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The Sentry report on Mutapa Fund is shallow and weak
I had the MISFORTUNE of going through a report prepared and distributed by The Sentry, possibly written by an excitable Nick Donovan. Long story short, the report is shallow and weak. Here is ...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 16:37hrs | 10 | by MMatigary
ZiG to join global currency club with ISO Code
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is in the process of applying for an International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) code for the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as it moves to make the unit a standalone ...Published: 23 May 2024 at 19:25hrs | 10 | by Tafara Shumba
Tagwirei-linked firm in Zisco 'asset stripping orgy'
The much-hyped takeover of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) by Kuvimba Mining House has failed to change the fortunes of the steelmaker amid allegations that the firm linked to businessman ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Kuvimba Mining House protesters arrested
At least 24 women who were protesting at Bindura Nickel Company Mine a subsidiary of Kuvimba Mining House (KMH) in Bindura were arrested this morning.The women were demanding the company to cl...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 08:43hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Bindura Women protest against Kuvimba Mining House
Over a hundred women besieged Bindura Nickel Company's (BNC) offices at Trojan Nickel Mine in Bindura this Monday.The women who were blocked by police and security guards from entering the Exe...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 10:18hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Masisi allays fears over Zimbabwe IDs usage at border posts
The proposed use of National Identity Documents (IDs) for travel between Botswana and Zimbabwe will not cause an influx of Zimbabwean nationals into Botswana.This was said by President Dr Mokg...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assumes Presidential office
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga is the Acting President from Thursday February 8 to Saturday February 11, while President Mnangagwa is in Botswana.President Mnangagwa left on Thursday afte...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 17:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana urged to establish one-stop border
ZIMBABWE and Botswana must step up implementation of cross-border infrastructural development projects aimed at facilitating regional trade which are central to the attainment of the two countries' so...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana tighten noose on cattle rustlers
ZIMBABWE and Botswana have joined forces to deal with cross-border stocktheft.Speaking today at the mid-term review of the third session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC), ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Botswana reiterates call for sanctions removal on Zimbabwe
Botswana has reiterated calls for the removal of Western-imposed illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe saying they are impeding the country's efforts of becoming a middle-income economy by 2030.B...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique railway line on cards
ZIMBABWE, Botswana and Mozambique are working on plans to establish a railway line to connect the three countries with a gateway to the sea, President Mnangagwa has said.Further, Zimbabwe and ...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana amplifies call for Zimbabwe sanctions removal
LLEGAL sanctions imposed by Western countries on Zimbabwe are not only affecting Zimbabweans but the whole Southern African Development Community region and their removal will ensure economic growth, ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana President to open Zimbabwe Agric show
BOTSWANA President Mokgweetsi Masisi is expected in the country tomorrow to officially open the 112th Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) on Friday, Cabinet announced yesterday. President Masisi, who...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt stripping assets, claims MPs
LEGISLATORS have accused the Executive of systematically stripping the country of its valuable assets and selling them through opaque deals, which observers say smells of deep-rooted corruption and pl...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on alert for measles outbreak
Cabinet received an update on the Country‘s Response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and a report on the procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by the Chairman of the National Covid-19 Inter-M...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners strain SA - Zimbabwe relations
DIPLOMATIC relations between Zimbabwe and South Africa may soon reach a new low amid concerns in Pretoria that illegal gold miners from Mozambique, Lesotho and Zimbabwe are engaged in violent criminal...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ready to welcome Zimbabwean citizens as permits expire in SA
Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Frederick Shava, said the government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is ready to welcome back its citizens who have lived in South A...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe, SA to collaborate on expiry of permits'
Zimbabwe and South Africa will work together to find a common solution on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP that are due to expire at the end of this year.This emerged yesterday during the m...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa hosts Zimbabwe's foreign minister
Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Frederick Shava is leading his country's delegation in Pretoria, attending the mid-term review of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) at the...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 18:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustling riles Botswana, Zimbabwe
CONTINUED cattle rustling activities along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border are baffling and riling authorities despite intensive joint police operations to curb the vice.Recently the two countrie...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive NRZ partnership coal deal takes off
Zimbabwe has actualised its railway partnership agreements with Botswana and Mozambique for the enhancement of regional trade among the three countries through the movement of coal from Botswana via Z...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Animal rights body takes swipe at Ramaphosa
Anyone involved in trophy hunting has some level of moral disconnect, so the fact that President Cyril Ramaphosa was potentially involved in other crimes was not surprising.This is the view of...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda, Beitbridge, Botswana villagers beat up, kill rustlers
A GROUP of 23 villagers from Gwanda and Beitbridge districts allegedly ganged up with 11 Botswana nationals and brutally assaulted seven suspected stock thieves, killing one of them during skirmishes....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rogue cops linked to cattle rustling syndicates
LIVESTOCK farmers in Matabeleland South have raised concerns over the failure by police top brass to arrest and discipline officers accused of running organised cattle rustling syndicates in the provi...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Mozambique
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to lead a high-powered delegation to Maputo, Mozambique, today for a three-day state visit.A number of Memoranda of Understanding are expected to be signed to d...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler cops arrested
GOVERNMENT has launched a crackdown on police officers linked to organised cattle rustling syndicates that operate along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border leading to the arrest of some suspects and their s...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Botswana agree on electronic tags for cattle
ZIMBABWE and Botswana have agreed to electronically tag cattle for communities living along the border and the programme is set to be pioneered at Mlambaphele border area in Gwanda District, Matabelel...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masisi stands tall in fight to remove illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana has reiterated that his country will always call for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries over 20 years ago.He told...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
BNC heads for VFEX
BINDURA Nickel Corporation (BNC) is set to delist from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) next month and switch to the forex-indexed Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) under a strategy spelt out by c...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
SA to decide on renewal of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits
THE South African Cabinet will soon announce a decision on the renewal of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) for nearly 180 000 Zimbabweans based in the neighbouring country.Zimbabweans have...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
BNC dumps Glencore, strikes fresh deal
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed nickel producer Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) saw its sales volumes return to four digit figures during the quarter ended June 30, 2021 as offshore shipments resumed ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC claims Fidelity 'parcelled out' to Tagwirei
The MDC Alliance is mulling a legal challenge to the disposal of the government's majority stake in Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), which the party says has been "parcelled out" to controversial...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's vast tentacles grip Zimbabwe government
KUDAKWASHE Tagwirei's influence on government in recent years has been unmatched.The shadowy businessman has emerged one of the biggest beneficiaries of the November 2017 military coup which o...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gold mine hits 300kg mark in one month
MINING giant, Freda Rebecca Gold Mine has set a new record after it produced 300 kilogrammes of gold in May this year, a figure which was last recorded 20 years ago.Freda Rebecca Gold Mine is ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa commissions Zimbabwe sanctions study
South Africa has revealed how it commissioned its own anti-sanctions research study on Zimbabwe as part of efforts to lobby for the lifting of the economic restrictions against the country.Zim...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa appoints new SA ambassador to Zimbabwe
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed African National Congress (ANC) national executive council member (NEC) and former Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabuda...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Kuvimba: How to hide a mining giant in plain sight
A year ago, Kuvimba Mining House did not exist. now it could be the country's biggest gold producer.How? The answer shows how transparency is still not a thing for Zimbabwean authorities....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:10hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic outlook for 2021
Zimbabwe's economy ended the year 2020 on a fairly stable note due to the return of the multi-currency regime and decline in general inflation levels in the market. Headwinds caused by incessant power...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
WATCH: Uluju, Bekezela's gift to all ladies
Ladies, soulful musician, Bekezela Nkomo has just gifted you with a Christmas present that will definitely cheer you up. The gift is in the form of a single titled Uluju.The praise poetry sing...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Share swap exposes Tagwirei's vast web
A transaction in which the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) disposed of its 37,79% ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH) shareholding was a swap deal that saw the authority clinching CBZ shares worth ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Malema worried about Zimbabwe
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Mr Julius Malema has called on the South African government to support Zimbabwe's economic transformation, which is now in full swing. Mr Malema said thi...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Medical insurance for Zimbabweans in SA
Government is considering providing health insurance services for Zimbabwean citizens based in South Africa. The issue, which was agreed to by the Zimbabwean and South African governments duri...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge modernisation to boost town's economy
The US$241 million modernisation of Beitbridge Border Post is expected to boost the town's economic and infrastructure growth, President Mnangagwa has said. He said Zimbabwe and South Africa agreed at...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube negotiates 'smart' Rand credit facility
Government is structuring a deal with South Africa's Reserve Bank that will see banks in the neighbouring country paying directly to South African suppliers for Zimbabwe private sector's raw material ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA set timelines for deals implementation
ZIMBABWE and South Africa committed themselves to accelerate the implementation of several agreements .covering a wide array of bilateral issues affecting the two countries during this week's bi-natio...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Make them fight a losing battle
The simple, clear message encoded in the Bi-National Commission signed between Zimbabwe and South Africa earlier this week and in the other between our country and Botswana earlier, ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:09hrs | | by Stephen Mpofu
South Africa to monitor Zimbabwe's economic affairs
IN an unprecedented move, Zimbabwe has agreed to allow South Africa - the continent's most developed economy and powerhouse - to sit in official Ministry of Finance meetings to oversee Harare's debt c...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA to sit in next critical Zimbabwe Treasury meetings
IN an unprecedented move, Zimbabwe has agreed to allow South Africa - the continent's most developed economy and powerhouse - to sit in official Ministry of Finance meetings to oversee Harare's debt c...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA backs Zimbabwe on import controls
Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry may be the biggest beneficiary of the Third Session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) Summit held this week amid revelations Pretoria has give...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa gives Mnangagwa little cheer
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa yesterday dashed hopes that Pretoria would immediately open its wallet and extend critically-needed financial assistance to cash-strapped Zimbabwe, the Daily ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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