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GMB boss arrested over $1m
Grain Marketing Board official Mr Basilio Sandamu has been arrested for allegedly defrauding the parastatal of over $1 million in a State land deal.Mr Sandamu recently appeared in court and is...Published: 5 hrs ago | 248 | by Staff reporter
UNGA 2018: Articulating Zimbabwe's unique selling points
For the first time in 37 years Zimbabwe is represented at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly summit by a new leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who represents a refreshingly different poli...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:04hrs | 411 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Devolution will develop provinces with natural resources
CHIVI South MP Killer Zivhu (Zanu PF) on Wednesday said devolution of power will enable provinces with mineral deposits to develop from their natural resources.Speaking to Southern Eye, Zivhu ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes maiden UNGA appearance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will make his maiden appearance at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which opened on 18 September 2018. The first day of the high-level Genera...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 16:02hrs | 1270 | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe police disband Border Control Unit
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has disbanded its Minerals and Border Control Unit (MBCU) and redeployed its members as part of a restructuring exercise to restore sanity in the police force.The ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:51hrs | 5040 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi urges legislators to prioritise Bills enactment
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday challenged Parliament to ensure that most, if not all the 29 Bills outlined by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his legislative agenda on Tuesday, were attend...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe resumes diamond sales
ZIMBABWE has resumed diamond sales and hopes to build a sustainable market following the merger of diamond companies which operated in Chiadzwa under a State-owned company called Zimbabwe Consolidated...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
'US dollar to anchor Zimbabwe economic recovery'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reassured the nation that the United States dollar will remain the bedrock of Government plans for accelerated reforms to address the multiplicity of challenges besetting the e...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1809 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rejects Mines Bill
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill of 2015 to Parliament to have sticking issues addressed before he can sign it into law.The legislation was gazet...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lays down legislative agenda
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially opened the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe, and pronounced the legislative agenda which is guided by the need to align laws to the new constitution, to further d...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 12:41hrs | 6019 | by Staff Reporter
What does investment look like on the ground in Zimbabwe?
LAST week I was at the African Studies Association of the UK (ASA) conference in Birmingham. I was co-hosting, with my colleague Jeremy Lind (whose earlier blog this one draws from), a fantastic strea...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 355 | by Ian Scoones
US piles pressure on Mnangagwa
Newly-appointed United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols says he is looking forward to seeing Zimbabwe return to being the powerhouse it used to be, once it embarks on a path of reviving its...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:41hrs | 21793 | by Staff reporter
Business opportunities in Zimbabwe that will make more millionaires in 2018
The term "millionaire" is taking on a new meaning in Zimbabweans abroad. It's no longer just about the size of your bank account; any shady politician, corrupt bureaucrat, or unscrupulous busi...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | 1859 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Israel's Desert Agriculture experience and technologies can help transform agriculture in Zimbabwe and Africa
Agriculture in Israel is a highly developed industry. Israel is a major exporter of fresh produce and a world-leader in agricultural technologies despite the fact that the geography of the country is ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 13:22hrs | 1082 | by Enos Denhere
ZIMRA saga a tip of the iceberg
Dear, I am not amused by the topical story of a top ZIMRA official demanding bribery from a patriotic whistleblower as i strongly believe that the whole authority is rotten from top to bottom....Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 10:36hrs | 3229 | by Patriotic Citizen
Tharisa plan next move as Zimbabwe opens doors again
PLATINUM group metal (PGM) and chrome miner, Tharisa, is taking a low-risk approach to a high-risk country with the investments into Zimbabwe, it has announced this year.For almost 30 years, Z...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1721 | by miningmx.com
Congrats to Hon Winston Chitando
Dear, The Murowa Community Ward would like to congratulate Hon. Chitando on his appointment as the minister of mines.Congrats Makorokoto Amhlope...We salute this wise appointme...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 15:09hrs | 1494 | by Murowa Ward Community
Zimbabwe resumes diamond auction
Zimbabwe resumed diamond auction last week, but attracted fewer international buyers than expected, the Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe said. The auction - the third to be condu...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry capacity utilisation to exceed 50%
THE country's manufacturing sector capacity utilisation is set to exceed 50 percent this year on the back of gains achieved in the last two years, with more positive prospects under the new political ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to commence diesel production
Zimbabwe will soon start the production of diesel, leveraging on massive coal bed methane the country is endowed with in line with the ethos of mineral value addition, Post Business has learnt....Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Chidakwa, Gudyanga trial postponed to October 4
THE trial of former Mines minister Walter Chidakwa and his permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga on allegations of criminal abuse of office, failed to kick off at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterda...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
British investors set eyes on Zimbabwe
Top British investors are reportedly taking advantage of their Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to Africa on an investment, trade and diplomatic offensive mission in the continent ahead of United Ki...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1589 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF promises fake, claims MDC Alliance partner
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo has challenged the ruling Zanu PF government to honour its pre-election promises, which he described as "fake"."Towards t...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1222 | by Stff reporter
Zanu PF promises fake - ZCTU
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions Secretary general Japhet Moyo have described most of the Zanu-PF promises in the run up to the elections as fake."Towards the elections we were told of mega d...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 11:03hrs | 875 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe to benefit from $10 billion Brexit war chest
Top British investors are reportedly taking advantage of their Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to Africa on an investment, trade and diplomatic offensive mission in the continent ahead of United Ki...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Distressed firms splash costly Mnangagwa adverts
Distressed companies, some of which are on the verge of collapse, have dug deep into their nearly empty pockets to join the bandwagon and congratulate President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was sworn in as ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:58hrs | 1783 | by Staff reporter
Govt bans highway mining
GOVERNMENT has ordered chrome miners to stop operations along the Shurugwi-Zvishavane highway with immediate effect saying the activity was threatening the million dollar highway and lives due to unpl...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:37hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
British PM hails Mnangagwa's vision
BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday hailed President Mnangagwa for his clear vision for Zimbabwe and commended him for pledging to set up a commission of inquiry into the violence that rocked...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will rise
In his book titled "How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor", Professor Erik Reinert explains to us that it will only be when we adopt strategies to deliberately industrialise thr...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 18:10hrs | 4054 | by Vince Musewe
Plumtree police station gold theft saga deepens
THE Prosecutor-General's office yesterday deployed deputy chief magistrate Elijar Makomo from Harare to hear a case in Bulawayo, where a Plumtree regional magistrate and prosecutor face charges of unl...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 06:56hrs | 3550 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa petition halts Chidakwa court hearing
The abuse of office trial of former Mines minister Walter Chidakwa and his secretary Francis Gudyanga failed to kick-off yesterday after it emerged that their lawyer, Sylvester Hashiti, was immersed i...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:43hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
ZIDERA extension is unacceptable
The ushering in of the new dispensation on 24 November 2017, gave hope to the people of Zimbabwe as they hoped to see a paradigm shift from the old dispensation of Robert Mugabe. President Emmerson Mn...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:15hrs | 1242 | by Elijah Chihota
Prophet blew cover on $1m gold theft
A self-proclaimed prophet blew the cover on police constable Dingumuzi Ncube (35), who has since been arrested for theft of gold worth nearly $1 million from an armoury at Plumtree Police Station in M...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:55hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: $1 million gold heist cop arrested
A police constable has been arrested while a manhunt for a senior officer has been launched in connection with the case in which gold worth nearly $1 million vanished from an armoury at Plumtree Polic...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 16:12hrs | 5271 | by Staff reporter
US think tank sees Zimbabwe boom under Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has firmly set Zimbabwe on a positive economic transformation path that will benefit the mining sector in the coming years, according to US global market data, analytical ...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 07:31hrs | 3005 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe Presidential Election through the barrel of a gun
HARARE - Caretaker leader, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, is all but almost certain to be announced the winner of today's historic presidential election, by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) by lu...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 11976 | by Mary-Kate Kahari- Zimbabwe Editor
Zimbabwe needs state-of-the-art equipment, says Chitando
State-of-the-art extraction equipment is what the Zimbabwean mining industry, particularly chrome mining, requires for the extraction of the large mineral deposits that the country has, to boost cost ...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa or Mnangagwa: It's the economy stupid
TOMORROW, standing in the small voting booth, with pen in hand, looking down at the 23 names of presidential aspirants on the ballot paper, there's little doubt the voter will be making a crucial deci...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 226 | by Tartira Zwinoira
Why I will beat Mnangagwa: Chamisa
A few months after taking over from MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Nelson Chamisa ran an impressive campaign for the presidency where he has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a good run for h...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:21hrs | 1681 | by Staff Reporter
Credible elections will see GDP grow 6,5% by year-end
SOUTH African firm Emergent Research says a clear winner and a clean election will see the gross domestic product (GDP) grow to 6,5% by year end.Emergent Research is an investment research and...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:39hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches hightech ferrochrome plant
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched one of the country's most advanced technological chrome processing plants as the new administration continues to launch multi-million dollar projects to...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rushes Mugabe Airport upgrade
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently officially commissioned the upgrading of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport funded through a $153 million loan facility from China's Eximbank.Add...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:57hrs | 2395 | by Staff reporter
The story behind Mnangagwa's scarf
An accidental fashion accessory is helping Zimbabwe's new president rebrand the country – and distance himself from his predecessor Robert Mugabe and his 37-year rule.Since the Davos summit ...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:56hrs | 4235 | by BBC
Chidhakwa, Gudyanga trial fails to kick-off
The trial of former Minister of Mines and Mining Development Walter Chidhakwa and his former permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga failed to kick-off yesterday and will now commence on August 22. ...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions $4,2bn platinum project
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officiated at the ground breaking ceremony of a $4,2 billion platinum mining project at Karo Resources' Mhondoro-Ngezi mining site, where he noted that projects of thi...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 15:42hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will remain one country, says Moyo
ZIMBABWE started the process of devolution by giving local authorities their own jurisdiction and has approved delegated devolution to provinces through the provincial councils, a Cabinet Minister has...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 06:57hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
$153 million Mugabe airport upgrade begins
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the $153 million Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport upgrading and rehabilitation project, as Government modernises the country's infrastructure to m...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 06:56hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa poised for victory,' claims Chiwenga
President Mnangagwa is poised for resounding victory in next Monday's elections as he has been endorsed by a cross section of the country's population, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:42hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt hunts for $2bn funding
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is frantically negotiating a critical US$2 billion bailout package with a top Chinese bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), and other ...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 16:00hrs | 1904 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ex-Finance minister wins demolition order
Former Finance minister Christopher Kuruneri has successfully obtained a court order authorising him to demolish a miner's house that had been built at his Ascotvale Farm in the Mazowe District....Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:50hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
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