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A curse that will forever haunt Zimbabwe opposition
THOSE of us who grew up in the village know that nothing can be as foul-smelling as a skunk.It literally stinks to high heaven.By some freak of nature, these cat-sized black-and-white ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 12 | by Bishop Lazi
Jacob Zuma is not to blame for South Africa's mess
At the time of going to press, over 100 people had been killed and hundreds hospitalised after riots and protests related to the imprisonment of former South African president Jacob Zuma.Don't...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
Ramaphosa using cabinet reshuffle to sideline Magashule
In a bid to assert his leadership over the party, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is using a possible Cabinet reshuffle to garner majority support for a resolution to sideline his arch-rival and party s...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 16:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
AFM drama continues
HOPES to build bridges between warring camps in one of the biggest churches in Zimbabwe — the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) — have been dashed as the factions continue counter-plotting against eac...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks AFM faction's Rufaro conference
THE High Court has blocked an Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) faction led by Reverend Cossum Chiyangwa from holding its annual Widows and Single Mothers' conference at Rufaro Conference Cent...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa efforts encouraging, says SA cleric
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is making concrete efforts to open up Zimbabwe's economy for investment and widen the democratic space, a respected South African cleric, has said.Apostolic Faith ...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
AFM divorce sealed
Leadership structures in Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM)'s two camps are already being set up as moves are made to seal the divorce between church president Dr Aspher Madziire's camp and tha...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
South African Reverend moves to end AFM rift
APOSTOLIC Faith Mission in Zimbabwe president Dr Aspher Madziyire has been temporarily saved from elections to choose his successor after the church's international leader, Professor Frank Chikane, in...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The unsung stories of African heroes of faith
The Bible gives us a lot of historical evidence of men and women who did great they were people like us. People like Abraham ,Gideon , Moses, Samson, Rebecca ,Daniel,Elijah and they were man like us y...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 14:39hrs | 16 | by Enos Denhere
'Zuming' against white monopoly capital
Long after President Jacob Zuma announced his midnight Cabinet reshuffle that claimed the scalps of four ministers and several deputies, South Africa is still ruminating on the possible impact of the ...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Is Pastor Chris on his way to Zimbabwe?
THERE is something good and spiritual that is taking place in Zimbabwe! It's not anyone's fault that some people don't see and feel it.Just last week, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Ju...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 16:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time to demand $15 billion gems revenue
During the tenure of the Inclusive Government of February 2009 to July 2013, President Robert Mugabe was repeatedly informed on the high-level shenanigans that were part of a stealth and deliberate co...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 12:20hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
'Zimbabwe is like a pregnant woman about to give birth' - Reverend Amos Madawo
ZIMBABWE has been likened to a pregnant woman who is about to give birth and must first endure pain before bringing something new and significant to the world.In an interview with The Sunday M...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 08:09hrs | | by Linda Mzapi
Jacob Zuma threatens Kgalema Motlanthe
South Africa President Jacob Zuma has hit out at those who have called him a liability. An angry Zuma voiced his irritation at former president Kgalema Motlanthe's recent utterances, News24 reported....Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 16:37hrs | | by Staf reporter
ANC faces the real possibility of losing elections
Veteran ANC leader Reverend Frank Chikane has warned the ANC that it has reached a point of no return, and faces the real possibility of losing elections unless it owns up to its problems. ...Published: 04 Oct 2015 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
RSA Violence: Beware the Clash of Civilisations
The poor on poor, and black on black violence that is presently spreading out in South Africa must jolt all of us in the thinking world to some thinking about our thinking in politics. In the tru...Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 08:25hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Mugabe opens Zimbabwe Diamond Conference
President Robert Mugabe has officially opened the second Zimbabwe Diamond Conference, amid calls for value addition of the mineral resource for the economic development of Zimbabwe.In his spe...Published: 07 Nov 2014 at 19:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Tendai Biti received Marange diamond cash,' says KP
SUBSTANTIAL revenue from Marange diamond fields have evidently been going into state coffers, despite claims to the contrary by former finance minister Tendai Biti of the opposition MDC-T party....Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 04:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Disappearance of $130m diamonds opens a pandora's box
The disappearance of over 1,3 million carats of diamonds worth over $130 million at Marange Resources has once opened a Pandora's box as it emerged that the auditors, Grant Thornton, battled to com...Published: 08 Oct 2013 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-99 joins Zanu-PF's sanctions chorus
MDC 99 has called on the European Union and the United States to unconditionally lift the illegal sanctions they imposed on diamond mining companies.The party's secretary for International Rel...Published: 08 Apr 2013 at 02:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki's mediation prevented possible conflict in Zimbabwe
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki's mediation prevented Zimbabwe from descending into civil war as the Unites States and United Kingdom pressed for tougher EU or UN sanctions against ...Published: 05 Apr 2013 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbeki's Zim GPA was a major African diplomatic success
THE former director general in the South African Presidency, Reverend Frank Chikane, recently published an interesting if not controversial book. The title of the book, '...Published: 29 Mar 2012 at 05:28hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
Disloyal Zuma misled Thabo Mbeki
JOHANNESBURG - President Jacob Zuma assured his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, that he would see out the remainder of his term in office, but hours later, Mbeki was recalled by the ANC.This is one...Published: 13 Mar 2012 at 12:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean mine certified to sell diamonds
In a major boost for Zimbabwe's diamond production, a new mine has been certified to sell gemstones under the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), bringing to four the number of compliant com...Published: 12 Feb 2012 at 08:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe never meant to keep any of the promises he made to SA
HARARE - Ex-South African leader Thabo Mbeki's government was so frustrated with President Robert Mugabe that it reportedly considered ditching him prior to the 2008 harmonised elections, ex...Published: 11 Feb 2012 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
US sanctions harmful to the generality of Zimbabweans - Biti
The following is a letter by Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti to the United States Treasury, expressing his disquiet with a decision to impose a ban on diamo...Published: 18 Jan 2012 at 07:29hrs | | by Tendai Biti
Kimberly Diamond monitors jet into Zimbabwe
KIMBERLEY Process Certification Scheme monitors for Zimbabwe arrived in the country yesterday to officially certify diamonds at Anjin Mine in Marange.If the monitors observe compliance with K...Published: 20 Nov 2011 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
We will not nationalise diamond fields: Mpofu
Mines minister Obert Mpofu says he would not allow the destruction of Zimbabwe's mining sector by heeding calls to nationalise diamond fields, the Independent reported. MDC-T MP for Bulawayo ...Published: 11 Nov 2011 at 05:21hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Zim gets green light to sell Marange diamonds
The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme Plenary Session in the Democratic Republic of Congo has given Zimbabwe the green light to sell its Marange diamonds, the ZBC reported.The developmen...Published: 01 Nov 2011 at 22:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
India approves import of Marange diamonds
SURAT: The Indian Union ministry of commerce on Friday approved import of rough diamonds belonging to the diamantiares of Surat from Zimbabwe's controversial Marange diamond field.Industry sou...Published: 20 Aug 2011 at 18:14hrs | | by .
India bars controversial Marange diamonds
Indian customs are preventing the export of 14 parcels of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange held in Dubai, IDEX Online revealed. The Dubai authorities cleared the goods for onward shipment....Published: 09 Aug 2011 at 08:11hrs | | by IDEX Online Business Writer
Marange diamonds torture exposure vindicates civil society
Attempts to cover-up human rights abuses in Marange diamond fields have dismally failed after the BBC Panorama programme found that a torture camp run by Zimbabwean soldiers is operating in the area (...Published: 08 Aug 2011 at 15:31hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri | Political Analyst, London
Zimbabwe facilitator, Zuma, can wear the two Sadc caps: Zulu
THE forthcoming 31st Ordinary Sadc Summit of heads of State and Government slated for Luanda, Angola, this month should consider whether President Jacob Zuma continue as facilitator to Zimbabwe's int...Published: 02 Aug 2011 at 19:35hrs | | by .
Is the Kimberley Process fit for purpose!
Never has there been so much pressure for the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme to reform itself than now, since its formation. Launched in January 2003, to prevent the trade in diamonds that fun...Published: 05 Jul 2011 at 14:25hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
US obsession with Zimbabwe strange
There is something strange, and particularly evil about the United States of America's obsession with Zimbabwe. It is no doubt based on racism and an enduring dislike of the self-determination of bla...Published: 01 Jul 2011 at 04:53hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Zimbabwe's confiscated diamonds released from Dubai
The Zimbabwe rough diamonds held in Dubai since November have been allowed on Wednesday to leave the emirate and are understood to be in India now. The KP Working Group on Monitoring (WGM) approved t...Published: 01 Jul 2011 at 04:57hrs | | by .
Another Chiadzwa stalemate awaits, Briton set to monitor Zimbabwe
SOME European countries are pushing for the appointment of a Briton and former De Beers employee Mr Simon Gilberts as the new Kimberley Process Certification Scheme monitor for Zimbabwe.This ...Published: 09 May 2011 at 04:17hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Zimbabwe says NO to British monitor
Zimbabwe says it will block attempts by the Kimberley Process to appoint British national Simon Gilberts as the international diamond watchdog’s point person in the controversial Ma...Published: 22 Apr 2011 at 07:50hrs | | by Byo24News
Zimbabwe criticise World Diamond Council meeting agenda
Stakeholders in the Zimbabwe’s economy have criticised western nations for putting Zimbabwe’s diamond industry up for discussion at the World Diamond Council ...Published: 12 Apr 2011 at 06:15hrs | | by Mandla Moyo
World Diamond Council close to getting Zimbabwe and KP back in negotiations
The World Diamond Council (WDC) has initiated informal discussions to bring Zimbabwe back to negotiations with the Kimberley Process (KP) regarding diamonds mined at Marange.WDC president Eli ...Published: 13 Mar 2011 at 15:04hrs | 2 | by Byo24News
Britain House of Lords: Zimbabwe Debate
2.25 pm, Thursday, 10 March 2011, Moved By Lord Avebury...Published: 11 Mar 2011 at 12:38hrs | | by Byo24News
Green shots appearing in Zimbabwe
After a tumultuous 2010, where human rights abuses within the Zimbabwe mining industry were brought to the world’s attention, mining investment companies report that green shoots...Published: 28 Jan 2011 at 12:50hrs | | by Byo24News
Zimbabwe bending over backwards to comply with Kimberley Process, says diamond body boss
World Federation of Diamond Bourses honorary life president Ernest Blom reports that Zimbabwe is “bending over backwards” to ensure that it is compl...Published: 21 Jan 2011 at 13:04hrs | | by Byo24News
Minister reiterates that KP approved Zim to sell diamonds
THE Deputy Minister of Mines and Minerals Development has reaffirmed that Zimbabwe got clearance to sell diamonds from the diamond watchdog, Kimberley Process.In a telephone interview on Thurs...Published: 06 Jan 2011 at 17:42hrs | | by Byo24
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