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Zimbabwe gold smugglers shipping over US$1,5bn a year
GOLD worth over US$1,5 billion is smuggled out of Zimbabwe every year, depriving the cashstrapped economy of crucial foreign-exchange revenues, according to research organisation International Crisis ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister's aide arrested
Ex-HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo's former aide was yesterday arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office for allegedly illegally facilitating issuance of visas to gold dealer, Ali Muhamad and hi...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga, SB Moyo wrestle for Zim gold sector control
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, his deputy Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo, locked in a vicious duel to wrest and consolidate state power, are manoeuvring to control the ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2792 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya faces long wait for bail hearing
Henrietta Rushwaya has to wait a little longer for her application for bail to be heard at the High Court as the record of proceedings of the remand court is not yet ready. She is facing charg...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Govt investigates corona donations
AUTHORITIES are launching a nationwide probe into donated coronavirus funds and other materials, amid fears that significant portions of these gifts were looted by politically-connected individuals, t...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya bail battle rages on
HENRIETTA Rushwaya has approached the High Court challenging the magistrates' court decision to deny her bail on charges of attempting to smuggle gold to Dubai after four gold bars weighing 6kg were f...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's CIO boss relative fired
TICHAFA Victor Hwacha, a deputy director with the Counter Intelligence unit of the Central Intelligence Organisation was fired on Wednesday this week for allegedly working with a cartel in the gold se...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 5814 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi left no registered will lawyer
THE late socialite and businessman, Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, did not register a will to determine how his estate will be distributed, his lawyers said yesterday.According to Mr Brighton Pab...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:36hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono granted bail
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono has been granted bail at the High Court after languishing at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for 17 days.High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi ruled that his...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:35hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
I'm not a flight risk, says Rushwaya
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation leader Henrietta Rushwaya insists she will not interfere with witnesses and is not a flight risk after applying for bail at the High Court in her 6kg gold smugglin...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 06:47hrs | 3407 | by Staff reporter
'Too many taxes fueling gold smuggling'
A raft of cumbersome taxes, including refining and royalty payments totalling nearly 18 percent, could be one of the major reasons why people continue to smuggle gold, although Fidelity Printers and R...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 06:46hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya appeals for bail at High Court
THE suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has approached the High Court appealing for bail after she was denied the same by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna.Rush...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe looks underground for golden economic revival
REELING from decades of economic mismanagement, Zimbabwe is banking on gold to shore up revenue and tackle the upshots of rampant hyperinflation, corruption and coronavirus restrictions.Global...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
'Rushwaya gold could buy UniFreight, Zeco'
THE gold that underfire Zimbabwe Miners' Federation (ZMF) boss Henrietta Rushwaya allegedly tried to smuggle out of the country before running into an airport security trap about three weeks ago was e...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:20hrs | 1882 | by Staff reporter
Call on govt to expedite whistleblower law
ANTI-CORRupTION watchdog Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has said the government should expeditiously enact legislation that protects whistleblowers, who lift the lid on massive corruption c...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 07:40hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son's name-dropped in R30 000 fraud
THE name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Tafadzwa Sean, has been dropped in a case where an alleged conman duped a Gweru businesswoman of R30 000 in a yet-to-be revealed deal.The conman...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 5011 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono denied bail
TORMENTED freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has been denied bail by Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who concurred with prosecutors the scribe had "propensity" to continue committing the same ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 18:40hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Emirates shakes up fares
Dubai-Headquartered airline, Emirates said on Monday it had reviewed fares on the Dubai-Lusaka-Harare route as part of efforts to recapture a market that had been grounded by COVID-19-induced lockdown...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1346 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2973 | 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
Rushwaya smuggling case: Ex-CIO operative was arrested to avoid certain 'truths'
THE former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative Raphios Mufandauya who is jointly charged with Henrietta Rushwaya, businessman Ali Mohamad, Steven Tserayi and Gift Karanda has denied bein...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya gold case opens can of worms
THE dramatic arrest and subsequent prosecution of suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has lifted the lid on the cutthroat gold trafficking underworld dominated by t...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:56hrs | 11766 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya arrest: A case of rampant elite corruption?
THE ongoing trial of Henrietta Rushwaya over charges of attempting to smuggle gold bars weighing 6kg to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in a high-profile case that has sucked in President Emmerson Mn...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
Drama as Chin'ono is brought to court late
THERE was drama at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday as journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's was brought to court well after all the courts had closed for business and staff knocked off.A speci...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Police deny cover up in Rushwaya gold smuggling case
Police have testified that charges of attempting to suppress evidence in the cases against Henrietta Rushwaya and her alleged accomplices over her alleged attempt to smuggle 6kg gold out of the countr...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:28hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono to spend another night in state custody
TORMENTED journalist Hopewell Chin'ono will spend his third night in state custody after a Harare magistrate was Thursday forced to postpone the scribe's bail ruling when detectives brought him to cou...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 20:18hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
'CIO operative deleted facts on Rushwaya docket'
A SENIOR investigating police officer yesterday told the court that Stephen Tserayi, one of the five accused persons in suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya's gold smuggli...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:37hrs | 4533 | by Staff reporter
CSOs angry over border policing failures
CIVIC organisations in the country yesterday expressed fury over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government's failure to police border areas, where there is rampant smuggling of minerals.In a j...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
'Rushwaya too invested in Zimbabwe to run away if granted bail'
Henrietta Rushwaya on Wednesday told a court that she was too invested in Zimbabwe to run away if granted bail.The Harare Magistrate's Court heard that the Zimbabwe Miners Federation president...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 21:00hrs | 5540 | by Staff reporter
Probe exonerates Rushwaya
A PROBE into the alleged secret nostro accounts allegedly held by suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) boss Henrietta Rushwaya has absolved the former football administrator of any wrongdoing....Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 2692 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya fallout hits Fidelity Printers and Refiners and CAAZ
POLICE have launched an investigation into the Fidelity Printers and Refiners, the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe and security agents stationed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 12:56hrs | 6195 | by Staff reportetr
'Police arm-twisted to exonerate Mnanaggwa's wife in gold smuggling case'
ANALYSTS yesterday accused First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa of arm-twisting the police to issue a statement exonerating her and son, Collins from the Henrietta Rushwaya's gold smuggling saga.The ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:32hrs | 4259 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses 30 tonnes gold to smuggling
ZIMBABWE has reportedly lost between 30 and 34 tonnes of gold which was smuggled to South Africa last year in a new wave of illicit financial flows (IFFs) that are affecting the country, the Zimbabwe ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 641 | by Staff writer
US red flags Zimbabwe over workers' rights abuse
THE United States yesterday threatened to slap Zimbabwe with more sanctions over government's crackdown on labour rights and tightening freedoms of association and assembly.The United States T...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 763 | by Staff writer
Rushwaya fight for bail continues
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya and her five co-accused in the 6kg gold smuggling case will today be back in court for continuation of their bail application, where the i...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1257 | by Staff writer
Criminals soiling Mnangagwa's clean record, says Matemadanda
ZANU-PF national political commissar, Victor Matemadanda has sprung to the defence of the President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the First Family describing Zimbabwe's leader as a reformist, who ushered in ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:27hrs | 424 | by Staff writer
'Rushwaya face five years in jail'
Henrietta Rushwaya and her alleged gold smuggling syndicate comprising of Pakistan business tycoon Ali Mohamed and two State security agents face a mandatory five-year jail term if convicted on smuggl...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 725 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe in a crisis
A crisis where the government deployed the army, rolled tanks into the streets and killed innocent unarmed civilians at 45°angle and a commission of enquiry instituted but no one is held accountable....Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 10:04hrs | 6673 | by Leonard Koni
Police clear Auxillia Mnangagwa, son
The Zimbabwe Republic Police absolved first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and her son, Collins, of any involvement in a gold smuggling ring after she issued an extraordinary demand.Zimbabwe Miners F...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 3805 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa disowns Rushwaya
COMPREHENSIVE investigations into the gold smuggling case involving Henrietta Rushwaya, who was arrested while trying to leave the country last week, have revealed that a former State security agent l...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 4912 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Ngarivhume vow more govt resistance
DEFIANT opposition MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala has threatened unspecified action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government in the wake of a corruption storm involving Zimbabwe ...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises to punish those mired in corruption
THE government will pursue justice without fear or favour, and also severely punish criminals - including public officials linked to graft, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has said.In addition, ...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 18:18hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns corrupt individuals for 'name-dropping' family
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has moved to warn corrupt elements now in the habit of throwing the First Family's name in order to get favours or instil fear among security forces when trying t...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:38hrs | 4610 | by Staff reporter
Criminal syndicates ruining Zimbabwe economy
The dramatic arrest of Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya on October 26 has thrown new light into the illicit export of gold by criminal syndicates that are depriving the country ...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:28hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
'Rushwaya syndicate' in court
THE alleged gold smuggling syndicate made up of Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, intelligence officers and businessman Ali Mohamad, yesterday appeared in court jointly on alleg...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1285 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya was allocated ministerial car, claims Mzembi
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has made astounding claims incarcerated Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya was allocated a ministerial vehicle by Chief Secretar...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:24hrs | 3055 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's MPs fume over UK meddling
ZANU-PF MPs have expressed concern over the United Kingdom (UK) criticism of Zimbabwe, saying the country's former colonial master was not an oasis of democratic practice, the Daily News reports....Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:20hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Gold dealer Ali Mohammed disowns Rushwaya
BUSINESS tycoon Ali Muhamad, who has been accused of being at the centre of Monday's attempt to smuggle 6kg of gold by Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, yesterday challenged his...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:07hrs | 2661 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dumps bodyguard
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has jettisoned one of his bodyguards who was implicated in an alleged gold smuggling racket.Stephen Chenjerai Tserayi, a member of the Close Unit, was suspended fo...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:46hrs | 5704 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya case takes a twist
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya's woes continue to mount after the state added two more charges against her.Rushwaya was initially charged with contrave...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:43hrs | 4436 | by Staff reporter
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