POLITICS

Mnangagwa halts Mugabe mausoleum construction

GOVERNMENT has stopped construction of what was supposed to be late former President Robert Mugabe's mausoleum at the National Heroes Acre two days after he was buried at his rural Zvimba home, NewZim...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 October 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Batoka power plant construction set for next year

Zambia and Zimbabwe will start building the 2 400MW Batoka Gorge hydropower plant next year, a company jointly owned by the two governments said yesterday. The Batoka project involves construction of ...

By Reuters | Published: 03 July 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

$15m hotel under construction

HOSPITALITY concern, Ilala Lodge Hotel Group has started the construction of a $15 million hotel along the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls. In a statement, the group said the building of the four-star...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Van Hoogstraten opposes Hwange reconstruction

British businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten, says he is going to challenge the reconstruction of Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL). Van Hoogstraten holds a 31 percent shareholding in HCCL. In Oc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2018

POLITICS

Construction of new Zimbabwe Parly to start soon

Construction of the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden is expected to commence soon after China identified a contractor, Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda has said. Adv Mudend...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 September 2018

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Construction industry growth prospects dim

Zimbabwe's construction industry will only grow by an average of 5% in the next five years due to economic challenges facing the country, BMI Research, a Fitch Group company, has revealed.Speaking at ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zim Radisson Blu hotel construction begins

One of the world's largest hospitality groups, Carlson Rezidor in partnership with local hospitality firm, Streamwalk, has started construction of a Radisson Blu Hotel along Samora Machel Avenue in Ha...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

OPINION

The construction industry - a key partner in the economic integration

The world recently witnessed the signing of the biggest free trade area by Heads of African Governments in Kigali. Signed in March this year, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the la...

By Mokate Ramafoko | Published: 09 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Construction of UBH Orthopaedic Centre starts

THE United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has started refurbishing its former Infectious Diseases Hostel which will be turned into an  Orthopaedics Centre.The double storey hostel has been lying idle s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mberengwa-West Nicholson tarred road construction

THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has embarked on massive $19 million road construction projects which links Mberengwa and West Nicholson and another linking Mberengwa and Mata...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2018

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Strike looms in construction sector

A crippling strike is looming in the construction sector over failure by employers to increase salaries by three percent.This follows a March 27 agreement whereby the employers made an undertaking to ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2018

POLITICS

Muchinguri to have reconstruction surgery

ZANU-PF national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has been airlifted to South Africa for reconstruction surgery after her breast was ripped off when an explosion rocked an election campaign rally ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2018

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Construction firms, workers clash

Construction firms are on collision course with workers, who are threatening to strike and take legal action over a wage hike. The workers accuse the employers of reneging on an agreement reached in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

3% pay rise too little: Construction workers

CONSTRUCTION sector workers have been awarded a three percent salary increase, which their union feels is too little to cushion them from the rising cost of living.Workers in the sector earn about $31...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Egodini Mall construction suspended

CONSTRUCTION of the long-awaited Egodini mall has stalled amid claims the contractor has suspended development until after elections and that they are facing funding challenges.Bulawayo mayor Martin M...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Construction of new hotel in Vic Falls to start soon

Zimbabwe's world-renowned resort, the Victoria Falls will soon have a new five star hotel and a conference centre whose construction is set to begin by mid-year, a Cabinet minister has said. Tourism a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

World's largest construction firm to set up shop in Zim

The world's largest infrastructure development company, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), will soon set up a regional office in Zimbabwe at the invitation of President Emmerson Mnangag...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

POLITICS

New Zimbabwe Parliament construction begins

The construction of the new Parliament building in Mount Hampden will begin in two months' time, and Government will accordingly create a new local authority to superintend over the development of a m...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Egodini Mall construction jobs to open next month

AN official contact centre will next month be established near the Basch Street Terminus in Bulawayo to cater for job seekers who wish to work on the construction of the Egodini Mall.The contractor of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Egodini Mall construction begins

Basch Street Terminus (Egodini) will be closed today to pave way for the construction of the Egodini Mall, Bulawayo City Council has said in a statement.In a notice to stakeholders, town clerk, Christ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 March 2018

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Construction sector projects 4,5% growth

Zimbabwe's construction sector is this year projected to register a 4,5 percent growth from negative levels in the past few years on the back of revival of projects that had been stalled due to limite...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 March 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ZB eyes guarantees for construction sector

ZB Financial Holdings has increased its focus on guarantee programmes for loan growth targeting the construction industry with over US$40 million worth of guarantees having been funded in the FY2017.T...

By Zim Ind | Published: 23 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zimasco to exit reconstruction

The Zimbabwe Mining and Smelting Company's judicial manager has applied to the High Court to have the Kwekwe-based ferrochrome producer removed from judicial management. The company was placed under ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Govt urged to review construction laws

The country's laws governing the construction industry - last reviewed over three decades ago - are becoming an impediment to investment in the property industry, experts have said.This is despite sev...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Reconstruction of Alaska Smelting Plant begins

Reconstruction of the Alaska Smelting Plant has started nearly two decades after the facility owned by the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, stopped operations. Alaska was shut down at the turn...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 September 2017
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