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Patrice Motsepe to buy ANC next Presidency?
Senior ANC members want to convince the billionaire Patrice Motsepe to make himself available to stand as the party's next president.Rapport cited two well-placed sources who said many ANC mem...Published: 18 May 2025 at 13:37hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's presidential envoy abuses his position
CHARISMATIC Zimbabwean evangelist and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special envoy on Trade and Investment, Uebert Angel, is embroiled in a money laundering scandal involving the abuse of diplomatic p...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 18:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
As long as Zimbabweans believe flying on a airplane is an achievement then we're going nowhere as a country!
I have noticed a very disturbing trend in Zimbabwe - which I strongly believe is one of the main reasons we are not moving forward as a nation.As much as there is polarization in the political...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 12:46hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe heading nowhere faster!
I HAVE noticed a very disturbing trend in Zimbabwe - which I strongly believe is one of the main reasons why we are not moving forward as a nation.As much as there is polarisation in the polit...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:14hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
WATCH: Prophet Edd Branson shocking business deals in America
Popular blogger, Youtuber Political Analyst and Christian Commentator Zigo who is known for his anti-Prophets videos on Youtube has posted a video praising the works done by Ambassador Prophet Edd Bra...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 13:18hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Strive Masiyiwa net worth jumps 125%
The net worth of Zimbabwe's telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, who has recently been appointed to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation board, has surged 125 percent to US$2.7 billion (R41.3 billion), F...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa sets record straight about being British
Chrispin Joseph Beer-Sheba writes, "I've no where to put my compliments for the achievement you have made and being named the First Britain Black billionaire, the awards you been awarded and Most ...Published: 27 May 2021 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Strive Masiyiwa
Masiyiwa's fortune fell to US$1.1 billion from US$2.3 billion
Zimbabwean billionaire philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa is Africa's 17th richest person this year, according to Forbes magazine's latest billionaire rankings. Masiyiwa, a self-made magnate who e...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Gonzalez ready to make Simba roar across Africa
In her world, 'I can' certainly sounds better than 'I can't'. In fact, Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary.It ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 15 | by Mthokozisi Dube
Gilmore Tee makes Forbes list
Global citizen Gilmore "Tee" Moyo has made it into this year's list of the Forbes Africa list of 30 under 30, a list which includes Africa's top entrepreneurs, entertainers and leaders and influencers...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
American billionaire Tudor Jones flies into Zimbabwe
Sixty-four-year-old American billionaire - founder of Tudor Investment Corporation and Hedge fund manager - Paul Tudor Jones II landed at Buffalo Range Airport in Chiredzi yesterday afternoon aboard a...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's horror 2019 unfolds
The palpable fear among many Zimbabweans that 2019 would become yet another "annus horribilis" — Latin for a horrible year — has become a harrowing reality, with the country's political and econom...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
The case for the internet shutdown
The bygone violent and destructive protest stay away in most urban centres of Zimbabwe which ran from Monday to Wednesday this week triggered an internet shutdown since Tuesday morning. This was on th...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:33hrs | 4 | by Nobleman Runyanga
From Mzilikazi High to Forbes Africa Magazine
STRONG enough to make holes in the rock are tiny drops of water that persist to fall. Persistence is the attitude that breaks down mountains, one rock at a time.These words echo the South Afri...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese billionaire commits to invest in Zimbabwe
ONE of China's top billionaires, Mr Li Jinyuan, has committed to invest in Zimbabwe after he held talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week. Mr Li, who is chairman and chief executive ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Emulate Masiyiwa, project good image of Zimbabwe' - no lies can ever disguise pariah state image
"MR Strive Masiyiwa is a telecommunications magnet and billionaire with a business conglomerate straddling the African continent and beyond. He is a self-made entrepreneur who commands respect across ...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 16:54hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Opposition leaders called for more sanctions'
THE MDC-Alliance invited sanctions on Zimbabwe in an act of political expediency, resulting in the United States passing the amended Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act (zdera), For...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma visits Victoria Falls
CHINESE billionaire Mr Jack Ma visited Victoria Falls incognito and spent a night in the resort town. Mr Ma (53) landed on Wednesday afternoon on a private plane with a group of about 20 peopl...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Simba Mhuriro, The most decorated young entrepreneur in Zimbabwe
Great moments are born from great opportunity.If you can imagine it ,you can achieve it. If you can dream it , you can become it. No matter where you are today .It should be not the yardstick to deter...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 13:34hrs | 3 | by Enos Denhere
Mnangagwa's six months in office
It is now exactly six months since President Mnangagwa's inauguration on November 24, 2017 as the country's second Executive President and analysts say he has indeed ticked the boxes in as far as esta...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa's govt reaches out to Strive Masiyiwa
THE times they are a changing. The Zimbabwe government has finally reached out to its richest and most generous citizen, Strive Masiyiwa, who lives in London, in exile, and is named as a billionaire b...Published: 03 May 2018 at 13:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Pepsi starts production in Zimbabwe
INDIAN soft drinks manufacturer, Varun Beverages, has started manufacturing operations in the country, but says the cost of setting up its plant might spiral from the initial budget of $30 million to ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi brings '30 Billion Concert'
FLAMBOYANT business tycoon, Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, has taken it upon himself to ensure that slippery Nigerian superstar, Davido, who last year stood up Zimbabwean fans on more than one occasion, ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dangote revives interest in Zimbabwe?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Africa's richest man, Mr Aliko Dangote, interacted last week on the multi-billionaire's plan to expand investments in Zimbabwe.The Sunday Mail understands Mr D...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Are 90% of Zimbabweans unemployed?
There are a lot of figures for the rate of unemployment in Zimbabwe doing the rounds, from 95% to 5%, which is surely the biggest range you'll see for estimates of any indicator.The Archbishop...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by BBC
Is democracy un-African?
Libya has experienced nothing but war and brutality since the reign of King Idris I started in 1951. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposed the monarch in a bloodless coup in 1969. Under Gaddafi, or 'Brother...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 17:39hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
No Tsvangirai, Please: Zimbabwe Needs New Heroes
A great leader inspires the masses by overcoming hardships and working for the greater good of society. Strive Masiyiwa almost sold the shirt off his back as his 5-year legal battle against the govern...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 14:12hrs | 4 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zanu-PF chefs scramble for assets
Zanu-PF bigwigs are rubbing their hands in glee, ready to pounce on prime commercial land around Tokwe-Mukosi Dam in Masvingo in what could turn out to be yet another scandal benefiting the nouveau-ri...Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dangote's Zimbabwe deal pie in the sky
It's been two years since Africa's richest man, Nigerian billionaire Alhaji Aliko Dangote, jetted into the country in a highly-publicised investment deal, but nothing has come to fruition.The ...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 13:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nominating Tsvangirai for Presidency is absurd and immoral
A great leader inspires the masses by overcoming hardships and working for the greater good of society. Strive Masiyiwa almost sold the shirt off his back as his 5-year legal battle against the govern...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 10:01hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zimbabwe needs a fresh lot of heroes
A great leader inspires the masses by overcoming hardships and working for the greater good of society. Strive Masiyiwa almost sold the shirt off his back as his 5-year legal battle against the govern...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 09:54hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Power Of A Good Defense: Solar Entrepreneur Debunks Myths About Doing Business In Zimbabwe
Concerned about the need for renewable energy in Africa, particularly Zimbabwe, Simbarashe Mhuriro founded Oxygen Africa in 2009 as an investment advisory company to help facilitate foreign investors ...Published: 30 Dec 2016 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'I told Aliko Dangote not to invest in Zimbabwe'
Pastor Evan Mawarire of the #ThisFlag movement has boosted that he advised Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote not to invest in Zimbabwe as President Robert Mugabe's ministers would loot the money....Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 12:01hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
#ThisFlag Pastor given long term refuge in US
Activist clergyman Evan Mawarire - who waged a valiant social media campaign to press President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu-PF to arrest the country's deepening rot, and who has now been for...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dangote's team denied Zimbabwe visas
BILLIONAIRE Nigerian investor Aliko Dangote's plans for US$1 billion worth of investment in Zimbabwe could go up in smoke after the country's Immigration Department denied visas to aides he wanted to ...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Truth and Reconciliation Commission to dissect accusations against Mugabe needed
The turning tide in Zimbabwe has highlighted the despotic intransigency of President Robert Mugabe and how it should be handled.Zimbabwe is important in the African scheme of things because - ...Published: 25 Jul 2016 at 17:29hrs | | by Ken Sibanda
Billionaire Tudor Jones returns to Chiredzi
American billionaire who is ranked among the top 105 in the USA Paul Tudor Jones II has returned to Malilangwe Conservancy, a popular destination for the World...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 23:22hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter
Africa has been stabbed in the back by its rogue leaders
Africa is arguably the most blessed place on this entire globe, and naturally this should have translated into the people of this continent being the most prosperous - however, a rogue leadership has ...Published: 25 May 2016 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pepsi to set up multi-million plant in Zimbabwe
AN Indian billionaire planning to set up a multi-million dollar PepsiCo plant in the country visited Zimbabwe over a fortnight ago to clear bureaucratic hurdles, which appeared to stall the project, t...Published: 20 May 2016 at 13:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jose Mourinho expected at Bulawayo investment indaba
FORMER Real Madrid and Chelsea Football Club manager Jose Mourinho and American businesswoman and Facebook spokesperson Randi Zuckerberg are set to visit the country to address government officials an...Published: 23 Mar 2016 at 05:39hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
Zimbabwe investment 'excites' Dangote
THE Dangote Group says it will start operations in Zimbabwe this year, with its chief strategist, Abdu Mukhtar, yesterday asserting that they now feel "comfortable and excited" about investing in the ...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Felex Share
Dangote team expected next week to tie up deals
A delegation of technocrats from Dangote Industries Limited, owned by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, is expected in Zimbabwe next week to conclude details of his investment in Zimbabwe.M...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Gumbo
Strive Masiyiwa knocked out of Forbes Africa's top 50 richest list
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe founder, Strive Masiyiwa, has dropped out of Forbes Africa's top 50 richest figures as a result of declining revenues in the listed company.Masiyiwa was among the seve...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aliko Dangote to set up his biggest cement plant in Zimbabwe
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote says his group will set up an integrated cement plant in Zimbabwe which will be bigger than all his plants.The proposed investment is a major boost for t...Published: 31 Aug 2015 at 13:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
DJ Sbu lied again, landlord now selling his house
Controversial South African radio and television personality, DJ Sbu has been caught out in yet another white lie.Sunday World revealed that the R8 Million gold estate house which he gloating...Published: 01 Jun 2015 at 14:51hrs | 6 | by Sunday World
DJ Sbu's MoFaya hits Bulawayo
Controversial South African TV and radio personality DJ Sbu's MoFaya energy drink is now available in Bulawayo, with local drinking haunts and retail outlets stocking it.The non-alcoholic bev...Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru among Africa's wealthiest people?
If the Mujurus empire is as vast as the media are reporting - some say worth billions of US dollars - this could mean for the past three years Dr Joice Mujuru was among Africa's richest people, and pr...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa among Africa's 10 powerful men
ECONET Wireless chairman and founder, Strive Masiyiwa has been named among the 10 most powerful men in Africa for 2015 by Forbes magazine. Forbes is an influential American business magazine ...Published: 26 Mar 2015 at 06:16hrs | | by Charity Ruzvidzo
Masiyiwa flying Zimbabwean flag high
Although Zimbabwe is in the economic doldrums, a few distinguished and enterprising citizens continue to make waves on the continent in the world of business, and management.These feted Zimbab...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 15:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chivas Regal promotion in Zimbabwe
Being a true gentleman is not about what you deserve, it is about who you are, how you treat others and the values that guide your every action. These values are celebrated by the premium whiske...Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by Geraldine Trennery
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