Articles tagged 'walter chidakwa'

Chidakwa, Gudyanga to be jointly prosecuted

22 March 2018 HARARE - Civil Service Commission permanent secretary Francis Pedzana Gudyanga and ex-minister Walter Chidakwa will now be prosecuted jointly in a $29 000 corruption charge. Chidakwa and Gudyanga initially appeared in court separately until yesterday when prosecutor Sabastian Mutizirwa success...

Chidakwa suspended for plotting against ED

14 March 2018 HARARE - Former Mines and Mining Development minister Walter Chidakwa has been suspended from Zanu PF for allegedly plotting the ouster of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, marking the beginning of his end in the ruling party. “You are hereby served with a Prohibition Order for 14 days, you should...

Chefs probed over Zim's missing $15 billion

14 February 2018 HARARE - Parliament has summoned Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu and other high-ranking bureaucrats who served under former president Robert Mugabe's administration as the legislative assembly continues to seek answers to the controversy surrounding the missing diamond revenue estimated at a st...

'Zacc selectively arresting politicians'

4 February 2018 HARARE - Citizens have raised concerns over the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)'s “selective” arrests of politicians, amid indications that they are leaving out the big fish that contributed to the downfall of the country's economy. Since November last year when the army took over g...

Chidakwa freed on bail

22 December 2017 HARARE - A magistrate freed former Mines and Mining Development minister Walter Chidakwa on bail yesterday on charges of criminal abuse of duty which allegedly prejudiced the State of $28 910. The 53-year-old, a senior member of the Generation 40 faction of the ruling party that was targeted ...

Govt moves to ban chrome exports

10 October 2017 HARARE - Zimbabwe is mulling a ban on the export of chrome as it looks to build internal refinery capacity, the Mines and Mining Development minister Walter Chidakwa has said. Zimbabwe’s ferrochrome production is expected to double to 300 000 tonnes this year after the government allocated chr...

Zimplats surrenders claims to Zim govt

19 September 2017 HARARE - Zimplats, which is majority controlled by Impala Platinum, has said it has agreed to cede a contentious piece of land that it has for years suffered to retain, after government had sought to take it over. This comes after President Robert Mugabe’s government made a fresh bid in Januar...

Coal miners get ultimatum

28 June 2017 HARARE - Mines minister Walter Chidakwa has threatened to cancel mining licences of two coal miners, Monaf Investment (Monaf) and Appex Petroleum (Appex), due to non-performance. Chidakwa said government was not happy with lack of progress by the two coal miners which received grants seven yea...

Hands off SMM, Mawere tells govt

16 May 2017 HARARE - Mines minister Walter Chidakwa must keep his “dirty hands” off Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM), businessman Mutuma Mawere said yesterday. This comes after Chidakwa told Senators last week that Treasury would soon inject $15 million to resuscitate SMM. Chidakwa also revealed that his m...

Zimplats commits to Zim

2 May 2017 HARARE - Australia Stock Exchange-listed platinum producer, Zimplats, has vowed to remain in Zimbabwe despite threats by President Robert Mugabe’s government to seize more than half of the company’s land. This comes as other international mining giants such as Rio Tinto bowed out of the minera...

Zimplats, govt in talks over land grab

27 April 2017 HARARE - Zimbabwe's largest platinum producer, Zimplats, says it is in discussions with government over an impending compulsory acquisition of 28 000 hectares of its land by the State. The Alex Mhembere-led platinum mining company yesterday said while government had already made moves to grab ...

New diamond 'find' in Mutare

3 April 2017 HARARE - Thousands of families could be relocated from Penhalonga, just outside Mutare, amid claims that rich diamond deposits have been discovered in the area — although the government is dampening expectations. This comes as production at the Marange diamond fields, also in Manicaland, has p...

Minister queried over 'missing' $100m

17 March 2017 HARARE - Mines minister Walter Chidakwa was taken to task in Parliament on Wednesday over a “missing” $100 million loan that President Robert Mugabe said had been given to small scale miners. After being asked by MDC MP for Musikavanhu Prosper Mutseyami to shed more light on the matter, Chidak...

Zim to ramp up chrome production

3 February 2017 HARARE - Zimbabwe is planning to export over 800 000 tonnes of chrome this year, following the country’s move to re-distribute land previously held by miners. Mines minister Walter Chidakwa yesterday said government was moving to re-allocate 21 170 hectares (ha) of land that once belonged to t...

ZimAlloys scrounges for new investor

30 January 2017 HARARE - Despite government’s intention of compulsorily acquiring 22 000 hectares (ha) of land claims from ferrochrome producer, Zimbabwe Alloys (ZimAlloys), the former Anglo American subsidiary is scouting for a new investor. In a notice published by the company’s judicial manager last week, ...

Chinese investor readies to revive Kamativi Mine

25 November 2016 HARARE - Chinese investor, Beijing Pinchang, which has promised to inject $100 million to revive Kamativi Tin Mine which has been closed for almost 21 years, is working on the processing technology to extract all seven minerals in the Matabeleland North-based mine. Mines and Mining Development...

Zim to miss 2016 diamond target

29 July 2016 HARARE - Zimbabwe is expected to miss its six million carat 2016 diamond output projection by 58 percent following Mines minister Walter Chidakwa’s decision to boot out all, but two, of the country’s diamond miners, it has emerged. Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe president Toi Muganyi yesterday told...

Woman demands $15bn from Mugabe

19 April 2016 HARARE - An unspecified woman yesterday caused a stir at the National Sports Stadium after she inexplicably started following President Robert Mugabe's entourage demanding a share of the alleged missing $15 billion from Chiadzwa diamond mining fields revenue. State security officials had a tor...

Judge lashes govt over mines seizure

17 March 2016 HARARE - A High Court judge has lashed the government, saying it should not have unilaterally taken over diamond claims at Chiadzwa, as this amounted to the State taking the law into its own hands. The ruling by Justice Joseph Mafusire yesterday came after Mbada Diamonds' foreign shareholder, ...

Unions slam seizure of diamond firms

12 March 2016 HARARE - Two workers unions yesterday blasted government's take over of all Zimbabwe's diamond operations saying the move violates workers' rights. Mines minister Walter Chidakwa recently ordered all mining companies in Chiadzwa to stop mining but claimed government was not seizing the mines. ...

New Bougai Platinum Mine owner in hot water

11 March 2016 HARARE - The European owners of one of Zimbabwe's prime and undeveloped platinum resources have reportedly appointed Sebastian Buchte - an executive who has been arrested and deported from South Africa (SA) - to head its African operations. ERG LLP, a Luxembourg-based natural resources company...

Chidakwa buckles under pressure

10 March 2016 HARARE - Mines minister Walter Chidakwa has buckled under pressure and complied with a High Court order that okayed the return of Mbada Diamonds (Mbada)'s security officers to its Chiadzwa mining site to secure its diamonds and equipment. This also comes after Chinese diamond mining firm Anjin...

Chiadzwa mayhem continues unabated

8 March 2016 HARARE - The chaos and confusion that has characterised developments at the Marange diamond fields in Manicaland, ever since the government made its controversial decision last month to expropriate all the gem claims in the area, continues unabated. In addition to the move creating massive ten...

Court sjamboks defiant Chidakwa

5 March 2016 HARARE - High Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has shellacked Mines minister Walter Chidakwa, ruling that he wilfully defied a court order earlier this week that Mbada Diamonds be allowed to return to its Chiadzwa mining operations. The ruling was made after the South African-owned 50 perce...

Chidakwa grilled in court

4 March 2016 HARARE - Mines minister Walter Chidakwa was yesterday grilled by lawyers in court but defended himself saying he could not be held in contempt over his actions to defy a High Court order okaying the return of Mbada Diamonds (Private) Limited (Mbada) to its Chiadzwa mining site. Chidakwa appear...

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