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US$1m for strategic minerals licence in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has gazetted a sweeping new Mines and Minerals Bill that seeks to clamp down on speculative mining claim hoarding while ensuring only credible investors participate in the extraction of strat...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:12hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Hwange mining concessions, rights taken by outsiders
Shocking revelations have surfaced showing that all mining concessions and rights in Hwange District are held by non-residents, sparking widespread outrage over what critics say is the government's de...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:27hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Hwange locals marginalised in coal mining rights
Only three residents from Hwange currently hold mining rights in the coal-rich district of Matabeleland North, raising alarm over the systematic exclusion of locals from the region's lucrative mining ...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:03hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
US warns Zimbabwe trade talks could collapse
The United States has cautioned that Zimbabwe's efforts to secure reduced tariffs on its exports face significant risks due to tight negotiation timelines, even as a temporary reprieve has been grante...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:01hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Tensions rise in Matebeleland North
Tensions are escalating within Matebeleland North's lucrative safari hunting sector amid allegations that the Forestry Commission has been leasing prime state-owned properties through backdoor deals f...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:03hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe railways revival is long overdue
For decades, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has been a shadow of its former self, crippled by chronic underinvestment, mismanagement, and neglect. Despite its critical role in the country's e...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:07hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa welcomes Afrikaner business delegation in Harare, South African angry
A delegation from the Afrikaner business community received a warm welcome from Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week in Harare's State House, according to a Zanu-PF official contacted by ...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 22:48hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe kisses Trump ass on tariffs war?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent move to suspend all tariffs on United States goods in a bid to win favour with the Trump administration has been publicly ridiculed, as U.S. President Donald Trum...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:16hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa's tariff capitulation a dangerous gamble to appease Trump at Zimbabwe's economic expense?
Has Zimbabwe's backbone finally cracked? President Emmerson Mnangagwa's latest decision to suspend all tariffs on United States goods, announced in response to new U.S. tariffs on Zimbabwean e...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 21:43hrs | 1072 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Trump's US is looking for a political showdown with South Africa
The debate on Ebrahim Rasool's public expulsion as South Africa's ambassador to the US has focussed on the wisdom of his remarks. But this debate misses the substantive issues at stake. First, the pub...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 13:44hrs | 1296 | by Adam Habib
Zimbabwe: A Nation rich in resources, yet reliant on aid from the miners of its wealth
Zimbabwe, a nation blessed with abundant natural resources, finds itself in a peculiar paradox: hosting foreign investors to exploit its gold, diamonds, and lithium while simultaneously relying on foo...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 09:04hrs | 588 | by Ndou Paul
The tragedy of King Lobhengula and Chaminuka Pasipamire fallout
Two political dynasties in the present-day Harare province and surrounding areas aligned themselves with the Ndebele in the mid to late 1800s. These were the Rwizi and Hwata dynasties. The relationshi...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 11:51hrs | 581 | by Mzala Tom
France's Macron called to reign after PM's vote of no-confidence
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has lost a vote of no-confidence vote in parliament, as lawmakers on both the left and the right united to oust him.A no-confidence motion requires 288 vot...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 20:21hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Matebeleland might have a claim in Botswana's Tati concession
The government of Botswana, through the Ministry of Lands and Agriculture, acquitted 45,000 hectares of land from the Tati company under the willing buyer and willing seller arrangement. The Botswana ...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 10:10hrs | 22677 | by Zenzele Ndebele
South African commentator downplays Zimbabwe's giant steel plant's capabilities?
'It will just add to surplus capacity in the region, and the only way to safeguard against the commodity trade is to start adding value to the steel product itself' – Charles Dednam, South African I...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 07:33hrs | 3474 | by Staff reporter
Trump election win plunges Ukraine war into uncertainty
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy heaped praise on Donald Trump on Wednesday, as apparent victory for the Republican candidate who has criticised U.S. backing for Kyiv plunged the future of its ...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 14:51hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
SRC official exonerates ousted ZIFA board members facing fraud
A Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) official has made significant concessions during the trial of five former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) board members charged with fraud, potentially in...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 11:30hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt accused of trying to capture 'Old Gwanda road' project
The Chief Executive Officer of Zwane Enterprise (Pvt) Limited, Engineer Bekithemba Mbambo, has voiced serious concerns over the final concession agreement for the US$110 million Old Gwanda Road constr...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 15:12hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Police remove artisanal miners from Jumbo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have launched an operation to remove illegal artisanal miners from mining sites in the Mazowe district of Mashonaland Central. This action follows a directive aimed ...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 16:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Clarity on Zimbabwe exemption permits deadline in South Africa
THE National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA) on Thursday provided clarity for all affected parties on the relevant deadlines and periods of validity of the the Zimbabwean exemption perm...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 11:05hrs | 40 | by Agencies
Towards a Lasting Compromise: Bridging the State-Civil Society Chasm in Zimbabwe
Historically, State-civil society relations in Zimbabwe have been characterized by adversarial dynamics. The recent disputes over the PVO Amendment Bill are a manifestation of a toxic relationship bet...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 20:25hrs | 8 | by Innocent Mpoki
Zimbabwe CIO's business network
Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) likely has a secret stream of money, The Sentry has found. Publicly availa...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 17:53hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa refuses to go, seeks coalition with DA
President Cyril Ramaphosa does not intend to resign as ANC leader despite leading the party to the historic loss of an electoral majority it has held for 30 years, the Mail & Guardian has learned....Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 11:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian billionaire Zimbabwe deals falter amid capital problems
WITH the help of Zimbabwean authorities who supported him amass platinum, gold, lithium, iron ore, tin and some rare earth mineral concessions, it first appeared like he was going far.At some poin...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
King Lobhengula: The Statesman Par Excellence
The man who is credited to have expanded Buthwakazi until it covered virtually the whole of Budlanondo (present day Zimbabwe and parts of present day Botswana) is King Lobhengula (named after Prince N...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 17:31hrs | 28 | by George Mkhwanazi
'Mnangagwa's govt has agreed to suspend decisions on retail and VAT'
The government may suspend its unpopular decisions on trading and Value Added Tax to give time for talks with businesses, according to a leading industry group.Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube an...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:33hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
South Africa grants an extension of visa concessions
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has granted an extension of visa concessions for individuals with pending waivers and visa applications until June 2024.Those with pending waive...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 15:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe attracts US$8bn investments in 2023
Zimbabwe this year attracted investments worth US$8 billion, double the amount that had been targeted by the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) at the beginning of the year, as the Seco...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:07hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
The ultimate guide to finding the perfect franchise
Are you tired of working a 9-5 job and dreaming of being your own boss? Have you considered investing in a franchise but don't know where to start? Look no further! In this ultimate guide, we will wal...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 28 | by Staff Reporter
Bad leadership behind Zimbabwe's impoverishment
FORMER Finance minister in the Government of National Unity (GNU) Tendai Biti has blamed poor political leadership and a shambolic mineral resource governance strategy for the stagnation in Zimbabwe's...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CIO raises alarm over illicit army gold mining
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has raised serious national security fears over an illicit gold mining operation run by an army-owned company, Rusununguk...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Property owners given ultimatum
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) has issued an ultimatum to property owners to pay their bills or risk their properties being attached.HLB spokesperson Dumisani Nsingo said the local authority was owe...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar depreciation scares Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube is concerned about the depreciation of the local currency against the greenback as he drafts the national budget for 2024, fearing Zimbabwe's fis...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe treasury lost $1,6 trillion to tax exemptions'
TREASURY, always in financial distress, lost about $1,6 trillion last year, up 312% compared to the prior year, through tax expenditures consisting of uncollected tax due to exemptions and incentives ...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian billionaire's US$1 billion Zimbabwean mining deals stall
NIGERIAN oil and gas billionaire Benedict Peters' massive investment plans to shell out over US$1 billion into a local platinum mining project and more into lithium, iron ore, tin, gold and rare earth...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 13:54hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Is Kasukuwere out just to spoil the broth?
THE sound of the gauntlet that presidential hopeful, former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere threw only last month has refused to die down.After his shock announcement that he would be cont...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | 12 | by Kudakwashe Gwabanayi
Kasukuwere: Popular delusions or realpolitik?
THE nomination court has sat and registered aspiring candidates for the upcoming polls. The process was marred with drama generally, but it was the presumptive presidential candidates that provided th...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 19:43hrs | 4 | by Ntando Dumani
Court orders South Africa to stop deporting Zimbabweans
The Pretoria High Court has ordered South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to stop arresting and deporting people who don't have valid Zimbabwean Exemption Permits.This is accor...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Chekhov's middle age monks
From a writer, critic, traveller, doctorI am reading selected letters of Anton Chekhov, the Russian writer, critic, traveller and medical doctor.The letters span a big chunk of his lif...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:03hrs | 5 | by @Jamwanda2 On Saturday
Zisco set to start mining operations
THE Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) intends to start mining limestone and iron ore near Kwekwe by the end of this year as part of the preparatory groundwork to revive the defunct former steel ...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 09:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere: Red herring, Chamisa's double
Becoming a political clichéGustave Flaubert of the 19th Century licentious novel, Madame Bovary, said this of language: "Language is indeed a machine that continually amplifies emotion."...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:46hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2 0n Saturday
SA steel giant expands imports from Hwange
ARCELORMITTAL of South Africa, one of the world's largest steel producers which imports 70 percent of coke produced in Zimbabwe and manufactures steel used in vehicle manufacturing, construction, rail...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Govt has neglected us,' says war vets
DISGRUNTLED veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle are clamouring for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to improve their measly monthly allowances and pay-outs to surviving spouses and...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
8 000 SA returnees expected home soon
At least 8 000 migrants who registered to return home ahead of the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) in South Africa on June 30, are expected any time soon, with the Government confirming...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt takes price madness head-on
Government, whose responsibility is to protect the consumer and ensure stability, will "take all measures necessary", including painful ones if need be, to ensure price stability, the President has sa...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outrage over bigwigs' 'secret' millions saga
Zimbabweans have been urged to demand accountability from their leaders after a report by an international organisation alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga re...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Mnangagwa entangled in massive chrome scandal
COMPANIES linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga received US$3 million from South African chrome miner Zunaid Moti following a US$120 million deal signed betwee...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 20:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cement dealers flee country
The two suspected fraudsters who fleeced more than 70 people of US$300 000 in a cement supply scam and splurged their loot on fancy cars are believed to have fled the country, with South Africa the mo...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister sweats over idle platinum miner
INVESTORS in one of Zimbabwe's biggest platinum projects - Todal Mining - were this week said to have dumped the project, turning the heat on Mines minister Winston Chitando to cancel its licence....Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 19:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Counselling for SA returnees
GOVERNMENT has started equipping frontline workers, who will assist an estimated 170 000 holders of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP), with counselling and psychosocial skills which will assist in ...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 11:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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