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China printing new Zimbabwe currency in exchange for oil and diamonds
COLOGNE - China has intensified it's grip, control and access to Zimbabwe's mineral wealth by reportedly demanding diamonds and oil drilling rights from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, as p...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 07:48hrs | 37584 | by Itai Mushekwe
Calls for diaspora vote at ZANU PF conference
The upcoming ZANU PF conference is a perfect stage for ZANU PF to demonstrate that it is reshaping and recreating itself into a modern party that is worth a sit at the table of global powerhouses....Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 11:08hrs | 3303 | by Fidelis Fengu
Bosso sweat over players contracts
HIGHLANDERS are working around the clock to tie down senior players, goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda, defender Peter Muduhwa and Gabriel Nyoni to new contracts. Bosso, who finished the season in fift...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:28hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
The ED administration has made significant strides
Last week the opposition and other anti-Government detractors were excited by the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of States for Africa, Matthew Harrington's submission on Zimbabwe to the US S...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 10:46hrs | 1477 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Caps United go on shopping spree
Caps United president Farai Jere has said they are putting together a strong team for next season after enduring a tough season during the just-ended campaign, where they finished without any silverwa...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1270 | by Staff reporter
Player exodus rocks Dembare
TWO Premiership soccer clubs - Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum Stars - could lose most of their players this pre-season. The pair had contrasting fortunes in the just-ended 2018 season with DeMbare survivi...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:29hrs | 1967 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's world crumbling?
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko's world is crumbling down following his fall from grace in November last year.The diplomat could just be on the verge of losing what many consider to b...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:11hrs | 3490 | by Staff reporter
Transformation: Imparting depth to the economy
Last week closed on a very good note.First, Government announced the much-awaited Diamond Policy.This new policy protects the National Interest, while meeting the expectations of the K...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:48hrs | 198 | by President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
Chinyengetere crowned 2018 Soccer Star-of-the-Year
FC Platinum midfielder Rodwell Chinyengetere was crowned the 2018 Soccer Star-of-the-Year for the second year running to join an elite group of players that includes five-time winner George Shaya and ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 15:11hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Mega deals remain elusive for Zimbabwe
Locally, thousands have called him a hero for toppling the only leader Zimbabwe has known for almost four decades.Abroad, investors are, for the first time in decades, considering Zimbabwe as ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:50hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Bosso close in on Masuku
HIGHLANDERS may soon be making another addition to their squad as they are closing in on former midfielder Nqobizitha Masuku, who trained with the club towards end of the season following his brief st...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:41hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Ngezi settle for ex-Bosso coach
EROL AKBAY has bounced back to the domestic Premiership after the Dutchman inked a two-year deal to join league runners-up Ngezi Platinum Stars. The former Highlanders gaffer takes over as sub...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:19hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in timely US intervention
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday made a timely intervention as he submitted a detailed paper on Zimbabwe's economic and political reforms to a United States o...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:18hrs | 1216 | by Tichaona Zindoga
FC Platinum progress in CAF Champions League
FC Platinum progressed to the final qualifying round of the CAF Champions League following a 1-nil win over CNaPS Sport of Madagascar at Mandava Stadium this afternoon.The platinum miners got ...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 17:07hrs | 2018 | by Staff reporter
'Chiefs not for sale'
BULAWAYO Chiefs FC director Lovemore Sibanda has quashed rumours that his team's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League franchise is up for sale, saying they are gearing up for their second season in the ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:21hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Bosso blames PSL
HIGHLANDERS have blamed the Premier Soccer League (PSL) for the absence of their coach as well as captain at the Soccer Stars selection in Harare last Thursday.Ronald Moyo, the Bosso media off...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:10hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Just ignore Chamisa pontification
THE events of the past week have been dramatic and revealing in many ways.It was the week when efforts by the desperate MDC Alliance leadership to pin the unfortunate 1 August post-election vi...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:01hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Young Warriors coach confident
NATIONAL Under-20 team coach, Bekithemba "Super" Ndlovu is confident his charges will put up a better showing at the Mopani Copper Mines Cosafa Youth Championships in Zambia to make it past the group ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 07:37hrs | 647 | by Staff Reporter
Chicken Inn eye Bosso defender
HIGHLANDERS FC defender Peter Muduhwa is Chicken Inn's prime target as the the Gamecocks prepare for the next season's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League. Chicken Inn, 2015 Castle Lager Premie...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:03hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Chidzambwa ignores best goalkeeper in Zimbabwe
HIGHLANDERS goalkeeper, Ariel Sibanda who has been ignored by regionalistic national team coach, has thanked his teammates after being voted among the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Soccer Stars o...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:59hrs | 3317 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranks lowly on investment
ZIMBABWE attracted US$470 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2018, making it one of the least attractive investment destinations in the Southern African Development Community.This c...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:38hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Long wait for Mnangagwa's mega deals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to have taken a leaf from his mentor Robert Mugabe by signing investment deals worth billions of dollars - some opaque or dubious - that never see the light of day....Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 12:57hrs | 1270 | by Staff reporter
Dembare cap most disastrous season
Nichrut 3 - 0 DynamosRODERICK Mutuma scored a brace as Dynamos were handed a drubbing by already relegated Nichrut at Ascot yesterday.Ephraim Mwinga converted a late penalty to complete th...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:30hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance dinner dance row
A fundraising dinner dance called by MDC-Alliance next month has caused fissures within the embattled loose opposition coalition after some started questioning how funds raised from previous efforts h...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:48hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube effects forex duty on motor vehicle imports
The government will with effect from tomorrow (Friday) start collecting custom duty on imported motor vehicle imports in foreign currency in a demand management move to reduce outflows of hard currenc...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 19:19hrs | 5115 | by Staff reporter
RioZim sues RBZ over US$ payments
Resources group, RioZim, has sued the central bank to force it to pay over $92 million it claims is owed dating back to 2016 in a case that highlights the acute dollar shortages blighting the southern...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army has shares in Great Dyke Investment mining company
ZIMBABWE Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) board chairperson Peter Chimboza on Monday disclosed to Parliament that the army has 30% shareholding in the Great Dyke Investment (GDI) mining company....Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:17hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe ripe for investment'
DEVELOPING markets investment bank, Exotix Capital Limited says Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership is ripe for investment with potential investors now looking at the country with...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Chiefs survive chop despite loss to Bosso
Bulawayo Chiefs 2-3 Highlanders NEWMAN Sianchali's goal at the stroke of fulltime completed Highlanders' second half comeback, leaving Bulawayo Chiefs players dejected after blowing a 2-0 first ha...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 1587 | by Staff reporter
Bosso to overhaul keepers' department
HIGHLANDERS is set to see an overhaul in the goalkeepers department with first choice goal minder, Ariel Sibanda's subordinates being shown the exit after an expression of dissatisfaction by the goalk...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:27hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
Sondelani Ranching readies for tomato paste exports
ONE of the country's leading agribusiness concerns, Sondelani Ranching will soon start exporting tomato paste from its newly commissioned processing plant in Bulawayo into the region as it forges ahea...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:37hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Great Dyke Investments boss faces Parly contempt charges
GREAT Dyke Investments chief operating officer Munashe Shava faces contempt of Parliament charges after he failed to disclose the shareholding structure of the firm which has platinum and coal mining ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Building value chains, skills for Vision 2030
Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle-income economy with a per capita income of US$3 500 by 2030. This requires fundamental transformations and shifts in the economy. Our Transitional Stabil...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 213 | by Emerson D. Mnangagwa
$4bn platinum project to start
KARO RESOURCES yesterday said it will kick off activities on its $4,2 billion platinum investment project in Mhondoro-Ngezi in the next few weeks by carrying out geophysics, and flying over the area a...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
30 Chinese investors Zimbabwe bound
A high powered delegation of over 30 Chinese investors from Anhui Province is expected in the country tomorrow to explore the vast investment opportunities available in the various sectors of the econ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Economic Dialogue: Building value chains, skills for Vision 2030
Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle-income economy with a per capita income of US$3 500 by 2030.This requires fundamental transformations and shifts in the economy. Our Transitional Stabili...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 65 | by HE Emmerson D Mnangagwa
Time to value add, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has proposed an indaba on how Zimbabwe should develop value chains for the country's mining and agriculture sectors with a view to advancing the twin objectives of moderni...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:18hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to announce diamond policy
MINES minister Winston Chitando says he expects to announce a diamond policy later this month, which will also regularise the operations of the State-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC)...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:28hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should take advantage of Intra-African Trade Fair'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said Zimbabwe should take advantage of the upcoming Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) set for next month in Egypt to improve export market diversification and tap...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum crowned 2018 champions
FC Platinum have won the 2018 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League championship after beating Shabanie Mine 1-0 in a match played at Maglas Stadium on Sunday afternoon.Pure Platinum Play have am...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 19:29hrs | 1819 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's $4,2bn platinum deal in limbo
DODGY investment firm Karo Resources, which was controversially allocated vast platinum claims previously held by Zimplats ostensibly to set up a US$4,2 billion plant - a figure which it later disowne...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 12:58hrs | 2380 | by Staff reporter
Madinda shifts focus to next season
HIGHLANDERS coach Madinda Ndlovu has shifted focus to building a team that will compete for honours next season.Having done badly in the Chibuku Super Cup and the Castle Lager Premier Soccer L...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament should ratify continental free trade pact
On March 21 this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was one of the Heads of State and government who signed the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA).The protocol has now been signed by 49 o...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | 99 | by John Makamure
Tagwirei drives wedge between Mnangagwa, allies
Businessman Kuda Tagwirei, has triggered off fresh fissures within Zanu-PF and government, with the Sakunda Holdings founder wittingly or unwittingly driving a wedge between President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 13:30hrs | 6679 | by Staff reporter
Mhofu recalls Katsande
FORMER Warriors captain Willard Katsande has been recalled to the Zimbabwe senior men's national team ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Liberia next month.Katsande...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:25hrs | 2382 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe mining regulations still restrictive'
Zimbabwe's domestic mining regulatory environment remains one of the most restrictive in the region and needs to change to attract investment, a leading information group Fitch Solutions says in its l...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:41hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Modi woos Belgian, Luxembourg investors to Bulawayo
INDUSTRY and Commerce Deputy Minister, Raji Modi, has enticed Belgian and Luxembourg companies to exploit manufacturing investment opportunities in Bulawayo and Zimbabwe at large. The Bulawayo...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:32hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans, we are our own worst enemy
Dear EditorI'm sure somewhere someone is calling Zimbabwe a big joke as we are a country with misplaced priorities. For starters, we have good farming land, good climate, plenty natural resour...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 14:08hrs | 2749 | by Munya Shumba
Masuku poised for Bosso return
FORMER Highlanders midfielder Nqobizitha Masuku could be set for a return to the club he turned out for in 2015 following an unfruitful stay at Zambian side Buildcon.Masuku (25) joined Buildco...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:09hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
What really went wrong at Bosso?
AT the beginning of the season, Highlanders played such beautiful football which saw them attract huge crowds in their matches, whether they were playing home or away.It was such a delight watchin...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 07:57hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
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