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

BUSINESS NEWS

Outcry as Chinese mining firms flout basic safety rules in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's mining sector is experiencing a surge of fresh foreign and local investment, especially from Chinese firms eager to exploit lithium, gold, chrome, and coal deposits. However, this boom is s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Employee brutally attacked by Chinese over NSSA injury claim

An employee at Chinese-operated Huaman Investments (Private) Limited has accused company management of violently assaulting him and fellow workers after they sought assistance from the National Social...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zimplow battles informal market and Chinese miners

Zimplow, one of Zimbabwe's biggest suppliers of farm and construction equipment, is grappling with two stubborn challenges that have become all too familiar: the rise of the informal market and exclus...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwean avocado gains traction among Chinese importers

CHINESE importers have positively reviewed the quality and output of Zimbabwean avocados and are committed to helping local farmers tap into the Chinese market, a Chinese trade specialist has said.Spe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa's govt commends Chinese tiles firm

Government has commended the work done by a Chinese-owned tiles manufacturing company, Sunny Yi Feng based in Norton, which has already started exporting some of its products. The company began produc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa stops eviction of 20 000 villagers by Chinese miner

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered a Chinese company to stop its planned quarry mining activities in Domboshava, following an outcry by over 20 000 villagers who had already been ordered to vaca...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese firm unveils medical sanitary ware at ZITF

New Chinese sanitary pads and pant liners with medical effects capable of cleaning fallopian tubes and balance female sex hormones for women to conceive, have taken the ongoing Zimbabwe International ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Steward Bank partners Chinese card firm UPI for financial card services

STEWARD Bank has partnered Chinese financial services firm, UnionPay International (UPI), to provide payment services for Zimbabweans travelling between the southern African country and Beijing."Basic...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Tax exemption for Chinese company

Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube said government will refund and exempt China Jiangsu International from Value added Tax (Vat) and income tax dating back to 2012.China Jiangsu in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese exit Bindura

Chinese mining and exploration group ASA Resources Group says it is tying up a deal to sell-off its shareholding in Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC), which will see it exit the Zimbabwean market.ASA o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

3 Chinese firms shut down

ENVIRONMENTAL Management Authority (EMA) recently ordered the closure of three Chinese companies that were setting up coke-processing and solar power plants in Hwange without conducting environmental ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 December 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Pacific Cigarette Company partners Chinese firm

Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), formerly Savannah Tobacco Company, has partnered a top Chinese government-owned tobacco company in a move that will see local cigarettes being sold on the global marke...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa dumps Chinese contractor

GOVERNMENT has abandoned talks with Chinese contractor Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (AFECC) for the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway, opting for local financi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018
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