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Zimbabwe armed syndicate sparks chaos in gold fields

A high-stakes gold dispute involving a Chinese miner and local partners has exposed lawlessness and the influence of an armed syndicate terrorising the Makaha mining area, stealing tonnes of gold ore valued at millions of dollars.Court doc…

Published: 14 hrs ago | 180 | by Staff reporter

Mangudya petition over 'fraudulent' gold deal

Lawyers representing Wan Wenjin Jewellers have called on Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF) chief executive John Mangudya to nullify a gold mining agreement entered into by Allied Timbers boss Remigio Nenzou with a blacklisted individual alleged…

Published: 19 Dec 2025 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe records US$3,76bn gold earnings

Newsday Zimbabwe's gold sector recorded a sharp upswing in 2025, with export earnings surging by 88,9 percent to US$3,76 billion, up from US$1,99 billion last year, according to the latest Zimbabwe Economic Review.In its sector update…

Published: 18 Dec 2025 at 13:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chinese national escapes prison term for gold smuggling

A Chinese national, Zhang Jiabo (24), was granted bail by Kariba resident magistrate Simon Kandiero despite being apprehended with gold valued at over US$200,000 at the Kariba Border Post.Zhang was arrested on December 8, 2025, and charged…

Published: 18 Dec 2025 at 13:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube scales back gold royalty hike

Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has reversed his earlier plan to double the gold royalty to 10% following a late-night debate in Parliament on the 2026 national budget.Under the revised framework, large-scale gold miners will pay a…

Published: 17 Dec 2025 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

Father, son in bitter feud over gold claims

The High Court has ruled that Wambutso Donald Makoni must vacate eight Tumai mining claims he managed on behalf of his father, Donald Sarudzai Makoni, bringing an end to a bitter family dispute over property and legal authority.Justice Max…

Published: 17 Dec 2025 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean arrested in SA with R800,000 unwrought gold

FOUR foreign nationals were arrested in Mpumalanga after police recovered unwrought gold valued at an estimated R800,000 during a patrol operation on the N12 route near Delmas.According to provincial police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel…

Published: 15 Dec 2025 at 08:47hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's gold output rises to record high

Zimbabwe's gold production rose sharply by 29 percent in the first ten months of 2025, reaching 41.8 tonnes, up from 32.4 tonnes during the same period last year, according to figures from Fidelity Gold Refinery, the country's sole gold bu…

Published: 13 Dec 2025 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube signals royalty climbdown

Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has indicated that Zimbabwe's proposed gold royalty regime may be adjusted following widespread concerns from large-scale and small-scale miners, who warned that the current structure could destabili…

Published: 11 Dec 2025 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube signals flexibility on gold royalty hike

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has suggested he may revise proposed increases to gold royalties after strong pushback from miners who warn that doubling the tax could destabilise the sector, reduce investment and fuel smuggling.Under the 20…

Published: 10 Dec 2025 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Higher royalties will boost gold smuggling from Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's small-scale gold producers said government plans to double a mining royalty will deter investment and spur an increase in smuggling of the precious metal."New investment in exploration and mine development will stall," the Zimba…

Published: 05 Dec 2025 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

Gold Mafia shadow haunts Zimbabwe main airport

Zimbabwe's Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport has been singled out as a major conduit for gold smuggling, with Dubai in the United Arab Emirates emergi

Published: 03 Dec 2025 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe gold reserves reach US$ 1 billion mark

Zimbabwe's foreign currency and gold reserves backing the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency have surpassed US$1 billion for the first time since the introduction of the local unit, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced. The milestone…

Published: 02 Dec 2025 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to hike royalties on gold producers

Zimbabwe will hike royalties on gold producers as it moves to take advantage of recent record high bullion prices, a 2026 national budget speech showed on Thursday.As part of a raft of revenue measures aimed at boosting state income and su…

Published: 02 Dec 2025 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fidelity expects record gold deliveries

Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR) has revised its annual gold delivery forecast, now expecting 45 tonnes by the end of 2025 - surpassing its initial target of 40 tonnes - as miners seek to capitalise on soaring gold prices.Speaking at the Assoc…

Published: 22 Nov 2025 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins value shoots from $53 to $105 in just 2 years

IN July 2022, Zimbabwe launched an investment instrument that quickly drew the attention of both local and international investors: the Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coin. Named after Victoria Falls "The Smoke That Thunders" the coin represented far …

Published: 16 Oct 2025 at 14:42hrs | | by Tedious Ncube

Govt revokes mining licence near school

The Government has cancelled the operating licence of a gold mining company that had been carrying out gold leaching activities near the newly built US$600,000

Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

How gold incentives work in Zimbabwe

IN the past few days, social media and media outlets have been awash with claims that there is grand looting of state funds between Treasury and a selected few individuals, especially after a payment instruction of about US$4.2 million for…

Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 16:10hrs | | by Trymore Sibanda

Zimbabwe finds a way to turn paper into gold long live Gushungo!!!

Money, the market, free enterprise, free trade, law, and justice, among others - existed in other forms before the colonialists introduced paper currency. The natives had their own functional institutions that served them well for centurie…

Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 15:58hrs | 51 | by Sam Wezhira

Will the new â€˜ZiG' â€˜gold backed' digital currency alleviate Zimbabwe's currency stability woes?

THE chronic problem of Zimbabwe's economy has its roots in the land reform activities that began more than 30 years ago.The principle of â€˜ethnic balance' in land ownership was fair. The problem was in its implementation.Macro farms opera…

Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by John Mc Keown

How taxation and royalties work in Zimbabwe's mining industry

The mining industry in Zimbabwe is not only rich in mineral resources but also subject to a nuanced taxation and royalty framework. In this article, we delve into the special rules governing taxation and royalties for exploration and minin…

Published: 05 Oct 2023 at 10:10hrs | | by Clifford S. Ncube

Zimbabwe's new mines law a welcome game changer, but.....

AFTER years of debates and uncertainty, government finally gazetted the Mines and Minerals Bill in February 2023 to ostensibly replace the current Mines and Minerals Act [Chapter 21:05]. The current Act is a1961 legislation, and predates g…

Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 05:31hrs | | by James Tsabora

How the gold mafia scandal will affect Mnangagwa

The Al Jazeera investigative unit last week served the second episode of a four-part documentary, Gold Mafia, that makes interestingâ€” albeit unsurprising â€” watching.The exposÃ©s have spawned all sorts of reactions from all sorts of cor…

Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 10:04hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni

The whole gold hullabaloo about Zimbabwe illicit gold is plain codswallop and balderdash

The whole gold hullabaloo about illicit gold is plain codswallop and balderdash. The countryâ€˜s detractors coalesced around George Soros and his Open Society Institute of Southern Africa are clearly miffed and terribly disappointed that Z…

Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 19:33hrs | | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa

Gold coins: Broadening and cementing economic confusion

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe really loves to lie to the people and then start believing its own lies.This thing of gold coins to preserve value does not make any economic logic and I will say why.First, Zimbabwe is already using its gold t…

Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Brian Sedze

Mnangagwa subtly launches 2023 election campaign

POLITICAL leaders gain power to retain it. The power of incumbency is fully exploited to make sure they succeed themselves. They will use subtle means, including dishing out State resources to the people to retain power, and President Emme…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

No to abortion in Zimbabwe

IN recent months, there has been a lot of buzz about abortion. Tens of thousands of women in America have demonstrated as they felt outraged that their right to kill their unborn child is threatened.The greatest deception of all time is th…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Alexio Rashirai

Mnangagwa must arrest corrupt ministers

IN Zimbabwe, it is very easy to stop corruption and demonstrations. President Emmerson Mnangagwa does not have to use brutal force and intimidation.Firstly, Mnangagwa  should find out why the people are demonstrating and then find way…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Community Podium

Sanctions: Politics of sabotage in 'Jambanja'

The opening chapter of Eric Harrison's memoir, "Jambanja" (2006) is telling in that it places Zimbabwe in the context of the many sanctions the country had been exposed to, either by the United Nations, the United States of America, the Eu…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira

Diaspora not always a place of success

GOING abroad has been long regarded as key to success. Thousands of Zimbabweans have destroyed their livelihoods in a bid to secure a ticket and fly away to the Diaspora.Many people sold houses to buy tickets to go to the United Kingdom an…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Reminiscing the thrills, pains of village life

The only shop in the village was perched precariously on a rock promontory, competing with itself in stature, grandeur, glamour, ambience and trinkets.It was a tapestry.Pricing was not an issue, for, there was absolutely no other shop to c…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe

Political interference in gold mining fuelling leakages, rights violations

THE seizure of 23 pieces of gold worth R11 million at OR International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, that was being smuggled to Dubai by a Zimbabwean, Tashinga Masinire, reflects on the growing criminal practices in the mining ind…

Published: 19 May 2021 at 05:43hrs | | by Chimanimani Development Trust

Silobela, a gold rich area with nothing to show for it

The 60km Kwekwe Nkayi road is supposed to be the shortest link between the two centres, but it has become the longest. So bad is the road that what should be a 30-minute drive has since transformed into a two hour nightmare as motorists ca…

Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 05:27hrs | | by Michael Magoronga

The mystery of the Mnangagwa gold mill

NOTHING is wrong when a president deals in gold, ordinarily. But, when you hear that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family run a gold mill, you struggle to convince yourself that everything is right about it.By now you must be knowin…

Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:35hrs | 57 | by Tawanda Majoni

How to start your own gold mining company

THE last article looked at the way one obtains a Prospecting Licence and gets to peg a mine. Today's article will look at starting your gold mining company. After considering all the requirements for starting a gold mine business, we have …

Published: 05 May 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by Trynos Nkomo

Suspect walks scot-free as detectives give contradicting statements in court

A Guruve magistrate Shingirai Mutiro acquitted a Guruve man Thomas Mambo (37) of illegal mining after the state failed to give sufficient evidence of the case in court.Mambo through his famous lawyer Nancy Mabhoyi pleaded not guilty to the…

Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 21:01hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

Gold on Earth might have come from colliding dead stars: research

WASHINGTON - All gold on the Earth might have come from extreme crashes between dense dead stars, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.Gold is not only rare on o

Published: 18 Jul 2013 at 12:58hrs | 3656 | by Staff Reporter

Zim dollar backed by gold is 'undiluted rubbish'

Wananchi, as I stated in my last post, it is that season where every second is history and each hour brings its own unlimited bandwidth of fresh data and information. I warned in yet another post of the danger of being swallowed and engulf…

Published: 07 Jul 2013 at 14:51hrs | | by Tendai Biti

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Chin'ono raps Senate President for dirty meddling in ZFM affairs

Nkayi man kills two sons, commits suicide

Police release images of drug consignment smuggled by local company

Mnangagwa urges youths to visit liberation war shrines

Zanu-PF goes big on Nkulumane vote buying

Chirewa ready to shine in Afcon debut for Zimbabwe

Vaping poses serious health risks

Zimbabwe must not have only one domain registrar

Heavy rains, strong winds expected across Zimbabwe from Sunday

Pastor arrested for criticising doek & slay event

Woman loses car to three gunmen at funeral parlour

Tsholotsho barman busts fake US$100 duo

Rinomhota withdraws from Warriors camp

Woman rises from Bulawayo streets to Read­ing may­oral offices

Poverty fuels new HIV infections among women

PSL unveils 2026 fixtures months in advance

Mnangagwa declares Harare- Nyamapanda accident a State of Disaster

Zimbabwe police launch special tactics troop

Hospital nurses arraigned for demanding bribes

Over 700 war veterans, Zanu-PF supporters stranded

China vows to continue giving Zimbabwe a shoulder to lean on

Zimbabwe armed syndicate sparks chaos in gold fields

Snakehead fish! A rare catch stuns Chinehasha Village

While the world moves On, Guruve is burying its dead

AFFCD announces London incorporation, calls for Mzembi's release

No pay, no bonus, no hope: AMH workers' bleak festive season

MisRed caught in Zanu-PF fury

Nicholas Vingirai accuses High Court of judicial impropriety

Eye specialist Guramatunhu battles to recover US$550,000

Global lenders red-flag Chivayo

UK Police appeal to find wanted Zimbabwean man

Rhodes' grave must be left alone in Matobo

Pharmacy price war - relief at last or just another false dawn

Chipinge man jailed for assaulting mother over sadza

So, Mr Chivayo, what exactly do you do?

Police offer reward for information on Guruve murder suspect

Guruve villagers gripped by fear after brutal killings

Insiza North celebrates MP Delani Moyo's birthday

Ama 2K prefer having HIV to being pregnant

Cowdray Park residents trapped in sanitation nightmare

Good times roll for Zanu-PF Manicaland?

Zanu-PF affiliates voice support for Tungwarara CC co-option

CCZ blitz against unethical price hikes during festive season

Bulawayo received donation from South Korea

South Africa adds armored vehicles to patrol Zimbabwe border

Zanu-PF not sweating over Trump's travel ban on Zimbabwe

GZU to offer medicine and surgery degrees

Mnangagwa invokes emergency powers

Zimbabwe repatriates 1 725 Mozambican refugee

Earthquake rattles Zimbabwe's Nyanga

Police release images of drug consignment smuggled by local company

Nkayi man kills two sons, commits suicide

Chin'ono raps Senate President for dirty meddling in ZFM affairs

Olivia Muchena, 4 others ousted

Students' unions tear into Chipanga

Senator Georgias declared a national hero

Snakehead fish! A rare catch stuns Chinehasha Village

Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana mull tripartite rail project

Ex-Zupco board chair wins US$130K lawsuit

Zanu-PF goes big on Nkulumane vote buying

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