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Contentions over Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill
Hyde Chatyoka, a mining expert, has become the latest mining guru to speak out against the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill of 2015 which is currently before Parliament.The mining expert has ...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 22:43hrs | 652 | by Daniel Itai
Key pieces to Zimbabwe's $12 billion mining industry
In October 2019, the Zimbabwean government tabled an ambitious policy document that aims to turn the mining sector in the country into a US$12 billion industry by 2023. Achieving that export target wi...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:54hrs | 242 | by Victor Bhoroma
Key pieces to Zimbabwe's $12 billion mining industry
In October 2019, the Zimbabwean government tabled an ambitious policy document that aims to turn the mining sector in the country into a US$12 billion industry by 2023. Achieving that export target wi...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 12:27hrs | 1243 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Minerals Act fuels miners, farmers' fights
FARMERS yesterday bemoaned loopholes in the Mines and Minerals Act which gives more rights to miners than farmers, leading to bloody clashes and rampant pollution of agricultural land by mostly panner...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa politically sterile despite two-thirds Parliament majority
THE second session of the Ninth Parliament started yesterday, with the first session having produced barely anything in terms of delivering on the legislative agenda laid down by President Emmerso...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 335 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Parliament to resume sitting end of January
PARLIAMENT will resume business on January 29 next year after breaking for the festive season. Both the National Assembly and Senate adjourned last week on Thursday after the former had passed the 201...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:38hrs | 90 | 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 | 238 | 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 | 417 | by Staff reporter
Small scale miners get recognition at law
GOVERNMENT has finalised effecting amendments to the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, which will see small scale miners getting recognition at law, as Government steps up efforts to grow the sector ...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 10:10hrs | 1514 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe mines not opposed to ZSE listing'
Mining firms in Zimbabwe are not opposed to proposals to list their stock on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), but have stayed away because the bourse is currently 'too thin' to mobilise the kind of ...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:09hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament resumes sitting today
PARLIAMENT resumes sitting today following a three-week break with the Electoral Amendment Bill expected to take centre stage as the country looks forward to the harmonised elections to be held later ...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
MPs resume Parly business
PARLIAMENT resumes sitting this week amid expectations that MPs will conclude crafting improvements to the Electoral Amendment Act, which they failed to complete in April as most legislators were away...Published: 07 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Parliament committee savages AG's Office
Parliament's Mines and Energy portfolio committee has slammed the Attorney-General(AG)'s Office, accusing it of delaying the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill submitted to them.The committee's...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 10:01hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Indigenisation Act amendment set to boost mining
THE removal of the local ownership requirement for foreign investment by the Government will be a springboard for a huge boom in the country's mining sector, officials have said.Zimbabwe Miner...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 12:16hrs | 1561 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe proclaims Eighth Parliament opening date
President Mugabe yesterday proclaimed September 12 as a day for the official opening of the Fifth Session of the Eighth Parliament.The President is expected to set the legislative agenda for t...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 07:09hrs | 185 | by Staff Reporter
Decriminalisation of gold possession looms
THE new Mines and Minerals Amendment Act is expected to create a favourable operating environment for small-scale miners, who are currently bearing the brunt of a punitive colonial law that criminalis...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 06:51hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners can invade farms--minister
Gold panner's are empowered to invade farms to pan for gold without the consent of the owner, Mines minister Walter Chidhakwa has said.Chidhakwa said the notorious gold panner's can only do so...Published: 12 May 2017 at 07:09hrs | 796 | by Alice Dube
Mines Bill proposals have serious loopholes
MINES and Energy Parliamentary portfolio committee chairperson Daniel Shumba has poked holes into the proposed Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, saying the proposals have serious loopholes likely to ...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:49hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls new mining tax
Zimbabwe is planning to introduce a new mining tax this year aimed at boosting the country's depleting revenue streams, businessdaily has established.Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said th...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 06:24hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
WAR on makorokoza: 10 years jail term for riverbed mining
Persons conducting riverbed mining now risk a 10 year imprisonment term and the State would also confiscate their equipment. This is contained in the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill. The...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 09:39hrs | 207 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Raw mineral exports banned
THE Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill (2015), which is before the Attorney-General for proof-reading, will address ambiguities of land use between agriculture and mining, and ensure maximum production...Published: 15 May 2016 at 13:53hrs | 2504 | by Staff Reporter
ZELA sign MOU with Zimbabwe Parliament
The parliament of Zimbabwe entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) at a signing ceremony held at the parliament of Zimbabwe on the 18th ...Published: 20 May 2015 at 08:33hrs | 2324 | by Stephen Jakes
Full-text: President Tsvangirai's End of year address to Parliament
Introduction Mr Speaker Sir, it is with great pleasure that I stand before this august House to make a year-end statement to the honourable members on m...Published: 15 Dec 2011 at 10:56hrs | | by MDC-T
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