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Mnangagwa dynastic ambitions laid bare
VIRAL images of President Emmerson Mnangagwa pictured alongside his twin sons Sean and Collins have raised eyebrows amid suspicions that this could be a strategy to psych the nation into accepting the...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 20:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga launches AVM Prototype City Bus
The Vice President General (Rtd) Dr CGDN Chiwenga today witnessed the signing of an MOU between AVM Africa and Minsk Auto Mobile Plant of Belarus. The MOU aims to ease transport challenges through the...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 13:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets 2 000 tractors from Belarus
ZIMBABWE has received at least 2 000 high-tech tractors, 80 combine harvesters and other agricultural equipment from Belarus over the past three years to modernise the sector and boost productivity....Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Belarus strongman dispatches 'smallhouse' to Mnangagwa's wife
PROFESSOR Irina Abelskaya, the Belarusian envoy recently dispatched to Harare to deliver a donation to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, is a mistress of the Eastern European country's leader Alexander L...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:21hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commander will soon be redeployed
AS President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to make surprise post-election appointments amid political manoeuvres by the military to reposition itself for a more influential role going forward, Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Putin and the Wagner mutiny
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)On 23rd June 2023 the Western media became delirious with joy when the heard that there was a ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:39hrs | 8 | by Ian Beddowes
Mnangagwa's corruption double talk
THE latest row over patronage and opaque procurement in the government shows the widening rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, and their attempts to favour th...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo in Belarus to procure fire engines, agric equipment
A delegation led by Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo is currently in Minsk, Belarus to purchase agricultural equipment, fire engines and other equipment.In June last year, ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's official meddling intensifies
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's meddling in government affairs intensified this week after she flew out of the country with her twin sons Sean and Collins to hold separate meetings with Belarus Presid...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Auxilia Mnangagwa: A throw back to Grace Mugabe‘s hey day
One of the reasons given by the military for ousting former president Robert Mugabe in 2017 was that he was allowing his wife Grace to run government affairs in violation of the constitution.G...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Belarus to exhibit at ZITF for the first time
BELARUS will exhibit at this year's edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) for the first time ever, as relations between Harare and Minsk continue to grow from strength to strength fo...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's Belarus trip raises eyebrows
Zimbabwe's First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa reportedly chartered a private jet to Belarus last week, where she met with President Alexander Lukashenko. The purpose of the trip is unclear, but it has rais...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 07:40hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs Minister meets Lukashenko
As Zimbabwe seeks to deepen economic collaboration with Belarus, the Government has sent a delegation to Minsk to start making concrete moves of operationalising issues that were agreed on when Presid...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa called by several SADC leaders about Belarus leader's visit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has claimed that the recent visit by his Belarus counterpart and close ally, Alexander Lukashenko, attracted interest and buzz from the Southern Africa Development Communi...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Belarus equipment to spur Zimbabwe agric'
The US$66 million agricultural equipment deal entered between Zimbabwe and Belarus last week is expected to further boost agricultural productivity, ensuring national food security and restoring Harar...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associate biggest winner in Zimbabwe-Belarus deals
ZIMBABWE'S honorary consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman, a close associate to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, was the biggest winner in trade agreements signed t...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko pushes for Zimbabwe - Mozambique economic ties
BELARUS President Alexander Lukashenko is exploring ways of forging economic ties with Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the agricultural sector.Lukashenko ended his three days long visit to Zimbabwe...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 07:28hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Belarus deals help bust Zimbabwe sanctions
A STRING of bilateral agreements that were signed between Zimbabwe and Belarus this week and in 2019, have helped the country bust sanctions not only in the agriculture sector which is on the rebound,...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's Mayor defends Harare-Minsk twinning arrangement
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has defended his decision to meet a Belarusian delegation led by President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday, where he signed a memorandum of understanding to twin the capital ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko's eagerness for Mnangagwa to win elections casts serious doubts over credibility of deals signed!
Normally, when a national leader visits another country, he is expected - on account of common decency, respect and statesmanship - to keep clear of his hosts' domestic politics. It would have...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 12:13hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa, Lukashenko swap stuffed lion for tractor
The Belarusian and Zimbabwean leaders have exchanged gifts during Alexander Lukashenko's visit to the African stateBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has received a stuffed lion from hi...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Alexander Lukashenko warns Mnangagwa
VISITING Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told his ally President Emmerson Mnangagwa to work extremely hard to win this year's elections which he said will not be a stroll in the park for the Za...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
President Lukashenko, be warned, Zimbabwe will never be a colony again!
Amongst all the hullabaloo, with the pomp and fanfare, surrounding the so-called 'historic' state visit by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to Zimbabwe - some of us are more wary of a leader ...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
President Lukashenko heads for Zimbabwe
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is heading to Zimbabwe this coming week reportedly to cement relations with his country's new found ally.In a statement Friday, spokesperson for the Mini...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean firms to manufacture farm equipment
ZIMBABWE will this year start producing farm equipment locally, with some of the first products expected to be out by March.The latest development is a result of the innovativeness of local hu...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Belarus spreads Zimbabwe footprint
BELARUS has increased its footprint in Zimbabwe after cabinet this week announced that it was concluding a framework to award the Eastern European country a tender to construct a 100-megawatt photovol...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery buyer Zimbabwe of diamonds outed
THE Zimbabwean government has reportedly given preference to Belarusian diamond buyers to snap-up the gems under unclear circumstances.This comes at a time when the country's state-run mining ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is July Moyo new face of corruption?
THE government has willfully violated the country's constitution by abusing devolution funds without the required legislation amid fears that the abuse of millions of dollars meant for other services ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biden's hatred of Russia a liability to US taxpayers, democracy
United States President Joe Biden's obsession with anti-Russian sentiment is underpinned by his greed, his desire to cover up for his brazen corruption in Ukraine and the madness to dominate the world...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by WETT
Sanctions on Russia expose West's double standards
Sanctions, whether targeted or not should be considered a crime against humanity, their impact is like that of a full-fledged war.Sanctions have the capacity to destroy a nation's infras...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 13 | by Prosperity Mzila
Russia/ Ukraine crisis is a manufactured one to sabotage ties
THE Russian Defence ministry on Thursday morning announced that it had taken on Ukraine's air defences and its Air Force with a series of precision attacks, after airports and runways across the count...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shops for military technology, hardware in Belarus
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to Belarus last year, which was highly publicised as a strategic state visit to seal deals worth US$350 million spanning across various productive sectors of the e...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blows US$1.7 million on Swiss luxury jet for Japan trip
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hired a US$30,000-per-hour Swiss luxury jet to fly him to Japan last week, leaving the Zimbabwean taxpayer with a bill of over US$1.7 million, ZimLive can reveal.T...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:31hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa to commission more Zupco buses
President Mnangagwa yesterday said all was now in place for the commissioning of the second batch of Zupco buses as his Government mitigates transport challenges in the country. At least 47 ne...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco to release 47 new buses this week
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) will release 47 new buses this week, which will grow its fleet to 427, as Government’s drive to reduce the burden for the commuting public gathers momen...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco to release 47 new buses this week
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) will release 47 new buses this week, which will grow its fleet to 427, as Government's drive to reduce the burden for the commuting public gathers momentu...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco to get additional new buses this week
THE Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) is expected to take delivery of additional new buses this week, most of which will be deployed to rural areas, as Government broadens social safety nets ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt in new US$5bn funding negotiations
A UNITED Kingdom-based international financial consultancy firm, ICG Capital and Finance Corps Limited — in partnership with five top-tier United States banks — has tabled a US$5 billion debt rest...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges businesses to grab Belarus export opportunities
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga yesterday called on Zimbabwean businesses to grab investment and export opportunities presented by Belarus, which is exhibiting for the first time at the Zimbabw...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hates flying, claims Charamba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has come out guns blazing, berating those criticising his boss for excessive foreign travel as dwelling on trivia. Charamba said Mna...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says UAE trip private jet paid by hosts, what of the other 29?
After a week of criticism over a mounting foreign travel bill, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday said ONE of his THIRTY foreign trips was fully paid for by his hosts.After coming to power...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:57hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Full list of Mnangagwa's expensive trips
Since assuming office through a bloody coup in November 2017 President Emmerson Mnangagwa has engaged in about trips with a purpose of either courting investors or seeking to return to a family of nat...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:51hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa flies 3rd private jet inside a week
President Emmerson Mnangagwa risked fresh public wrath on Monday after hiring a luxury jet from the United Arab Emirates – his third inside a week – to fly him to South Africa.The Airbus A...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 15:55hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
MDC hammers Mnangagwa over 'infantile and embarrassing love of flying'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared two days of mourning the victims of Cyclone Idai - and then left on a trip to Angola, his 28th foreign visit in the 15 months since he assumed power.The M...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:34hrs | | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa secures $500million in lines of credit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday met the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) president Admassu Tadesse, and the financial institution made a commitment to arrange lines...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa nails foreign agents
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday made contact with a number of Heads of State and Government from the region and continent as part of a diplomatic offensive to apprise them on the situation obta...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa apprises Sadc, AU on Zimbabwe situation
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday made contact with a number of Heads of State and Government from the region and continent as part of a diplomatic offensive to apprise them on the situation obta...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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