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Zimbabwe holds 7th rank in global rough diamond production
Zimbabwe has maintained its seventh position in global rough diamond production according to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. Despite facing sanctions and strict trading rules in major US a...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 15:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Southerton robbery suspect shot dead
On Saturday, law enforcement officers fatally shot one of the individuals implicated in last week's armed robbery in Southerton, following an exchange of gunfire in Chitungwiza's Unit A neighborhood....Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
400 delegates jet into Zimbabwe for diamond Indaba
Approximately 400 delegates hailing from 59 countries, including Zimbabwe, are set to gather in Victoria Falls next week for the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) summit. The focus of thes...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bad leadership behind Zimbabwe's impoverishment
FORMER Finance minister in the Government of National Unity (GNU) Tendai Biti has blamed poor political leadership and a shambolic mineral resource governance strategy for the stagnation in Zimbabwe's...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Aliko Dangote promise to keep his Zimbabwean business empire
Aliko Dangote, Africa's wealthiest black individual and the founder and chairman of Dangote Cement, the continent's largest cement manufacturer, made a commitment to preserve the extensive business em...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 15:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police name victims of Zimbabwe plane crash that killed Indian tycoon
Zimbabwean authorities have officially released the identities of five of the six victims involved in the plane crash that occurred in Mashava on September 29. The tragic incident claimed the lives of...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 17:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Memorial service of Zimbabwean-based Indian mining mogul postponed indefinitely
The memorial service of Zimbabwean-based Indian mining mogul Harpal Randhawa and his son Amer who died with four colleagues on Friday in a plane crash on their way from Harare to Murowa Diamonds in Zv...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns accident victims
President Mnangagwa expressed his condolences for the victims of the Murowa Diamonds plane crash in Mashava and the Bay Horse Mine accident in Chegutu, both of which occurred on Friday.During ...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RioZim owner, 5 others die in plane crash
On Friday, a tragic incident claimed the lives of all six individuals aboard a Cessna 206 aircraft owned by the diamond mining company Rio Zim. The plane went down in the vicinity of Zvamahande, near ...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 19:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Petition to The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education
Editor please publish our petition to the Minister of Primary and Secondary education for our pupils are not attending school due to the interference of powerful politicians who are protecting a viole...Published: 29 May 2023 at 22:58hrs | 4 | by Parents/Guardians - Murowa School
Power outages dent RioZim production
GOLD production at Cam & Motor Mine — one of RioZim Limited's flagship operations — increased 92% in the first quarter of this year on the back of the Biological Oxidation (BIOX) plant that ca...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Latest on Murowa School saga as Provincial Minister flexes his political muscles
Dear ZimbabweansScandalous! That's the only word to sum up the action taken by the Provincial Minister in a case between parents and a teaching couple at Murowa School Zvishavane district. Whi...Published: 09 May 2023 at 12:22hrs | 4 | by Disgruntled parents
School deserted as parents withdrew their children
Dear Minister of EducationWe, parents of pupils attending Murowa School in Zvishavane district write I form you that with immediate effect we have withdrawn our pupils from the school until th...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:44hrs | 2 | by Concerned Parents
Zimbabwe to scale up diamond cutting, polishing industry
MINES and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has said the country is targeting seven million carats this year as the country plans to scale up the diamond cutting and polishing industry....Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter: Mine loses millions worthy of diamonds as workers engage in illicit diamond panning
Dear, Some "lucky" Murowa Diamonds Mine workers have become rich overnight after a well-orchestrated and carefully executed diamond stealing process went on undetected for months leaving some ...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 11:04hrs | 10 | by Concerned Murowa Resident
Air Force of Zimbabwe probes plane crashes
THE Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) has established a board of inquiry to probe circumstances surrounding this month's plane accident.An AFZ SF260 aircraft went down during routine training near G...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Crashed Zimbabwe plane was carrying diamonds
THE light plane owned by mining giant, Murowa (Private) Limited, which force-landed near Beatrice on Monday afternoon, had a parcel of diamonds which were being transported under armed guard by police...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confident of producing 6m carats next year
Zimbabwe is confident it will produce six million carats and generate US$1 billion from the diamond industry next year in line with set targets, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RioZim faces corporate rescue
A TRADE union has given the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed resources outfit RioZim a seven-day ultimatum to recapitalise and settle outstanding salaries or face administration.In a letter addr...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 25 | 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
Mnangagwa's ex-convict ally implicated in Cottco scandal
GUTAI Lisa-Marie Maropafadzo of Maropafadzo Energy (Pvt) Ltd , an ex-convict close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family whose company is implicated in the US$5 million Cotton Company of Zimb...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 19:10hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza acting mayor claims he is being sabotaged
ACTING Chitungwiza mayor, Kelvin Mutimbanyoka says council employees, including management, were sabotaging an on-going operation against illegal structures."I have realised that a lot of coun...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Naysayers will be buried in own ignorance
For Bishop Lazi and his ilk, today - Palm Sunday - marks the beginning of Holy Week.It is a sacred period that commemorates Jesus Christ's ‘triumphal entry' into Jerusalem for the Passover w...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe is best investment destination, claims Implats
South Africa's Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) has described Zimbabwe as the best investment jurisdiction due to its predictable and supportive operating environment, which has allowed its investme...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's diamond sector to surpass US$1bn target
Zimbabwe's diamond sector is on course to exceed the targeted US$1 billion contribution backed by exceptional performance by mining companies such as the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZMDC)....Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mining sector rakes in US$5,3 billion
Zimbabwe generated US$5,3 billion from mineral exports last year, half the US$12 billion mining industry target set for next year with output rising and new mines opening or re-opening, Mines and Mini...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits student teachers accused of staging illegal demo
HARARE magistrate Judith Taruvinga Friday freed 10 students who were facing allegations of staging an unsanctioned demonstration at Belvedere Teachers College.The ten are students Belvedere Te...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sexual exploitation of women as community relations chairman declare a job for a thigh
Dear, We write to highlight the unbecoming behavior of Murowa Community Relations Committee Chairman and the exploitation of women employees at Murowa Diamonds. The open zip chairman has decla...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:20hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Where are the human rights defenders when our children are being denied the right to education?
Dear We the Murowa community sympathise with teachers and all the civil servants per se'. Its an undeniable fact that civil servan...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Concerned Murowa Ward Community
Zimbabwe edges closer to US$12bn target?
Government and private sector players in the mining industry are resolute in their commitments towards achieving the US$12 billion by 2023.Zimbabwe launched the Strategic Road to the Achieveme...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe happy to assume World Kimberley Process post
Zimbabwe says it is greatly honoured to have been elected vice chair for the World Kimberley Process for 2022, at a time when local diamond production is scaling new records.The election was d...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt's fake mega-deals raised false hopes
IN the run-up to the 30 July 2018 elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa repeatedly claimed that Zimbabwe had attracted investment commitments amounting to over US$16 billion since he took over power...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
DRC ambassador in RBZ forex allocation scandal
IN a development that could set tongues wagging, the Reserve of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has named Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ambassador to Zimbabwe Mawampanga Mwana Nanga (pictured) as one of the top b...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa asked Murowa to leave School Premises: Murowa Refused!
I am deeply concerned about Murowa Diamond Miners' activities in and around Sese communal lands in central Chivi District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Of major concerns are; the arbitrary establishment of the...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 15:24hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
MDC Alliance official's house burnt down
In a suspected case of political violence, MDC- Alliance spokesperson for Chikomba West, Noel Kureva's three-bedroomed house in Ward 20 was burnt on Saturday afternoon by unknown persons.The i...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher threatens villager with death over exposee
Dear Zimbabweans, This serves to inform you Zimbabweans of the threat of loss of life made by a lady teacher to a mere villager following the publication of a story titled School teachers beat...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 15:05hrs | | by Murowa Ward Zvishavane
Teachers assault parent in view of pupils
Dear Editor, It was barbaric, embarrassing and shocking to say the least. Like mad bulls the two male teachers menacingly charged towards a frightened parent who had sought refugee in the loca...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:30hrs | | by Concerned Parents
Murowa running out of diamonds
OUTPUT at RioZim's gem extraction associate Murowa Diamonds slipped to 579 000 carats during the year ended December 31, 2020 after Zimbabwe's oldest operating diamond mining asset depleted high-grade...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe fires 60 Chamisa's loyalists
THE MDC-T party has fired more than 60 party members in Mashonaland East province accusing them of being loyal to MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa.The expulsions saw top and fierce oppositio...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF orders DCC poll re-runs in some districts
ZANU-PF will descend heavily on party members found to have had a hand in the chaotic scenes which marred its weekend district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections.The former liberation mov...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tracks chaos mongers
ZANU-PF will descend heavily on party members found to have had a hand in the chaotic scenes which marred its weekend district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections.The former liberation mov...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwelivesmatter, says Mnangagwa
THE lives of Zimbabweans matter more than the economy which is why the Second Republic put in place measures that have seen the country managing to ensure that Covid-19 infections do not spiral out of...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa falls in Marondera
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance candidate for Marondera mayoral elections, Bornface Tagwireyi, was yesterday defeated by MDCT candidate Simbarashe Nyahuye in a tight contest held at council chambers.N...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa scuffle cripples local authorities
THE turf war between MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and her MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa has left operations in the country's major cities and towns paralysed after she recalled a record 84 council...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC nullifies Marondera mayor's suspension
THE MDC Alliance top hierarchy has nullified Marondera mayor Chengetai Murowa's suspension by some district party leaders saying it was unconstitutional.Murowa was last week suspended as MDC c...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC suspends Mayor over leaked audios
MARONDERA mayor Chengetai Murowa has been suspended from the MDC Alliance after his leaked phone call audios revealed that he was working in cahoots with the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T.Murowa w...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murowa Diamonds swindled in aircraft purchase deal
RIO Tinto-run Murowa Diamonds (Pvt) Ltd was allegedly swindled of $85 000 by Wilderness Safaris Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd after the latter failed to supply an aircraft despite having received the full paymen...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC councillors clash
Tempers flared at the Marondera council chambers last week as some councillors accused their counterparts of nicodemously hunting for a new town clerk without their knowledge.Marondera is sear...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC launches investigations into stands scandal
THE MDC has set up a team to investigate allegations that some Marondera Town councillors are involved in a massive stands scandal.The team, led by a provincial member from Chihota — a Nyagu...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mineral exports in 9% jump
Zimbabwe has recorded an 8,7 percent jump in mineral exports to $910 million in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year, statistics from the Minerals Marketing Corporation of ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
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