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Seed Co muscled out of Pfumvudza
The development comes amid reports that Zimbabwe is facing a serious shortage of seed ahead of the 2022/23 farming season .
By Sydney Kawadza and Tinashe Makichi
Sep. 2, 2022
National asset faces collapse on bad deal
Following allegations and counter allegations of fraud between the two parties, the case spilled into the courts.
By Sydney Kawadza
Sep. 2, 2022
Govt scraps bonuses for chefs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has scrapped annual bonuses for top civil servants after signing performance contracts this year.
By Sydney Kawadza
Sep. 9, 2022
Businessman tightens screws on acting Prosecutor-General
In 1998, Siziba was approached by an agent of the accused to enter into a casino business deal that required owning a piece of land.
By Sydney Kawadza
Sep. 9, 2022
Mnangagwa looks the other way on Job Sikhala petition
Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba was not reachable at the time of writing.
By Mirriam Mangwaya and Sydney Kawadza
Sep. 16, 2022
Feature: When a visitor dictates whats for dinner, the Chinese case
Residents went ballistic, vowing to stop the project.
By Sydney Kawadza
Sep. 16, 2022
Glen View 8 Complex fires: 13 times unlucky
ON WEDNESDAY September 7 2022, reports filtered through that the Glen View 8 Complex was engulfed in yet another inferno.
By Sydney Kawadza
Sep. 16, 2022
Zim migration story needs revisit
The deadline of the ZEPs has since been extended to June next year.
By Sydney Kawadza
Sep. 16, 2022
Zimra fails to receipt ZW$1,6bn
She also highlighted that most entities were yet to align their practices and policies with the provisions of the law.
By Sydney Kawadza
Sep. 23, 2022
Zanu PF bloodbath ahead of congress
Under the spotlight are movements created after President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed power by replacing the late former president Robert Mugabe in 2017.
By Sydney Kawadza
Sep. 30, 2022
Police boss dragged into messy court case
The letter was copied to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the director general of the National Archives.
By Sydney Kawadza
Sep. 30, 2022
Oil explorer projects bigger Zim find...as first test well drill progresses to 600m
Invictus said based on 80% of the project, its net share of the basin margin area resource was equivalent to 937 million boe and 4,4 billion boe for the whole project area.
By Sydney Kawadza
Oct. 7, 2022
Sanctions debate: Divisive, polarising
Mnangagwa could have dodged bullets as the expected backlash from protestors against his administration did not yield much impact.
By Sydney Kawadza
Oct. 7, 2022
Zupco on cusp of collapse
The Independent successfully sued the government to provide details on how the buses were being imported into the country.
By Sydney Kawadza
Oct. 7, 2022
SA court defers Zim permit case
The case was expected to kick off this week.
By Sydney Kawadza
Oct. 7, 2022
Top chefs set to fall in PSC shake-up
According to multiple sources, the development has been received with massive jubilation among civil servants
By Sydney Kawadza
Oct. 7, 2022
Kaukonde in car supply storm
The vehicle supplier was then fully paid by the end of December last year and the delay in the delivery of vehicles almost 10 months on has triggered divisions within the ministry.
By Tinashe Makichi and Sydney Kawadza
Oct. 14, 2022
Zanu PF congress: Fireworks expected
Mnangagwa, who succeeded late former president Robert Mugabe through a coup in 2017, has been accused of failing to unite the party in the post-Mugabe era.
By Sydney Kawadza
Oct. 21, 2022
Mass transfers rock police
Transfers for higher-ranked officers are expected soon.
By Sydney Kawadza
Oct. 21, 2022
Zim steps up AfCFTA efforts
Zimbabwe however recently submitted the tariff offer to the AfCFTA secretariat for technical verification in line with the agreed modalities for trade in goods.
By Sydney Kawadza
Oct. 21, 2022
Will Zanu PF emerge stronger after shindig?
Another political commentator, Elfie Moyo expressed doubt that Mnangagwa would manage to quell the infighting within Zanu PF.
By Sydney Kawadza
Oct. 28, 2022
Fortune seekers descend on Mberengwa in lithium rush... Police issue four-day ultimatum for miners to vacate the area
Zimbabwe is the world’s fifth largest lithium producer. Its lithium output has risen steadily in recent years, producing 1 200 metric tonnes of the metal in 2021.
By Sydney Kawadza
Nov. 4, 2022
Zim in ambitious UN Security Council bid
Mnangagwa launched an aggressive engagement and reengagement drive after winning the 2018 harmonised elections including concerted efforts to rejoin the Commonwealth.
By Sydney Kawadza
Nov. 4, 2022
Feature: Climate change stoking veld fires
Jolted by the accident, the government announced a raft of measures to strongly and effectively reduce the risk of veld fires.
By Sydney Kawadza and Elma Zhoya
Nov. 4, 2022
Mnangagwa ‘mutilates’ Zanu PF constitution
In an interview with the Zimbabwe Independent yesterday, Mangwana confirmed the changes.
By Sydney Kawadza
Nov. 11, 2022
Govt blocks small-scale miners from lithium fields
The government believes Zimbabwe has the potential to account for 20% of global lithium demand when all known lithium resources are exploited.
By Sydney Kawadza
Nov. 11, 2022
Feature: ED seeks legacy after outfoxing internal rivals
Chiwenga rubbished reports that there were people who were against the Zanu PF leader.
By Sydney Kawadza
Nov. 14, 2022
ED’s 5-year tenure divides public opinion
The fateful evening of November 14 when convoys of army vehicles rumbled through Harare
By Sydney Kawadza
Nov. 18, 2022
Zanu PF constitution: Who is the biggest beneficiary?
He dismissed arguments that Mnangagwa had influenced the amendments to the Zanu PF constitution at his whim.
By Sydney Kawadza
Nov. 18, 2022
Zim gas explorer optimistic as well reaches 4km
The asset portfolio lies in the highly prospective 360 000 hectares Cabora Bassa basin in Zimbabwe’s Zambezi Valley.
By Sydney Kawadza
Nov. 25, 2022
Corrupt Harare chefs behind shocking ecological disaster
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By Tinashe Kairiza and Julia Ndlela
Dec. 20, 2024
Zanu PF battles for influence amid Sadc-wide poll crises
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By Tinashe Kairiza and Tinofara Chiwanza
Dec. 20, 2024