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British Council funds African artists with £700 000
The British Council's Sub-Saharan Arts programme has announced the success of its Culture Exchange open call for grants, an initiative that connects and promotes cultural exchanges through art. ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 15:31hrs | 589 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa fights lithium plunder
MBERENGWA residents have formed a foundation led by prominent local people to fight the plunder of recently discovered lithium deposits in the vast district as well other available minerals like gold,...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Henrietta Rushwaya flees angry mob
There was chaos at Sandawana mine as thousands of artisanal miners bayed for the blood of Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya after they failed to agree on working conditions...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 08:47hrs | 14616 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police stop illegal lithium mining
More than 5 000 artisanal miners and fortune seekers who had descended on Sandawana Mine in Mberengwa in search of lithium have been dispersed, amid running battles with police.There has been ...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Fortune seekers descend on Mberengwa in Zimbabwe lithium rush
THE country's policies are once again in the spotlight after more than 5 000 artisanal miners and fortune seekers, including foreigners, mainly of Chinese origin, have descended on the former Sandawan...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:37hrs | 4035 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard takes measures to help neighbourhoods stay safe
With the increase in burglaries and robberies throughout the country, particularly in Harare, Safeguard Security has embarked on a number of community-based services to help keep neighbourhoods safe. ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:11hrs | 364 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa's ex-convict ally implicated in Cottco scandal
GUTAI Lisa-Marie Maropafadzo of Maropafadzo Energy (Pvt) Ltd , an ex-convict close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family whose company is implicated in the US$5 million Cotton Company of Zimb...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 19:10hrs | 3211 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners loot Zimbabwe's emeralds
WELL-CONNECTED foreign syndicates are looting Zimbabwe's emeralds using local proxies and taking advantage of corrupt systems to plunder and smuggle various other types of little-known precious stones...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:50hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Pastor, colleague nabbed over US$2m theft
A HARARE pastor and colleague have been arrested for alleged money laundering involving over US$2,2 million which they had splurged on houses and vehicles.Edmore Chipiso (33), a pastor at Hatc...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:41hrs | 47 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean engineer runs Afghanistan's gemology plant
A ZIMBABWEAN engineer, Clever Sithole (CS), last year made history when he was appointed head gemologist at a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded gemstone processing proj...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:31hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
DPA powers Total service stations with solar
Econet Global subsidiary, Distributed Power Africa, has clinched a lucrative deal to install solar panels at 15 Total Zimbabwe service stations across the country. This is part of Total's init...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 18:30hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Gang robs motorist of US$17 800 at dawn
Six armed robbers blocked a Harare man with their two getaway cars in movie style near the intersection of Aspindale and Glasgow roads early Sunday morning, and robbed him of US$17 800 cash....Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$600m water project crumbling
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is on the verge of cancelling a US$600 million agreement, in which government had mortgaged 18 gold claims to a Malaysian company, ZimMal, which for 17 years failed to imp...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Long serving Jeka nurse dies
There are allegations that Mai Sigogo, one of the longest-serving nurse at Jeka Hospital has died.A message on Facebook said, "Today Mberengwa lost gamba redunhu. This photo was taken in ...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 15:30hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative nabbed for careless discharging of firearm
A 25-year-old Chitungwiza man appeared in court yesterday facing charges of reckless discharging of a firearm and possession of dangerous drugs.Tanfany Chadomunhu appeared before Harare magist...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 09:19hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Rtd Col. Dyck holds fort in Mozambique
SOUTHERN African Development Community leaders gathered for an emergency meeting this week in Maputo, Mozambique, following a recent get-together in Gaborone, Botswana, to discuss the volatile politic...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:37hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 81 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Safeguard urges extra vigilance in certain parts of Harare, Bulawayo
Safeguard Security has highlighted several areas in Harare and Bulawayo where extra vigilance is needed to guard against robberies, break-ins and thefts. It has also called on women in particular to b...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:34hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland guns for devolution amid government delays
Chagrined by government delays in the implementation of devolution people in Matabeleland feel marginalised and is gunning for its speedy completion. The military government of President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:30hrs | | by Makho Precious Moyo
Machete wielding gangs terrorize villagers in Zvishavane
The 2008 violence that saw most rural Zimbabweans decapitated and maimed by Zanu-PF militia is being relieved in rural and urbanZvishavane and Shurugwi in the Midlands Province following a new wave of...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 18:36hrs | 3152 | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
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 | 3929 | by PUMA
Crime in Harare increases
There appears to have been a major increase in crime, including violent crime, in Harare, judging by reports received by Safeguard Security from its customers and other sources.In an update to...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 14:31hrs | 3839 | by Agencies
Cabinet Okays ZMDC unbundling
Cabinet on Tuesday approved the unbundling of State mining arm — the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) — into four mineral specific units as efforts to improve efficiency in State-own...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO dirty secrets exposed
A top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer has accused his bosses in the spy agency of victimising him because they fear he will expose their corrupt activities.Augustine Mutambu, the C...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | 3169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fears Matabeleland restoration: no one will baby sit him in Matabeleland
"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand". These words of wisdom are attributed to Jesus Christ himself.Zimbabwe is one such Kingdom trying to find balance on shaky t...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | 3724 | by Israel Dube
Ginimbi loses $87,000 beer to fraudster
A 23-YEAR-OLD unemployed Harare man appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday facing fraud charges after he allegedly consumed beer worth $87 000 at Club Sankayi owned by socialite Genius K...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 07:04hrs | 2877 | by Staff reporter
Ecobank rolls out $150m letter of credit lines
Ecobank Zimbabwe has rolled out over $150 million worth of letters of credit lines into the Zimbabwean market in the last eight months as the bank moves to support the economy.Ecobank Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Ecobank to source more funds for critical imports
ECOBANK Zimbabwe, a unit of Togo-based Ecobank Transnational Inc, is arranging a $45 million line of credit to fund importation of critical raw materials, an official has said. Zimbabwe is grappling w...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZMDC seeks partners to revive key mines
THE Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) is seeking joint venture partnerships to resuscitate its defunct gold and graphite mines across the country.ZMDC acting general manager Mr Ga...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:46hrs | 79 | by Staff repoirter
Joshua Nkomo letter to Robert Mugabe from exile in the UK
JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon E6 2WLUnited Kingdom7th June, 1983INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABEDear Robert,1. I write...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:00hrs | 15780 | by Joshua M. Nkomo
Harare West roads to get much needed facelift
Harare West MDC-T legislator Jessie Majome has said the roads in her constituency are set to get a major facelift based on the 2018 national budget.According to the revised Emergency Roa...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 10:17hrs | 1957 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe, back from the brink
Three weeks ago a young elephant wound her trunk around my arm and began – politely, elegantly, insistently – to pull my hand into her mouth and suck the salt sweat off my fingers. It was the happ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 08:16hrs | 2120 | by Katherine Rundell
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe government in mine firesale
ZIMBABWE'S government will relinquish absolute control of its vast but under-utilised mining assets, which have chronically underperformed due to under-capitalisation and mismanagement.I...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 13:35hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's gold watches, off-shore properties, commercial farms and SUVs
The Chiwengas' properties, confirmed in a court case, included an apartment in Malaysia, a farm allocated under the land-reform programme, 45 diamond earrings and 40 gold watches.The com...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:35hrs | 3767 | by Staff reporter
Deadly gold rush in Mugabe's village
Eldorado mine in Zvimba South, Mashonaland West just like the legendary Spanish Eldorado is associated with death and loss of fortune.The ancient Eldorado was synonymous with a tribal ceremony...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:40hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to roll out drivers' licences for the deaf
The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) is rolling out a special programme to ensure people with hearing impairments can access drivers' licences across the country.A group of 20 student...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 11:07hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
New airline seeks Zimbabwe permit
A new commercial airline, Emerald Airlines has applied for a Zimbabwean air service permit to service local, regional and international routes. This comes as some local airlines are struggling...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 07:06hrs | 1224 | by Staff reporter
Notice of demand for the restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 10:50hrs | 1315 | by Paul Siwela
English made easy by the language coach
ZIMSEC ENGLISH ON THE GOHello to all our O 'Level candidates for 2016.I am here to give you some handy hints on how to come out with a straight A for your Zimsec O'Levels.This week we will sta...Published: 26 Feb 2017 at 18:51hrs | 584 | by teacher
Notice of Demand for The Restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 15:17hrs | 1902 | by Paul Siwela
Matebele nation too rich to beg money from financially broke Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe as we know it, is a failed state that has lost its financial sovereignty and international reputation due to hyper inflation, economic mismanagement and institutionalised corruption....Published: 09 Jun 2016 at 07:09hrs | 4572 | by Israel Dube
YAFM DJ to cycle 439km for charity
YAFM disc jockey (DJ) Fungai Mawanda will be cycling 439 km along Zimbabwe's mineral rich Great Dyke to raise awareness on the problems faced by the girl child living along this mineral belt.M...Published: 17 May 2016 at 14:33hrs | 2867 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's son fined for negligent driving
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons, Samora Samuel, was yesterday fined $100 or one-month imprisonment by Marondera magistrate Josephine Sande for negligent driving.Samora (28), of 127 Br...Published: 14 May 2016 at 14:20hrs | 3083 | by Staff reporter
Deaf students train as teachers for first time in Zimbabwe
For the first time in Zimbabwe, deaf people are to train as teachers. The first deaf trainee teachers will be admitted to Morgan Zintec College in Harare this September.NMB Bank is sponsoring ...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 12:35hrs | 2278 | by Agencies
We, the 'Useful Idiots'
Please Note: The term "useful idiots" applies to those individuals, including politicians, who are being derisively used by the Chinese for a cause they are reluctant to fully comprehend. Perh...Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 18:39hrs | 2717 | by Field Ruwe
Mugabe apologist declared liberation hero
The late academic and University of Zimbabwe lecturer, Dr Vimbai Chivaura, has been declared a liberation hero.Dr Chivaura died on Tuesday morning at the Avenues Clinic in Harare after bat...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 16:41hrs | 3849 | by Staff reporter
Chinese national jailed 10 yrs in Zimbabwe
A Chinese national, Li Chengping (57) has been jailed for an effective 10 years in prison for illegally possessing gold and emerald.Chengping was arrested at Harare International Airport on No...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 05:36hrs | 2935 | by Staff Reporter
Profile of Miss World Zimbabwe 2015
Profile of Miss World Zimbabwe 2015NAME: Emily KachoteMODELLING AGENCY: Noned.o.b: 22-10-89PLACE OF BIRTH: Harare Hospital...Published: 03 May 2015 at 12:55hrs | 5997 | by Staff reporter
Government cuts import duty on fuel
Government yesterday slashed import duty on fuel in a move expected to trigger a reduction in the cost of other goods and services. This comes as fuel retailers were expected to reduce their p...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 07:06hrs | | by Abigail Mawonde and Dorcas Jiri
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