BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's construction industry faces crisis

Zimbabwe's construction sector is under severe strain, with economic volatility, financing difficulties, and structural bottlenecks threatening its growth and sustainability, the Construction Industr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Kavango begins construction of gold plant

British miner Kavango Resources Plc has commenced construction of a 50-tonne-per-day (tpd) Carbon in Pulp (CIP) gold processing plant at its Bill's Luck Gold Mine in Zimbabwe, marking a key step towa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 September 2025

EDUCATION

Zimbabwe accelerates school construction drive

Zimbabwe has constructed more than 600 new schools since 2022, with the Government confident of adding at least 200 more before the end of this year as part of a massive infrastructure programme to e...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mabvuku Interchange construction begins

Construction of the long-awaited Mabvuku Traffic Interchange has commenced, with traffic now diverted to detour routes to pave the way for civil works on the busy Harare–Mutare Highway.The project, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 September 2025

OPINION

Zimbabwe's great construction paradox

Zimbabwe's skylines are rising. New suburbs, office parks, and shopping complexes are sprouting across the country as property developers ride a wave of diaspora remittances and a flight to hard asse...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 September 2025

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Growth prospects shine in Zimbabwe's construction markets

Construction markets in Zimbabwe and South Africa are expected to maintain a strong growth trajectory, creating favorable conditions for companies like PPC to enhance their competitiveness against imp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2025

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Construction boom in Zimbabwe spurs growth for PPC

The construction sectors in Zimbabwe and South Africa are showing strong signs of sustained growth, creating favourable conditions for companies like Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) to increase competi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road reconstruction begins

The Government has launched the long-anticipated reconstruction of the 435-kilometre Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road, a vital economic and tourism corridor, with expectations that the project will create...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Lupane hospital construction clocks 25 years

The construction of Lupane General Hospital in Matabeleland North province, which began over 25 years ago, remains severely delayed due to prolonged non-payment of contractors, Health and Child Care D...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2025

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
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