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Gold smuggler tied to Kenyan plunder is back - now in Zimbabwe
A gold smuggler implicated in a scandal that robbed Kenya of 10 percent of its GDP in the 1990s has moved his smuggling operation to Zimbabwe and Dubai, Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can re...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:50hrs | 651 | by AFP
Mnangagwa regime sees lithium as Zimbabwe's get-out-of-jail card
High demand for minerals in lithium, driven by ion batteries for electric vehicles and other green technologies, may be Zimbabwe's sanctions get-out-of-jail card — or a get-rich-quick card for Zanu-...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 1535 | by Staff reporter
Assessing the US$12 billion mining industry target
The Zimbabwean government launched an ambitious plan to transform the mining sector into a US$12 billion export industry by end of 2023. The plan was launched in October 2019 as a key pillar to sustai...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 12:01hrs | 503 | by Victor Bhoroma
Illicit gold flows sponsor Zanu-PF campaign
Zanu-PF plans to use funding from illicit gold-mining sources in Mazowe and Penhalonga to partly fund its campaign for next year's crunch general elections, a new probe has revealed.According ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 20:29hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Investigation debunks story on Chinese mining investment in Zimbabwe
MUTOKO - A recent story published by the British newspaper, The Guardian, alleged that Chinese companies involved in granite mining in Zimbabwe have aroused fear and upset among local people.T...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:43hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
'US$12 billion mining economy unattainable without policy'
ZIMBABWE, which seeks to achieve the US$12 billion mining economy by 2023, is still operating without a mining development policy, a situation that has created a lot of policy and legal reversals as w...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:45hrs | 10 | by Dumisani Nyoni
Viktor Sheiman's son secretly mines gold in Zimbabwe
IN March 2018, Viktor Sheiman, the then head of the Property Management Directorate of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, paid an official visit to Zimbabwe where he and Mines minister Winston...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:23hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
MDC Youth Assembly calls for dialogue and immediate release of all political prisoners
The MDC-T Youth Assembly joins the rest of the country in commemorating National Youth Day, which is celebrated on 21 February every year. This year's commemorations are taking place against the backd...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Yvonne Musarurwa
Villagers clash with police in a volatile gold rush
POLICE fired live bullets and teargas canisters to disperse angry villagers in the Wondedzo area in Masvingo North amid protests and clashes over illegal mining and looting of gold by Zanu-PF and stat...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:59hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 132 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe Era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:32hrs | 25 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Chiwenga's 'brother' implicated as foreign firms defy govt ban on river bank mining
FOREIGN-LINKED companies - particularly from China and Belarus - are deploying heavy machinery to river banks to mine for gold under the guise that they are desilting the watercourses, it has emerged....Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:21hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya arrest: A case of rampant elite corruption?
THE ongoing trial of Henrietta Rushwaya over charges of attempting to smuggle gold bars weighing 6kg to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in a high-profile case that has sucked in President Emmerson Mn...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:51hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Indian gold merchant invests in Zimbabwe sector
AN Indian businessman and gold buyer has channelled an initial US$500 000 into the gold sector in Zimbabwe and plans to pour in millions of dollars in further investment in the mining industry. ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
China to help remove Mnangagwa over Zimbabwe diamonds war with Russia
This article first appeared on Spotlight Zimbabwe. LONDON - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential exit is all but sealed amid reports that China ...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 09:02hrs | 15228 | by Itai Mushekwe
WATCH: Mnangagwa declares ZanuPF superior to Zimbabweans
President Mnangagwa in a 30 second rant that has gone viral and has been widely interpreted to mean only his ZanuPF party is Independent while the rest of Zimbabweans are not, has sparked outrage amon...Published: 08 May 2019 at 00:07hrs | 8628 | by Methusi Ncube
UK firm readies for Zimbabwe diamond mining
UNITED Kingdom-based Vast Resources Plc (Vast) says it has raised £300 000 (US$393 130) through a placement and subscription of shares as it prepares for the signing of a joint venture contract at Ch...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:05hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
De Beers snubs Zimbabwe invitation to mine diamonds in Marange
De Beers and Vast Resources will be allowed to explore for diamonds in Zimbabwe, which would make them the first listed companies to mine there in that sector for two years, Mining Minister Winston Ch...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 07:42hrs | 2594 | by Reuters
Mnangagwa launches hightech ferrochrome plant
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched one of the country's most advanced technological chrome processing plants as the new administration continues to launch multi-million dollar projects to...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Platinum project to create 90 000 jobs
President Mnangagwa yesterday officially launched the $4,2 billion Karo Resources consolidated platinum project in Mhondoro-Mubaira, which is set to create a combined 90 000 jobs as Government steps u...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
'Review of taxes, utility costs'
THE change in the indigenisation laws and the ongoing ease of doing business reforms should be complemented with a deliberate review of taxes and utility costs, which continue to frustrate domestic pr...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:34hrs | | 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 | 40375 | by WikiLeaks
Mugabe warnes by lawmakers
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy has warned it could summon former president Robert Mugabe to appear before it after he failed to pitch up for a hearing yesterday to give evid...Published: 24 May 2018 at 13:43hrs | 3711 | by Staff reporter
Dangote hits brick wall again
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, who expressed interest in tapping local investment opportunities, appears to be missing all his indicated investment targets, raising concerns that his Zimbabwean ...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donor agencies shun funding Zimbabwe military, govt appeals for increased demining funding
The government of Zimbabwe has appealed to donor agencies funding demining activities in the country to increase the funding. The appeal was made by vice president Constantino Chiwenga at Munh...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 15:03hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Zimbabwe mining indaba for Cape Town
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa and his Mines counterpart, Winston Chitando, are headed to South Africa for a mines indaba set for Tuesday in Cape Town, as the country is aggressively searching for...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:21hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to repossess idle gold claims
Government has been urged to repossess idle gold claims held for speculative purposes and redistribute them to registered miners including small-scale and artisanal miners to boost production in the s...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbada Diamonds should not be allowed to 'get away with murder'
Mbada Diamond Company, which is owned by the Zimbabwe Mining Development Company - a government-owned entity - has been allowed to get away without paying its long-suffering workers for far too long, ...Published: 30 Nov 2016 at 09:02hrs | 1136 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu PF looters think they are above the law
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has always maintained that there is no one who is above the law and that the country's Constitution should be respected by all citizens.The Constitution of ...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 17:12hrs | 1083 | by PDP
Zimbabwean smugglers' R20 million gold seized in SA
Forged gold serial-number stamps, specially designed armoured vehicles, clandestine refineries, fake customs clearance papers and documents with links to the black market.These and other piec...Published: 09 Mar 2015 at 10:18hrs | | by Graeme Hosken I TimesLive
Govt urges mining companies to set up refineries
GOVERNMENT has urged mining companies operating in the country to set up refineries to beneficiate and value add minerals.Mining has been designated as the anchor for Zimbabwe's medium ter...Published: 09 Oct 2014 at 05:56hrs | 1355 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe among worst destinations for mining investors'
ZIMBABWE is ranked among the worst countries to invest in particularly in the mining sector, a recent report has shown.A 2014 report by the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit Afri...Published: 22 Apr 2014 at 09:58hrs | 3310 | by Staff reporter
Police launch investigations on diamonds mining boss after Mugabe comments
POLICE have launched investigations into the $6 million corruption allegations being levelled against former Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation board chairman Mr Godwills Masimirembwa. ...Published: 20 Sep 2013 at 04:15hrs | 2582 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti's advise to Zimbabwe's new minister on mines
The country's diamonds have acquired such notoriety for all the wrong reasons, corruption, arbitrage, rent and opaqueness.Without a doubt therefore Walter Chidakwa, the new Minister of Mines ...Published: 18 Sep 2013 at 15:34hrs | 6554 | by Tendai Biti
Mugabe must consider the people
The role of firms and individuals in building cohesive, inclusive and prosperous societies will always be a contested subject.President Robert Mugabe comes from a generation and background tha...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 09:52hrs | 3312 | by Mutumwa Mawere
Falcon Gold asked to release unused gold mining claims
MINING lobby group, the Zimbabwe Indigenous Miners Empowerment Association, has requested Government to order Falcon Gold Zimbabwe to release its unused gold mining claims to them. In a letter...Published: 05 Jul 2013 at 04:45hrs | 2236 | by Business Reporters
Tendai Biti blasted over his remarks
THE Zimbabwe Vigil Coalition - a civil society coalition based in the United Kingdom (UK) - has blasted Finance minister Tendai Biti over his remarks at the Zimbabwe Investment Conference in London re...Published: 15 Jan 2013 at 04:54hrs | 3302 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe the investment place to be - Biti
London - Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance Tendai Biti has told investors in London, United Kingdom that Zimbabwe is putting it's house in order and is now a safe and lucrative place place to come and in...Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 09:50hrs | | by Thamsanqa Zhou
Dr Mpofu to officially open Zimbabwe Mining Indaba
Dr Obert Mpofu, ...Published: 04 Sep 2012 at 06:04hrs | | by STaff Reporter
The reforms Zimbabwe badly needs
I was most amused to hear Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC-T president threatening Generals for political involvement. He, of all people! Just two weeks before, the man had met with one General Wesley Clark...Published: 09 Jun 2012 at 07:32hrs | 1172 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimplats warn of operational uncertainties in Zimbabwe
Zimplats, Zimbabwe's biggest platinum miner, has warned shareholders about operational uncertainties in the country.Analysts also expect investment to be hit by revelations about a Zimplats c...Published: 12 Feb 2012 at 17:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Diamond Act must promote transparency and fair compensation
The proposed Diamond Act (Daily News, 26/06/11) must rectify the problems which have dogged Zimbabwe for years in the exploration, safe mining and secure sale of diamonds. The new Diamond Act of Zimb...Published: 27 Jun 2011 at 15:05hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri | Political Analyst, London
Russia's state diamond company trying to get diamond mining contracts in Zim
Surat's diamond merchants are worried about reports that Russia's state diamond repository 'Gokhran' is trying hard to get rough diamond mining contracts in Zimbabwe's Marange diamond field....Published: 16 Jun 2011 at 10:41hrs | 1407 | by Ndou Paul
Cost of production at Marange is cheaper than in Australia and Canada: ZMDC
THE cost of production of the precious gems mined in Marange area in the eastern part of the country has proved to be cheaper than the one in Australia and Canada, it has been revealed.Address...Published: 02 Apr 2011 at 13:10hrs | | by Byo24News
Roy Bennett unhappy with foreigners investing in Zimbabwe
Old Mutual has been slammed by exiled Zimbabwe politician Roy Bennett for playing “a sad and seedy role” in the controversial diamond mining in Zimbabwe√¢‚ÇÂ...Published: 23 Mar 2011 at 05:11hrs | 788 | by Byo24News
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