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'Mnangagwa govt's appetite for bribes has opened up country to lawlessness'
Government's appetite for bribes has led to fly-by-night investors to recklessly exploit mineral resources.This, according to Centre for Natural Resources Governance (CNRG) has come at a cost ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 08:38hrs | 6359 | by Staff reporter
What Zanu-PF can learn from China
(In December 2016, ZimLive editor Mduduzi Mathuthu, then the editor of The Southern Times newspaper based in Namibia, was dragged over the coals and subsequently fire...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1295 | by Ranga Mberi
RBZ swoops on foreign entities
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has launched an investigation into the conduct of at least 15 foreign-owned companies, which have allegedly externalised millions of United States dollars, according...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 4196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's corruption crack team targets Chiwenga?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his political fixers are trying to nail Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga over his ally, Deputy health minister John Mangwiro's scandal of coercing state-owned medic...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | 19681 | by Staff reporter
White farmers lease farms as beneficiaries give up, says Biti
MDC Alliance co-vice president Tendai Biti says a growing number of white commercial farmers are quietly returning back to their farms and leasing the land from non-productive black beneficiaries who ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | 3929 | by Staff reporter
Govt to revisit vehicle policy
The Government might soon reintroduce a policy that compels line ministries, departments and State institutions to procure certain types of vehicles only from local producers to aid industrial recover...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:23hrs | 3423 | by Staff reporter
MRP fight to end Corruption at Lupane Registry Office pays off
MRP sometime in June last year raised a red flag on the rampant corruption scandal at Lupane Registry office which is the Headquarters of Matebeleland North.The then acting Registrar General o...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2840 | by MRP Office of the Presidency
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 | 832 | by Staff reporter
Ziscosteel 'ghost' can still be brought back to life
THE car suddenly stops by a gate, hidden by the overgrown grass and shrubs. This is one of the many entrances to Ziscosteel's Sinter Plant, an abandoned factory located in the middle of the woods whos...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:10hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga bemoans corruption at NatPharm
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has bemoaned corruption at the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) which he said was hindering the availability of affordable medicines, especial...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Chinese nationals causing serious land degradation in Mazowe
WATER CRISES has hit Bindura town yet again, with the Chinese nationals being accused of practising alluvial mining at Mazowe river there by causing serious land degradation.Mazowe river...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 07:44hrs | 3322 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Theft, vandalism heighten blackouts in Bulawayo, says Zesa
THE incessant power outages being experienced in parts of Bulawayo and the wider southern region are a result of rampant vandalism and theft of electricity infrastructure, the power utility, Zesa, has...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:38hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
'The full Robert Mugabe' - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
The drama over the US presidential election, with long delays in releasing the results and angry disputes between the Republicans and Democrats, prompted a Vigil supporter to comment: 'They could lear...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 08:08hrs | 2579 | by ZimVigil
Chiwenga humiliates 'gravely sick' wife
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga used soldiers to humiliate his estranged wife by dumping her property at her Harare offices on Friday.Chiwenga and his wife Marry Mubaiwa are embroiled in a...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 18:42hrs | 27503 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe assemblers sidelined on Zupco bus supply'
Quest Motor Manufacturing said government should allocate at least 20% of bus imports to local assemblers if it is sincere in its bid to resuscitate ailing industries. The plea from assem...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 12:58hrs | 3001 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry calls for tougher taxes on Chinese imports
ZIMBABWE'S industries have scaled up their campaign for tougher action to protect manufacturing companies against Chinese plastic imports, even as earlier calls to ban fabric shipments from Beijing fl...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa led City council in US$1bn tender storm
THE Harare City Council attempted to award water and sewage contracts worth close to US$1 billion to four Chinese firms without going to tender, available information suggests.The council's fi...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
It's not sanctions, it's corruption that drives away investors, says UK
US and EU embassies in Zimbabwe said the anti-sanctions day held in the country on Sunday was a distraction from the real issues.As such, it won't help the government meet the strong reform ag...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 16:13hrs | 3119 | by Staff reporter
The political economy of corruption
As a cancer inherent in varying degrees of intensity across the globe, corruption is an integral part of the political economy of world capitalism.So, the capitals of the western world lie at ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1890 | by Ibbo Mandaza
Why SADC countries still 'oppose' rhino horn trade
SADC countries have individually decided not to get involved in the non-commercial international trade in rhino horn. This questionable decision has happened despite approval for such trade by the UN ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:38hrs | 535 | by Emmanuel Koro
China stands by Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday saluted China for standing by Zimbabwe, as the world second biggest economy reiterated its call for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions that were imposed on Zi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:54hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
General Chiwenga's vehicle caught by police carrying diamond gravel?
The Children of Zimbabwe War Veterans Association has alleged that a vehicle belong to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was intercepted by police officers carrying diamond gravel about a month ago....Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 10:50hrs | 15798 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Herbal medicines now trending
By all pointers, humanity is looking for solutions and panacea to a plethora of health problems, especially noncommunicable ailments and conditions. Unfortunately the search seems a wild goose...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:58hrs | 82 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Chinese companies ditch Zimbabwe projects
MAJOR Chinese insurance firms are refusing to underwrite critical infrastructure projects in Zimbabwe due to government's failure to pay commitment fees and other related costs, it has emerged....Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:19hrs | 8457 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt detests being held to account
GOVERNMENT'S failure to answer critical questions around the procurement of Zupco buses using public funds in a deal that involves Landela Investments is indicative of a government that is averse to s...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:13hrs | 1962 | by Staff reporter
Gold thief sells self out
AN equipment manager at a gold mining company, Mingchang Sino Africa Investment, sold himself out on social media after he requested to know how he could smuggle stolen gold out of the country....Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:16hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Sinohydro restarts Hwange power plant facelift
A CHINESE firm undertaking the US$1,1 billion refurbishment and expansion of Zimbabwe's largest thermal power station says it has resumed operations on the project, seven months after construction was...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters impersonate Mohadi's son
TWO men from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly using Vice President Kembo Mohadi's name to swindle a Chinese mining firm of more than US$110 000.The duo, Mthunzi Mabhena (36) and Bless...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:31hrs | 705 | by Staff Reprter
Israel talks Zimbabwe up over diamonds
THE Israeli government is in talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to directly buy Zimbabwean diamonds as relations between the two countries continue to warm up after several years...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:48hrs | 11977 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to get bus assembly plant
Zimbabwe, through a joint venture cooperation with Belarus, will soon set up a vehicle assembly plant for the production of buses suitable for the local terrain, a move that dovetails into President M...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:12hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Why I am teaching Shona philosophy in the UK
Philosophy deals with the "big questions" that concern us all, such as: what can I know, how should we live, and how should society be organized? But arguably the greatest of the big questions are to ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 14:16hrs | 4489 | by Professor Lloyd Strickland
Speeding Nissan March kills one
A speeding Nissan March killed one person on the spot after the driver failed to control it at Pembi bridge, Mvurwi this morning.When Bulawayo24.com arrived on the scene the deceased was still...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:55hrs | 5245 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prioritise locals over Chinese contractors for the benefit of Zim economy
Kenyan law professor Patrick Lumumba gets animated when he talks about China's rising influence on the African continent where governments get blinded by their fraternal ties with the Communist Party ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:51hrs | 1145 | by Anthony Matutu
10 Chinese specialist doctors arrive
A 10-member Chinese team of specialist doctors has arrived in the country and will be stationed at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for the next 12 months. The doctors will be assisting their c...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:43hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Water rationing hours to be reduced
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is now working 24 hours a day on the Epping Forest Borehole Project in Nyamandlovu, a move meant to ease water problems in Bulawayo by end of next month....Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for UN reform
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called for mutual respect among nations, genuine multilateralism buttressed by the much-needed reforms in the United Nations (UN) to achieve a peaceful and stable world. ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospital to open traditional Chinese medicine clinic
Zimbabwe's largest referral hospital here has established a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic and is applying for an official license to open, according to the country's ministry of health and...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:32hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia satisfied with progress at Batoka hydro plant
ZIMBABWE and Zambia have expressed satisfaction on the progress made in the construction of the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES) since the project was awarded to a Chinese contractor....Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
What's Mnangagwa and Auxillia up to?
QUITE a morsel of things doesn't add about the trip that Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi has just made to Zimbabwe, outside the winding name. The sheik arrived in Zimbabwe last Sun...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1476 | by Tawanda Majoni
Charamba spits venom over ban on China game park mining
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has come out guns blazing against lawyers and environmentalists who forced government to abruptly withdraw two Chinese companies' licences p...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 4671 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border donkey rustlers on the prowl
To new arrivals, "Dip 27" is no different from any other rural service centre in Madabe communal lands south of Plumtree in Zimbabwe.Yet locals know that the daytime semblance of law-abiding p...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | 672 | by Oscar Nkala
26 trafficked gorillas from DR Congo recovered in Zimbabwe
At least 26 great apes illegally removed from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been seized in Zimbabwe, where four suspected traffickers have been arrested, authorities in both countries said Fri...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 21:01hrs | 2862 | by Staff reporter
Chinese Hwange blitz a minister's directive
THE shock decision by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) to grant two Chinese mining firms the greenlight to drill and explore for coal in the giant Hwange National Park w...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2793 | 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 | 1131 | 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 | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader denied bail
BULAWAYO Zanu-PF youth leader Blessed Mushandu, accused of swindling a Chinese businessman with interests in mining of over US$100 000 using Vice President Kembo Mohadi's name, has been denied bail....Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:41hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
The tipping point
When we reach that tipping point, we feel we are loosing it. We feel hopeless, we feel life has reached its end. We feel like it is now a matter of days. We feel we are being chocked, we can't breathe...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:49hrs | 673 | by Dr Takesure Tazvishaya
Mohadi sucked into fraud case
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has been sucked into a fraud case involving Bulawayo Zanu-PF youth leader Blessed Mushandu, who is accused of swindling a Chinese businessman with interests in mining of ov...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:10hrs | 5976 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi is too shallow-minded - MLF
Vice President Kembo Mohadi is correct in asking who hasn't wronged the other but very wrong in suggesting that Mthwakazi has at some point wronged someone. We have always expected such words from him...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:03hrs | 2160 | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
Cyberspace new frontier for US regime change agenda
Just a few days ago, while receiving a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Chinese government, President Mnangagwa pointed out that Zimbabwe was reeling under a sustained cyber-at...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:01hrs | 279 | by Isdore Guvamombe
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