A proposed US$750 million smart water meter project has ignited a fierce debate among Harare city councillors, with growing concerns over its funding, potential impact on residents, and the transpare...
By Staff reporter | Published: 4 hours ago
The City of Harare, through its implementing partner Halcraw Electrical, has begun the installation of prepaid water meters, marking a major step toward improving revenue collection and promoting effi...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 October 2025
The City of Harare has announced plans to manufacture more than 300 000 smart water meters as part of efforts to modernise water distribution, improve billing efficiency and align with Zimbabwe's Vis...
By Staff reporter | Published: 02 October 2025
ZESA has announced plans to phase out old prepaid electricity meters across the country as part of its initiative to improve efficiency and provide consumers with more accurate information on their e...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 September 2025
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has successfully migrated 99 percent of its customers in Bulawayo's historic suburbs from outdated metering systems to modern pre...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 August 2025
Mayor Jacob Mafume has confirmed that Harare's smart water meter project is underway, with installation expected to be completed by the end of the year despite strong opposition from resident groups.T...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 August 2025
Harare residents have strongly opposed the government's plan to roll out prepaid water meters in the capital, saying the move will do little to resolve the city's deepening water crisis and instead ri...
By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2025
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says it is set to establish a pool of agents to sell prepaid electricity meters.Prepaid meters have recently been in high demand after Zesa Holdings (Zesa) ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 January 2019
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is set to roll out a $45 million smart meter project that will enable medium and large power users to manage their consumption, a...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transformation and Distribution (ZETDC) yesterday said 100 000 of its customers were still to migrate to the smart prepaid metering system aimed at optimising electricity mana...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018
A GWERU-BASED private land developer has submitted a proposal to partner proprietors of Harare's Glen Forest Memorial Park and set up an upmarket burial site at the council-owned Mutasa Cemetery.Actin...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018
EDITOR,While the move to have residents purchase their own household electricity pre-paid meters is a noble idea, there still lingers many questions regarding their accessibility.We acknowledge that Z...
By Tawanda Pamire | Published: 30 June 2018
The government through the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe has completed the erection of a perimeter fence for the 100 kilometer stretch of the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway in a move that will signifi...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 May 2018
The first of prepaid electricity meters imported by private firms that were recently licensed to sell the gadgets to consumers has arrived in the country, a senior government official has said. This w...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2018
Zesa is working towards installing 30 000 pre-paid electricity meters countrywide by April as part the Ministry of Energy and Power Development's 100 day programme.Foreign currency shortages have nega...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 February 2018
National power utility, Zesa Holdings (Zesa), says it plans to install 30 000 prepaid meters in the coming three months under the 100 days Rapid Results Initiative. Energy minister Simon Khaya Moyo sa...
By Staff reporter | Published: 29 January 2018
Ecobank has expressed willingness to fund a national rollout of smart meters for the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) through a local independent energy solutions com...
By BH24 | Published: 18 May 2014
POWER utility Zesa Holdings has secured an additional $35 million from regional bank, African Export and Import Bank, to complete the installation of prepaid meters across the country.Zesa Holdings sp...
By Business Reporter | Published: 23 January 2014
Zesa Holdings has started installing prepaid meters in farming areas, a move which has seen many farmers complaining. The utility contracted another company, Finmark, to carry out the installations. F...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 September 2013
ZESA Holdings has installed 55 000 prepaid meters in domestic premises countrywide since August last year as it snails towards covering all its 600 000 customers in the next five months. The power u...
By Staff Reporter | Published: 10 June 2013
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