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MRP youths go ahead with plan to close ports of entry
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Youth League has announced that on June 16, 2023, it will close all ports of entry in Matebeleland to stop the smuggling of resources from the region. MRP cl...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1217 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe presses miners to produce battery-grade lithium locally
Employees charge lithium ion batteries for a Hamba electric motorcycle at a solar-powered recharging station in Wedza, Zimbabwe, 22 May 2020. Picture taken May 22, 2020. REUTERS/MacDonald Dzirutwe...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:12hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Bill divides Zimbabweans
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) on Tuesday accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of smuggling a clause into the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Amendment Bill (Criminal Code), which force...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's US$12 billion mining economy on course
ZIMBABWE'S mining industry has registered significant strides towards realising the ambitious US$12 billion milestone by the end of this year, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando ha...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves National Migration Policy
CABINET has approved the National Migration Policy whose thrust will inform the number of Zimbabweans in the diaspora and their contributions to the country through remittances. The policy wil...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:00hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
At what stage does a President concede failure?
IF I were the President of Zimbabwe - what would I be expected to do under the prevailing economic circumstances?The country goes for an average 20 hours each day without electricity, and most...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 252 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 719 | by Jonathan Moyo
At what stage does a president concede he has failed?
If I were the president of Zimbabwe - what would I be expected to do under these circumstances?The country goes for an average 20 hours each and every day without electricity, and most urban a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 16:02hrs | 237 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Joshua Nkomo's son says 'It will be a big mistake to vote for Zanu-PF'
ZAPU leader, Sibangilizwe Nkomo, has criticised how Africa is divided, allowing imperial interests to divide the continent while misgovernance and abuse of human rights by post-independent governments...Published: 26 May 2023 at 17:54hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi youths threaten to close borders and airports to curb gold smuggling
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Youth League has threatened to close all borders and airports before the August elections in order to combat gold smuggling, which the party claims is carried out by...Published: 26 May 2023 at 17:53hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
What do we have to show for Africa Day except traditional attire?
When the OAU (Organization for African Unity) was established on 25th May 1963, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the main objective of the founding fathers was the unity and solidarity of all the people Afr...Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:31hrs | 254 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Why is Clerk still on duty despite computer scandal?'
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende has challenged the Speaker of Parliament to explain why under-fire Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda is still coming...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
A glimpse into Mnangagwa's wealth
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi's visit to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Kwekwe farm on Friday gave a glimpse into the Zanu-PF leader's massive wealth after he paraded his prized herd of Ankole cat...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 4582 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC raps FIU for obstructing Gold Mafia investigations
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has accused the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of obstructing investigations into allegations raised in Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia exposé.This comes after ...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:38hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Africa should stop being such a crybaby!
We all know there is nothing more 'uncool' or 'unsexy' than someone who never owns up to his own failures in life - but seeks to blame others as to why he is not succeeding.Amongst all these, ...Published: 17 May 2023 at 13:44hrs | 496 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa impeachment bid brewing
JUSTICE Minister and Zanu-PF politburo member, Ziyambi Ziyambi, has appeared to give credence to speculation that an impeachment bid may be mounted against President Emmerson Mnangagwa after general e...Published: 16 May 2023 at 20:44hrs | 6570 | by Staff reporter
RBZ scraps asset freeze on Gold Mafia-accused
THE Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has lifted the assets freeze orders placed against Ambassador Uebert Angel and three others implicated in alleged money laundering by Al Jazeera documentary serie...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:13hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter
RBZ reverses Gold Mafia accounts freeze
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) yesterday made a summersault by reversing its order for banks to freeze accounts of several government officials and individuals ...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:10hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel finally returns to Britain
PRESIDENTIAL Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large Uebert Angel - who fears being thrown under the bus should he return to Zimbabwe, because of the starring role he played in Al Jazeera's investigative Gold M...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:29hrs | 3283 | by Staff reporter
It's more criminal 'bombing' a train than calling for peaceful protests!
As the Zimbabwe government incarcerates more and more opposition and human rights activists - a single question keeps cropping up.Is it more dangerous today for anti-government activists than ...Published: 14 May 2023 at 13:36hrs | 1037 | by Tenda Ruben Mbofana
Parly summons Mthuli Ncube
PARLIAMENTARIANS have summoned Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to explain what measures he was implementing to tame inflation and stabilise the free-falling Zimdollar.The local currency, reintro...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:32hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
2 arrested over smuggled drugs
POLICE in Nyamapanda, Mashonaland East province, have arrested two men for smuggling three bags of medical drugs into the country.Collins Kanhukamwe (49) and Brian Samu (35) were arrested for ...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
UK flags Zimbabwe over soaring corruption
LORD Robin Goldsmith, the United Kingdom's minister for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has told the British Pa...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:07hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
'Uebert Angel telling lies'
UNDERCOVER journalists who were posing as Chinese gangsters seeking to smuggle US$1.2 billion in Al Jazeera's four-episode investigative documentary have denied ever desiring to meet President Emmerso...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:06hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dark trail
CorruptionAs for the optics and visuals, you wouldn't say President Emmerson Mnangagwa - where corruption is concerned - has disappointed.During the hot days - months before the late R...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | 1502 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe's lithium revenues poised to exceed expectations
THE growing global demand for lithium — a mineral which is critical in the manufacture of batteries that power electric vehicles, among other renewable energy products — as well as continuing mult...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:44hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe stashed over US$5 billion in Europe?
TOP economist and former opposition legislator Eddie Cross has claimed that former First Lady Grace Mugabe has over US$5 billion hidden in Europe.Speaking on a podcast, Friday Drinks, Cross sa...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 5305 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Cleopas Chidodo profusely apologises to Grace Mugabe
CIVIL Aviation Authority (CAAZ) Security Manager Cleopas Chidodo has accused Al Jazeera journalists of drugging and coercing him to lie about former First Lady Grace Mugabe's involvement in ivory smug...Published: 04 May 2023 at 20:07hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
'Gold Mafia Crew' promised me scholarships: Cleopas Chidodo
Cleopas Chidodo, a security manager at the Robert Mugabe International Airport, has claimed that the Aljeezera crew who filmed the "Gold Mafia episodes" promised to give his family scholarships to stu...Published: 04 May 2023 at 17:30hrs | 1273 | by Desmond Nleya
Mnangagwa's govt demands gold smuggling evidence from Al Jazeera
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says government has written to Qatari news network, Al Jazeera demanding evidence of gold smuggling and money laundering alleged in its investigative document...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:15hrs | 3539 | by Staff reporter
Stifling the media is tantamount to an attack on the nation and its people!
As we commemorate World Press Freedom Day, this is always the time for those in the media industry to introspect.Are we fulfilling our mandate as expected of the so-called 'Fourth Estate' - wh...Published: 03 May 2023 at 14:17hrs | 144 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
UK will not give any special treatment to Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large
THE United Kingdom will not give any special treatment to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large, Uebert Angel, who is embroiled in a money laundering and gold smuggling scandal, a ministe...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 2082 | by Staff reporter
SA officials intercept truck smuggling cigarettes worth R20m
Law enforcement authorities have detained a truck that was ferrying illicit cigarettes worth some R20 million on Monday, after it was stopped in Bronkhorstspruit and the driver fled the scene....Published: 02 May 2023 at 22:14hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
'Agenda MUST be written by Africans for Africans!' demanded Chiwenga. Prelude to bar EU election observers
"We are confronted by wars which are sure to remake the global order as we have known it until now. Africa must jealously guard against her interests and position in the unfolding global drama. We are...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 10:49hrs | 1162 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ngarivhume jailing sends shock waves
Six years ago President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to transform Zimbabwe's politics, which he said "had become poisoned, rancorous and polarising".After being sworn in to replace long time ru...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | 1749 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over bigwigs' 'secret' millions saga
Zimbabweans have been urged to demand accountability from their leaders after a report by an international organisation alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga re...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:59hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing control over lithium - Report
ZIMBABBWE's lithium is being smuggled at far worse rates than previously estimated, a new report said this week, blaming foreign cartels.In a report titled ‘implications of the lithium minin...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:32hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'secret millions' exposed?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga or their allies and relatives allegedly received US$3 million from a controversial South African businessman, Zunaid Moti at the heigh...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | 3178 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will wake up after elections…well, hopefully!
Yesterday, during a relative's burial, I had a wonderful opportunity to mix and mingle with friends, family, neighbors and people from all walks of life. In these interactions - especially wit...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:00hrs | 622 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa buys swanky US$54 million presidential jet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken delivery of a US$54 million presidential jet - a Dassault Falcon 7X, ZimLive reported.The aircraft was delivered in March, but it was not put into servic...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 19:01hrs | 6053 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
Businesses ditch Zimdollar
GOVERNMENT yesterday threatened to unleash the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on retailers refusing payment in the local currency or limiting the number of items consumers can buy in Zimdollar, whi...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:04hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Heads must roll over Gold Mafia exposè, says CCC
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to address the nation in the wake of a damning Al Jazeera documentary on money laundering and gold smuggl...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:01hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants election to stop 'dictatorship'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader has insisted that his party is ready to participate in forthcoming elections, despite the rigging and repression he said was already under way to keep President Emmer...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 20:27hrs | 757 | by Joseph Cotterill
2 400 meat vendors arrested, butcheries closed
More than 2 400 people have now been arrested countrywide since just before last Christmas, 154 of them since Sunday, as police intensify operations against illegal and unlicensed butcheries.S...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Bus conductor arrested over smuggling
A BUS conductor has been arrested after he was caught trying to smuggle 28 pairs of shoes and a consignment of prohibited skin-lightening creams. The incident occurred on April 22, 2023 at Chirundu On...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 19:38hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
CCC asks why the 'Gold Mafia' arrests have taken so long
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), an opposition party, has urged Zimbabweans to seek the arrest of anyone mentioned in the "Gold Mafia" investigation documentary by Al Jazeera.A cartel of p...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 07:02hrs | 1170 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa building a concrete border wall between SA and Mozambique
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government had made a decision to resume construction of a concrete wall long the South Africa/Mozambique border to curb the theft of motor vehicles and the movement of il...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 09:13hrs | 11500 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt institutes mining sector audit
GOVERNMENT has sanctioned an audit on all mining companies operating in the country against the backdrop of massive revenue leakages and smuggling of precious minerals.Experts say Zimbabwe has...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:46hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
CIO bosses dismiss Uebert Angel claims on their role in Gold Mafia
STATE security service Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) bosses say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large Uebert Angel (real surname Mudzanire), a selfstyled prophet, dang...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:44hrs | 2933 | by Staff reporter
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