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Zimbabwe govt warns Chinese firms over illicit deals
The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has issued a sharp and public rebuke to Chinese businesses operating in Zimbabwe, warning them to immediately halt illicit financial activities, environme...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:41hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miners wreak havoc in Mberengwa, Filabusi
Relations between local communities - including low-level employees, villagers, and chiefs - and Chinese nationals working in mining operations have sharply deteriorated in the Dolo and Filabusi areas...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
So a president simply needs to declare a 'vision' and he becomes eligible for a term extension!
The attack on Zimbabwe's Constitution continues! Yesterday, I listened with a mixture of astonishment and concern as Daniel Garwe, Zimbabwe's Minister of Local Government and ZANU-PF Mashonala...Published: 26 Jan 2025 at 12:13hrs | 886 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chinese miner pulls gun on worker demanding overdue wages
A violent altercation at a Chinese-owned mining company in Gweru on January 21 has sparked outrage on social media, with renewed calls for action against Chinese investors accused of exploiting local ...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 07:26hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miners create water crisis for Hwange's Diki villagers
In a growing dispute over water resources in Hwange, two Chinese mining companies, South Mining's Mutargech division (SMMd) and Zimbabwe Zhongjing Heli Energy Pvt Ltd (ZJHL), have been accused of dril...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:47hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Boterekwa now has gaping holes, and ditches on main road
The iconic Boterekwa area, renowned for its breathtaking scenery in Zimbabwe's Shurugwi region, has become a hazard for motorists due to rampant mining activities. Holes and ditches are now visible al...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 17:12hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt whips errant Chinese miners
The Zimbabwean government has intensified its efforts to combat environmental degradation linked to alluvial mining along the Sanyati River in Hurungwe, targeting two Chinese companies accused of illi...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:48hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
China mining firms partner with Zimbabwe on lithium mine
Chinese miners Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. and Tsingshan Holding Group Co. are defying low lithium prices to develop a deposit of the battery metal with a Zimbabwean state company.The two firms...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:56hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Chinese investors elbow out local chrome miners
An investigation has revealed that the Zimbabwe Mining and Alloy Smelting Company (Zimasco) has replaced around 150 small-scale chrome miners with Chinese investors, raising concerns about discriminat...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:27hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?
This season we are living in, it's not a time for a hairdo. People are perching on the edge of the cliff. There is a loud whisper drifting around, almost like a wish among many. These chaps wi...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2519 | by Tawanda Majoni
'Zimbabwe mining activity is organised crime,' says foreign funded Maguwu
Farai Maguwu, founding director of the Centre for Natural Resource Governance, has criticized the mining activities in Zimbabwe, particularly those involving Chinese companies, describing them as "org...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 12:38hrs | 3815 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wants lithium miners to plan new capacity
Zimbabwe wants miners to come forward by the end of March with plans to produce battery-grade lithium, despite a sharp fall in global prices for the mineral, a senior government official said on Frida...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe orders lithium miners to submit refinery plans by March 2024
Zimbabwe has given lithium miners up to March 2024 to submit plans for the local production of battery-grade lithium in a bid to benefit from growing demand for the clean energy mineral, Finance Minis...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 21:09hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
2-man race in battle for Zimbabwe State House
AS things stand, it is abundantly clear and an inescapable fact that the battle for State House is squarely between Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 16 | by Lovemore Moyo
Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Chamisa warns Zanu-PF
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa on Sunday challenged Zanu-PF to stop threatening people with displacement if they choose to vote against the ruling party in next year's po...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shedding crocodile tears
LAST week's threat by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to punish miners who have decimated swathes of mineral and agricultural fields demonstrated that he has suddenly awakened from his slumber and realis...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls miners to order
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened to unleash "draconian" laws on miners in order to bring sanity to the sector following a string of environmentally disastrous missteps.He also...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese fined for marrying a minor in Zimbabwe
CHIEF Samuel Neuso of Sanyati has ordered a Chinese national accused of marrying a minor to pay four cattle, three sheep and an unspecified amount of money as a fine for the offence.The Chines...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firms bite back as resource fallout mounts
CHINA'S usually quiet multinationals, controlling substantial interests in Zimbabwe's economy, threw away courtesy and diplomacy on Sunday, standing up to rebuff "deplorable and groundless accusations...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa panics over criticism
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Friday issued a chilling threat to traditional leaders, warning that they would be stripped of their positions for criticising the Zanu-PF government.Pre...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 06:51hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miners' trucks damaging our roads: Mayor
GWERU mayor Josiah Makombe has blamed Chinese-owned mining vehicles for damaging city roads.Makombe said the Midlands capital was witnessing a proliferation of Chinese companies venturing into...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders Chinese miners to stop displacing villagers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Chinese mining companies to stop displacing communities from their ancestral lands.He was addressing thousands of party supporters at a rally in Uzumba ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's rural communities resist opaque Chinese projects
ZIMBABWE is witnessing growing conflicts between Chinese mining companies and indigenous communities who are being evicted from their ancestral lands without compensation to pave way for mining operat...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
ZDAMWU extends a condolences to six Chinese Miners in Mazowe
The Zimbabwe Diamond Allied and Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has extended its condolences to the families of those who lost their lives following a mining explosion at SAS mine in Mazowe, a nickel ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:12hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers celebrate deaths of 6 Chinese at Zimbabwe mine
VILLAGERS from around SAS Mine in Mazowe where two gas explosions claimed eight lives have expressed joy following the death of six Chinese nationals who were managers at the site.SAS Mine is ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EMA speaks out on Chinese miners operation in Uzumba
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) says it is yet to receive an environmental impact assessment report from Heijin Mining Company, a Chinese mining company, which is on the verge of displacing ...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 15:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers don't have title to communal land: Chinese miners
CHINESE mining company, Heijin, has reportedly told villagers in Kaseke, Uzumba district, that they have no capacity to stop their eviction to pave way for granite stone mining as they have no title d...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Gold rush spawns fresh displacements
THOUSANDS of Domboshawa villagers on the outskirts of Harare face imminent displacement to accommodate a clique of gold miners with strong links to the ruling Zanu PF party and top government official...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villagers make way for billion dollar Chinese project
"Instead of joy and fulfilment, the fortunes sitting in the bowels of our fathers' land have brought misfortunes upon us," 78-year-old Chokutaura Chananda said ruefully.Chananda is among hundr...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of abetting 'new colonialism'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was accused of abetting a "new colonialism" by the MDC Alliance on Thursday over reports that Chinese miners are evicting entire villages in Mutoko and Uzumba in search of...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 19:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miners in black granite frenzy
A CHINESE mining company, Heijin, is pushing to evict hundreds of villagers in Murehwa, Mashonaland East province, after it was given a special mining grant to extract black granite on densely populat...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Black capitalists and new colonisers
The promises of liberation have not been met and polls show persistent discontent with the Mnangagwa government.The Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers' Union...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 09:25hrs | 5 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'China is our new coloniser'
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers' Union (ZDAMWU) says the mining industry has a new coloniser, the Chinese, who are looting the country's minerals and, therefore, stifling development....Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt coaxes Hwange villagers to accept Chinese miners
GOVERNMENT has today sent a high-powered delegation to Hwange in a bid to coax Dinde villagers to allow a Chinese coal mining project to take off after they had resisted it citing eviction fears....Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hwange MP wades into villagers' land dispute
HWANGE Central legislator Daniel Molokele (MDC Alliance) has waded into a land dispute between a Chinese coal-mining firm and Dinde villagers who face eviction to pave way for the former to kick-start...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
4 Chinese nationals severely injured fighting artisanal miners
Four Chinese nationals working under the controversial Zhong Jian mining company sustained severe injuries this week after they were attacked by artisanal gold miners over mining rights dispute....Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miners invade Hwange National Park
TWO Chinese companies are reportedly exploring for coal in the protected Hwange National Park, raising concerns from wildlife activists.Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimPar...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tensions flare over Chinese miners in the Midlands
Mounds of black chrome shimmer along the highway that runs through this area, as mine workers labour near heavy machinery marked with Chinese writing.The workers toil about 5km from the road, ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding gangs terrorize villagers in Zvishavane
The 2008 violence that saw most rural Zimbabweans decapitated and maimed by Zanu-PF militia is being relieved in rural and urbanZvishavane and Shurugwi in the Midlands Province following a new wave of...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 18:36hrs | 3 | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
Commissions and Institutions
What is the use of commisions and some government institutions in Zimbabwe? Innocent people have either disappeared or have been murdered right in the eyes of the Peace and Reconciliation Commis...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 14:07hrs | | by Clement Moyo
Chinese miners leave trail of destruction in Mat South
ALTHOUGH the Environment, Water and Climate ministry has ordered the cessation of alluvial mining operations by Chinese companies in Matabeleland South following massive land degradation along major r...Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
38 Chinese miners deported from Ghana
China says 38 of its citizens have been arrested and deported after being caught allegedly mining gold illegally in the West African country of Ghana.A statement seen on...Published: 30 Sep 2012 at 09:19hrs | | by AP
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