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Panners wreak havoc in Gwanda
Residents of Gwanda in Matabeleland South have raised serious concerns about the adverse effects of increasing artisanal mining activities, which have led to environmental damage, livestock deaths, an...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 09:16hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers strike Beitbridge-bound bus
Five suspected armed robbers, disguised as passengers, attacked a Beitbridge-bound Blue Circle bus early yesterday morning. The robbery occurred around 2:30 am near the Neshuro turn-off in Mwenezi dis...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:19hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners wreak havoc in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO municipal police have arrested 140 illegal miners since January for panning for gold near the city's water bodies, causing massive siltation.This is revealed in the council's environm...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans owning metal detectors without a licence
GOVERNMENT is crafting a new law to ban the owning of a metal detector without a licence, a move that has been welcomed as this will stem land degradation and veld fires reportedly caused by illegal g...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa petitioned over July Moyo
A LOCAL firm, Zimbabwe Innovative Technologies (ZIMIT), has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa for intervention after Local Government and Public Works minister July Moyo overturned a US$17,4 mi...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Illegal mining destroys Insiza district
Illegal gold mining activities in Filabusi, Insiza district, are becoming a threat to infrastructure and the environment, which could affect the socio-economic development of the area.Land deg...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to launch satellite next month
Zimbabwe is set to launch its first satellite into orbit next month in a major milestone expected to enhance mineral exploration, monitoring of environmental hazards and droughts, mapping human settle...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:05hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners dig up school premises
Kwekwe Central MP Judith Tobaiwa (Citizens Coalition for Change) has called on authorities to take action against gold panners causing environmental degradation at a primary school in the gold m...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omakorokoza turn Sharona Park into no-go area
SHARONA Park situated north-east of Meadowlands, and north-west of Heany Junction Farm, on the outskirts of Bulawayo, has been turned into a "no-go area" by over hundred machete-brandishing illegal go...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners dig under Kwekwe school
AUTHORITIES at Globe and Phoenix Primary School in Kwekwe have expressed concern that its classroom blocks face collapse as gold panners were digging under the school.Globe and Phoenix school ...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
How deepfake technology can affect Zimbabwe's next general election
With social media seemingly fuelling organizing inside opposition political parties, the ruling party ZANU PF has been caught up in the storm of trying to...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 21:14hrs | 4 | by Taruberekera Masara
10 Zimbabweans jailed for illegal mining in South Africa
TEN Zimbabwean men have been jailed for two years by a South African court after they were arrested for illegal mining activities in the Giyani area in Limpopo province. They were arrested by ...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Recent Supplies of Weapons to Ukraine by NATO Countries
Starting from the beginning of the year to the end of the second decade of February, nearly fifty military transport aircraft from various countries - USA, Great Britain, Canada, Poland, and Lithuania...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:56hrs | 2 | by Press Release by the Ambassador of Russia to Zimbabwe and to Malawi
Umzingwane Dam chokes
TWO unregistered dams built in the Umzingwane Dam catchment area and gold panning activities along Umzingwane River have contributed to the Bulawayo supply dam not impounding adequate water since the ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Malawi MP shoots himself dead in parliament
A high-ranking former Malawian MP, Clement Chiwaya, has shot himself dead in an office in parliament.Mr Chiwaya, who was a wheelchair user after he contracted polio at the age of two, served a...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold smuggling suspect denied bail
A member of the security services suspected to have dodged security checks at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport while assisting in the smuggling of 13kg gold worth US$783 000 was yesterday d...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO spook arrested over US$783k gold smuggling
Central Intelligence Organisation officer Chamakandiona Nyahunda has been arrested on suspicion of carrying more than 13kg of gold in 23 pieces worth US$783 000 through Robert Mugabe International Air...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Illegal gold panners unleash reign of terror in Mat South, Mberengwa
GOLD panners have unleashed a reign of terror in Malungwane Village in Umzingwane District, Matabeleland South attacking villagers with axes, machetes and knobkerries. The development has seen...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:09hrs | | by Lovemore Dube
Tension in ZANU PF camp over positions
Tension is high in ZANU-PF Mashonaland Central Province over the replacement of ex-vice chairperson member Brigadier -General Epmarcus Kanhang...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 18:27hrs | | by Paul Ndou
I didn't know bag had gold, Rushwaya insists
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, insists she did not know the bag she was carrying when she was arrested at Robert Mugabe International Airport contained gold, ...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya wants her gold back
Henrietta Rushwaya says she wants her day in court to clear her name and recover her US$333 000 worth of gold which is kept at Fidelity Printers and Refiners pending her trial and acquittal.Ru...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 20:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Panner escapes death after stomach ripped to retrieve gold
A MBERENGWA gold panner is recovering from his hospital bed at United Bulawayo Hospitals after his stomach was ripped open by fellow gold panners, reportedly to retrieve a gold nugget he had swallowed...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security to be drastically tightened
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close protection will be drastically tightened following a botched "attempted assassination" of the head of State at a rally in Bulawayo, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 17:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security forces deeply divided
LAST Saturday's explosion in Bulawayo which claimed the lives of two security officers has exposed the growing tensions between the country's various security agencies following the ouster of long-tim...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 15:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa don't use Tsvangirai's illness to your advantage
It is humanity that drives one to visit someone who is not feeling well.At the same time some people will take advantage of an illness to potray themselves as caring!It is mostly done by people who wa...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 23:45hrs | 1 | by Tawanda AT Kadada
Car smugglers hunt for draught animal power - $400 for a donkey
IN most villages in Beitbridge district, donkeys are used majorly as a source of draught power. These are used for tillage, drawing carts, fetching firewood and other household chores.Donkeys ...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 12:33hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Holidaymakers urged to ensure their home is secure
One of the country's leading security companies has appealed to those going away during the forthcoming school holidays and public holidays to ensure that their homes are secure in their absence....Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 15:08hrs | 1 | by Chris Chinamhora
Old Limpopo Bridge now crime haven
Criminal activities are the order of the day at the Alfred Beit Bridge (Old Limpopo Bridge) where touts, thieves, conmen, wheeler dealers and vendors are roaming freely under the nose of security agen...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Investigation into missing Beitbridge border camera begins
Border authorities have opened investigations into the incident where one of the over 36 security cameras at Beitbridge Border Post was stolen during a power blackout recently.The theft ca...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 of the 36 Beitbridge border security cameras stolen
Border authorities have opened investigations into an incident where one of over 36 security cameras was stolen during a power blackout last week.The theft came to light on Saturday when s...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 17:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra hastens electronic cargo tracking system to avoid dumping of foreign goods
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is hastening the rollout of the electronic cargo tracking system, which is designed to monitor trucks transiting through Zimbabwe, as authorities heighten effort...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Warriors coach cheats death
Championship winning coach Charles Mhlauri and his family escaped death by a whisker after their house went up in flames while they were inside, sleeping.The incident happend on Tuesday in the...Published: 30 Dec 2016 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Another storm brews at Zimra
A fierce fight is looming at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority over lie detectors as moves to fish out corrupt officials intensify.The first group of workers' will be subjected to tests between t...Published: 27 Dec 2016 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mine Invaders likely to have generated $3m in businessman's mine
A Kadoma businessman has claimed that some invaders of his mine are likely to have so far generated over $3 million in gold sales from his mine which he is embroiled in legal wrangle with a top govern...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 10:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZESA technician up for fraud
A ZESA Holdings employee has been arrested together with his friend on allegations of fraud after they reportedly demanded a $1 000 kickback from a businesswoman in return for restoring power to her b...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 10:03hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Two Zimra officers in court for taking bribes
TWO immigration officers who were last week arrested after they were caught on closed-circuit television cameras taking bribes from travellers, appeared in court on Saturday morning charged with c...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 08:14hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
6 Zimra officers caught on camera taking bribes
THE $600 000 security upgrade at Beitbridge Border Post is fast paying dividends, with six corrupt Zimra, immigration and police officers having already been arrested after being caught on Closed-Circ...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Two immigration officers arrested for 'corruption'
TWO immigration officers based at Beitbridge border post were on Thursday afternoon arrested for alleged corruption after they were caught on camera "taking bribes" from travellers. It is beli...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:26hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
A closer look on the SI 64, 2016 on imports restriction
The government has recently gazetted Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016, which temporarily regulates the importation of certain products that can be produced locally. Some of the products which were remo...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 07:47hrs | 6 | by Blessing Machiva
Govt to curb leakages at Beitbridge Border Post - Chombo
GOVERNMENT has secured $600 000 to curb leakages at Beitbridge Border Post and ensure maximum revenue collection, Home Affairs Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo has said.Dr Chombo, who heads a Cabin...Published: 23 Jul 2016 at 07:33hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Govt moves to plug revenue leaks at Beitbridge border post
Government has secured $600 000 to curb leakages at Beitbridge Border Post and ensure maximum revenue collection, Home Affairs Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo has said.Dr Chombo, who heads a C...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 15:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks to plug boarder leakages
The government has availed more than US$600 000 towards improving monitoring systems and plugging leakages at the Beitbridge border post in a bid to boost revenue inflows.While the border ...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
$600 000 for Beitbridge Border Post systems upgrade
THE Government has secured $600 000 that will be used to upgrade systems and purchase equipment and vehicles to curb leakages at Beitbridge Border Post, the Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Ignatius Chomb...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
British man in bid to 'kill Trump'
A 19-year-old British man has been charged for trying to grab a police officer's gun at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas in an apparent bid to kill the presumptive Republican presidential nominee....Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guard shoots panner dead
A SECURITY guard has been arrested after he allegedly shot dead a suspected illegal gold panner at Epoch Mine in Filabusi following a 15km high-speed chase.A group of about 15 gold panners...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Guard shoots panner dead
Makorokoza threaten $206m Bulawayo-Harare highway
A 30-kilometre stretch from Kwekwe to Munyati River Bridge along the Kwekwe–Harare highway is under threat from illegal panners and registered mines whose operations are now approaching the shoulder...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 07:11hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
'Top cops running illegal mines'
BUBI Rural District Council has accused top politicians and senior police officers of being behind rampant illegal gold mining activities in the area.Council officials made the sensational rev...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Whinsley Masara
Is the Mugabe regime smuggling diamonds via diplomatic bags?
With the Mugabe regime owing its diplomats at 47 missions nearly US$7million in salary arrears as at 31st December 2014, could it be smuggling diamonds via diplomatic bags to get them going? A...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 14:06hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
Mugabe pays tribute to resilient civil servants
President Robert Mugabe has paid tribute to civil servants who are bearing the brunt of economic hardships brought about by illegal sanctions, saying when the country's economy improves those who have...Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 17:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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