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Obert Mpofu reported to Zacc
CANADILE Miners boss Lovemore Kurotwi has upped his bid to recover diamond mining equipment, cash and gemstones seized from his enterprise by former mines and mining development minister, Obert Mpofu,...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | 7639 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Dr Lovemore Kurotwi
Dear Esteemed Dr Kurotwi my first port of call is to school you on what an opinion piece is. (Ah! Cry the journalistic profession, no sir !!) Dr Kurotwi sir, an opinion is a view or judgement formed a...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 10:20hrs | 1747 | by Nicholas Ncube
Dr Kurotwi's comment on Ncube's piece in the Bulawayo24
Before outlining my comment in full, I want to straighten the incorrect position taken by Ncube when he accuses me for having singled out Obert Mpofu as corrupt.A historical narrative would as...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 10:02hrs | | by Dr. Lovemore Kurotwi
Obert Mpofu brushes off graft charges
Obert Mpofu, under pressure to vacate his Zanu-PF secretary for administration post over corruption allegations, has said he won't be stopped from reporting for work by anyone as a graft inquiry gets ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Obert Mpofu corrupt?
The nation and the world have been made to believe that Obert Mpofu is corrupt, evil and arrogant. All this is the proud achievement of one man in particular Lovemore Kurotwi.The Kurotwi - Mpo...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 11:17hrs | 6311 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zimbabwe urged to introduce investor friendly policies
PARLIAMENT has urged government to support its "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra by introducing investor-friendly policies.The Mines and Energy Portfolio Committee said this in a report f...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 40281 | by WikiLeaks
Anti-corruption talk lacks conviction - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
President Mnangagwa's efforts to present a smiling clean new face to the outside world has been undermined by the inadequacy of his attempt to tackle the corruption that has laid waste to the Zimbabwe...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 18:26hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Chihuri, Chombo, Mpofu summoned to Parliament
HOME Affairs minister Obert Mpofu, former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo and ex-police boss Augustine Chihuri have been summoned to appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and E...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chiadzwa diamond field killings are state-sponsored'
Civic society groups in Zimbabwe claim that state-sponsored violence is taking place at the Chiadzwa diamond fields as the government attempts to keep illegal dealers and panners at bay.The Ce...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 16:03hrs | 711 | by TimesLive
'Mugabe never acted on corruption'
ORAL evidence from different witnesses who appeared before the Mines and Energy Parliamentary Portfolio Committee last week to speak on the alleged missing $15 billion diamond revenue showed that depo...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 11:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to be quizzed on missing $15 billion?
ORAL evidence from different witnesses who appeared before the Mines and Energy Parliamentary Portfolio Committee last week to speak on the alleged missing $15 billion diamond revenue showed that depo...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 07:36hrs | 5320 | by Staff reporter
Heat on Mnangagwa over Obert Mpofu
Nearly a month after receiving a dossier on former Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu's purported corruption, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is ducking and diving on the...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 06:17hrs | 5341 | by Staff reporter
What does Zimbabwe is now open for business really mean?
My stomach churned as I watched the video, of Home Affairs minister and former Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu causing a ruckus in Parliament last Thursday when he refused to answer ...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 06:13hrs | 3270 | by Gloria Ndoro-Mkombachoto
Why this same Minister all the time?
Shall the President demonstrate to all and sundry that the war against corruption has no sacred cows, in earnest. Why should a single individual be allowed to denigrate and disrespect the whole ...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 18:11hrs | 5532 | by Munyaradzi Mhaka
'Diamond revenue to date not anywhere near $15bn'
THE Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) has revealed that the country has to date sold diamonds worth $2,4 billion as calls become louder for investigations into the alleged $15 billion ...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:16hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Obert Mpofu, Mliswa clash
Home Affairs Minister Dr Obert Mpofu yesterday refused to give evidence before a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy regarding diamond mining activities under his watch as Mines and ...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:52hrs | 2869 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mliswa calls Mpofu a thief during Portfolio Committee meeting
Minister of Home Affairs and former Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Obert Mpofu caused commotion in Parliament today when he refused to answer questions about the alleged missing $15 billion...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 15:18hrs | 9216 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Obert Mpofu demanded a $10m bribe'
In Parliament, former diamond executive Lovemore Kurotwi is telling MPs that Obert Mpofu demanded a $10m bribe when he was Mines Minister. Businessman Lovemore Kurotwi was arrested in 2010 on ...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 10:49hrs | 6110 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu faces Parly grilling over missing $15 billion
HOME Affairs minister Obert Mpofu will today appear before the Temba Mliswa-led Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines to give his side of the story over the $15 billion missing diamond revenue, w...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 06:09hrs | 2680 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu cleared, he is not corrupt
The Zimbabwe Anti - Corruption Commission (Zacc) has concluded investigations into allegations of corruption against three Cabinet Ministers and cleared them of any wrongdoing as the informants in all...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 08:52hrs | 7453 | by Business Weekly
'I support Mnangagwa, but won't rejoin Zanu-PF'
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) has dismissed speculative reports that he was mulling rejoining the ruling Zanu-PF, although he doesn't hide his support for the party's first secretary an...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa slammed for defending Obert Mpofu
Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has been hauled to the coals for dismissing corruption allegations being levelled against Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu without giving the politician the o...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 10:53hrs | 2139 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's woes mount
Woes continue to mount for Home Affairs minister, Obert Mpofu after businessman, Lovemore Kurotwi reported him to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for alleged abuse of office and plunder...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu faces Zacc probe
Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu - who has previously served in the Mines and Mining Development portfolio - could soon be on the radar of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) following Cor...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 06:21hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu haunted by $10 million diamond 'bribe'
HARARE businessman Lovemore Kurotwi has engaged President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a bid to recover $17 million seized by the State when he was hounded out of the Chiadzwa diamond fields allegedly at the...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:46hrs | 3642 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guns for Mugabe allies - Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere prime targets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government wants to enlist the services of Interpol to hunt down his predecessor Robert Mugabe's allies who skipped the country when the military toppled the veteran rul...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 13:47hrs | 7356 | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu's business empire crumbles
MACRO-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Obert Mpofu's business empire has reportedly hit the rocks, with most of his business units facing litigation over non-payment of services...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 08:48hrs | 4572 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu belongs in prison
Macro Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Minister Obert Mpofu, the celebrated acolyte, and notorious praise-singer of geriatric President Robert Mugabe is considered one of Zimbabwe's nouveau ...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 18:55hrs | | by Ndomupei Garanhamo
Time to demand $15 billion gems revenue
During the tenure of the Inclusive Government of February 2009 to July 2013, President Robert Mugabe was repeatedly informed on the high-level shenanigans that were part of a stealth and deliberate co...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 12:20hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwe diamonds: A tale of unending controversy. . . Only US$2,2bn in 10 years
AS Government pulls the plug on private diamond miners operating at Chiadzwa diamond mining fields in Marange, Manicaland, damning statistics indicate that the rough diamonds only managed to earn the ...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 17:27hrs | | by staff reporter
Govt mortgages Zimbabwe diamonds to China
First Lady Grace Mugabe inadvertently revealed this at a rally in Murombedzi that government was mortgaging diamonds to a Chinese jeweler in exchange for the training of young Zimbabweans in diamo...Published: 02 Sep 2015 at 06:41hrs | 2286 | by Staff reporter
'Prove me corrupt first,' says Obert Mpofu
TRANSPORT minister Obert Mpofu, who has had several allegations of graft levelled against him, has challenged the media to prove the alleged corrupt activities first before implicating him in any sh...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 10:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to host diamond expo
Zimbabwe is ready to host a bigger diamond sale expected to benefit various downstream industries. Lovemore Kurotwi, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Diamond Centre, said yesterday the country has...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu ignored Ex-ZMDC boss's advise
FORMER Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) chief executive officer Dominic Mubaiwa yesterday accused his former boss, ex-Mines minister Obert Mpofu of ignoring his advice against dealing wi...Published: 28 Oct 2014 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpofu cornered in court, divulges source of wealth
THE ongoing cross-examination of 'mega-rich' minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister obert Mpofu in the US$2 billion fraud case involving former ZMDC chief executive Dominic Muba...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu reveals sources of wealth
THE ongoing cross-examination of 'mega-rich' minister of Infrastructure and Development Minister obert Mpofu in the US$2 billion fraud case involving former ZMDC chief executive Dominic Mubaiwa and ...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 17:14hrs | 3340 | by Staff reporter
Facelift for Zim diamonds
DIAMOND dealers have expressed satisfaction over the prospects of diamonds at the opening of the diamonds tender in Harare yesterday ahead of a mega local auction in November.Local diamond...Published: 02 Oct 2014 at 06:36hrs | 1768 | by Staff reporter
SADC to tour Zimbabwe Diamond Centre
SADC diamond executives are expected in the country this week for a tour of the Zimbabwe Diamond Centre with a view to identify areas of possible cooperation.The visit by members of the SADC t...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 21:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu must explain the $600 000 legal fees, say Court
The High Court ruled yesterday that former Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu must explain himself for authorising payment of $600 000 as legal fees to a Harare law firm under unclear c...Published: 28 Aug 2014 at 06:22hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Judge cautions Minister Obert Mpofu
Former Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu authorized payment of $600 000 as legal fees to a Harare law firm for work done for the ministry without satisfying himself that the work h...Published: 05 Aug 2014 at 11:30hrs | 2722 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu asked to explain US$600K legal fees
The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, who is former Mines and Mining Development minister, Dr Obert Mpofu, has come under fire for allegedly instructing ZMDC and two other mining c...Published: 04 Aug 2014 at 14:13hrs | 5828 | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu loses his temper in court
TEMPERS flared yesterday between former Mines minister Obert Mpofu and Core Mining director Lovemore Kurotwi's lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, as the minister refused to answer some questions during cross-exa...Published: 31 Jul 2014 at 11:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu 'misled' Mugabe
FORMER Mines and Mining Development Minister Dr Obert Mpofu allegedly misrepresented facts to President Mugabe by not disclosing the truth in the mining joint venture that culminated in the formation...Published: 31 Jul 2014 at 06:42hrs | 4563 | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Obert Mpofu, Beatrice Mtetwa showdown as Mpofu is grilled again
There was another fiery exchange in court as the cross-examination of the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Dr Obert Mpofu in the Lovemore Kurotwi and Dominic Mubaiwa fraud case co...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 21:53hrs | | by STaff reporter
Obert Mpofu grilled in court
FORMER Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu once single-handedly ran the affairs of the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation after dissolving its board and held several meetings with ...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 09:24hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
'Obert Mpofu too rich for bribes'
FORMER Mines minister Obert Mpofu yesterday bragged before High Court judge Justice Chinembiri Bhunu that he was so rich and would not stoop so low as to demand kickbacks from prospective miners as al...Published: 29 Jul 2014 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu mocks Kurotwi, Mubaiwa over $10m bribe
Former Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu yesterday denied demanding a $10 million bribe to facilitate a diamond mining deal, saying he is a successful businessman with the potential t...Published: 29 Jul 2014 at 05:53hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Obert Mpofu denies asking for bribe
The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Dr Obert Mpofu, has refuted allegations that he solicited for a $10 million bribe from Lovemore Kurotwi.Minister Mpofu was testif...Published: 28 Jul 2014 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu fails to testify in the $2 billion fraud case
Former Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Dr Obert Mpofu, who had been summoned to testify in the $2 billion Lovemore Kurotwi and Dominic Mubaiwa diamond mining fraud trial failed to testify as...Published: 23 Jul 2014 at 19:48hrs | 2335 | by Staff reporter
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