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Chiwenga urges diamond value-addition to boost Zimbabwe exports
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has stressed the importance of value addition in Zimbabwe's diamond industry as a means to maximise export earnings and enhance the sector's contribution to the nat...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:40hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
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 | 116 | by Staff reporter
RioZim owner, 5 others die in plane crash
On Friday, a tragic incident claimed the lives of all six individuals aboard a Cessna 206 aircraft owned by the diamond mining company Rio Zim. The plane went down in the vicinity of Zvamahande, near ...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 19:34hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner threatens workers over strike
DIAMOND miner, Anjin Investments (Pvt) Ltd, has threatened to dismiss workers who go on strike in protest over poor salaries and working conditions.In a memorandum dated May 31 addressed to mi...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to scale up diamond cutting, polishing industry
MINES and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has said the country is targeting seven million carats this year as the country plans to scale up the diamond cutting and polishing industry....Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
President Lukashenko heads for Zimbabwe
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is heading to Zimbabwe this coming week reportedly to cement relations with his country's new found ally.In a statement Friday, spokesperson for the Mini...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU accuses Chinese companies of rights' abuses
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has expressed concern over alleged continued disregard of labour laws by Chinese-owned firms operating in the country.The ZCTU raised the concerns ...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will win economic war
ZIMBABWE will attain a prosperous future and overcome the economic challenges being engineered by its detractors bent on making the economy "scream" through asymmetrical warfare targeting ordinary cit...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colonialism belongs to old time Britain
ASSERTIONS by one Tendai Ruben Mbofana (Zim leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism! NewsDay May 25, 2022) that China has colonised Zimbabwe cannot go unchallenged.The contents of the so...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Christopher Mahove
Zanu-PF sidelines relocated villagers from Pfumvudza
Zanu-PF is reportedly sidelining Marange villagers resettled at Arda Transau Relocation Area from benefiting from the Pfumvudza government-funded agricultural inputs programme, the Zimbabwe Independen...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Russian fertiliser producer opens base in Zimbabwe
UNITED Fertiliser Company Limited (UFCL), a Russian firm with a global footprint, has opened a branch in Zimbabwe.The latest development comes at a time when the Government, under the Second R...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
3rd wave could overwhelm Africa, claims WHO
THE third wave of COVID-19 infections could potentially be devastating for Africa at a time when the continent is experiencing a severe shortage of vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has wa...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZCDC faces collapse
THE future of the state-owned diamond miner, Zimbabwe Consolidated Dia-mond Company (ZCDC), looks bleak, owing to loss of concessions and govern-ment interference, among other factors, investigations ...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army-linked Anjin grabs richest diamond claim
AN army-linked miner, Anjin Investments (Pvt) Ltd, grabbed the most lucrative diamond claim in Marange from a firm owned by the government after being relicensed under unclear circumstances, it has em...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Kenneth Matimaire
Zimbabwe army hails Russia ties
Commander Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Philip Valerio Sibanda has hailed the historic cordial relations that exist between Zimbabwe and Russia which date back to the days of the liberation struggle...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
China refuses to give Mnangagwa US$5 Billion
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has refused to honour a USD$5 Billion loan that was requested by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government. He further...Published: 13 May 2019 at 13:24hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF proposes to give away platinum to foreign Capitalists
In 1991, the Zimbabwean economy took its first major dive with the adoption of the IMF/World bank neo-liberal "Economic Structural Adjustment Programme" (ESAP). In Zimbabwe, this process was headed by...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by ZCP
Mnangagwa's mask has fallen
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa returned home this week from his tour of four Eurasian nations just in time to find the troubled country mired in a worsening vortex of turmoil.He had scored some ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:35hrs | 1 | by Editorial - the independent
Diamond miner accused of poisoning livestock
VILLAGERS in Chivi, Masvingo province, have accused Murowa Diamonds of contaminating water sources while prospecting for diamonds, which they say has caused the deaths of their cattle.At a pub...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government approves $400m 5-year diamond mining project
The government has approved a US$400 million five year diamond mining project to increase the value of returns in the capital intensive but viable industry.Renewed interest in the diamond mini...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe resumes diamond auction
Zimbabwe resumed diamond auction last week, but attracted fewer international buyers than expected, the Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe said. The auction - the third to be condu...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Depriving the poor of the right to education
Dear Editor, Thank you and your crew for your informative editions which have become the voice of the voiceless giving hope to the hopeless.What we witnessed today driving around Murow...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 11:04hrs | 7 | by Murowa Community Zvishavane
Everyone is a potential inmate: Zimondi
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi yesterday implored society to treat inmates with respect as all people had the potential to be incarcerated....Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mushohwe pushes for Mnangagwa win
MUTARE West legislator and Zanu-PF Politburo member Christopher Mushohwe has urged losing candidates in Zanu-PF primary elections to abandon personal interests and work closely with those standing for...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri 'personalised' diamond firm
FORMER Police Commissioner General Dr Augustine Chihuri allegedly personalised the Zimbabwe Republic Police's diamond mining company, Gye Nyame, in Marange as he "sorely" operated it, a Parliamentary ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diamonds boss admits Marange diamond looting
ZIMBABWE Consolidation Diamond Company (ZCDC)'s chief executive officer, Morris Mpofu, has claimed that some of his subordinates were working in cahoots with illegal diamond miners to steal the gems f...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 104 | by WikiLeaks
Mugabe faces arrest
Ousted former president Robert Mugabe risks going to jail for continuing to ignore directives by Parliament to give evidence on the disappearance of $15 billion diamond revenue, with the august body y...Published: 29 May 2018 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe keeps Zimbabweans MPs guessing
Former President Robert Mugabe, not for the first time, failed to appear in Parliament yesterday where he had been summoned to explain the missing $15 billion diamond revenue from the gem-rich Marange...Published: 24 May 2018 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bows to Chinese pressure
THE Zimbabwean government has bowed to Chinese pressure and will restore Anjin Investment's operating licence after finalisation of the new diamond policy, nearly three years after the entity was stop...Published: 24 May 2018 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe working on new diamond policy
Government has started working on a new diamond policy which will lead to the unbundling of the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Mining Company (ZCDC) to ensure more players are involved inthe sector, Pr...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
You must bribe the cleaner in order for your application to be seen by HR...The stinking rot at Murowa Diamonds
Dear Eish! One can only underrate them at his or her great disadvantage. Yes these cleaners or sweepers at this flithy rich diamond mining company are pocketing thousands of dollars, goats and...Published: 03 May 2018 at 14:23hrs | 2 | by Concerned Murowa Ward Community
Mnangagwa meets Russians
THE world's second biggest diamond mining company, Alrosa, is in Zimbabwe exploring investment opportunities amid huge optimism the Russia-based firm, whose annual turnover stands at $4 billion, could...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diamond giant wants Zimbabwe gems
The world's second biggest diamond mining company, Alrosa, is in Zimbabwe exploring investment opportunities amid huge optimism the Russia-based firm, whose annual turnover stands at $4 billion, could...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Russians
THE world's second biggest diamond mining company, Alrosa, is in Zimbabwe exploring investment opportunities amid huge optimism the Russia-based firm, whose annual turnover stands at $4 billion, could...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mujuru diamond mine battle erupts
THE Zimbabwe Diamond Consolidated Company (ZCDC) has made moves to acquire Limpopo Mining Resources also known as River Ranch Mine, previously linked to the late army general Solomon Mujuru, for a pal...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC-T primaries scupper Parliament
THE much-anticipated parliamentary inquiry into the chaos that continues to dog Zimbabwe's diamond sector was postponed after most MPs, who are members of the Committee on Mines and Energy, requested ...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chihuri looted diamonds worth millions of dollars'
Former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri allegedly seized a vault containing diamonds worth millions of dollars belonging to a company that was in partnership with the cops before he forci...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 14:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Another Chihuri bombshell
Shock revelations have emerged regarding the ownership and operations of a company operating at the controversial Marange diamond fields which was supposedly part-owned by the Zimbabwe Republic Police...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 09:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi faces grilling over diamonds
HARARE - Vice President Kembo Mohadi will on Monday lead a team of serving and retired Cabinet ministers and security chiefs, respectively, in giving evidence on how police and the military were award...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 17:42hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Chinese mega deals 'to leapfrog Zimbabwe's development' - or to sugar coat bitter pill of disappointment
"Chinese mega deals will help Zimbabwe develop, 'leapfrogging 18 years of isolation!" screamed the headlines!Why has China allowed Zimbabwe to fall behind by 18 years, to start with? After all...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chinese mega deals 'to leapfrog Zimbabwe's development' - or to sugar coat bitter pill of disappointment
"Chinese mega deals will help Zimbabwe develop, 'leapfrogging 18 years of isolation!" screamed the headlines!Why has China allowed Zimbabwe to fall behind by 18 years, to start with? After all...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Xi hails Mnangagwa as 'old friend of China'
President Xi Jinping greeted Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa as an "old friend" of China on Tuesday (Apr 3) as the African leader visited Beijing, which previously backed his ousted predeces...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 14:45hrs | 2 | by AFP
Armed police loot diamonds
Parliament yesterday heard how heavily armed police officers numbering about 200, in mafia style, stormed the Mbada Diamond fields in Marange and looted gems worth millions of dollars before they brok...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jinan diamond saga mystery - rewind
MYSTERY surrounds the investigation into a case in which Jinan Diamond Mining Company allegedly externalised US$585 million, amid revelations the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has no docket of ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 14:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Chiadzwa diamond field killings are state-sponsored'
Civic society groups in Zimbabwe claim that state-sponsored violence is taking place at the Chiadzwa diamond fields as the government attempts to keep illegal dealers and panners at bay.The Ce...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 16:03hrs | 19 | by TimesLive
Mnangagwa petitioned over diamond fields terror
Marange villagers have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Parliament to help lift restrictions imposed on their movement in 2009 which they claim has exposed them to abuse by security forces ...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 14:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu cleared, he is not corrupt
The Zimbabwe Anti - Corruption Commission (Zacc) has concluded investigations into allegations of corruption against three Cabinet Ministers and cleared them of any wrongdoing as the informants in all...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 08:52hrs | 5 | by Business Weekly
Obert Mpofu to be grilled like Chivayo on Monday
Parliament has summoned Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu and other high-ranking bureaucrats who served under former president Robert Mugabe's administration as the legislative assembly continues to s...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 15:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Officials looted Chiadzwa diamonds'
Zimbabwe is yet to extract diamonds worth US$15 billion from Chiadzwa, putting paid to claims that gems worth that much were looted from there, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has said....Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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