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Zimbabwe's new politics of fraud
IN Zimbabwe, politics is no longer just the art of the possible.It has become the science of the scam.From boreholes to buses, roads to resettlement deeds, today's governance is not me...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:23hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube wants all sanctions removed
THE piecemeal removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States has been described as a step in the right direction, although the country prefers to have the illegal embargo completely rem...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
US punishes Mnangagwa
The United States on Monday said it was ending its 2003 sanctions programme against Zimbabwe as it reimposed new restrictions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his inner circle for alleged corruptio...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US makes piecemeal adjustments to Zimbabwe sanctions
THE United States yesterday made piecemeal adjustments to its targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe signalling the success of the country's engagement and re-engagement drive under President Mnangagwa....Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt defends US$88 million Mbudzi interchange loan deal
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has defended the US$88 million loan agreement with Fossil Mines for construction of the Mbudzi interchange in Harare, and claimed that there was nothing amiss about the l...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$88m govt deal raises stink
THE controversy surrounding funding for Harare's Mbudzi interchange project has deepened amid reports that the project costs were inflated.Wednesday confirmation by Finance minister Mthuli Ncu...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Hichilema urged to rally West to lift Zimbabwe sanctions
ZAMBIA must use its alliances in the West to support the lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe and allow the country to develop without inhibitions, the former Zambian Provincial Minister for Lusaka Provin...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions similar to genocide
Political analysts have described the illegal sanctions as akin to a soft genocide and have refuted claims by the United States of America that the embargoes were targeted on few individuals.P...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 07:21hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Corrupt cartels shouldn't hold nation at ransom but be held to account!
It was really strange reading a report - whereby, Fossil Group, threatened to retrench over 2,000 workers - ostensibly, in response to its, and its proprietor Obey Chimuka's recent placement on the US...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 23:23hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fossil Group set to retrench 2,000; move follows US decision to hit company with sanctions
FOSSIL Group, parent company of Fossil Agro and Fossil Contracting, which was Monday added to America's sanctions list alongside proprietor Obey Chimuka, is set to retrench 2,000 employees in response...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fossil retrenches 2000 employees
The recent placement of Fossil Group on Sanctions by United States has pushed the firm to lay off more than 2000 employees. United States of America put Fossil on sanctions list ami...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 14:35hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 20 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
Tagwirei ally hits jackpot with public contracts
OWNED by an ally of Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei, a target of United States sanctions, the Fossil Group has won more than 15 public works contracts since June, more than many of its rivals....Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Tagwirei gift to Guvamatanga a bribe'
Treasury secretary George Guvamatanga's acceptance of lavish gifts from corruption-accused business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei is legally questionable, lawyers have said.Guvamatanga spared no ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 20:32hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
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