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RBZ begins production of redesigned ZiG banknotes

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has commenced production of redesigned ZiG banknotes, set to enter circulation soon as part of the central bank's de-dollarisation roadmap, which targets a transition to a mono-currency regime within the …

Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 07:55hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe is losing over US$6bn to illicit financial flows

Zimbabwe is losing an estimated US$6,15 billion to illicit financial flows (IFFs) between 2020 and 2025, a drain that experts say is depriving the country of critical resources needed for development.IFFs involve the illegal movement of mo…

Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 06:01hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter

CCZ, govt launch QR code system

The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ), in partnership with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, has unveiled a new initiative to combat the rising threat of counterfeit goods in local markets.Speaking at the Consumer Affairs and Anti-Co…

Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 19:24hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter

Hawks get forfeiture order on cigarette smuggling truck

South Africa's elite crime-fighting unit, the Hawks, working in conjunction with the National Prosecuting Authority's Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), has secured a court order to permanently forfeit a commercial truck and two trailers used in…

Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 18:48hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter

Nestle battling with counterfeits on the market

Nestle Zimbabwe has announced a collaborative crackdown on counterfeit products, working closely with government agencies to identify and remove fake items masquerading as genuine Nestle goods from the market.Speaking during the commission…

Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:54hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga warns tenderprenuers, 'The day of reckoning is inevitable'

Zimbabwe's Vice President, General (Retired) Constantino Chiwenga, has issued a stern warning to corrupt businesspeople, declaring that their "day of reckoning is undoubtedly coming" as the government intensifies its crackdown on economic …

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 17:05hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to launch digital platform to fight counterfeit products

In a significant move to protect consumers and ensure fair trade, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, is preparing to launch a digital platform designed to detect counterfeit…

Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 12:39hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt's anti-smuggling dragnet nets 472

The Government of Zimbabwe has ramped up its efforts in the ongoing anti-smuggling blitz, resulting in over 200 prosecutions and 269 compliance notices issued as part of a sustained crackdown against smuggling and unethical business practi…

Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:51hrs | 210 | 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 exports, is both baffling and dangerous. While P…

Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 21:43hrs | 1075 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Thank you Zimbabwe: Blessed Geza Blasts Tagwirei and Mnangagwa in New Video

In a provocative new video titled "Thank you Zimbabwe | The Way Forward After March 31 I More Exposes" posted on YouTube, outspoken political figure Blessed Geza expressed his gratitude to Zimbabweans for their muted yet supportive stance …

Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 07:23hrs | 4378 | by Ndou Paul

Zimbabwe struggles to tackle smuggling as festive season approaches

The Zimbabwean government has expressed concerns over its ability to combat smuggling during the festive season due to limited resources, particularly fuel, required to support the taskforce teams. Statistics indicate that the country is l…

Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:48hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe enhances nurses' certificates security features

The Nurses Council of Zimbabwe is set to introduce a new, highly secure certificate to combat the rising issue of fake practicing licenses. The proliferation of counterfeit certificates has become a serious problem due to the high demand f…

Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:25hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's traditional healers take to TikTok

WEARING a stylish black leather jacket and a red blouse, a denim sun hat covering her dreadlocked head, Gogo Mafirakureva goes live on TikTok.In just the first few minutes of her livestream, almost 1,000 people join in.A traditional song p…

Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 18:01hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter

America: They kill us for sport!

My little story on American sanctionsOnly a few weeks shy of my sixty-first birthday, I have been, until late last week, on United States list of sanctioned Zimbabweans.I have been there for twenty-one years.Those more than two decades wer…

Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:12hrs | | by @Jamwanda2

Why SADC is happy with the Mumba Report

Franz Kafka's worldFranz Kafka's art rests and runs on the bizarre and overawing grotesquery. Yet it is that de-familiarised, out-of-size world which he so ably colours which becomes the vehicle for his creative genius. Coupled with his sh…

Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2

British obsession with Zimbabwe politics nauseating

It is election time again in Zimbabwe and the British are at it again, pushing a narrative to discredit the August 23, 2023 harmonised elections, because it is clear Zanu-PF is winning.It seems to have suddenly dawned to the British that t…

Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 16 | by Isdore Guvamombe

Zimbabwe launches expiring driver's licence disc

Government has finally launched the new standard plastic driver's licence linked to a database that will replace the metal licences.The new Zimbabwean licence will be scannable and meet the international standards of SADC, the Common Marke…

Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:36hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter

'Fellow citizens, be strong' edges Chamisa - but why forfeit free for uphill battle of violent elections

"VIOLENCE IN MATOBO, INSIZA & CHIRUMANZU ..Zpf panicking, desperate & violent because they are not supported in villages, in rural areas. Thuggery is not politics. Violence is not civilized campaigning. Their violence will increase…

Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 17:24hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori

Fake maize seed hits market

FARMERS have been urged to be on high alert for fake maize seed in circulation.This has resulted in the police and SeedCo launching a campaign to warn farmers against seed scammers.SeedCo managing director Terrence Chimanya yesterday told …

Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Top mines official arrested for abuse of office

MASHONALAND West acting provincial mining director Sibongile Mpindiwa has been arrested for allegedly unlawfully forfeiting mining claims, changing ownership and then handing them over to other people.The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commissio…

Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo mayor and deputy boycott CCC's Harare meeting for councillors

BULAWAYO Mayor, Solomon Mguni and former deputy mayor, Mlandu Ncube, Thursday boycotted a Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) meeting organised for councillors in Harare.The councillors were in the capital attending a Urban Councils Assoc…

Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Mnangagwa's govt pampering looters with tax breaks'

ZIMBABWE'S civic society organisations have raised fresh concerns over elevated plunder of the country's resources by multinationals, and are pushing to close loopholes.During a crucial conference on resources last week, leading resource c…

Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa son-in-law linked to attempt to seize CSC cold chain facility

Cold Storage Company (CSC) management in Harare is battling to ward off attempts by a close friend of President Mnangagwa's son-in-law Gerald Mlotshwa to seize control of a refurbished cold-chain facility at the Gleneagles plant, ZimLive r…

Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Ceiling collapse injures two patients at Parirenyatwa Hospital

Two Parirenyatwa Hospital patients were Tuesday treated for injuries sustained during a freak ceiling collapse incident in one of the referral hospital's wards.In a statement confirming the mishap, the government hospital said the two pati…

Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Fidelity wins latest gold claim dispute

Fidelity Printers and Refiners is now secure in possession of a gold claim the Supreme Court agreed had been improperly forfeited to the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, after the ministry filed for the final appeal to the Constit…

Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Assessing the US$12 billion mining industry target

The Zimbabwean government launched an ambitious plan to transform the mining sector into a US$12 billion export industry by end of 2023. The plan was launched in October 2019 as a key pillar to sustainable economic growth. Achieving that t…

Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 12:01hrs | 6 | by Victor Bhoroma

Zimbabwe will never prosper as long as we have turned our politics into cults and idolatry!

A few days ago, as my wife and I were attending to some errands in the city centre, we visited a tailoring shop, whereby we were greeted by attire advertising the tailor's work. To say we were stupefied by what we witnessed would be puttin…

Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Chamisa: When the Goliath Complex Afflicts

My early days in primary school were dominated by the story of Goliath, the giant of Philistine.Goliath's name was onomatopoeic; this sonorous name heavily suggested physical hugeness afflicted by minute intellect. In his figure, size over…

Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday

Mnangagwa launches Zimbabwe's e-passport

A nationwide campaign to issue primary identity and registration documents will be launched next year, coinciding with the voter registration blitz ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa said yesterday during the launc…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Govt urged to implement the 'use it or lose it' policy

ARTISANAL miners have urged the government to speedily implement the "use it or lose it" mining policy to prevent accumulation of claims for speculative purposes.Artisanal and Small Scale Miners Association (ASSA) national chairperson Bles…

Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe should join EITI to promote transparency'

ZIMBABWE should join the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) to promote transparency and accountability to stop the looting of the country's mineral resources.The EITI is a global standard for the good governance of oil, gas…

Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

'US$12 billion mining economy unattainable without policy'

ZIMBABWE, which seeks to achieve the US$12 billion mining economy by 2023, is still operating without a mining development policy, a situation that has created a lot of policy and legal reversals as well as inconsistencies in the sector, T…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:45hrs | 9 | by Dumisani Nyoni

Fidelity wins repossession of forfeited Gold claim

Fidelity Printers and Refineries has finally repossessed its claim that was forfeited by the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development last year, after the Supreme Court confirmed an interim order granted to it early this year.Fidelity, a g…

Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Unvaccinated civil servants 'fired'

CIVIL servants who defied government's order to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should not report for duty starting Monday, their employer said yesterday.The civil servants will also be denied their salaries and allowances.Though it could n…

Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

It's summer: Bring out the shorts and mini!

Have you ever felt the thrill of seeing the sun in the sky after a long winter?The feeling is like seeing the sunrise for the first time after a storm.You find relief.The sensation of heat piercing through your skin after approximately thr…

Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Unfortunately, you can now buy counterfeit money online

DUE to the Covid-19 outbreak counterfeiters of United States dollars and South African rands have now moved from the streets to online.There is now always a website that is ready to sell and deliver whatever amount of counterfeit United St…

Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 18 | by Jacob Mutisi

Buying time and delaying the inevitable. The case of Zanu-PF resistance to political reforms

Playing a game without prior knowledge that Zanu-PF was a participant, a dearth of awareness of said rules dictated that Zanu-PF preference of a political system would be one patterned on its sponsor's political system. One that is archaic…

Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:22hrs | 1 | by Nancy Makurira

Zimbabwe yet to enact laws to curb mineral smuggling

WHILE deliberations continue over joining an international group formed to reduce corruption in mining countries, Zimbabwe continues to lose billions of dollars from the smuggling of extracted resources, including gold, diamonds, oil and g…

Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

'ZACC has failed and must be reformed' demanded MDC-A - posturing, what reforms did GNU implement

"ZACC should be disbanded if it does not have the capacity and the political will to investigate the chronic corruption that is killing us, if it cannot act independently, of course this must be part of a raft of wider political reforms as…

Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 21:51hrs | 6 | by Patrick Guramatunhu

When arguments turn to arrogance and stupidity

The arrogance of a people is exposed when they fail to argue intelligibly and factually; their men ego comes out full force, Ngenkani khathesi, what I say is correct because I am a man and of Ndebele ethnic group. Kangehlulwa ngumfazi mina…

Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 17:52hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata

'Zimbabwe's gold policy fueling criminality'

GOVERNMENT'S policy of buying gold on a no-questions-asked basis is creating chaos and fueling criminality in the mining sector, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has said.To funnel gold produced by artisanal miners …

Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Fidelity Printers loses mining claim

THE forfeiture and the subsequent reallocation of a Kwekwe gold mining claim held by Fidelity Printers and Refiners a gold buying subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe was lawful, the High Court has ruled. The ruling followed the Fide…

Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Why are you fearful of your citizens?

YOUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.One thing that always bewildered us as we grew up was watching on the main news bulletin the president moving around surrounded by hordes of bodyguards.He would be camouflaged by heavily armed men su…

Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Justice Ndewere inquiry resumes

THE inquiry into suspended High Court judge Erica Ndewere's suitability to remain on the bench resumes tomorrow following a week-long break to allow the court to consider the defence team's objection to have a member of the Executive to le…

Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Individuals with questionable assets face probe

THE net is closing in on individuals with questionable assets worth at least US$100 000 after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday appealed for information to enable it to investigate, arrest fraudsters and forfeit all …

Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

ZACC goes after US$13m external assets

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has started the process to track down, seize and repatriate movable and immovable assets worth more than US$13 million acquired by Zimbabweans in five foreign jurisdictions using proceeds of c…

Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Landela buying spree raises stink

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa marked his triumphal entry into the citadel of power in 2017 by declaring that he would open the country up for business, thus promising a departure from the ruinous policies of his predecessor the late Robert …

Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 3 | by Cliff Chiduku

Anti-graft crack team seizes $2 billion assets

A CRACK team made up of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has seized luxury homes and top-end vehicles worth over $2 billion belonging to top and…

Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Sector priorities for NDS implementation

Zimbabwe launched its new 5 year economic blueprint called the National Development Strategy (NDS-1) on 16 November 2020. The new plan succeeds the Transitional Stabilization Programme (TSP) that ends this year after running a 2-year relay…

Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 09:17hrs | 10 | by Victor Bhoroma

Zimbabwe churches paint gloomy picture

THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) yesterday painted a gloomy picture of the country's economic situation, claiming several attempts by the churches to engage Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to proffer solutions to the country's challeng…

Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

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