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Surely, what lessons in business success can Tagwirei teach our youth?
Our youth are the greatest asset to our nation's future, and we cannot afford to lead them astray.Zimbabwe is a nation desperate for authentic leadership, especially for its youth. ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 284 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 552 | by Staff reporter
Is the Trabablas Interchange a monument to Zimbabwe's misplaced priorities and corruption?
Is Zimbabwe's so-called ‘spaghetti road' just another highway to corruption?The recent announcement by Zimbabwe's Ministry of Transport that the long-awaited Mbudzi Interchange - now curious...Published: 15 May 2025 at 08:08hrs | 393 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The idea of Zimbabwe and Matabeleland question
I think the best way to understand the present day manifestations and character of Matebeleland politics is to situate them properly historically and politically within the broader terrain of the deve...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 17:01hrs | 2189 | by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Tsholotsho villagers spend nights up to quench thirsty livestock
Farmers in Tsholotsho district, Matabeleland North province, are enduring sleepless nights as they struggle to pump water for their livestock, grappling with the severe impacts of the El Niño-induced...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:54hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa where are the ZUPCO buses purchased in 2019?
The Citizens Coalition for Change raises critical questions surrounding the fate of ZUPCO buses reportedly bought and commissioned by Mr. Mnangagwa in 2019, as citizens grapple with transport challeng...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shadowy US organisation raise questions about Tagwirei mine purchase
A joint investigative report by The Sentry and Open Secrets exposes how Zimbabwean presidential advisor and business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei, the subject of numerous corruption allegations, was abl...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 10:41hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Attacks on Zimbabwe by US shadow organisations escalate
A new investigative report by The Sentry and Open Secrets, United States organisations which probe and follow dark money and illicit financial flows around the world - given to The NewsHawks and other...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Great Dyke platinum project well on course
EXPLORATION and feasibility studies are complete at the new platinum mine owned by Great Dyke Investments in Darwendale and production is due to start soon with the mine expected to yield 1,36 million...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:23hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Die cast in Zanu-PF primaries
THE stage has been set in what promises to be a tough contest in the much-awaited Zanu-PF primary elections to choose the candidates that will represent the ruling party in the forthcoming harmonised ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ordered to come clean on Zupco
THE Zimbabwe Independent (ZimInd) newspaper has won a landmark case in which the publication sued government ministers for refusing to release information relating to the procurement of Zupco buses....Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's US$3bn platinum deal all but collapses in a shambles
IT was noisily touted as a game changer for Zimbabwe's mining sector, and the economy; a centrepiece of government's ambitious yet unrealistic US$12 billion target for the industry by next year and ca...Published: 31 May 2022 at 07:38hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zupco deal: The cost of corruption
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco)'s monopoly on the public transport system has opened a can of worms amid reports that Parliament was blocked from making inquiries on the procurement, own...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murky Zupco deal backfires
GOVERNMENT'S army-backed populist decision to re-establish Zupco's public transport monopoly, while banning commuter omnibuses has spectacularly backfired, leading to a severe crisis that has seen tho...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus deal case: High Court reserves judgment
HIGH Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has reserved judgment on the case of the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper and Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ), which are suing three government ministe...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Intombi Zomqangala excite Dubai Expo delegates
BULAWAYO-based female dance ensemble, Intombi Zomqangala, left the Expo 2020 Dubai visitors asking for more when they delivered a sterling performance at the Sun Stage here last night.Led by p...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'second Republic' as scandal-prone as Mugabe's govt
THERE is no difference between the administration of former president Robert Mugabe and that of his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa when it comes to public procurement as the two republics are marred by ...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ligwetshe iminyaka engu-21 isela lenkomo
KULESELA lenkomo eBeitbridge eligwetshwe ukuyapika iminyaka engu-21 ejele kulandela ukutholakala lilamacala okutshontsha inkomo ezingu-11.Umsolwa uMashudu Sibanda umiswe emthethwandaba weBeitb...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 17:41hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Kagonye accused of duping housing cooperatives
FORMER Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Petronella Kagonye yesterday denied allegations of duping two housing cooperatives of US$38 500 in the sale of residential stands at Solomio F...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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
'Mnangagwa must not contest the 2023 presidential election'
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa must regularise his illegitimate leadership position, but not contest the 2023 presidential election, as he would be a geriatric by then, prominent corporate ex...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:06hrs | 8 | 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
Rushwaya emerges in the thick of shady Zimbabwe military dealings
FOR long, Martin Rushwaya was the military's point man in its multi-million-dollar commercial ventures, as the permanent secretary in the Defence ministry from 2009 until 2019.In April 2019, P...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:24hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Treasury loses $112 billion to dodgy crony tax exemptions
TREASURY, always in financial dire straits, lost about ZW$112 billion in potential revenue last year (approximately US$1.3 billion on the official exchange rate) through tax expenditures consisting of...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe being run by clueless ZANU PF clowns
The Emmerson Mnangagwa led ZANU PF government has once again proven beyond no doubt that they are clueless and a bunch of mediocre buffoons. They impose policies which are half baked and result in the...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:41hrs | 6 | by Prince Njagu
Trevor Ncube's newspaper corners Mnangagwa's govt over Zupco 'shady deal'
THE Zimbabwe Independent newspaper is suing the government for refusing to release information regarding the procurement of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses.According ...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Publisher wants to open a Pandora's Box on Zupco's opaque deal
A local media publishing company, Zimind Publishers (Pvt) Limited, owned by Trevor Ncube, together with Transparency International Zimbabwe Trust, has cornered government to release information on pro...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 19:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC claims Fidelity 'parcelled out' to Tagwirei
The MDC Alliance is mulling a legal challenge to the disposal of the government's majority stake in Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), which the party says has been "parcelled out" to controversial...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's corrupt election funding exposed
THE ruling Zanu-PF mortgaged the country's natural resources in lieu of US$100 million in financial support ahead of the country's 2013 general elections, a new report by a local watchdog has shown....Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:54hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's vast tentacles grip Zimbabwe government
KUDAKWASHE Tagwirei's influence on government in recent years has been unmatched.The shadowy businessman has emerged one of the biggest beneficiaries of the November 2017 military coup which o...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Mystery over Zimbabwe army deal?
MYSTERY over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's adviser and shadowy businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei's murky purchase of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) partly-owned Pen East Mining's stake in platinum m...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:43hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's vast business empire unmasked
SET well back from the public road at the end of a long driveway lined with palm trees is an extravagant new mansion being built by Kudakwashe Tagwirei, a Zimbabwean businessman and presidential advis...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:33hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
The Sentry reveals hidden business networks of Kudakwashe Tagwirei
A REPORT published by The Sentry, Shadows and Shell Games: Uncovering an Offshore Business Empire in Zimbabwe, reveals key details of business practices of controversial local businessman and presiden...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks sues army company
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has taken a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) company, Rusununguko Nkululeko (Pvt) Limited, to court demanding US$142 530 for use of its chal...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP engages Jena Mine
ZANU-PF legislator for Silobela constituency, Mtokozisi Manoki Mpofu, has engaged gold producer, Jena Mines over concerns raised by the community, Business Times reported.Some of t...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zupco monopoly: State capture or another Chimurenga?
BEGINNING January 21, 2019, the government of Zimbabwe has been making a series of declarations reinforcing the apparent principality of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) in the provision ...Published: 11 May 2021 at 18:35hrs | 7 | by Discent Collins Bajila
Getting it right
IN our February 19, 2021 edition, we published an article headlined Landela buying spree raises stink, insinuating that Landela Mining Ventures owned by Kudakwashe Tagwirei was on a buying spree....Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Editor
Mthwakazi State of the nation address - MLF
Revolutionary greetings to you all. Vuka Mthwakazi Vuka! Abantu yithi! Amandla ngawethu!Mthwakazi kaNdaba, I write to you today with the ground probably unbearably hot in the capital of ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 13:58hrs | 3 | by MLF
Second lawsuit filed against Mthuli Ncube
A second lawsuit has been filed against finance minister Mthuli Ncube's "unlawful" five-year tax exemption for platinum miner Great Dyke Investments.The company, which has set up a US$3 billio...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Tycoon Tagwirei's hold on Zim gold
BUSINESS kingpin Kudakwashe Tagwirei has long had a commanding position in Zimbabwe's US$100m-a-month fuel import market, and owns major stakes in banking, telecoms and the country's largest platinum ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Great Dyke Investments' half decade tax holiday challenged
DARWENDALE platinum miner, Great Dyke Investments' five-year tax reprieve granted by government recently, now hangs in the balance following an urgent chamber application filed against the controversi...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Great Dyke Investments gets tax exemption
Government has exempted platinum miner Great Dyke Investments (GDI) from paying income tax for the next five years. GDI is 50% owned by local consortium Landela and Afromet JSC, wholly owned b...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1 | 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 polic...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 3 | by Cliff Chiduku
Kuvimba: How to hide a mining giant in plain sight
A year ago, Kuvimba Mining House did not exist. now it could be the country's biggest gold producer.How? The answer shows how transparency is still not a thing for Zimbabwean authorities....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:10hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic outlook for 2021
Zimbabwe's economy ended the year 2020 on a fairly stable note due to the return of the multi-currency regime and decline in general inflation levels in the market. Headwinds caused by incessant power...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
'They called me a dissident,' says Thambolenyoka
Tennyson Ndlovu is quite an enigma. Having joined the liberation struggle at 21, he quickly became a highly-respected instructor for the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA), only to be demobil...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:45hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Share swap exposes Tagwirei's vast web
A transaction in which the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) disposed of its 37,79% ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH) shareholding was a swap deal that saw the authority clinching CBZ shares worth ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:27hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt detests being held to account
GOVERNMENT'S failure to answer critical questions around the procurement of Zupco buses using public funds in a deal that involves Landela Investments is indicative of a government that is averse to s...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus scam: Independent partners TIZ, engages lawyers
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH)'s Zimbabwe Independent newspaper, in conjunction with Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ), has engaged a renowned local legal law firm with a view to compelling govern...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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