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Gold smuggler tied to Kenyan plunder is back - now in Zimbabwe
A gold smuggler implicated in a scandal that robbed Kenya of 10 percent of its GDP in the 1990s has moved his smuggling operation to Zimbabwe and Dubai, Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can re...Published: 21 hrs ago | 584 | by AFP
Is Hwange Unit 7 another huge big scam and con job?
Is it just me, or has everyone else also noticed that, ever since Hwange Unit 7 Thermal Power Station came online, two days ago, load shedding has strangely increased?Excuse me for my ignoranc...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 3340 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sharpshoot, a gifted sniper
On April 14 in 2019, the Sunday News published the first instalment of a two-part interview with North Korea-trained war veteran and nationalist David Mongwa Moyo.Moyo, who was affectionately ...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:40hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 synchronised with the Zimbabwe power grid
It was a historic moment yesterday evening here, when one of the Second Republic's signature projects, the Hwange Thermal Power Station's Unit 7, was successfully synchronised with the national grid, ...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:36hrs | 457 | 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 | 1763 | by Staff reporter
Putin-Xi meeting kicks off in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding informal talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during the latter's three-day visit to Moscow during which they will discuss key global issues and Ru...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 14:27hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Xi Jinping arrives in Moscow
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Monday for a three-day state visit to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. During the summit, the two sides will discuss strategic coope...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 11:26hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, Zimbabweans don't care about your 'critical pronouncements' as long as we're hungry and poor!
Recently, during a performance contract signing ceremony, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa chided his information and communications personnel for failing to properly articulate and disseminate h...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:27hrs | 317 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chinese embassy calls out US smear campaign
THE Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe has called out the United States government for its smear campaign against Beijing and seeking to dictate which African countries the Asian country befriends.In...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:41hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Poor Pamela Tremont and Triple C: Politics without lawful issue
I have watched Pamela Tremont's hearing in preparation for her posting to Zimbabwe as US' next ambassador.Both the line of questioning by US Senators, as well as her responses, were, to say th...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:32hrs | 183 | by @Jamwanda2
No handouts to investors in Zimbabwe, says Mutsvangwa
Under President Mnangagwa, there are no handouts to investors, who are all welcome from any part of the world at own risk, Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa ha...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:31hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Chinese medical teams show fruits of cooperation
Zimbabwe has been a beneficiary of Chinese health assistance under this framework.Recently, China and Zimbabwe marked the 60th anniversary of China medical teams at a colorful ceremony at the ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:56hrs | 141 | by Elma Zhoya
Disillusioned American girl says 'Zimbabweans aware Chinese investments don't really benefit them'
A nominee for the United States (US) Ambassador to Zimbabwe post, Pamela Tremont, claims Zimbabweans are acutely aware that Chinese investment in the country does not really benefit them as she spoke ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:19hrs | 2191 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabweans the easiest people to oppress?
Zimbabweans never cease to amaze! I was watching a local news bulletin, when there came a report, whereby villagers in Chingwaru, Murewa North, were celebrating and praising the ruling ZANU PF...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:08hrs | 306 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF grassroots supporters should rid party of political elite who have destroyed Zimbabwe
Every time I teach my son about the history of this country, I can not help feel a deep sense of pride and respect for our nationalist movements, in their intrepid quest for the independence and freed...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 10:19hrs | 570 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa to revive chieftainships abolished by colonisers
President Mnangagwa has said Government will continue resuscitating chieftainships that were abolished by the Rhodesian settler regime and implored chiefs to foster peace and unity as the country head...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:11hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
EU crafting own version of PVO Bill
THE European Union is working on a law that will force non-governmental groups, consultancies and academic institutions to disclose any non-EU funding - a piece of legislation that is almost similar t...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:09hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
What's the point of 'performance contracts' when the regime always blames sanctions for its failures?
How do you measure a cabinet minister's performance over a particular period?How does one judge whether a local government CEO (chief executive officer) has done a good or terrible job?...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 10:16hrs | 903 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chivayo's US$5,6m fraud case collapses
BUSINESSMAN Wicknell Chivayo and his company Intratrek Zimbabwe were yesterday acquitted of US$5,6 million fraud charge involving the Gwanda solar project.Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube upheld...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:49hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
LITHIUM is fast becoming the new resource curse in Zimbabwe.
Government has already made it a strategic mineral considering its high-end socio-economic and national defense value.On the African scale, Zimbabwe is considered to hold the largest lithium d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 3057 | by Tawanda Majoni
'West should have lifted sanctions after 2017 coup!' ANC maintains. Nonsense, Zimbabwe was and remain a pariah state.
One of the most obnoxious things appoint white racism is the how the whites denied the blacks a voice. "Our blacks are very happy it is the Russian and Chinese communists how are agitating for black m...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 21:51hrs | 1135 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chiwenga applauds China
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga on Tuesday expressed gratitude to China for stepping in with Covid-19 vaccines and medical supplies at a time when the country looked headed for a disaster without ...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 20:00hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Chinese national arrested over 30t lithium loot
A 45-YEAR-OLD Chinese national appeared before Marondera magistrate, Esther Mabika, on Thursday last week facing charges of trying to smuggle 30 tonnes of lithium out of the country.Lu Minghui...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:26hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not adversary of United States
Zimbabwe's unrelenting pursuit for self-determination has seen the Southern African country at loggerheads with the Americans who have a penchant for interfering in the internal affairs of other sover...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:15hrs | 192 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Mnangagwa's name mired in underworld gold activities
FROM the Macmillan family and their gold-smuggling activities to the Kwekwe underworld mining adventures and Henrietta Rushwaya's sensational arrest three years ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's nam...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:00hrs | 2276 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe drawn into forex scandal
Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police commissioner General Godwin Matanga have been dragged to court for refusing to arrest a Chinese national who used to supply leather products to the arm...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should be tried under the Patriotic Bill
That Patriotic Bill looks interesting now.In light of Aljazeera revelations, The President & his ministers should be tried under that Bill for treacherous & unpatriotic conduct. ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 21:07hrs | 639 | by Max Lion
Mnangagwa's spokesman refuses to comment on the Al Jazeera gold scandal snippets
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba has refused to comment on the Al Jazeera gold scandal documentary, saying he doesn't respond to snippets."What do you want f...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 18:13hrs | 1742 | by Staff reporter
When all friendship ceases!
Von Hornick's nine principles on National EconomyIn 1684, an Austrian lawyer-turned-civil servant, Philipp Wilhelm von Hornick, published nine principal rules of a National Economy.The...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:57hrs | 107 | by Jamwanda
Al Jazeera puts Zimbabwe corruption documentary on hold
Al Jazeera on Thursday said it had put a pause on a broadcast of a four-part investigation into official corruption in Zimbabwe without giving reasons.The first episode of Gold Mafia, a two-ye...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 19:17hrs | 10331 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe was colonized through a 'mega deal', and happening again with the Chinese and Belarusians
When people talk of colonization, there are those with the misguided notion that this only occurs via military conquest - usually, by a more powerful nation over a far weaker one.Yet, this cou...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1248 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mine wrangle sucks in deputy minister
Mines deputy minister Kambamura has been sucked in a mining wrangle pitting his ally Hillary Mutandwa against Phillip Makunze, a leaked police memo from Sanyati Police Station to Kadoma district polic...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:07hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's latest revised plan: 'Nyika inovakwa inorakashwa ivenevayo imashefu namaChina!'
"Zimbabweans jam UK work visa applications" screamed the headline. 8 363 skilled and semi-skilled Zimbabweans were granted UK work permit in 2022 up from 499 in 2019. The truth is Zimbabweans have bee...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 18:57hrs | 1201 | by Nomusa Garikai
China calls for investigation into Nord Stream blasts
China called on relevant parties to conduct an objective and fair investigation into the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline explosions incident and supported the accelerated investigation process to fin...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 20:19hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
China reveals plans to counter Musk's 'Starlink'
Chinese researchers are preparing to launch close to 13,000 satellites into a low-earth orbit, in a move which would dwarf – and potentially monitor – Elon Musk's SpaceX ‘Starlink' network, whic...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 19:47hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
The next frontier for Zimbabwe's lithium
THERE has been a scramble for Zimbabwe's lithium deposits by multinationals in the past five years. Exploration projects that kicked off in 2018 are now at advanced stages of implementation, and Zimba...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 19:20hrs | 1351 | by Staff reporter
USA wants South Africa to cancel all future military exercises with China and Russia
The House of Representatives in the United States of America is pushing for a review of relations with South Africa over its hosting of military exercises with China and Russia.The joint marit...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 18:19hrs | 2779 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cyber city: Urban utopia or surveillance menace?
In a fertile stretch of fields and farms dubbed New Harare, Zimbabwe is building a high-tech "cyber city" a world away from the traffic-clogged streets and overcrowded slums of the country's nearby ca...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 16:27hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt acquires electric cars
THE Government, through the Central Mechanical Equipment Department (CMED), has now bought a total of 18 electric vehicles from a Chinese company as Zimbabwe continues to promote the use of smart ener...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:45hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe becomes lithium giant
Zimbabwe continues to consolidate its position as a major lithium producer globally, with Bikita Minerals having ramped up petalite production to 60 000 tonnes annually after a Chinese firm, Sinomine,...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:19hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
War vets should be vanguards of Zimbabwe's independence
Our war veterans should be at the forefront of condemning the institutionalised plunder of our vast national resources by a small ruling eliteONE of the greatest tragedies to befall post-colon...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:20hrs | 245 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa challenged to answer questions in Parly
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) member of Parliament for Mbizo, Settlement Chikwinya, has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to attend the National Assembly and answer to pressing issues fac...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:14hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Namibia, Zimbabwe gear up to keep more profits from lithium boom
Lithium-rich African countries, including Zimbabwe and Namibia, are trying to develop processing and refining industries to capture more of the profits of global demand for the battery material....Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:40hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Negative reporting by SA media on new Chinese steel plant in Zimbabwe starts
Workers building the $1bn steel plant for the Chinese-owned Dinson Iron & Steel Company (Disco) claim they are exploited, forced to work in inhumane conditions, and sleep crammed eight to a small ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean villagers face eviction by Chinese lithium mining company
Hundreds of villagers in three Mutoko villages face displacement from their ancestral land after a shadowy Chinese company has made a spirited attempt to annex the area under a planned lithium mining ...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 20:51hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Where are these fruits of independence Zimbabweans are supposed to be enjoying?
The next time I hear a senior government official, or some sycophantic ruling ZANU-PF supporter tell us about 'enjoying the fruits of independence', in all likelihood, I will scream!I find not...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 19:28hrs | 285 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF members are the ones who are Unpatriotic
The infrastructure, economic and social situations has come to a bad image. This was caused by incapable political leaders who pretend as if are very patriotic and love their country so much.F...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 19:24hrs | 244 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Concern over Zimbabwe's 'opaque' govt deals
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) has called on government to be more transparent when entering into contracts with multinational companies to avoid plunder of the country's resources....Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:53hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Harare backs Moscow
WINDS of a renewed Cold War between the United States and Russia - thunderously manifesting itself in Ukraine through iron and blood - swept across the southern African region this week as Russian For...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Reflecting on the export ban for raw lithium
Through Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022 (Referend to as Base Minerals Export Control for unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores), Zimbabwe banned the export of raw lithium from the country. The regulati...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:12hrs | 1434 | by Victor Bhoroma
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