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Mnangagwa to launch US$3.6 billion energy industrial park in Beitbridge
President Mnangagwa is expected in Beitbridge today for the ground-breaking ceremony of the Palm River Energy and Metallurgical Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a collaborative project between the Governm...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 08:48hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Court kicks out Chinese company from villagers' land
The High Court in Chinhoyi has issued an interdict against Labenmon, a Chinese mining company, barring it from expanding its operations into a grazing area owned by two villages in Magunje, Hurungwe....Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 19:19hrs | 13314 | by Staff reporter
Wage dispute turns violent at Chinese mining company
A wage dispute at the Chinese-run Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments company in Gweru turned violent on Tuesday when an aggrieved employee threatened to use an excavator to crush his employer a...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 08:02hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm 'disrupting' Gwanda water source
Residents of Gwanda have voiced growing concerns over what they describe as the excessive drawing of water from Mtshabezi River by a Chinese mining company, fearing that the river could dry up if the ...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:11hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Uzumba MP granted bail
Uzumba Member of Parliament Wiriranai Muchemwa (Zanu-PF) and his accomplice, ward 15 councillor Knowledge Chipindu, have been granted US$300 bail each after being charged with defrauding a Chinese min...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 11:58hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in Starlink U-turn
ZIMBABWE appears to have made a U-turn over Starlink amid revelations senior government officials are in talks with the satellite internet service provider owned by billionaire Elon Musk.Zimba...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Starlink has not applied for operating licence in Zimbabwe
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) said internet service provider Starlink has not applied for an operating licence, amid allegations that the government intends t...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner fined for using Starlink broadband in Zimbabwe
A Chinese mining company has been fined US$700 for using the Starlink internet service, which Zimbabwe is yet to licence.Authorities also seized the Starlink router and antenna.In a st...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 15:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Manhize folk fret over graveyards
VillAgERs in Manhize have asked the Mvumabased Dinson iron and steel Company (Disco) to allow them access to graveyards on land taken over by the Chinese mining company so that they conduct traditiona...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:40hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to take centre stage as 'world's next lithium valley'
As the shift towards sustainable energy gains momentum across the globe, the demand for lithium is anticipated to continue its upward trajectory, leading to an increase in its price despite growing su...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 18:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Dubbed 'the World's Next Lithium Valley' - to Speak at Critical Minerals Africa 2023
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - As Zimbabwe sets its sights on achieving a $12-billion mining industry by year-end, Pfungwa Kunaka, Permanent Secretary for Mines and Mining Development of Zimbabwe, will spe...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 12:54hrs | 1 | by APO
Two children drown in mining pit, Chinese miner gives US$100 compensation
TWO children recently drowned at a disused mine pit at Mbalabala in Matabeleland South amid complaints by the family that the Chinese mining company Ming Chang mine owner only gave them US$100 compens...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 07:36hrs | 17 | by Stephen Jakes
Human rights lawyers rescues disgruntled villagers as court stop Chinese illegal operations
A ZIMBABWEAN court has stopped Labenmon Investments, a Chinese mining company, from conducting illegal mining operations on ancestral land belonging to some Mutoko villagers in Mashonaland East provin...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 20:14hrs | 19 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF heavyweights displace settlers
A Zanu-PF MP, a top government official and a business mogul with links to the ruling party are accused of displacing villagers at two farms in Chegutu under controversial circumstances.One of...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Zanu-PF heavyweights displace settlers
A Zanu-PF MP, a top government official and a business mogul with links to the ruling party are accused of displacing villagers at two farms in Chegutu under controversial circumstances.One of...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Is he the young man?
I have lost touch with my Zipra brother Melusi Nkomo. The last time I heard about him, he was doing some lofty business at the International Graduate Centre in Geneva, Switzerland."Robert Muga...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Kenneth Mafuka
Setting the record straight
I AM an avid reader of NewsDay and NewsDay Weekender as they appear online and in print, and take the time and pleasure every day to be informed about the happenings locally, regionally and globally. ...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 08:02hrs | 14 | by Spokesperson, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Zimbabwe
Investigation debunks story on Chinese mining investment in Zimbabwe
MUTOKO - A recent story published by the British newspaper, The Guardian, alleged that Chinese companies involved in granite mining in Zimbabwe have aroused fear and upset among local people.T...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner evicts villagers
CHINESE mining company, Monaf Investments has given villagers in Muchesu ward 12, Binga, three months' notice to vacate their ancestral land after it was granted a permit to extract coal in the area....Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 2 | 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
Zimbabwe govt urged to enforce rights of mineworkers on Chinese
HARARE: NMWUZ - National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe President Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka has urged Government to put stringent measures to enforce all Chinese mining firms to revise the manner in wh...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 19:01hrs | 17 | by Maxwell Teedzai
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
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
Zimbabwe govt admits mistake in Chinese mine saga
TOP government and Zanu-PF officials on Tuesday descended on Kaseke Village, Uzumba, on a fact-finding mission after a Chinese mining company reportedly took over an entire village to extract black gr...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:38hrs | 3 | 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
'It's wrong for Chinese miner to evict villagers'
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has described the planned eviction of Kaseke villagers in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, by a Chinese mining company as illegal.Heijin Mining C...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:29hrs | 9 | 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
Villagers vow to fight off Chinese
SCORES of disgruntled villagers in Mutoko are on a collision path with Chinese mining company, Shanghai Haoying Mining Investments, which is pushing for their eviction after being allocated black gran...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Government halts Chinese mining activities in game reserve
GOVERNMENT departments implicated in granting Chinese firm, Afrochine, a controversial special mining grant inside Mavuradona Game Park were on Monday summoned for a crisis meeting in which they trade...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese in massive looting of Zimbabwe's minerals, says Chief Chiweshe
A TRADITIONAL leader in Mashonaland Central province has in a rare show of bravery stood up and accused Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe of being behind massive looting of the country mineral resources....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
NGOs denounce renewed govt threats
ZIMBABWE human rights and advocacy groups have condemned as disturbing and criminal a threat by the government to ban non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from operating in Masvingo, a threat impleme...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pressure on Chinese miner to abort plans to mine in Hwange Nat Park
PRESSURE is mounting on Chinese mining company Afrochine Smelting (Private) Limited to abort plans to conduct coal mining activities near Sinamatela National Park in Hwange.Local residents hav...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tramples on indigenous people's rights
THE lack of laws protecting indigenous people's rights in Zimbabwe is exposing rural communities to human rights abuses, it has been established, with the African Commission on Human and People's Righ...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chinese mining company up for underpaying workers
THE Chinese-owned - Fools Investment Mine near Bulawayo has been summoned to the National Employment Council (NEC) for the mining industry to answer charges of underpaying employees and failing to pro...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:57hrs | 8 | 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 firm embroiled in COVID-19 testing storm
A CHINESE mining company, Afrochine Smelting has been embroiled in a COVID-19 testing scandal after it allegedly assigned unqualified personnel to carry out tests for the respiratory virus on its 600 ...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Search for trapped miners intensifies
A CHINESE mining company, Zhong Jian has intensified efforts to search for illegal gold miners suspected to be buried alive in Premier Estate area in Penhalonga with the company claiming the exercise ...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Nat Park invasion: Chinese miner in court
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) and a Hwange resident Fidelis Chuma, have approached the High Court seeking to bar a Chinese mining company from exploring for coal in the vast Hwange...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: China evicts 20 000 people from Domboshava
A Chinese mining company has come under fire after it sought to evict about 20 000 people in Domboshava after it was granted granite mining rights. In a statement on Friday Deputy Government S...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:36hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cops, accomplices mine robbery case postponed to next Friday
GWERU regional magistrate Pathekile Msipa last Friday postponed to next Friday the trial of two police officers based in Mberengwa, who allegedly ganged up with 14 accomplices and raided a Chinese min...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mine robbery gang members denied bail
The trial of eight Zvishavane men, who allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane recently failed to kick off in Gweru on Friday as the State is waiting for documents from their court of ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cops in 16-man mine armed robbery
EIGHT armed robbers, among them two police officers allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane and went away with an Isuzu pick up, 48 grammes of gold, US$8 820, $6 800 bond notes and 2 1...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chinese mining company builds $7m Grace Mugabe school
EVEN though President Robert Mugabe accuses the Chinese of looting US$15 billion in diamond proceeds, we can exclusively reveal that his wife received US$7 million from one of the Chinese mining compa...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese trucks are blocked at border post
BUSINESS at Forbes Border Post in Mutare nearly came to a standstill when at least 15 trucks loaded with equipment from a Chinese diamond mining company in Chiadzwa were blocked from entering Moza...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa looted diamonds, says Mutasa
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa colluded with the army and Chinese mining company Anjin Investments to steal diamonds from Marange, according to Didymus Mutasa.In an exclusive interview with...Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
China calls for stability in Zimbabwe
Chinese vice premier Wang Yang on Wednesday urged Zimbabwe to ensure peace and political stability ahead of elections this year, to safeguard economic growth."A peaceful and stable political ...Published: 23 May 2013 at 07:27hrs | | by AFP
Head-on collision kills all family members
A Gutu family of four perished in a fatal accident along the Mvuma-Chivhu Road when their small private car had a head-on collision with a bus at around 1 am on Wednesday last week.Pierson Mut...Published: 18 May 2013 at 04:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Eager to fend off China, India seeks diamonds from Zimbabwe
Mumbai. India, the world's largest diamond processing market, is in a bind. The country that imported close to $7.5 billion in rough diamonds last year has not been able to shake off the embargo on th...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 14:27hrs | | by Shivom Seth
Chiadzwa exports resumptions, EU seeks emergency meeting
The recent decision by Kimberley Process Chairman Mathieu Yamba of the Democratic Republic of Congo to allow Zimbabwe to resume exports of diamonds mined in the Marange fields has prompted the E...Published: 07 Apr 2011 at 07:49hrs | | by Byo24News
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