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Zimbabwean businessman eyes titanium value addition industry in Africa
Zimbabwean-born CEO Donovan Chimhandamba of South Africa-based Nyanza Light Metals has unveiled ambitious plans to establish a beneficiation and value addition industry for titanium minerals in Africa...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 21:32hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Chido to make landfall in Zimbabwe on Monday
Cyclone Chido, currently wreaking havoc across the Indian Ocean, is set to make landfall in Mutoko, northeast of Zimbabwe, on Monday, 16 December, at around midday. This was confirmed by James Ngoma, ...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 11:26hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prepares for tropical cyclone
Zimbabwe is taking precautionary measures to mitigate potential impacts from Tropical Cyclone Chido, which is currently located northeast of Madagascar. Though meteorological experts predict minimal e...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 14:39hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Tropical cyclone Chido to hit Zimbabwe on December 17
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD), in collaboration with the Department of Civil Protection, has issued an alert regarding Tropical Cyclone Chido, which has intensified significantly over t...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 06:42hrs | 2699 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Matebeleland might have a claim in Botswana's Tati concession
The government of Botswana, through the Ministry of Lands and Agriculture, acquitted 45,000 hectares of land from the Tati company under the willing buyer and willing seller arrangement. The Botswana ...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 10:10hrs | 22562 | by Zenzele Ndebele
UK-based miner identifies potential gold in Matebeleland North
United Kingdom-based miner Ariana Resources Plc has announced promising developments at its Dokwe Gold project located in the Tsholotsho District, approximately 110 kilometers west of Bulawayo, Zimbab...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:03hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi River Authority increases 2025 water allocation
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has announced an increase in water allocation for power generation in 2025 to 27 billion cubic meters (BCM), a significant rise from the 16 BCM allocated at the begin...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 15:42hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
'Pilot collapsed at the controls, leading to fatal crash'
The body of Captain Fungai Majakwara, a 50-year-old Zimbabwean pilot who tragically died in a plane crash in Malawi, is expected to arrive in Zimbabwe today. Capt Majakwara collapsed at the c...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:30hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean pilot dies in horror crash
Captain Fungai Majakwara, a Zimbabwean pilot and managing director of Nyasa Express, tragically died in a plane crash in Malawi. The Cessna C210 aircraft he was piloting crashed into Lake Mala...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:06hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I could not believe what I was hearing. I tried to reassure myself that I was only dreaming. For the third time, I played the video and listened gravely. Again, the words fell like stones into the roo...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1025 | by Dr. Field Ruwe
Zimbabwe elephants fitted with GPS collars
ELEPHANTS in Hwange National Park are being fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking collars by ZimParks through its strategic partner, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), so tha...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:48hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Kuvimba mining house dumps hundreds of workers
Shamva Mine, owned by mining conglomerate Kuvimba mining house has laid off hundreds of workers in recent months, according to a union official. The termination of contracts for 200 workers co...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:21hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Bus route war turns bloody
GOODLUCK Nyakabau lies on his back in Harare's Stoneridge area pondering his next move.Around this time, he should be more than 300km away from the capital city on a bus heading to the northea...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Australian company identifies more gas deposits in Zimbabwe
Australian energy company Invictus Energy Limited has reported that the total gas identified from drilling at its Mukuyu 2 drilling site in Muzarabani is now four times greater than what was observed ...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Urgent Call for adoption of Regional Counter-Terrorism Strategy by member states
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region has long been considered a safe haven from the threat of terrorism. However, recent developments, particularly the insurgency in Mozambique, ha...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 21:13hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Botswana blames buffalos from Zimbabwe
Botswana has put restrictions on the movement of cloven-hoofed animals in the northeast of the country after an incursion of buffalo from Zimbabwe put cattle at risk of contracting possible foot-and-m...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to complete all the projects he started in his first term
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who has vowed to complete all the life-changing projects he started in his first term, has said Zimbabweans, through dedication to duty and unity, can do anything.Presiden...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC members in court
TWO members of the ruling Zanu-PF party have been fined US$100 each for defacing opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) campaign posters while five members of the opposition party are on trial...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police ban Chamisa rally over lack of toilets, poor roads to venue
Zimbabwean police Friday thwarted a planned weekend opposition campaign rally over lack of toilets and unsuitable roads to the venue, the latest in a series of bans ahead of August crunch polls....Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 19:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sudanese rebels attack, ransack Zimbabwe ambassador's home
Sudanese rebels ransacked the office and home of Zimbabwe's ambassador to Sudan Hilda Mafudze and stole valuables belonging to the envoy.In a statement, Sudan's foreign ministry condemned the ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 20:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drones to control Tsetse flies, quelea birds in Zimbabwe
Drones are now part of efforts to control infestation of tsetse flies and quelea birds, as the Government moves on to step up ways to digitalise the economy.Authorities are making efforts to m...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises 'free and fair' election
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday vowed that general elections expected later this year will be free and fair but issued a warning to "rogue" civic society organisations during an independence d...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament built on private land
IN January we published a story saying part of the land on which Zimbabwe's new US$140 million Parliament and the planned US$60 billion ultra-modern Cyber City in Mt Hampden on the outskirts of the ca...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Former Highlanders rising star turns down Major League for art
IN 2010, Ackim Mpofu was touted as a future star for Highlanders FC and the national team, two years later he was promoted into Bosso's first team.Mpofu captained the national Under-15 boys' t...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government to start upgrading Nkayi Airstrip
GOVERNMENT will next month start upgrading Nkayi Airstrip in Matabeleland North Province with $40 million already set aside for the project as the Second Republic continues to roll out key infrastruct...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:01hrs | | 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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe is on irreversible forward march
ZIMBABWE is experiencing increased inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in most provinces, at a time when the world is grappling with multiple economic challenges.This indicates...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean mechanic dies in freak work accident in Botswana
A Zimbabwean aged 50 employed as a mechanic by the Mupane Gold Mine in Botswana died while pumping a Load Haul Dump (LHD) loader tyre that exploded on him.Mupane general manager, Cedric Samtol...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 07:16hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Deportation threatened ex-UK soldier: 'I'm suffering for my service to the country I love'
In early March, Joram Nechironga was put on a bus from Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in west London destined for Heathrow airport.The father of two, who served in the British Army from ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept warns of heavy rains
The Government has activated emergency response mechanisms countrywide after the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) issued an alert for heavy rains and strong winds in parts of Manicaland, Masho...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns 'name-droppers' in bloody clashes over gold claims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has distanced the Zanu-PF leader from the bloody clashes over the control of one of Manicaland's richest gold mines.Pedzai Scott Sakupwanya, a gold dealer...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm to fix Zimbabwe’s troubled aviation system
A Chinese multi-national, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), has just signed a contract worth close to US$5 million to fix Zimbabwe's troubled aviation air communication systems despite a flawe...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells security agencies to be vigilant
THE discovery of oil could pose a security threat to the country, which requires state security agencies to be always on high alert, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Mnangagwa made the ca...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:09hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
ASX halts Arcadia trading
AUSTRALIA Stock Exchange (ASX)listed resources firm halted trading on Tuesday amid reports the firm has lined up a capital raising deal.The firm has been developing Arcadia lithium mine in Zim...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Several Zimbabweans killed in Mozambique, the battle of palmer
Michael Chandada was so excited when he got a Job in Mozambique. His company is involved in extracting oil and gas and again runs marines in the area. Michael was posted to work from a plant in Palma ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:19hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Veteran journalist, Dongozi, to be honored.
THE Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) divulged plans to honour the late veteran Journalist, rights advocate, environmentalist, friend rolled in one and immediate past secretary-general, Foster Vulin...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
The Liberation War in Nkayi, Matebeleland: The Agenda by Rhodesian Army & State to starve 'terrorists', a personal experience!
In today's Africa, we often ascribe the violation of African rights to only African governments and easily forget a long-standing history of wanton violation of African rights by gun-ho racialist geno...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 22:38hrs | 15 | by Thembani Dube
Mugabe's son-in-law, daughter struggle to complete mansion
NESTLED on a mountain in the exclusive Umwinsidale suburb on the outskirts of Harare's northeastern periphery, the mansion is immersed in scenic surroundings and there seems to be a seamless connectio...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South braces for Tropical Cyclone
CONTINUOUS heavy and destructive rain is expected in Matebeleland South, Masvingo and Manicaland when Tropical Cyclone Eloise hits the country tomorrow. The rains will be coupled with strong w...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grand deal inches closer before oil find
INVICTUS Energy, the Australian company that is scouring Zimbabwe's northeastern front for potentially lucrative oil or gas endowments, says it has inched closer to inking a crucial production sharing...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Where wildlife produces medical doctors
In Africa, some communities still don't have a single person who has graduated as a medical doctor. The reasons are many. It could be a lack of funds for brilliant children to further their ed...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:32hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Koro
US asks sanctioned Zimbabwe to help fight Mozambique militants
THE United States asked Zimbabwe to help put down an Islamist insurgency in neighbouring Mozambique that's destabilising a region rich in natural gas, people familiar with the matter said. The...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa requests Zimbabweans to pray for Joana Mamombe
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has urged Zimbabweans to pray for jailed MDC MP Joana Mamombe and other political prisoners who are languishing in prison. In a Twitter post on Saturda...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 11:06hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
26 trafficked gorillas from DR Congo recovered in Zimbabwe
At least 26 great apes illegally removed from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been seized in Zimbabwe, where four suspected traffickers have been arrested, authorities in both countries said Fri...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 21:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Canada miner in talks to buy Zimbabwe gold project
Canada-based B2Gold Corp. is considering buying an idled Zimbabwean gold mine - if it can be exempted from a law that requires producers to sell all the metal to the country's central bank, people fam...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:33hrs | 4 | by Bloomberg
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 13 | by PUMA
Mnangagwa's regime mum on Sudanese coup
BARELY 17 months after the cathartic fall of former president Robert Mugabe, another dictator has been pushed out of power in Sudan following months of popular protests that jolted the military into s...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans struggle with storm floods
The death toll from cyclone Idai continues to rise as southern African countries struggle to deal with the devastating aftermath of the torrential downpours.The powerful storm has killed at le...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Zimbabwe awaits Russian investors
Like many African countries, Zimbabwe's economy needs sustainable resuscitation. On his mid-January official working visit to Moscow, President Emmerson Mnangagwa told Sputnik News Agency (SNA) in an ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 09:01hrs | | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
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