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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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mineral resources should benefit locals, says CCC official
THE main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has pledged to ensure resource-rich communities benefit from minerals mined in their areas.CCC Midlands provincial chairperson Takavafir...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF MP leads invasion of sacred mountain
A CARTEL in Mberengwa led by Zanu-PF aspiring MP for the constituency and gold baron Tinashe "Goga" Shumba has angered the community by invading Janasi Mountain, which is considered sacred, in search ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa fights lithium plunder
MBERENGWA residents have formed a foundation led by prominent local people to fight the plunder of recently discovered lithium deposits in the vast district as well other available minerals like gold,...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fortune seekers descend on Mberengwa in Zimbabwe lithium rush
THE country's policies are once again in the spotlight after more than 5 000 artisanal miners and fortune seekers, including foreigners, mainly of Chinese origin, have descended on the former Sandawan...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreigners loot Zimbabwe's emeralds
WELL-CONNECTED foreign syndicates are looting Zimbabwe's emeralds using local proxies and taking advantage of corrupt systems to plunder and smuggle various other types of little-known precious stones...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:50hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean engineer runs Afghanistan's gemology plant
A ZIMBABWEAN engineer, Clever Sithole (CS), last year made history when he was appointed head gemologist at a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded gemstone processing proj...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$600m water project crumbling
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is on the verge of cancelling a US$600 million agreement, in which government had mortgaged 18 gold claims to a Malaysian company, ZimMal, which for 17 years failed to imp...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Long serving Jeka nurse dies
There are allegations that Mai Sigogo, one of the longest-serving nurse at Jeka Hospital has died.A message on Facebook said, "Today Mberengwa lost gamba redunhu. This photo was taken in ...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 15:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Rtd Col. Dyck holds fort in Mozambique
SOUTHERN African Development Community leaders gathered for an emergency meeting this week in Maputo, Mozambique, following a recent get-together in Gaborone, Botswana, to discuss the volatile politic...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 10 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Matabeleland guns for devolution amid government delays
Chagrined by government delays in the implementation of devolution people in Matabeleland feel marginalised and is gunning for its speedy completion. The military government of President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:30hrs | | by Makho Precious Moyo
Machete wielding gangs terrorize villagers in Zvishavane
The 2008 violence that saw most rural Zimbabweans decapitated and maimed by Zanu-PF militia is being relieved in rural and urbanZvishavane and Shurugwi in the Midlands Province following a new wave of...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 18:36hrs | | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
ZMDC seeks partners to revive key mines
THE Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) is seeking joint venture partnerships to resuscitate its defunct gold and graphite mines across the country.ZMDC acting general manager Mr Ga...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff repoirter
Joshua Nkomo letter to Robert Mugabe from exile in the UK
JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon E6 2WLUnited Kingdom7th June, 1983INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABEDear Robert,1. I write...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:00hrs | 2 | by Joshua M. Nkomo
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe government in mine firesale
ZIMBABWE'S government will relinquish absolute control of its vast but under-utilised mining assets, which have chronically underperformed due to under-capitalisation and mismanagement.I...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deadly gold rush in Mugabe's village
Eldorado mine in Zvimba South, Mashonaland West just like the legendary Spanish Eldorado is associated with death and loss of fortune.The ancient Eldorado was synonymous with a tribal ceremony...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
YAFM DJ to cycle 439km for charity
YAFM disc jockey (DJ) Fungai Mawanda will be cycling 439 km along Zimbabwe's mineral rich Great Dyke to raise awareness on the problems faced by the girl child living along this mineral belt.M...Published: 17 May 2016 at 14:33hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Chinese national jailed 10 yrs in Zimbabwe
A Chinese national, Li Chengping (57) has been jailed for an effective 10 years in prison for illegally possessing gold and emerald.Chengping was arrested at Harare International Airport on No...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Indian businessman nabbed in Harare
AN Indian businessman has been arrested after he was found in possession of gold, diamonds and emeralds worth about US$1 million. Kassam Shiraaj (50), of Belvedere ...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 22:14hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Businessman arrested for possessing $1 million minerals
A HARARE businessman has been arrested after he was found in possession of gold, diamonds and emeralds worth about $1 million. Kassam Shiraaj, 50, of Belvedere in Harare, was found in possessi...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 16:12hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Emeralds deal goes wrong
A BID to make quick cash backfired for a Zvishavane man who was left counting his losses after being duped of his hard-earned money by two con artistes in a botched $11 000 emeralds deal.Hones...Published: 08 Jun 2014 at 09:09hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Joshua Nkomo writes Mugabe from London (1983)
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO 2 Stevenage Road East Ham E6 2WL London E6 2WL United Kingdom 7th June, 1983 INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGAB...Published: 24 Dec 2013 at 18:53hrs | | by SW Radio Africa
Prophet Chiza's Bosso prophecy come to pass
Bulawayo Prophet Chiza's Highlanders prophecy come to pass.Prophet Chiza had prophesied that the Bosso will win the Mbada Diamonds Cup final at Barbourfields Stadium. Highlanders won 3-0 to H...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 04:45hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Prophet Chiza predicts Bosso Mbada Cup final victory
DESPITE the weekend's setback for Highlanders Football Club, Bulawayo prophet, Blessing Chiza, has prophesied that the team will win the Mbada Diamonds Cup final set for 30 November at Barbourfields ...Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 03:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'South Africans are backward'
One of the most colourful men in African politics happens to be white. Guy Scott is the vice-president of Zambia but his race is probably the least exceptional thing about him.On a recent aft...Published: 02 May 2013 at 09:29hrs | | by David Smith I guardian
Zimbabwe's real wealth untapped
WE HAVE heard it all before. Zimbabwe has the second-largest platinum reserves in the world next to South Africa, the largest alluvial diamond reserves in the world, significant gold, chrome, coal and...Published: 04 Feb 2013 at 11:20hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Three Steps Forward and Ten steps Backwards (PART II)
I got some feedback by the some concerned citizens that some questions to the MPs were lenient and requested that I make it tough for the Ministers. I promised to make it tough....Published: 26 Jul 2012 at 15:00hrs | | by Justice Maphosa
Beitbridge diamonds not real
Tests have shown that stones which sparked a rush in Beitbridge recently were not diamonds but aquamarine stones, a Government minister has said.Last November, scores of people descended on P...Published: 02 Jan 2012 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo (1983) Prophecy about MDC!!!
(Just Focus on Paragraph 94 if You Don't Have Reading Drive)INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABEDear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of ...Published: 23 Dec 2011 at 07:52hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
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