BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese to build luxury riverfront lodges in Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe's tourism sector is set for a major boost following confirmation that The Lux Collective, a global hospitality group with Chinese backing, will develop a high-end eco-luxury lodge estate alon...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Fugitive Chinese national flees Zimbabwe

A fugitive Chinese national who fled Zimbabwe while facing theft charges has been accused of leading a smear campaign to discredit his former business partners and destabilise a joint mining venture....

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 November 2025

POLITICS

Chinese miner rebuts Maguwu's grave desecration claims

Chinese-owned Max Mind Investments, operators of Sabi Star Mine in Buhera, has refuted allegations that it desecrated graves during its mining operations, saying it legally exhumed and reburied 22 bo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 November 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Villagers, Chinese firm clash over granite mining plans

Villagers in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, are fiercely opposing a planned granite mining project by Chinese-owned Hong Ri Trading, accusing the company of environmental violations and forging ke...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 November 2025

POLITICS

Chinese firm, Chief clash over mining rights

A legal conflict has arisen between Chinese mining company Wan Wenjin Jewellers and Chief Mutasa of Manicaland over allegations of unauthorised gold mining on land covered by the firm's exclusive pros...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese firm rushes to extract over 60,000 metric tonnes of lithium ahead of ban

China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt plans to extract more than 60,000 metric tonnes of lithium sulphate during the first quarter of 2026 from its new $400 million plant in Zimbabwe, the company says.This ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Rushwaya warns of revolt over Chinese abuses in mining sector

Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has issued a stern warning to government, accusing some Chinese investors of killing, abusing, and exploiting local small-scale miners - ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese shoots dead Zimbabwean employee over salary

A wave of grief and anger has swept through Mutoko and beyond following the death of a local worker allegedly shot by his Chinese employers after demanding overdue wages. The victim, whose identity r...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese cement firm director jailed in Zimbabwe

High Court judge Justice Philda Muzofa has found executives of Wih-Zim Construction Material Investments in contempt of court for defying a previous order to stop construction of a cement manufacturi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabweans urged to stop blaming Chinese investors

Former Energy Minister Fortune Chasi has urged Zimbabweans to stop blaming Chinese investors for widespread environmental destruction, arguing that corruption and weak governance among locals are the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese envoy wants to see more investors in Zimbabwe

China remains committed to strengthening solidarity and cooperation to support Zimbabwe in advancing its industrialization and modernization, Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding said on Friday.Sp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Union petitions Parly to probe Chinese mining operations

The National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe (NMWUZ) has petitioned Parliament, raising concerns over alleged widespread labour and environmental violations at Chinese-owned mining companies operating...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

14 Chinese nationals arrested in Zimbabwe

Fourteen Chinese nationals were arrested on Tuesday morning in Harare after they were allegedly found in possession of cocaine.The group was apprehended at a lodge in the Newlands suburb, although pol...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe High Court bans Chinese miner

The Chinhoyi High Court has barred Beijing Broadtec Investments (Pvt) Ltd from conducting any mining activities at the disputed Mukovo 12 Mine in Mashonaland West Province, ruling that the Chinese com...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 August 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Mutambara warns of Western, Chinese bias in AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) expert and former Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has warned that existing AI systems are inherently biased, reflecting only the values of their developers in China...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 August 2025

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Chinese nickel giant to invest $800m in Zimbabwe

Chinese nickel producer Tsingshan Holding Group will invest $800 million in expanding its steel plant in central Zimbabwe through its unit Dinson Iron and Steel Company.Tsingshan, among the world's la...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 August 2025

EDUCATION

Bryden School in Chegutu battles Chinese firm

Bryden Country School in Chegutu is embroiled in a heated legal battle with Chinese-owned Shuntai Holdings over the construction of a lime and cement factory just 497 metres from its boundary - a proj...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 August 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Chinese cement company slapped with US$10,000 fine

Chinese cement manufacturer Shuntai Investments (Private) Limited has been fined US$10,000 for contempt of court after failing to comply with a provisional order halting the construction of its cemen...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese firm sues Zimbabwe police boss

A Chinese-owned mining firm, Jiayuan Investments, has taken Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Shepherd Mutamba to court for contempt, accusing him of defying a High Court order to re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese national illegally transfer US$880,000

A 52-year-old Chinese national has appeared in court in Harare facing allegations of illegally transferring US$880,000 to China without authorisation from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).Sun Limin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese company loses labour case

Jian Shan Civil Explosives, a Chinese-owned company based in Chinhoyi, has lost a labour dispute and has been ordered by the courts to pay former employees after being found guilty of unfair dismissal...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zambia signs $1.1 billion deal with Chinese firm

Zambia has signed a US$1.1 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China's Fujian Xiang Xin Corporation for the development of a crude oil refinery and energy complex in Ndola, in a move expect...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Chinese miner in Zimbabwe grave rights abuses storm

The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has called on the Zimbabwean government to urgently intervene and halt alleged human rights abuses being committed by a Chinese-linked mining company ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare company director dupes Chinese investors

A local businesswoman, Lilian Nyamasoka, is now a fugitive from justice after a Harare magistrate issued a warrant for her arrest on Thursday for failing to appear in court to answer to two counts of ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2025

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Chinese-funded projects power Zimbabwe

The Chinese-funded expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station, specifically Units 7 and 8, emerged as the main source of energy supply for Zimbabwe in 2024, according to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2025
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