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UK explores new ways to punish Mnangagwa
The House of Lords recently hosted a comprehensive discussion on strategies to exert pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration through restrictive measures, aiming to make the situatio...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:38hrs | 2354 | by Staff reporter
Brilliant Billiat shows his class
YADAH coach Thomas Ruzive is pleased with the promising signs he saw from the club's marquee signing Khama Billiat in their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match Bikita Minerals on Sunday.R...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to medicinal herbs
PEOPLE are flooding traditional herbal markets, as prices of prescription drugs spike and the public health delivery system deteriorates at an alarming rate under pressures from a relentless economic ...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 18:15hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miner leaves kitchen knife on colleague's jaws
A Gweru based illegal gold miner is in deep trouble after he stabbed three people in a gold dispute, one of the stabbed victim was left with a kitchen kni...Published: 23 Mar 2024 at 08:13hrs | 1484 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Free Russian fertilizer arrives in Zimbabwe
Over 23,000 metric tons of free Russian potash and NPKS fertilizer has arrived in Zimbabwe, the press service for Uralchem Group reported on Wednesday. The shipment is Uralchem's fifth humanit...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 17:21hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's niece out on US$500 bail
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, arrested Tuesday on a charge of defrauding an Indian businessman of US$1 million in a botched mine acquisition deal, has been released on US$50...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 17:15hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's niece up for US$1 million fraud
Zimbabwe Miners Federation president, Henrietta Rushwaya has appeared in court for allegedly defrauding an Indian investor of US$1 million in a mining deal. She appeared before Harare regional...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:19hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda mines now STI hotspots
Gwanda mining areas have emerged as hotspots for sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) as well as silicosis, a lung infection caused by the inhaling of dust.This emerged during a joint health o...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:30hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's niece arrested
ZIMBABWE Miners' Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has been arrested on allegations involving an undisclosed mining transaction.Last night police said they would not release any details ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:29hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Homeless Dembare return to BF for 'home' fixture
Homeless Harare giants Dynamos return to Barbourfields stadium in Bulawayo this weekend for their home fixture against Hwange.Dynamos have once again been forced to use Barbourfields stadium i...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 17:08hrs | 1147 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, are you satisfied with how you're treating Zimbabweans?
So, the Zimbabwe regime believes that the manner in which they are governing the country is for the benefit of citizens.In fact, information minister Jenfan Muswere was quite unequivocal, a fe...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:43hrs | 1758 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe govt bans mine registration applications
GOVERNMENT has issued a ban on the applications for registration of mines due to chaotic scenes characterising the sector since the proliferation of Chinese and indigenous miners in the extractive ind...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Russia standardise professional qualifications
ZIMBABWEANS who study in Russia can now start their careers locally without doing the conversion of degree programmes as the Government strengthens inter-cooperation with Russian universities for mutu...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:12hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners invade Bulawayo suburbs
GOLD panners have invaded Bulawayo causing environmental degradation in two of its suburbs, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said.The illegal gold panners have caused environmental degradat...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:33hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Afrochine loses US$3m tax battle with Zimra
AFROCHINE Smelting Private Limited has been ordered to pay nearly US$3 million in royalties for under-declaring its earnings. Afrochine Smelting is a company that produces and exports ferrochrome, an ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:31hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
GMB maize stocks fall
MAIZE stocks have declined in the nation's reserves at Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots dotted across the country, and this may worsen food insecurity situation at a time when inflation and currency...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:08hrs | 1411 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Mopani worm porridge, blood samples
SOME parents and guardians in Gwanda's Mawane district, Matebeleland South province, have expressed fear after a group of people collected blood samples from learners as part of the national school fe...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2255 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean farmer buys R1,8m ankole from Ramaphosa
Zimbabwean cattle breeder Collen Tafireyi stole the show at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Ntaba Nyoni cattle auction at his Phala Phala farm near Bela-Bela in Limpopo at the weekend, buying one of the S...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 08:44hrs | 13253 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's crude path
When things become unbelievably smooth on the trot, you just need to do a reality check by tuning into ZTV, for there you will certainly find the dose that will wake you up from your island siesta....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 890 | by Tawanda Majoni
Lithium mining company fined for smuggling
BULAWAYO High Court judge Christopher Dube-Banda has fined local lithium mining company Silver Bern International (Private) Limited US$10 000 following its conviction for smuggling 96 000 metric tonne...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa niece's legacy woes haunt ZBC
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is grappling with serious management challenges linked to Helliate Rushwaya - the newly appointed board chair - during her tenure as the acting chief execut...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi senior cops bribed by Zinyama
TENSION remains high in Matebeleland South's Insiza district after marauding machete gangs invaded villages last week where they attacked people over a mining claim dispute.A numbe...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere tells Mnangagwa that insults won't shake off US sanctions
Former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has issued a challenge to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, urging him to transparently address his human rights and corruption allegations, which prompted the U...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:31hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold deliveries to Fidelity continue to decline
According to the latest official data, there has been a significant decrease in GOLD deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refineries (FPR).Statistics from FPR indicate a 22% drop in gold delive...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:28hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Court grants farm ownership to tenant after 30 years of rent
IN a landmark ruling, the High Court of Zimbabwe has declared that a tenant can take ownership of a property in which one has been consistently paying for rates and rentals for a period of 30 years....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:27hrs | 1272 | by Staff reporter
Uncle Sam not letting go of little Zimbabwe
THERE is something interesting about the new United States sanctions regime announced this week. Besides President Joseph Biden making a statement, the US National Security Council made one too. What ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:16hrs | 250 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Filabusi gold wars turn ugly
IN a harrowing ordeal that shook Filabusi District, Prosper Ncube, a young miner, recently became a victim of a vicious assault. Under the cloak of night, he was ambushed and mercilessly beaten by a g...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:14hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
America: They kill us for sport!
My little story on American sanctionsOnly a few weeks shy of my sixty-first birthday, I have been, until late last week, on United States list of sanctioned Zimbabweans.I have been the...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:12hrs | 93 | by @Jamwanda2
Mnangagwa regime doing the work of US sanctions in Zimbabwe!
My own views on this sanctions issue have always been that we needed to prove these measures were the cause of our suffering. I have never denied that there have been targeted sanctions impose...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:01hrs | 404 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to exercise extreme caution and adhere to strict hygiene standards following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak linked to water shortages, with Cowdray Park suburb bein...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:49hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
US punishes Mnangagwa
The United States on Monday said it was ending its 2003 sanctions programme against Zimbabwe as it reimposed new restrictions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his inner circle for alleged corruptio...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:19hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Farmers, lithium miner clash
HORTICULTURE farmers in Goromonzi have accused the Platinum Lithium Zimbabwe (PLZ) mine of negatively affecting their socio-economic life, while others have welcomed the miner's activities in the area...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Luxury estate to launch in May
WESTPROP Holdings chief executive Ken Sharpe has revealed that the company will launch the highly-anticipated US$100 million mixed use Hills Luxury Lifestyle Estate in May this year."It is wit...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
4 VID Depot officers face probe
AT least four Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officers based at Chitungwiza Depot are facing investigations on allegations of soliciting money from people acquiring driver's licences and learner...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Barbourfields or Heart Stadium for Dynamos 'home' games?
BARRING last minute improvements on stadia condemned as unfit to host Premier Soccer League games, giants Dynamos have the option to taking trips to Bulawayo, again, to play "home" games at Barbourfie...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 07:48hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Italian investor Francesco Marconati flouts mining regulations...poses threat to national security
Italian investor Francesco Marconati's contentious actions in Zimbabwe's mining sector have raised serious concerns about regulatory compliance, worker safety, and ethical standards. Despite being ord...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 13:00hrs | 1087 | by George Tshuma
EXPOSED: America-Europe sets up propaganda fund against China and Zimbabwe over lithium
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has shed light on what he alleges to be an intricate war propaganda scheme devised by American and European interests. According to Charamba, the object...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:00hrs | 1050 | by George Tshuma
CIO agent in AK47 abduction, torture of CCC MP Ngadziore seen in public
A gun-toting Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent caught on video abducting a Citizens Coalition for Change MP has been publicly sighted for the first time since the November 1, 2023, inciden...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 12:37hrs | 3404 | by Staff reporter
Pan-Africanism is dead!
Twice, in as many weeks, I have heard Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speak on the need to preserve Pan-Africanism.Yesterday was the latest, as he attended a memorial service he...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 22:11hrs | 274 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is Zimbabwe punching above its belt?
Once a bread basket of Africa, Zimbabwe is now a case of the continent. A once-promising country is now mired with challenges like election rigging, economic collapse, high inflation and abuse of stat...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 21:47hrs | 236 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe wants lithium miners to plan new capacity
Zimbabwe wants miners to come forward by the end of March with plans to produce battery-grade lithium, despite a sharp fall in global prices for the mineral, a senior government official said on Frida...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Gold Mafia exposes Mnangagwa's US$240m election war chest
SELF-STYLED prophet and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large Uebert Madzanire, aka Uebert Angel, has claimed that Mnangagwa will spend US$240 million for his re-election bid.Appe...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2712 | by Staff reporter
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 | 857 | by Staff reporter
Kuvimba hits jackpot with Sandawana lithium find
THE Sandawana Mines, which is controlled by Kuvimba Mining House, is sitting on an estimated 100 million tonnes of lithium resource, making it one of the biggest lithium assets in the world.Li...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:24hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Seized Russian fertiliser consignment finally arrives
ABOUT 10 000 tonnes of fertiliser, which are part of the 26 000-tonne consignment from Uralchem Group, a leading Russian agrochemical producer, have arrived in Zimbabwe.Uralchem pledged close ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:11hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Ngezi crowned Castle Challenge Cup champions
Ngezi Platinum Stars 2 - 0 DynamosNGEZI PLATINUM STARS sent a strong message of intent, as the defending Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions picked up their first piece of silverware this...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:08hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Bad governance, not drought, causing hunger in Zimbabwe!
It can not be denied that the 2023/24 agricultural season is one of the worst in Zimbabwe. This is largely due to the frighteningly low rainfall experienced as a direct result of the El Niño ...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:54hrs | 209 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Insiza struggles as lithium mining trucks leave road in ruins
Villagers in Insiza demand that mining companies fix the roads, which are in a bad state due to the heavy trucks passing through them daily.Sources who spoke to CITE on condition of anonymity ...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 13:53hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Petition for Uebert Angel's arrest
Zimbabwe's ambassador-at-large, Uebert Madzanire, alias Uebert Angel, after he was implicated in an alleged money laundering and gold smuggling scam by international news channel, Al JazeeraOV...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:37hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
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