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Foreign investment fuels Matabeleland gold rush
A surge in foreign investment and exploration activity in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland region is being hailed by mining analysts as a strong vote of confidence in the country's mining sector. This renewed ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 19:02hrs | 2695 | by Staff reporter
Gold rally is bringing new riches to rural Zimbabwe
In Filabusi, the streets are packed with BMW X5s and Land Rover Defenders, modern houses paid for in cash are springing up and whisky is only sold by the bottle in the small town's bars.The th...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:43hrs | 2386 | by Ray Ndlovu
Masiyiwa named among only 17 black billionaires in the world
ACCORDING to Forbes, there are currently 2,640 billionaires in the world. They are collectively worth $12.2 trillion. The United States is the number one home of billionaires with 735 of them, followe...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
US credit rating downgraded
China Chengxin International Credit Rating (CCXI) slashed its sovereign credit score for the US by one notch earlier this week, becoming the first among top rating firms to make the move.The l...Published: 27 May 2023 at 19:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Edd Branson pushes for Africa Municipal Bond Conference
Edd Branson, in his capacity as Chairman of the Afri-USA Business Initiative, has announced that the group will be holding an Africa Bond Conference, which is aimed at discussing innovative ways of fu...Published: 15 May 2023 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Biden claims immunity from SA courts in Zimbabwe sanctions case
The US Embassy in Pretoria has issued a diplomatic note to SA claiming the Johannesburg High Court lacks jurisdiction over the US in the case brought a year ago by the Zimbabwe Anti-Sanctions Movement...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 15:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets 40 tonnes of gold
Gold deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), the country's sole authorised buyer of the mineral, jumped 137 percent in the first two months of 2022 to 5,1 tonnes from 2,17 tonnes in the sa...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Biden sends Indian to threaten India over Russian sanctions
A US national security official – who played a leading role in crafting US economic measures against Russia over its military assault on Ukraine – will travel to India to discuss New Delhi's respo...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 12:01hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Gauteng High Court asking the court to declare US sanctions on Zimbabwe illegal and unconstitutional
The Zimbabwe Anti-Sanctions Movement is asking the court to declare US sanctions illegal and unconstitutional.In a potentially ground-breaking international case, a group called the Zimbabwe A...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 16:14hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Matiza's son to contest for Zanu-PF youth chairperson position
HIS father's shoes are too big to fill, but the son of the late former Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza, Batsirai is eager to step into them.That journey kicked off last week when he subm...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 19:11hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Foreign investors line up new bank in Zimbabwe
A group of domestic and foreign investors has lodged an application with Zimbabwean authorities to roll out an investment bank, the first such institution since investment banks were toppled under the...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:35hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cartels that are not the real cartels
I just read the report by Daily Maverick, that is purporting to expose cartels in Zimbabwe. The problem with the report is it does not include the obvious and leading cartels in Zimbabwe, such as Old ...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
CR17 donor scores R1.5 billion Eskom contract
The Competition Commission has been criticised for approving a deal that would result in two dominant players in the resources market that supplies coal to Eskom.The South African Energy Forum...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa dispensed patronage to those who backed him'
A political analyst has said the leaked emails and financial statements from the CR17 campaign have shown how President Cyril Ramaphosa dispensed patronage to those who backed him."These guys ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa rewarded Maria Ramos for her donation by PIC appointment?
The Sunday Independent revealed some of the funders to the CR17 campaign, which included eNCA director and owner of Hosken Consolidated Investments, Johnny Copelyn, who reportedly donated R2m, while f...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
London firm eyes US$200m lithium deal in Zimbabwe
LONDON domiciled global financial advisory firm Wimmer Financial, has revealed it has its sights set on financing US$200 million towards a lithium mine in Zimbabwe.The company wants to take ad...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe oligarchy conundrum
Zimbabwe is full of drama that lacks focus. Have we been zombified by politics?Over the past two decades, former President Robert Mugabe was the problem. In November last year, the country bad...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:54hrs | 36 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabwe delegation dazzles investors on Wall Street
After decades of economic isolation, the Zimbabwe Government, led by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International trade, Dr Sibusis...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lines up meetings with global business giants
GLOBAL business giants and political leaders were lining up to secure appointments with President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is here attending the 48th World Economic Forum annual meetings.Preside...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beneficiaries of Codesa linked BEE transactions feeling the heat
President Jacob Zuma's plan to take white capital monopoly head-on is starting to bear fruits and more casualties line up for trauma treatment.Although Zuma appears as a victim but the truth i...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 08:18hrs | 3 | by Social media
ANC is heading for a split, says analyst
A political analyst believes that the ANC has already split 'in spirit', and will not be able to agree on a successor to current president Jacob Zuma before its elective conference in December 201...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 11:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa after Brexit
African economies may be severely affected by Britain's exitBy 6:30 a.m. on 24 June, less than 12 hours after a successful referendum on Brexit (Britai...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Amelia Tan
Bantu Rovers boss eyes EPL franchise
BANTU Rovers' co-chairman and co-owner American businessman Peter Grieve is close to snapping up newly promoted English Premier League side Hull City.According to online reports, an American c...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Ricky Zililo
US pushes regime change in South Africa
The ruling ANC says it is using diplomatic channels to address its concerns that the US embassy is involved in "irregular activities" and is trying to advance regime change in South Africa.ANC...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:33hrs | 3 | by Katherine Frisk
The tweet that sparked the twar was aimed at Mugabe
The Zhuwao Brief will this week interrogate President Mugabe's empowering leadership in Africa and how house niggers and Uncle Toms are used to demonise African leaders who do not bow to the neo-liber...Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Patrick Zhuwao
Move over South Africa: Here comes Nigeria?
For years South Africa has asserted itself as Africa's most dominant economy, frequently being touted as the world's gateway into Africa. However, its anaemic growth in recent times has seen...Published: 03 Apr 2014 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Perry Munzwembiri
BlackBerry co-founders considering bid for struggling smartphone maker
BlackBerry Ltd co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are considering a bid to buy the struggling smartphone maker, according to a securities filing on Thursday, raising the prospect of an alte...Published: 11 Oct 2013 at 00:07hrs | 14 | by Tech Reporter
U.S. stocks ground to a 3-hour halt
Trading in thousands of U.S. stocks ground to a halt for much of Thursday after an unexplained technological problem shut down trading in Nasdaq securities, the latest prominent disruption to the oper...Published: 23 Aug 2013 at 04:00hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Apple Inc lays groundwork for first debt sale eve
LONDON - Apple took initial steps Monday for what would be its first debt sale ever, as the U.S. computer giant lays the groundwork for what would be one of the most anticipated bond sales of th...Published: 30 Apr 2013 at 05:35hrs | 24 | by Tech Reporter
Apple team working on 'iWatch' - Report
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple already has a 100-people team working on a "Dick Tracy"-style wristwatch that has smartphone functions, according to U.S. media reports Tuesday.The team's size, including...Published: 15 Feb 2013 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim youth leader receives top US award
Zimbabwean youth leader, Precious Simba, was named one of the three winners of the Goldman Sachs & Fortune Global Women Leaders award announced August 15th. She will receive the award at the Fort...Published: 21 Aug 2012 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman honoured with Goldman Sachs-Fortune Global Women leaders award
Fortune Magazine announced the winners of the Goldman Sachs & Fortune Global Women Leaders award which will be presented on Octobe...Published: 17 Aug 2012 at 13:01hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Microsoft looking at making its own smartphone
Microsoft Corp is looking at making its own smartphone to kickstart sales of its Windows mobile software, according to a Wall Street analyst who has followed the company for many years.The ta...Published: 22 Jun 2012 at 03:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obama hosts Zimbabwe 'young leaders'
TWO Zimbabwean youth entrepreneurs - Simbarashe Mhungu and Limbikani Makani - will travel to the United States as part of the U.S. President's Young African Leaders Initiative.They will attend...Published: 10 Jun 2012 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goldman Sachs linked with sex trafficking
WASHINGTON. — Global investment, securities and sex! Goldman Sachs has long been a big name on Wall Street, but an investigation tying the banking giants to a w...Published: 05 Apr 2012 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by RT
Greg Smith's resignation letter that cost Goldman Sucks $2.2 billion
TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in...Published: 15 Mar 2012 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Greg Smith
Give Zimbabwe's Poor Mine Workers Shares Too
Bulawayo -These are times when I would not like to be a Prime Minister or President of any country in the world. Leaders in the West are facing mounting economic challenges that have already influence...Published: 27 Feb 2012 at 12:53hrs | | by Thamsanqa Zhou Jr
Facebook must abide by European data privacy laws
Vienna - Max Schrems wasn't sure what he would get when he asked Facebook to send him a record of his personal data from three years of using the site.What the 24-year-old Austrian law studen...Published: 26 Oct 2011 at 07:56hrs | | by -
U.S. Federal Agency to sue big Banks
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is going to file lawsuits against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank, among others, alleging the banks misrepresented the quality of m...Published: 02 Sep 2011 at 13:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
HP to stop making PCs
Hewlett-Packard Co may spin off the world's largest PC business, part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market, including killing its new tablet and buying British software company...Published: 18 Aug 2011 at 23:25hrs | 2 | by Moyo Roy
Fosters rejects SABMiller takeover move
Melbourne - Foster's Group on Tuesday rejected a A$9.5bn ($10.1bn) cash takeover offer from SABMiller as too low after the global brewing giant offered only a slim premium for Australia's largest bre...Published: 21 Jun 2011 at 05:02hrs | | by .
Microsoft close to buying Skype for $8.5bn
New York - Microsoft is close to buying Web video conferencing service Skype Technologies for $8.5bn including debt, a source familiar with the situation said, underscoring the technology giant's gro...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 07:48hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Mergers and Acquisitions expected to increase in Zimbabwe
MERGERS and acquisitions are expected to increase right through to next year as Zimbabwean companies seek to recapitalise and enhance operating capacity in an economy showing strong signs of recovery ...Published: 15 Apr 2011 at 04:20hrs | 6 | by Bright Madera
Mark Zuckerberg wins the latest legal battle
San Fransisco - Mark Zuckerberg won the latest legal battle against former Harvard classmates who accuse him of stealing their idea for Facebook, a multimillion-dollar feud made famous on the si...Published: 14 Apr 2011 at 05:21hrs | 3 | by Byo24News
Twitter not going public
TWITTER has no plan to go public in the near future and does not need additional funds because it is making money, the co-founder of the popular microblogging site said yesterday .Biz Stone al...Published: 08 Mar 2011 at 08:20hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Oil spikes as Libya unrests disrupts supplies
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Iran Warships Enter Suez Canal on Syria Trip, Israel Stresses Objections
Two Iranian warships have begun crossing the Suez Canal as Israel stressed its objection to their planned voyage to Syria.The ships entered the canal early today after ...Published: 22 Feb 2011 at 15:38hrs | | by Byo24News
Facebook raises $500-million
Facebook, the popular social networking site, has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor in a deal that values the company at $50 billion, according to people involved in the tr...Published: 03 Jan 2011 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by Byo24
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