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Jeff Radebe signed IPPs to benefit Patrice Motsepe?
Former Energy Minister Jeff Radebe is still irritated by claims that by authorising Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to supply the government, he was creating a market for his brother-in-law Patrice...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 20:40hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Mazowe mine
The situation at Mazowe Jumbo Mine is complex and marred by corruption, violence, and illegal activities. At the center of the controversy is a man named Knowledge Rutavi, who claims to be a represent...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 17:22hrs | 1232 | by Jumbo resident
Mohadi 'summons' Kazembe
The ongoing mine dispute involving Kazembe Kazembe, the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage and Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson, has entered a new phase. Former employees...Published: 24 May 2024 at 08:54hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:12hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plans to weaponise gold in dirty 2023 elections campaign
Zanu-PF officials in Manicaland have devised a plan to rope in smallscale gold miners and their workers in a dirty 2018 elections campaign that will see the party supporting them in the plunder of the...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mzi Khumalo urged to dispose of Zimbabwe mines
SOUTH African mining magnate Mzi Khumalo is under pressure to dispose of Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manica- land province and Mazowe Gold Mine in Mashonaland Central as the mines have become hotbeds ...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC claims Fidelity 'parcelled out' to Tagwirei
The MDC Alliance is mulling a legal challenge to the disposal of the government's majority stake in Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), which the party says has been "parcelled out" to controversial...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'zero tolerance' to corruption rings hollow
REPEATED corruption allegations levelled against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family have blighted Zimbabwe's fight on graft, making a mockery of his "zero tolerance" stance.Mnangagwa ...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
David Brown to resurrect Zimbabwe gold mines
DAVID Brown's association with Zimbabwe's mining sector dates back to his six years as CEO of Impala Platinum (Implats) which ended in 2012.During that time, he met with the late former Presid...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tycoon Tagwirei's hold on Zim gold
BUSINESS kingpin Kudakwashe Tagwirei has long had a commanding position in Zimbabwe's US$100m-a-month fuel import market, and owns major stakes in banking, telecoms and the country's largest platinum ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Landela buying spree raises stink
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa marked his triumphal entry into the citadel of power in 2017 by declaring that he would open the country up for business, thus promising a departure from the ruinous polic...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 3 | by Cliff Chiduku
Kuvimba: How to hide a mining giant in plain sight
A year ago, Kuvimba Mining House did not exist. now it could be the country's biggest gold producer.How? The answer shows how transparency is still not a thing for Zimbabwean authorities....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:10hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'Open for business' mantra collapses
THE surprise move by major gold producer Metallon Corporation to sue the government over its failure to pay for gold deliveries commensurately has brought into sharp focus the country's continued fore...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzi Khumalo's company sues Zimbabwe for failing to pay for gold
Metallon Corporation ("Metallon"),the leading gold mining company in Zimbabwe, has served legal notice to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and Fidelity Printers and Refiners Limited, (FPR) for lack ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 18:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zesa sues Metallon over $9,3m power debt
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has taken Metallon Gold Zimbabwe to court to compel the gold miner to settle a $9,3 million bill for power supplied to three of i...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Auctions boom in Zimbabwe as economic woe takes its toll
Auction companies are booming in Zimbabwe as companies and individuals – including Tongaat Hulett CEO Sydney Mutsambiwa and Mzi Khumalo's Metallon Corporation – default on loan payments or other f...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff repirter
Prophet Makandiwa eyes Shamva Gold Mine
A CONSORTIUM believed to be fronting for United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa is bidding to take over the distressed Shamva Gold Mine in Mashonaland Central province....Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Metallon CEO steps down
Metallon Corporation CEO Kenneth Mekani, has stepped down to pursue personal business interests. Mekani, who has been at the helm of Zimbabwe's largest gold producer since 2015 leaves the post in Sept...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe mines not opposed to ZSE listing'
Mining firms in Zimbabwe are not opposed to proposals to list their stock on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), but have stayed away because the bourse is currently 'too thin' to mobilise the kind of ...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:09hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Massive asset stripping at Metallon Corporation
Metallon Corporation, a gold producer firm top brass has been accused of massive asset stripping as the industrial action entered its second week yesterday.Two weeks ago, Metallon reveal...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Telecel executive expected in Zimbabwe this week
A Telecel International delegation is expected in Zimbabwe this week to discuss plans to off-load its local unit sources said. This comes amid a crises around Telecel Zimbabwe's licence, ...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 06:39hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
Metallon Gold ups productivity
Metallon Gold Corporation expects to produce about 500 000 ounces per annum in the next five years as the mining group steps up efforts to strengthen its position as the largest gold producer in t...Published: 09 Oct 2014 at 05:55hrs | 4 | by Business reporter
19 foreign-owned companies defy Zanu PF's indigenisation policy
ZANU PF has turned the heat on 19 foreign-owned companies that have allegedly defied government policy to indigenise and called on its government side of the administration to penalise the firms....Published: 16 Dec 2013 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mzi Khumalo's mansion up for auction
TOP South African mining magnate and owner of Metallon Gold in Zimbawe, which is the biggest gold producer in Zimbabwe and is valued at about US$323m (more than R3.2bn is set to lose his palatial Zimb...Published: 06 Oct 2013 at 11:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Open Cast Mining at Metallon's Redwing and Arcturus Mines
Following the recent re-opening of its mines earlier this year, Metallon has taken the decision to switch its underground mining operations at both the Redwing and Arcturus mines over to open cast...Published: 24 Jul 2013 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Julie Bowen
Zimbabwe gold output up 13%
ZIMBABWE'S gold output rose 13,4 percent last year to 14 742kg from 12 992kg a year earlier, but fell short of the targeted 15 000kg, latest figures from the Chamber of Mines show. Gold revenues...Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 04:27hrs | 2 | by Business Reporter
Ex-Amakorokoza actor hot property in SA
FORMER Amakorokoza actor Earnest Ndlovu is one of the most sought after actors who features in two top South African soaps - "Inkaba" and "Generations" as Vukani Khoza, who is the father to Zamani and...Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Arts Correspondent
Mzi Khumalo closing shop in SA, his activities now centred in Zimbabwe
Mining magnate Mzi Khumalo is closing shop in South Africa as it emerged this week that his main corporate entity, Metallon, was going into final liquidation. The winding up of his companies ...Published: 26 Jun 2011 at 13:29hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
Metallon Gold earmarks $600m for Zim mine expansions
Metallon Gold Zimbabwe is to invest $600-million in expansion projects over the next four years, a development that could see revenue rising to a projected $1,3-billion a year....Published: 29 Oct 2010 at 08:19hrs | | by Mining Weekly
Zimbabwe mining sector seen growing 31% in 2010
Zimbabwe's mining sector is expected to grow by 31 percent in 2010, Desiree Sibanda, the country's Economic Development ministry permanent secretary says. Speaking...Published: 29 Oct 2010 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Business reporter
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