MPILO HOSPITAL IN NEEDS OF MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURAL CHANGE IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Gambeta News

In the last couple of months, concerns has been issued of the deteriorating state of Mpilo Hospital which is seriously in need of redevelopment. The Mpilo Hospital is one of Zimbabwe most visited hospital so the need to revamp is of critical importance, so why would such a place have only one malfunctioning radiotherapy machine and no accommodation for patients awaiting treatment. Speaking to the public while raising the concern, Bulawayo senator, Linda Sibanda said…

ZIMBABWE’s MT HAMPDEN INFRASTRUCTURE MAKING PROGRESS AHEAD OF SADC SUMMIT

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Gambeta News

Zimbabwe hosting the SADC Summit for Heads of State and Government in August has seen so many major infrastructural development in the city with the aim set to accelerate development is a very great to see. This recent development has seen Mt. Hampden get a huge area facelift due to the construction of a new Parliament building as well as the road at Nemakonde Way that will connect the highway to central Harare. According to…

HOW ZIMBABWE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE CITY IS TAKING SHAPE

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Gambeta News

The building and upgrading of infrastructure around Mount Hampden, the site of a new city to the north west of Harare, is not only in preparation for Zimbabwe’s hosting of the SADC Summit in August, but is a carefully planned long-term project to create an ultra-modern capital, Cabinet has said. Major roads linking Harare to Mt Hampden, which is already home to the new multi-million dollar Parliament Building, are being expanded at a rapid pace…

OVER 60 BOREOLES HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO MASVINGO CENTRAL IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Gambeta News

More than 60 boreholes have been rehabilitated in Masvingo Central constituency with several schools and homes connected to electricity as the Second Republic walks the talk in driving sustainable development in all parts of the country. The borehole rehabilitation has enhanced access to clean water in wards 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, and 34 while the electrification programme has become a game-changer as it positively impacts education, businesses, and economic development…

ROAD CONSTRUCTION AT MOUNT HAMPDEN AREA AT ADVANCED STAGE IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Gambeta News

Construction of access roads in the Mount Hampden area, including the new 6km boulevard that stretches from Bindura Road to the New Parliament Building, is now at an advanced stage with the contractor having opened detours. A local contractor, Bitumen World, which is conducting the works, is on site, constructing about 13km of the Old Mazowe Road from Westgate roundabout and is expected to complete all the roads by July 31 this year. The boulevard…

HOW ZIMBABWE CEMENT PRODUCTION HAS RETURNED TO NORMAL LEVEL AFTER SCARCITY

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Gambeta News

Zimbabwe’s cement production has returned to levels where major manufacturers are producing more than needed to satisfy national demand, so import licences are no longer being issued. In October last year, when local supply fell below what was expected, there were shortages and Government had permitted the temporary import of cement. Now local suppliers are coping. Speaking after Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere said there were now adequate…

CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN ON DANDE DAM IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Gambeta News

Work on constructing Dande Dam is imminent with everything now in place to start building the wall, as the Second Republic continues to walk its talk on the continuous development of key infrastructure. Already, access roads, housing for all workers, a laboratory and quarry plant have all been established with an underground tunnel now being constructed. On completion, Dande Dam will be the largest water body in Mashonaland Central, holding 160 million cubic metres of…

ZIMBABWE MUKUYU GAS FIELD RANKED SECOND LARGEST IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Gambeta News

GLOBAL energy research firm Wood Mackenzie has recognised Mukuyu gas field as the second largest sub-Saharan Africa discovery in 2023, boosting confidence in the quality and scale of this new asset in the region. The gas field, straddling Muzarabani and Mbire districts, was discovered by Australian firm Invictus Energy Limited. In December last year, Invictus announced a second gas discovery in the Mukuyu-2 well at its 80% owned and operated Cabora Bassa project in Zimbabwe….

ZIMBABWE RURAL ROAD SET FOR FACELIFT AFTER PRESIDENT ACQUIRES 300 TRACTORS

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Gambeta News

Rural roads are set for a major facelift in line with Vision 2030 after President Mnangagwa secured 300 Belarus tractors to boost the capacity of the Rural Infrastructural Development Agency (RIDA) to maintain gravel and earth roads for the speedy movement of goods and people. The intervention by the President to boost RIDA’s fleet dovetails with the Second Republic’s drive to promote rural industrialization through the development of infrastructure, particularly roads, that are key enablers…

HOW AfDB US$40M MOZA FACILITY WILL BENEFIT ZIMBABWE GOVT.

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Gambeta News

The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) US$40 million loan to Mozambique’s State-owned rail and port authority, Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique EP (CFM), will help neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, the regional bank has said. The commitment by the AfDB is a corporate loan that will enable CFM to finance the purchase of rolling stock (locomotives, wagons and tank containers) for its main corridor, the Ressano Garcia railway line. This line generates more than 90%…

BULAWAYO-NKAYI ROAD OPENS TO THE PUBLIC IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Gambeta News

The Government has opened to the motoring public a completed section of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road near Turk Mine in Bubi District with the Government committing to avail more funds to complete the targeted portions of the road project. While the road section had been closed for more than two years with motorists using a detour, the Government recently partially opened the road from just close to Mbembesi, covering about 2km. The contractor has been given…

CONSTRUCTION OF MNANGAGWA HIGH SCHOOL BEGINS IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Gambeta News

The construction of the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa High School in Mutoko has commenced, with the material required now at the site. Construction of this High School, which is being built in Ward 13 came after former Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Mutoko South constituency, Cde Hebert Shumbamhini, appealed to the President for a boarding school in his constituency and President Mnangagwa promised the Mutoko people that the school be built. Yesterday, Mashonaland East Secretary…

HOW HUGE FIRE CONSUME ZIMBABWE SHOPPING MALL

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Gambeta News

A devastating fire broke out last night at a shopping mall located at the corner of Julius Nyerere and Speke Avenue, opposite Joina City, leaving many people counting losses after goods worth thousands of dollars were reduced to ashes. The fire was suspected to have been caused by an electrical fault. Hair salons, pharmacies, clothing stores and other retail businesses, were reduced to rubble Some of the tenants declined to comment as they were overcome…

ZIMBABWE GOVT. TO RELOCATE GRAND REEF AIRPORT TO MUTASA SOUTH DISTRICT

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Gambeta News

Plans by the Government to relocate the Grand Reef Airport near Mutare to Mutasa South District where there is enough flat land for a new modern airport are at an advanced stage with the Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) set to conduct a feasibility study at the new site. At the same time, other roads around Mutare are to be rehabilitated under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2). Last Friday, Transport and Infrastructural…

ZIMBABWE TRANSPORT MINISTER BREAK GROUND FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF 43KM ROAD

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Gambeta News

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Felix Mhona conducted a groundbreaking ceremony on 15 January for the reconstruction of a 43km section of the Shurugwi-Mhandamabwe road connecting the Midlands and Masvingo provinces. The work is being undertaken by the local Road Trackers Construction and will be completed in 12 months. The scope of the project includes the construction, upgrading, and widening of the road, which is a critical link between the Beitbridge border post…

RUFARO STADIUM CHALLENGES SET TO BE RESOLVED SOON IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Gambeta News

HARARE City Council (HCC) hopes for the return of football at Rufaro Stadium with indications that the ceremonial home of football will be ready to host Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches this season. Rufaro Stadium has been under renovations since last year to give the neglected football facility a face-lift. The closure of Rufaro, which last hosted top-flight football in 2019, has created a stadia conundrum in Harare forcing all teams to use…

UNILEVER UNVIELED WASH FACILITY IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Gambeta News

ONE of Zimbabwe’s oldest companies, Unilever has partnered Danhiko Primary School in Harare to improve sanitation and hygiene infrastructure as the firm targets to provide clean toilets to 25 million people by 2030 across the world. Speaking at the launch of the programme in Harare recently, Unilever managing director Tendai Takaindisa said the initiative was developed to enhance the lives of the disadvantaged learners. She said results from the World Wide Toilet Day showed that…

INVICTUS COMMENCE DRILLING OF MUKUYU-2 WELL IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Gambeta News

Oil and gas exploration firm, Invictus Energy, says it has successfully commenced the drilling of its second exploratory well, Mukuyu-2 side-track, with a 100% new formation having been drilled. Drilling of the Mukuyu-2 well follows that of Mukuyu-1 and the company is expected to spend US$20 million on this project. The site was abandoned towards the end of last year after the company experienced technical glitches, despite results having confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons, but…

USAID AVAIL FUNDS FOR HOUSING PROJECT IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Gambeta News

THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing US$3,2 million to GOAL Zimbabwe to extend the Uplift/Simudza project targeting vulnerable communities over a period of 15 months. Over 17 000 vulnerable people in Harare’s Mbare, Stoneridge and Hopley are high-density suburbs set to benefit from the cash injection programme to sustain their livelihoods. GOAL will implement the extended project Uplift II in partnership with Childline, Musasa, Youth Empowerment Transformation Trust, and Padare/Enkundleni Men’s…

ZIMBABWE RAILWAYS REHABILITATION ON COURSE AFTER US$115MILLION FUNDS APPROVED

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Gambeta News

The growing need to restore the National Railways of Zimbabwe to full operational status is now being attended to with the African Export Import Bank prepared to lend US$115 million to initiate the process. The railways are not dead. They still move 2,3 million tonnes of cargo a year, but this is a little over 16 percent of the 14 million tonnes they moved in the 1990s and just under 13 percent of the 18…

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