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Rushwaya granted $10,000 bail
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president and former ZIFA CEO Henrietta Rushwaya was today granted $100,000 bail by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna. As part...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 13:01hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | 766 | by Miriam Mangwaya
Rushwaya bail dismissed again
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya will continue languishing in remand prison after her bail appeal was turned down by High Court judge, Justice Benjamin Chikowero...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:56hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to set up 15 gold servicing centres
ARTISANAL and small-scale miners are optimistic that the proposed construction of more gold processing centres will ensure that the country generates the much-needed foreign capital and plug illicit m...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya claims discrimination after failed freedom bid attempts
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya was Thursday up in arms with the courts for granting bail to Ali Muhammad, her foreign co-accused, while she continued to langui...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya's bid to have seized phones back hits brickwall
MAGISTRATE Ngoni Nduna yesterday dismissed an application by suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya and Pakistani businessman Ali Muhammad to have their seized phones ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1451 | by Staff reporter
Govt investigates corona donations
AUTHORITIES are launching a nationwide probe into donated coronavirus funds and other materials, amid fears that significant portions of these gifts were looted by politically-connected individuals, t...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono granted bail
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono has been granted bail at the High Court after languishing at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for 17 days.High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi ruled that his...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:35hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya appeals for bail at High Court
THE suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has approached the High Court appealing for bail after she was denied the same by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna.Rush...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
'Rushwaya gold could buy UniFreight, Zeco'
THE gold that underfire Zimbabwe Miners' Federation (ZMF) boss Henrietta Rushwaya allegedly tried to smuggle out of the country before running into an airport security trap about three weeks ago was e...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:20hrs | 1896 | by Staff reporter
Call on govt to expedite whistleblower law
ANTI-CORRupTION watchdog Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has said the government should expeditiously enact legislation that protects whistleblowers, who lift the lid on massive corruption c...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 07:40hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
'I never said gold belonged to Mnangagwa'
GIFT Karanda, one of the suspects in the 6kg gold smuggling scandal involving Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) boss Henrietta Rushwaya, yesterday denied State claims that he had implicated First Lady ...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 5294 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya gold case opens can of worms
THE dramatic arrest and subsequent prosecution of suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has lifted the lid on the cutthroat gold trafficking underworld dominated by t...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:56hrs | 11807 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya arrest: A case of rampant elite corruption?
THE ongoing trial of Henrietta Rushwaya over charges of attempting to smuggle gold bars weighing 6kg to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in a high-profile case that has sucked in President Emmerson Mn...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
Probe exonerates Rushwaya
A PROBE into the alleged secret nostro accounts allegedly held by suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) boss Henrietta Rushwaya has absolved the former football administrator of any wrongdoing....Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 2703 | by Staff reporter
'Linking Mnangagwa to graft meant to spark protests'
THE government yesterday came out guns blazing, saying people falsely linking President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family to corrupt individuals are trying to provoke Zimbabweans to embark on anti-gov...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 19:52hrs | 2514 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya fight for bail continues
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya and her five co-accused in the 6kg gold smuggling case will today be back in court for continuation of their bail application, where the i...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1262 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa tells police to 'prove it's my gold'
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who was fingered alongside her son Collins as owners of the gold bars weighing 6kg intercepted at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport last Monday, yesterday chal...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 4055 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises to punish those mired in corruption
THE government will pursue justice without fear or favour, and also severely punish criminals - including public officials linked to graft, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has said.In addition, ...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 18:18hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns corrupt individuals for 'name-dropping' family
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has moved to warn corrupt elements now in the habit of throwing the First Family's name in order to get favours or instil fear among security forces when trying t...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:38hrs | 4632 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya was allocated ministerial car, claims Mzembi
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has made astounding claims incarcerated Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya was allocated a ministerial vehicle by Chief Secretar...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:24hrs | 3065 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dumps bodyguard
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has jettisoned one of his bodyguards who was implicated in an alleged gold smuggling racket.Stephen Chenjerai Tserayi, a member of the Close Unit, was suspended fo...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:46hrs | 5750 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya case takes a twist
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya's woes continue to mount after the state added two more charges against her.Rushwaya was initially charged with contrave...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:43hrs | 4448 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt notes threat of fresh UK sanctions
GOVERNMENT has said it has noted the unfortunate implied threat of more sanctions by the United Kingdom and its decision to engage a number of countries and organisations to further intensify pressure...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya suspended
Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has suspended its president, Henrietta Rushwaya on allegations of putting the name of the organisation into disrepute following her arrest on Monday at the Robert Gabr...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:08hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya on the rack
THE court yesterday heard that the controversial president of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), Henrietta Rushwaya, was part of a wider smuggling syndicate that allegedly involved intelligence ope...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:07hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
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
Prominent Matopo gold miner dies
A PROMINENT Matopo gold miner, Gasha Dube, has died.Dube, who rose to fame in the mining sector after she at one time delivered 100kg of gold to Fidelity Printers and Refiners, succumbed to an...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 3052 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to settle gold miners' outstanding payments
THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has received assurance from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe that its members will start receiving outstanding payments for gold deliveries this week. ZMF is t...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:01hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
'Poverty could bring back machete gangs'
DISRUPTION of employment and increasing levels of poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic have forced artisanal small-scale miners to resume their activities, raising fear of the resurfacing of the dread...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:08hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa follows his voters wishes: ZmFirst
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is following what his voters want him to do hence his recent announcement of compensation for former white commercial farmers....Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 08:35hrs | 2030 | by Stephen Jakes
RBZ increases gold retention threshold
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has increased the gold retention threshold to 70 percent in foreign currency for sale proceeds from the previous 55 percent in a move aimed at boosting production in...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
RBZ can't import forex to buy gold
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is failing to ship in enough foreign currency to pay for gold purchases, a miners' group says.Fidelity Printers & Refiners (FPR), the central bank unit which i...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:51hrs | 3750 | by Staff reporter
Forex retention thresholds deterring production
The prevailing foreign currency retention thresholds to various sectors of the economy are acting ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 13:36hrs | 1246 | by Victor Bhoroma
Govt promoting black market, says Gold miners
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is shooting itself in the foot after failing to offer reasonable prices to small-scale gold miners who have turned to the parallel market.Zimbabwe Min...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:21hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
'Machete gangs created to tarnish Mnangagwa'
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines, Edmond Mkaratigwa (Shurugwi South MP, Zanu-PF), says it is the prerogative of the security services to curb the lawlessness that has beco...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:26hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
3 bodies retrieved from disused mine
A TEAM of rescuers yesterday retrieved three bodies of four artisanal miners trapped in a disused mineshaft at Young Mine in Esigodini, Matabeleland South.Four artisanal miners, aged between 4...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:01hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Homes, land destroyed as gold panners invade region
Under the blazing sun, a group of men use picks and shovels to dig up a bushy patch of land outside Zimbabwe's second-largest city, stopping every few seconds to scan the soil for signs of gold....Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:14hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang leader shot dead
Machete attackers leader Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead on Thursday in a gun exchange with the police during a gold rush near David Whitehead in Chegutu. Mutandwa, who was also known as Kwadez,...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:02hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Gang leader shot dead by Zim police
Machete attackers leader Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead on Thursday in a gun exchange with the police during a gold rush near David Whitehead in Chegutu. Mutandwa, who was also known as Kwadez,...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 07:22hrs | 6899 | by Staff Reporter
Zambia ready to support Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Small-Scale Miners Association of Zambia (SSMAZ), which will see the two countries sharing experiences on the sma...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter
SA miner to sink US$1m in Zimbabwe
SOUTH African mining company, Ingeli Minerals has made an initial investment of R10 million in alluvial gold mining in Shamva and the investment is expected to be scaled up to US$1 million, Sunday Bus...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:30hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Govt opens help desk for small-scale miners
MINES minister Winston Chitando has revealed that government has opened a special department in the Mines ministry to deal with issues relating to small-scale miners, popularly known as makorokoza....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:07hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya escapes fatal crash
Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Ms Henrieta Rushwaya was involved in an accident just outside Kwekwe on her way from the organisation's Annual General Meeting in Gweru last night. O...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1983 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to block white looters
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday said government was not going to allow white foreigners to continue looting the country's mineral resources.He was addressing delegates to a Zimbabwe Min...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 06:00hrs | 2343 | by Staff reporter
Decriminalise gold possession: Miners
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has called on government to re-align mining laws to decriminalise the possession of gold to increase production by artisanal miners.Spea...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:51hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to end machete wars
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to descend heavily on perpetrators of machete violence, reiterating that deterrent sentences must be imposed on those found in possession of the weapons....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address ZMF AGM
THE role small-scale miners are playing in contributing to the country's target of achieving the US$12 billion mining industry in the next three years is set to come under the spotlight when the Zimba...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
New dates for Zimbabwe mining indaba
THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has announced November 5 and 6 as the new dates for the Semi-precious Stones Convention, which is set to be opened by President Mnangagwa. The two-day inda...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:42hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open ZMF conference
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to deliver a keynote address at the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) annual general meeting scheduled for November 5 to 6 at the Gweru Convention Centre in Gwe...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 19:52hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
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