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Scott Sakupwanya controls half of Zimbabwe's gold sales?
Gold dealer Scott Sakupwanya says he delivered almost half of the gold sold to the official buyer, Fidelity, in 2023.Sakupwanya says his company Better Brands delivered 13 tonnes of gold to Fi...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:24hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mines minister orders stop to artisanal mining
Mines Minister Soda Zhemu has called on artisanal miners to "completely stop" mining activities during the current rain season which poses a high risk of mine disasters.In a statement, Zhemu a...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Buried alive for 3 days
WIPING his dusty face and shaking his muddied clothes, Owen Jaison (24) takes a huge sigh of relief.He had just dug his way out of belly of the earth for a kilometre.He and other 14 ar...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:51hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
All 15 miners trapped underground at Redwing Mine rescued
All 15 miners who were trapped underground following a mineshaft collapse at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga last week have been rescued three days after the incident.The mine owned by Metallon Gol...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare over trapped Redwing miners
Tempers flared yesterday at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga where about 11 artisanal miners were trapped underground after a mine shaft collapsed, with relatives accusing government of fumbling the rescue ...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hope for trapped Redwing miners
The GOVERNMENT has stepped up rescue efforts for 15 miners believed to be trapped underground at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga amid indications they could be found alive.Yesterday, experts said t...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Shaky ground hinders Redwing Mine rescue efforts
UNSTABLE ground at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, has reportedly stalled efforts to rescue nearly a dozen artisanal miners trapped underground on Thursday.In a statement, Met...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 16:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
15 feared dead at Zanu-PF MP's Mine
ABOUT 15 miners are feared dead in the Tsapauta mining area at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province after a mine shaft collapsed yesterday morning.The Tsapauta mining area is a sect...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
15 miners feared dead in Redwing Mine collapse
Fifteen miners are believed to have perished following a mineshaft collapse at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga early Thursday morning.The mine, located 50 kilometres west of the eastern border city...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:12hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Metallon to take over Redwing Mine
GOLD Miner, Metallon Corporation will take over operations at the scandal-ridden Redwing Mine in Penhalonga following the removal of the gold mine from corporate rescue by the Supreme Court in Septemb...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:07hrs | | 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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa mining ally ignored our traditions, says Chiefs
GOLD miner Pedzisai "Scott" Sakupwanya's Better Brands company reportedly ignored local traditional beliefs which led to several deaths of artisanal miners at his Redwing Mine in Manicaland province's...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally in bizarre ritual
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pedzisai "Scott" Sakupwanya has performed traditional rituals to ostensibly appease the spirits of several artisanal miners who perished at his Redwing gold mine in...Published: 02 May 2023 at 09:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally's 'killer' mine gets nod to resume operations
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says most of the fatalities that have been recorded at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top ally, Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya's Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manica...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 more die at Mnangagwa ally's mine
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's top ally Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya's Better Brands has reportedly continued conducting secret mining operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland, which led to t...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally 'defies' mining ban
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya, who owns Better Brands, is reportedly engaged in secret mining at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, despite closure of the...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally haunted by mine deaths
Zanu-PF benefactor and prominent gold dealer Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya's gold operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, have been closed by the Environmental Management Agency (Em...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over Mnangagwa ally's mining operations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Scott Sakupwanya's company Better Brands (Private) Limited's operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga is under the spotlight amid concerns over gold leakages and po...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Maguwu fears for his life
Zanu-PF functionaries are reportedly baying for Farai Maguwu's blood, with the human rights activist claiming that he recently received death threats for exposing gold looting ostensibly orchestrated ...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Illicit gold flows sponsor Zanu-PF campaign
Zanu-PF plans to use funding from illicit gold-mining sources in Mazowe and Penhalonga to partly fund its campaign for next year's crunch general elections, a new probe has revealed.According ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 20:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally, Zanu-PF implicated in gold leakages
A FRESH report has put President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pedzisayi "Scott" Sakupwanya at the centre of gold leakages and violence at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga and surrounding areas in Manicaland pr...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chimanasa threatens mine with seizure
Zanu-PF politburo member Patrick Chinamasa has threatened that the government will seize Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, accusing the owners of failing to run it.Launching a Zanu-PF by-election ca...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | 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
Mnangagwa's graft buster in trouble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is allegedly under pressure from Zanu-PF bigwigs to act on his trusted corruption buster Tabani Mpofu whom they accuse of extortion.Mpofu is the head of the Specia...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:14hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Metallon Gold to reopen 2 gold mines
METALLON Gold has invested US$33 million in the reopening of Redwing Mine and deepening of How Mine in a fresh bid to resuscitate its business empire.The decision by the Mzee Khumalo-run entit...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:07hrs | | 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
A case for subsidies in the mining sector
Zimbabwe racked in US$3.2 billion from mineral exports in 2018, a figure which represents 76% of the country's official total export earnings. This year the government has set the target at US$4.2 bil...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
ZESA sue Minister for $414k – load shedding is collective punishment for untouchables' sins
The tragedy in Zimbabwe is that those who can least afford it have again and again been forced to subsidise the filthy rich. One prime example is Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax on all electro...Published: 18 May 2019 at 20:25hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zesa pursues Mnangagwa ally over $414,000 electricity debt
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), which announced rolling power cuts early this week, is owed millions of dollars by top government officials.Reduced electricity production at ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:20hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Redwing Mine workers engage in massive strike
Workers at Redwing Mine have been picketing at the mine premises since 1 April. The contract workers had their employment contracts terminated on 31 March. They had not been paid for 15 months. Collec...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 14:29hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Marange villagers seek to protect diamonds
Villagers from the mining communities of Marange and Penhalonga have developed community protocols that seek to protect diamonds and gold found in their communities.Community members launched ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt pledges support for largest gold miner
GOVERNMENT has made a commitment to provide the necessary facilitation to Zimbabwe's largest gold producer, Metallon Corporation, whose operations are being hampered by foreign currency shortages. ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Restructured Metallon guns for full capacity
THE country's biggest gold producer, Metallon Corporation says it wants four of its mining operations in Zimbabwe to reach their full production capacities this year.Metallon owns How Mine, Ma...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs to fund party programmes
ZANU-PF Manicaland has resolved that senior party members in the province must make monthly contributions to fund party programmes as part of preparations for next year's harmonised elections....Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Escalating violence in gold panning communities irks ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has raised concerns over the rate at which war is escalating for gold at Sabi Mine, which has resulted in the death of 15 people.The ZPP said home-made explosives ar...Published: 10 May 2017 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Govt won't pay for repossessed miing claims
THE Government will not compensate foreign firms for mining claims repossessed towards empowering indigenous Zimbabweans, a Cabinet Minister has said.Mines and Mining Development Minister, Wal...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gideon Gono spills the beans
Ex-Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr Gideon Gono has opened up about how his former advisor, Munyaradzi Kereke, controlled a section of the police force and used it to do his personal bi...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 22:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland mines scoop top awards
The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) recently held the inaugural Gold Sector Awards in Harare.The awards which ran under the th...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Business Reporter
Police shoot down demo against miner
POLICE in Penhalonga have blocked a residents' demonstration against a local mining company, Redwing Mine, citing fears that the protests could degenerate into public violence.Residents ha...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 05:57hrs | | 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 | | 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 | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe gold production surpasses target
THE country's gold production leapt 33,8 percent to 18,6 tonnes in 2015 from a year earlier, helping surpass the targeted output by more than 2 tonnes, official statistics show.The sector had ...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimplats wins top national safety awards
Zimplats has taken the top two places in the Safety and Health at Work (SHAW) national awards. Zimplats Processing Division came first. Ngwarati Mine, which is owned by Zimplats, came second, while Mu...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by NHPR
Woman drags son's girlfriend to court over marriage
A MUTARE woman dragged her son's girlfriend to court claiming that she was forcing her son to marry her and was threatening to kill her.Agness Kambarami told the presiding magistrate, Mrs Yeuk...Published: 11 Apr 2015 at 09:13hrs | | by Hinashe Hazvide
Man (26) steals lorry full of gold ore
A PENHALONGA man was last week dragged before the courts facing allegations of stealing a lorry full of gold ore from his employer at Redwing mine in Penhalonga. Crispen Mambondiani (26) appea...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 11:22hrs | 1 | 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 | | by Business reporter
Metallon Gold group CEO resigns
Metallon Gold Zimbabwe group chief executive officer Mr Allan Mashingaidze has resigned barely a year after his two predecessors also resigned. In a telephone interview, Metallon corporate aff...Published: 05 Nov 2013 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
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