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Ntshavheni's 'concomitant action' moment to kill zama zamas
In a controversial statement on Wednesday, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the government intends to "smoke out" as many as 4,000 illegal miners reportedly trapped underground nea...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:16hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
SA businessman under scrutiny for US$850m Zimbabwe oil pipeline project
In an emerging narrative that intertwines immense financial stakes and allegations of corruption, South African businessman Errol Gregor is spotlighted for his involvement in a US$850 million oil pipe...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:06hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's billion-dollar petroleum pipeline project on course
PROCUREMENT of equipment that will be used in the construction of Zimbabwe's second petroleum pipeline project valued at over US$1 billion is on course, the deal maker of the lucrative project told th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 11:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'liable' in Marikana mine massacre debacle, says judge
President Cyril Ramaphosa might be liable in the 2012 Lonmin mine disastrous strike, the South Gauteng High Court ruled in an application by workers seeking compensation against the president and mine...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 16:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's allies continue minting it
FEASIBILITY studies of the shady US$1.3 billion petroleum pipeline project, whose cost has quickened from US$850 million to US$1.3 billion and will ultimately surge to US$4 billion, are nearing comple...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 17:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Controversial pipeline deal to balloon to US$4 billion
FRESH details on the controversial US$1.3 billion new pipeline project, whose implementation is being spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political and business cronies, have emerged showing...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Malema goes after Ramaphosa, captured NPA
EFF leader Julius Malema has given the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) an ultimatum to prosecute President Cyril Ramaphosa for his role in the Marikana massacre within three months or his party w...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 17:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associates behind the US$1.3 billion mega deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's political and business cronies, including his new associate Eddie Cross, are behind the new US$1.3 billion megabucks petroleum products pipeline project – whose cost h...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans new US$1.3bn oil pipeline, finally ending Feruka monopoly
Zimbabwe plans to build a second US$1.3 billion oil pipeline to supply fuel into the country and the region, a deal that would end years of lobbying and rivalry between powerful oil interests....Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 21:29hrs | | by newzwire
West to impose sanctions on South Africa if Ramaphosa is removed
Lately, there has been rising positive publicity on Zimbabwe and rising negativity on South Africa by international and white media.Just recently, the world bank released unemployment numbers ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:12hrs | 2 | by Rutendo Ben Matinyararire
RRB controversially pays off NOIC's debt to Tagwirei's Sakunda
Shocking revelations have emerged that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is servicing a US$17,2 million debt owed by the national oil and infrastructure company (NOIC) to Sakunda holdings.NOI...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:36hrs | 9 | 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
'Chasi a victim of state capture'
FORMER energy minister Fortune Chasi (pictured)'s dramatic sacking from cabinet two weeks ago was a culmination of an intriguing plot of state capture by powerful fuel cartels, notably his spirited bu...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 3 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Ramaphosa celebrates Marikana 'tragedy'
President Cyril Ramaphosa's Marikana massacre commemoration tweet has been met with a number of negative responses, with most replies saying it was ironic that Ramaphosa would send out such a tweet....Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 16:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NOIC to assume full ownership of Feruka-Harare fuel pipeline
THE Competition and Tariffs Commission (CTC) has approved a deal in which State-owned National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) assumes full ownership of the Feruka-Harare fuel pipeline a...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Katsande swindled PetroZim of $156 000
Catherine Katsande, the PetroZim general manager, has been arrested and is facing charges of fraud after allegedly conniving with Zadzisai Chizema, the Kaltrade Investments manager, in swindling Petro...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei drives wedge between Mnangagwa, allies
Businessman Kuda Tagwirei, has triggered off fresh fissures within Zanu-PF and government, with the Sakunda Holdings founder wittingly or unwittingly driving a wedge between President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 13:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Competition Commission probes NOIC's 50% acquisition of Petrozim
THE Competition and Tariffs Commission (CTC) has launched a probe into the acquisition of PetroZim's 50% stake by the National Oil infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (Noic), NewsDay reported.I...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
The People Vs Obert Mpofu and Emmerson Manangagwa: We must march for Zephaniah Nhamo and finish what Morgan Tsvangirai started
A casual attempt to buy toothpaste and camphor cream two weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, was welcomed by demonstrators gathered outside Dischem Pharmacy in Midrand, Johannesburg. Undeterred by...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 08:33hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
SA not innocent of the demise of Zimbabwe
Former Radio Zimbabwe presenter Eric Knight has said South Africa is not innocent of the demise of Zimbabwe following its fraudulent mediation ahead of the 2008 global political agreement."Sou...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Survivors of the 'Ramaphosa massacre' reject apology
Survivors of the Marikana massacre have rejected Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa's apology for calling for "concomitant action" days before 34 miners were shot dead by police.According to ...Published: 08 May 2017 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
List of future interim government ministers and president suggested on social media
The zeal by Zimbabwean citizens to see things change for the better in the near future has seen a proliferation of suggestions for who should hold the interim government ahead of a democratic elected ...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Bayethe poet wins in Mpumalanga
Johannesburg - The Bayethe Music Production and Promotion company (A division of Bayethe Media), has finally secured a space in the December trending arts news through its award winning poet Gugulethu...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 16:07hrs | 2 | by Future Moyo aka Jamelah
SA's unrelenting grip on Zimbabqe economy
AS the South African high-level delegation descended on Harare last week for engagements with their Zimbabwean peers, a new set of statistics released by that country's department of trade and ind...Published: 06 Nov 2016 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Presidents Mugabe Gabriel Robert; Zuma Jacob Gehleyihlekisa, Fort Hare students say voetzek!
Foot-sake is just the right word to tell both Mugabe and Zuma to go away! Voetzek Zuma, voetzek Mugabe! Those were Fort Hare students trying to force their way into the Hall where Preside...Published: 23 May 2016 at 18:52hrs | 6 | by Nomazulu Thata
Egoli no longer the place of gold
Matthias Nkomo is a resident of Plumtree who worked as a waiter in neighbouring South Africa for over 30 years.When he left Zimbabwe back then, Johannesburg was popularly known as Egoli, loose...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Mandla Tshuma
Zimbabwe is moving, evolving quite fast
Zimbabwe is moving, evolving quite fast. Not in the superficial neo-liberal sense in which a backsliding country can be pampered by Bretton Woods affiliates, pampered to vertiginous growth levels....Published: 22 Aug 2015 at 20:01hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
The Freedom House Report Needs Sober Reflection (2012)
August 26, 2012To: The Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Hon Morgan TsvangiraiCc: ...Published: 25 Sep 2014 at 09:40hrs | | by Zimbabwe Unemployed People's Association (ZUPA)
'SA Deputy President Ramaphosa murdered workers,' Parliament told
Cape Town - It was another dramatic day in South Africa's Parliament as EFF MPs Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu were ordered out of the National Assembly, but not before Shivambu gave Deputy Preside...Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 16:45hrs | | by news24
South Africa Deputy President is a murderer - protesters
Several protesters yelled at Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa again on Tuesday afternoon as he gave evidence at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry."Murderer", "Buffalo head", "Killer", "Sell-out...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 15:54hrs | | by Sapa
'We wish Zuma long suffering,' says Malema
Marikana - President Jacob Zuma must suffer, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said in Marikana on Sunday."Zuma is not sick, he is a troubled man. We do not wish him well, we ...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 19:21hrs | | by Sapa
Zimbabwean executive among Forbes's top 10 influential men
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe-born Lonmin chief executive officer and director Ben Magara has been named among the top 10 most influential men in 2014 by Forbes Magazine.Appointed Lonmin boss in Jul...Published: 04 Feb 2014 at 07:06hrs | | by Miningweekly
South Africa: Marikana dead to be remembered
Johannesburg - The first anniversary of the shooting at Lonmin's Marikana mine, near Mahikeng in the North West, will be marked during a commemorative rally on Friday.On 10 August last year, ...Published: 16 Aug 2013 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC wishes Mandela well
Members of Zimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), who are living in South Africa wished former president Nelson Mandela well on Saturday."We are in solidarity w...Published: 20 Jul 2013 at 14:54hrs | | by Sapa
Ben Magara awarded shares worth R11 million by Lonmin
LONMIN's Zimbabwean CEO Ben Magara has been awarded 230,604 shares - worth about R11m at the current share price of R42 - to compensate him for the loss of various financial incentives meant to encou...Published: 12 Jul 2013 at 05:21hrs | | by Business reporter
Ben Magara officially takes over at Lonmin
Former Anglo American Platinum executive head of engineering and strategy Ben Magara yesterday officially stepped into his new role as CEO at platinum producer Lonmin. The Johannesburg- and Lo...Published: 02 Jul 2013 at 04:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Few countries compare to South Africa in the effort to fight corruption says Zuma
Pretoria - The fight against crime was more intense in South Africa than it was in many other countries, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday."Fellow South Africans, I must underline here th...Published: 28 Apr 2013 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Black Zimbabwean appointed Lonmin Plc CEO
Lonmin Plc has appointed Ben Magara as its new Chief Executive Officer and as a Director with effect from 1 July 2013.Ben Magara is a Zimbabwean national, married with two children, and has b...Published: 02 Apr 2013 at 08:59hrs | | by Business reporter
SA: Marikana sangoma assassinated
Rustenburg - The sangoma believed to have performed rituals on protesting Lonmin mineworkers in Marikana, North West, has been gunned down, the Farlam Commission heard on Monday.At the resumpt...Published: 25 Mar 2013 at 09:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mine workers to get 7.5 percent pay hike to $200 per month
Mine workers are set to get a 7.5% wage increase after the Mineworkers Union of Zimbabwe and the Chamber of Mines agreed on a new deal for the miners.According to documents from the Chamber o...Published: 19 Sep 2012 at 13:22hrs | | by Sapa
S A Justice Minister Demands Explanation for Miners' Charge
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's justice minister, Jeff Radebe, has demanded that prosecutors explain why striking miners are being charged with the murder of 34 fellow workers who by all accounts were ...Published: 01 Sep 2012 at 07:11hrs | | by VOA
Zimbabwe learning exchange meeting declaration
A strong representative delegation of organisations from Mozambique, Swaziland, , South Africa and Zimbabwe and from respected organisations such as the ACTION Support Centre (ASC), Bench Marks Founda...Published: 30 Aug 2012 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Philani Courage Ndebele
Malema blames SA govt for Marikana mine 'massacre'
Johannesburg - The South African government was responsible for the "massacre" at Marikana mine earlier this month, former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema wrote in an article for City Press on S...Published: 26 Aug 2012 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA miners blame rabbit killing for mine shooting
Johannesburg - Mineworkers at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa believe the killing of a rabbit was the reason the shooting happened, according to a report on Saturday.The surviving mine...Published: 25 Aug 2012 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I can't sit back while my people are being killed ' says Melama
Johannesburg, South Africa - Expelled ANCYL leader Julius Malema has denied that he was on a crusade against President Jacob Zuma during the memorial service for the Lonmin Marikana shooting, it was r...Published: 24 Aug 2012 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A political solution without manipulation is a key element for calm in South Africa's Lonmin debacle
A dark cloud covered South Africa last week when police opened fire and killed 34 miners, shocking the nation that is seen as the new hope for African regeneration. The whole world watched wi...Published: 24 Aug 2012 at 07:16hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Zuma warns SA mining firms
Marikana - President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday warned mining firms they could lose their licences if they failed to provide decent housing for workers, a week after 44 miners died when what started...Published: 23 Aug 2012 at 02:03hrs | | by AFP
Zimbabweans involved in SA's Lonmin Marikana mine protests
There is evidence that Zimbabweans were involved in the Lonmin mine protests as court proceedings in the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate court were interpreted in several languages including Shona.Murd...Published: 21 Aug 2012 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU deplores shooting of mineworkers in South Africa
Press statement The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is saddened by the shooting of striking mineworkers at Lonmin Mine in the North West province of South Africa. It is he...Published: 21 Aug 2012 at 06:21hrs | | by Japhet Moyo ZCTU Secretary General
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