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WFP eyes Zimbabwe as regional food hub
Zimbabwe's growing agricultural capacity and logistics network have attracted the interest of the World Food Programme (WFP), which is considering making the country a regional food production and dis...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:55hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
How President Trump humiliated African Presidents in the White House!
That Trump has a low opinion of Africans generally is known and documented since 2016 when he was elected president of USA. It began with President Ramaphosa of South Africa. What was he doing in the ...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:39hrs | 1265 | by Nomazulu Thata
Lithium rush a crossroads for Zimbabwe's future
Africa, which holds significant estimated shares of the world's total reserves of bauxite (24%), cobalt (49.4%), copper (7%), graphite (21%), lithium (6%), manganese (43%), nickel (4.2%) and rare eart...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 10:27hrs | 316 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze and Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
Malawi bans mineral exports effective immediately
The Malawian Ministry of Mining has announced a temporary ban on the export of all minerals, effective immediately. This measure, the Ministry says, is aimed at streamlining export procedures to ensur...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 10:00hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns Chivhayo, tips on succession
Acting President General (Retired) Constantino Chiwenga has warned showy businessman, Wicknell Chivhayo from corruptly acquiring and splashing the c...Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 11:37hrs | 6913 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Nigerian billionaire Zimbabwe deals falter amid capital problems
WITH the help of Zimbabwean authorities who supported him amass platinum, gold, lithium, iron ore, tin and some rare earth mineral concessions, it first appeared like he was going far.At some poin...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:46hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF legislators lavish Mnangagwa with praises
Zanu-PF legislators have been turning turns to sing the praises of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Parliament, while MPs from the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) have been absent from ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:51hrs | 4 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian billionaire's US$1 billion Zimbabwean mining deals stall
NIGERIAN oil and gas billionaire Benedict Peters' massive investment plans to shell out over US$1 billion into a local platinum mining project and more into lithium, iron ore, tin, gold and rare earth...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 13:54hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'don't be left behind'
LOCAL investors should not be left behind Zimbabwe's economic drive, which is expected to put them at the forefront of the ongoing transformation, modernisation and industrialisation, President Emmers...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Assessing the US$12 billion mining industry target
The Zimbabwean government launched an ambitious plan to transform the mining sector into a US$12 billion export industry by end of 2023. The plan was launched in October 2019 as a key pillar to sustai...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 12:01hrs | 6 | by Victor Bhoroma
African Mining Sector Set for Strong Growth in 2022
Johannesburg - 16 May 2022 - With mining companies currently enjoying high prices, exceptional production performance and robust supply chains, the mining team from Stanbic Bank's parent company, Stan...Published: 16 May 2022 at 11:52hrs | 46 | by Mark Buncombe, Head of Mining and Metals at Standard Bank Group
Rare earth minerals find 'encouraging'
LITHIUM miner Prospect Resources says preliminary results undertaken from a soil sampling process focusing on rare earth elements (REEs) recently at Chishanya in the southeast of Zimbabwe, are encoura...Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Nigerian billionaire to mine Platinum in Zimbabwe
Bravura Holdings Ltd., owned by Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters, has $1 billion available for the development of a platinum mine in Zimbabwe, its country manager said.The 3,000 hectare (7...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 2 | by Bloomberg
Mugabe coup announcer talks up investment in Westminster
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo yesterday had lunch with the powerful Westminster Africa Business Group in London and invited them to grab investment opportuniti...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe coup announcer talks up investment in Westminster
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo yesterday had lunch with the powerful Westminster Africa Business Group in London and invited them to grab investment opportuniti...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Obama's USA salivating for investment in Zimbabwe
The United States of America (USA) imposed illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe using the unjust law dubbed, Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZIDERA) of 2001. Since then this act proved to be a ...Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 13:16hrs | 2 | by Suitable Kajau
Kenya revokes all new mining licences
Nairobi - Kenya on Monday revoked all mining licences granted in the months before and after March elections and announced that it was hiking royalties paid by companies operating in its nascent mini...Published: 06 Aug 2013 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Indigenisation and the myth of inefficient African production systems
THERE has been talk, debate, and many times bad talk across and within the political divide over the Indigenisation Act and its implementation. Nobody has really given convincing explanation a...Published: 13 Jul 2012 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Adolf Mavheneke
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