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Mutumwa Mawere appeals 6 month contempt sentence
Zimbabwean-born South African businessman Mutumwa Mawere has filed an appeal against his six-month prison sentence for contempt of court, stemming from a protracted legal dispute involving Southern As...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 08:28hrs | 3838 | by Staff reporter
Mutumwa Mawere sentenced to 6 months in SA prison
Zimbabwean-born South African businessman Mutumwa Mawere has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court, following a protracted legal battle involving Southern Asbestos Sales (Pty) L...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:16hrs | 2153 | by Staff reporter
Even Mnangagwa wants 'whites' to develop Zimbabwe!
A few days ago, I had a very interesting debate with a ZANU PF sympathizer - who was adamant that Zimbabwe was going in the right direction under President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.He based...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 21:50hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mutumwa Mawere seeks to bar Mnangagwa from running for Zimbabwean Presidency
EXILED businessman Mutumwa Mawere has approached the Constitutional Court, seeking to block President Emmerson Mnangagwa from contesting in the August 23 polls.The South African-based ty...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 18:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCBTA statement on scrapping of duty on basic commodities
The Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) commends the Minister of Finance for taking appropriate steps to protect ordinary citizens and other vulnerable groups in Zimbabwe from negative i...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:33hrs | 5 | by Erick Matotoba
Musengezi finds company in Mnangagwa challenge
ACADEMIC and Friends of Shabani, Mashava Mine Trust member Tichaona Mupasiri on Monday filed an application for a joinder in the case in which Zanu-PF member Sybeth Musengezi is seeking to stop the pa...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sparks fly over judges 'capture'
A Constitutional Court judge has come out guns blazing against a litigant who accused the bench of being captured by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Justice Bharat Patel said Tichaona Mupasiri mu...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taken to ConCourt over judicial capture
FRIENDS of Shabani Mashava Mines Trust member Tichaona Mupasiri has filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application alleging President Emmerson Mnangagwa has captured the Judiciary.Mupasir...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
South Africa blow for foreigners, Dudula wins
AS South Africa readies itself to face a legal fight over Zimbabwean Work Permits, the Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi is pressing ahead with the National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) a...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Millers tussle over salary deal
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has filed an urgent High Court chamber application seeking an order setting aside a collective bargaining agreement signed by other industry players....Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawere demands judge's recusal
Exiled businessman Mutumwa Mawere has filed a Constitutional Court application seeking the recusal of Justice Rita Makarau in a case where the constitutionality of the Reconstruction of State-Indebted...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over companies
South African-based Zimbabwean businessman Mutumwa Mawere has filed a Constitutional Court application against President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing him of having used the seizure of his companies to ...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dramatic new twists and turns in Mnangagwa's fresh lawsuit
THE convoluted case about accountability and the rule of law in which a Harare man Tichaona Mupasiri has filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appo...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa sucked into the SMM saga
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been dragged into the on-going fight between government and the Friends of SMM Holdings (Pvt) Ltd (FOSMM) over the hostile takeover of the asbestos mine in ...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taken to court
A HARARE man has filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointment of Patrick Chinamasa as director and chairman of the embattled Air Zimbabwe argu...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
SMM saga sucks in Cyril Ramaphosa
FRIENDS of Shabanie and Mashava Mines Holdings (FoSMM) have filed papers at the Johannesburg High Court seeking an order to compel South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to ignore an administrator ap...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
SMM battle deepens
THE Shabanie Mashaba Mine (SMM) wrangle deepened this week after Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (Zdamwu) secretary general Justice Chinhema filed papers at the High Court challengi...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SMM workers want administrator fired over US$43m salary arrears
SHABANIE and Mashava Mines Holdings (SMM) has accrued a debt of over US$43 million in salary arrears and unremitted pension contributions, it has emerged.This was revealed in an application re...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SMM loses mining claims
SMM Holdings administrator Afaras Gwaradzimba allegedly sold land under the company's mining leases, with the land set to be converted into residential stands. SMM, formerly owned by businessm...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawere reports SMM administrator to ZACC
Businessman Mutumwa Mawere has asked the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to investigate how Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM), which is under state curatorship since 2004, has been collecting re...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawere stokes flames in SA judiciary
THE case of exiled Zimbabwean business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere, who was controversially muscled out of ShabanieMashaba Mine (SMM) Holdings, is now at the centre of judicial capture.Mawere was in...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa causes R2.5 billion investment cancellation
South African Breweries (SAB) has cancelled a further R2.5 billion of capital investment following the third blanket ban on alcohol sales, it announced on Friday.In announcing the ban, Preside...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
In which cases is it profitable to outsource tasks?
So, you have an urgent need to reduce the number of tasks for employees, but at the same time to work smoothly and even save money. All this can be done if you attract services of the company on outso...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$300m for Beitbridge Border Post upgrade
THE ZimBorders Consortium has secured nearly US$300 million for the upgrade and modernisation of Beitbridge Border Post, the country's busiest inland port of entry and one of the region's key transit ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CR17 donor scores R1.5 billion Eskom contract
The Competition Commission has been criticised for approving a deal that would result in two dominant players in the resources market that supplies coal to Eskom.The South African Energy Forum...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
SMM to resume asbestos exports
Awakening asbestos mining giant Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM) is set to resume chrysotile asbestos fibre exports for the first time in over a decade as Government's master plan to revive the mine begin...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stocks year's supply of ARVs
Zimbabwe has enough anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs that will last the next 12 months after Government secured funding to procure the life-prolonging therapy, Parliament has heard. Health and Child Care M...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet warns Zimbabwe against demonstrations
Leader of Divine Kingdom Ministry Pastor Ian Ndlovu has released a prophetic message warning Zimbabweans against engaging in demonstrations and mass protests. Said Ndlovu, "Let us continue to ...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 09:43hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Arrest of MPs unconstitutional
Today police arrested Hon Charlton Hwende who represents Kuwadzana East in Parliament. He was arrested on his arrival at the airport after a family and business trip in Namibia.He has been cha...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by Prosper Mutseyami
MDC condemns arrest of Hon Mamombe
The MDC condemns the arrest of Hon Joanna Mamombe which is nothing but an act of political persecution.The MDC is concerned by the unrepentant behavior of the military State which continues to...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Jacob Mafume
BREAKING: MDC MP arrested
There are reports that an MDC Alliance member of parliament for Harare West Constituency has been arrested this morning."Alert: Hon Joanna Mamombe has been arrested while attending parliament ...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Mujumi jailed 12 months over contempt of court
A MASHAVA miner, Takunda Mujumi, has petitioned the High Court seeking rescission of judgment after he was slapped with a 12-month jail term for interfering with SMM Holdings mining claims despite a c...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Miner jailed 1 year over contempt of court
A MASHAVA miner, Takunda Mujumi, has petitioned the High Court seeking rescission of judgment after he was slapped with a 12-month jail term for interfering with SMM Holdings mining claims despite a c...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
More MDC leaders arrested
The opposition MDC has reported that Member of Parliament Settlement Chikwinya was arrested on Friday while the trial of Mkoba MP Amos Chibaya was fast tracked.They stand accused of inciti...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:56hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'I am Mutumwa Mawere! the hypocrite'
Mutumwa Mawere, an ex-business magnate, has a rosy educational story with stints in Zimbabwe, Swaziland, the UK and the U.S. (George Washington University) where he obtained a Master of Science (Manag...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 22:45hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Strive Masiyiwa - Mawere fight exposes rot in ZANU PF
The fight between Strive Masiyiwa, Mutumwa Mawere and Dr. Daniel Shumba has exposed how ZANU PF system of patronage when it comes to business people works. This was exposed by Norton memb...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 19:09hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mawere to testify before a parliamentary panel on SMM
Zimbabwe lawmakers have formally okayed a request by South Africa-based businessman Mutumwa Mawere to explain at a portfolio committee hearing how the government seized his Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutumwa Mawere was a ZANU PF front?
A Zimbabwean activist Rutendo Matinyarare has accused business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere of being a beneficiary of ZANU PF's political patronage which saw him owning over 27 blue chip companies in Z...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 12:10hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shumba blasts Zanu-PF MPs
FORMER chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy, Daniel Shumba yesterday blasted Zanu-PF legislators who disrupted a parliamentary meeting where British businessman Nic...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament blocks Mawere
The clerk of parliament Kennedy Chokuda allegedly used the bureaucratic process of parliament to block South Africa based business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere from appearing before the Portfolio Committee o...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mawere throws Jonathan Moyo under the bus
In a sudden twist of events, business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere has accused former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan of being part of a cabinet committee that was setup to look into the Shabani Mashaba...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's business empire
Reputedly 'Zimbabwe's richest' man, no amount has been attached to Mnangagwa's wealth, which has allegedly also been supplemented by illicit mine deals in the DRC Congo.Zanu-PF heir-in-waiting...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:09hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
GNU the way out for Zimbabwe
In order to prevent Zimbabwe from plunging into unstoppable violence, which will stall economic reconstruction and unleash a fresh wave of people seeking refuge in South Africa, the country must cobbl...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 14:24hrs | 1 | by William Gumede
Mnangagwa's 'shady deals' exposed
United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential candidate, Daniel Shumba yesterday claimed that Zanu-PF removed him from Parliament as part of a plot by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to silence him from ...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages derail SMM turnaround plan
SHABANIE Mashava Mines' (SMM) turnaround efforts have been hampered by foreign currency shortages as the company seeks to acquire de-watering equipment at its mines in Mashava and Zvishavane.T...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reorter
Shabanie Mashava Mine evicts ex-employees
Thousands of the affected workers are pensioners, who are owed more than $30 000 each in terminal benefits by the company.Part of the order served on one of the tenants read: "An order for evi...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Companies dismiss externalisation claims
SOME companies making the top 10 list of firms and individuals accused by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of externalising US$1,3 billion have dismissed the allegations, while others say government publi...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 19:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's name-and-shame gimmick falls short of expectations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday released the long-awaited list of companies and individuals alleged to have failed to return $827 million stashed abroad following the expiry of a 1...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 12:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to evaluate potential investors
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy says it will evaluate potential investors in defunct mines to avoid the stripping of equipment that is being exported as scrap metal which is ...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions NRZ rolling stock
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commissioned a consignment of 157 wagons, 7 locomotives and 7 coaches for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), marking a giant step towards the country's revival o...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 14:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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