...
View Article$10bln Independent Power Projects stall on failure to access finance
HARARE, November 3 (The Source) – Zimbabwe requires at least $10 billion to fund various power projects which would see the country generate an additional 4,192 megawatts and plug a crippling power...
View ArticleIDBZ lists $65mln worth of energy bonds on alternative market
HARARE, November 29 (The Source) – Zimbabwe’s infrastructure bank on Wednesday listed two bond facilities worth $65 million on the Finsec alternative trading platform, as it seeks to raise funds to...
View ArticleZESA workers threaten strike over unpaid salaries
HARARE, December 14 (The Source) -Zimbabwe Energy Supply Authority (ZESA) workers are demanding a 50 percent salary increment citing a rise in the cost of living and the payment of more than $100...
View ArticleHwange power station gets $400 million to kickstart expansion
HARARE, January 10 (The Source) – Work on the expansion of Hwange Power Station is set to commence this quarter after the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) secured $400 million to start the program, an...
View ArticleZesa pleads poverty as workers demand 50pct salary raise
HARARE, January 22 (The Source) – Zimbabwe’s power utility ZESA Holdings says it is technically insolvent and does not have the financial capacity to effect a 50 percent salary increment or pay over...
View ArticleZPC says Intratek paid $7mln unsecured advance for Gwanda solar project
By Plaxedes Sibanda, HARARE, January 22 (The Source) – The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) says it was guilty of mismanagement after paying $7 million in unsecured advances to controversial firm,...
View ArticleGovt reduces duty on fuel imports
HARARE, January 23 (The Source) – Government has reduced excise duty on fuel imports, in a move aimed at reducing overall production costs in the country. Petrol prices in Zimbabwe which are ranging...
View ArticleZimbabwe orders immediate fuel price cuts
HARARE, January 23 (The Source) – The Zimbabwe government has ordered fuel dealers to reduce prices immediately by between 7 and 14 percent, less than 24 hours after cutting excise duty on fuel imports...
View ArticleZambezi Gas gets 25-year mining licence
HWANGE, September 27 (The Source) – Zambezi Gas has secured a full mining licence for 25 years and plans to increase coal production from the current 60,000 tonnes per month to 150,000 tonnes. The...
View ArticleZim shortlists two firms for fuel marking, LPG imports up-ZERA
HARARE, October 11 (The Source) – The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) says two international firms have submitted bids to provide fuel marking services as it battles to meet a 2018 first...
View ArticleZimbabwe adds 300MW to national power grid
KARIBA, March 28 – Zimbabwe on Wednesday added 300 megawatts (MW) to its national power grid and President Emmerson Mnangagwa said work to expand the coal-fired Hwange plant by 600 MW would start soon...
View ArticleParliament wants Intratrek’s Gwanda solar project contract cancelled, former...
HARARE, June 1 (The Source) – A parliamentary committee has recommended that the $202 million Gwanda Solar Project tender, which was awarded to controversial firm Intratrek Zimbabwe in 2015, be...
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