Articles tagged 'walter chidakwa'

Gudyanga, Chidakwa trial stayed 11 January 2019 HARARE - The trial of former Mines minister Walter Chidakwa and ex-permanent secretary in the ministry Francis Gudyanga has been stayed pending the hearing of their appeal in the High Court. The duo is facing a corruption charges after they allegedly misappropriated $29 000 in board sitting al...
Gudyanga's $1,6m graft trial sucks in police 3 December 2018 HARARE - Former Mines and Mining Development permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga — accused of forcing the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) to illegally pay $1,6 million to a foreign firm — has implicated the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in the alleged fraud. This was reveal...
'ED's Anti-Corruption team causes confusion' 12 September 2018 HARARE - Ex-Cabinet minister Walter Chidakwa's lawyer has complained that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Special Anti-Corruption Unit is causing confusion that has stalled progress in prosecution of alleged graft matters that are before the courts. Advocate Sylvester Hashiti is representing Ch...
Chidakwa, Gudyanga case postponed 5 September 2018 HARARE - The case in which former Cabinet minister Walter Chidakwa and his former permanent secretary, Francis Gudyanga are being charged for corruption involving $29 000 has been postponed to October 4. The matter was postponed due to the absence of the prosecutor Clemence Chimbari who was sa...
State dithers on Chidakwa, Gudyanga corruption case 23 August 2018 HARARE - The State is dithering on the release of Cabinet minutes crucial to ex-minister Walter Chidakwa and Civil Service Commission permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga's defence. Chidakwa and Gudyanga who are facing a corruption charge involving $29 000 fraudulently awarded as board sitting...
Chidakwa, Gudyanga graft trial deferred 25 July 2018 HARARE - Ex-minister Walter Chidakwa and Public Service Commission permanent secretary Francis Pedzana Gudyanga, who are facing corruption charges, have said former president Robert Mugabe okayed the allegedly dodgy tranhakwa is being accused of appointing Gudyanga as a lone board member at the M...
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, ...
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