OPINION

How Zimbabwe police protect illegal mining

Zimbabwe's environmental laws are among the strictest on the continent when it comes to preventing illegal mining, yet along the banks of the Mutare River, these regulations exist in name only. The st...

By Staff reporter | Published: 5 hours ago

BUSINESS NEWS

7 illegal forex dealers await bail ruling

Seven suspected illegal foreign currency dealers accused of engaging in money laundering and running an underground forex trading operation are expected back in court today for their bail ruling.The ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Businesswoman in court over illegal forex scheme

Harare businesswoman Tariro Masiwa Musekiwa has been hauled before the courts alongside her company, Chrisha Boutique, on allegations of running an unlicensed foreign currency transmission business in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Windmill warns public against illegal land sales

Windmill (Private) Limited has issued a stern warning to the public over fraudulent land sales involving its property, Lot FA Kinvara, measuring 65.2436 hectares, which is being illegally marketed as ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

EMA to deploy drones in crackdown on illegal mining

The Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says it will soon deploy drones to monitor rampant illegal mining activities in Matabeleland South, as authorities intensify efforts to curb land degradation...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC blitz uncovers 800 illegal shops in Bulawayo CBD

A recent crackdown by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) on lettable unit shops in the city's Central Business District (CBD) has revealed that about 800 out of more than 1 300 premises are operating wit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 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

Illegal logging costs Zimbabwe millions

Deep in the misty Eastern Highlands, along the Zimbabwe–Mozambique border, the whine of chainsaws has replaced the natural chorus of birdsong. Towering indigenous and exotic trees, some centuries ol...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 August 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwean for illegal mining activities in South Africa

A 32-year-old Zimbabwean national was arrested in Barberton, Mpumalanga, on Friday, July 18, during a multi-agency sting operation that led to the seizure of explosives, gold-bearing material, and lar...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 July 2025

POLITICS

Zanu-PF turns party office into illegal night club

The Government has ordered the immediate closure of a Zanu-PF party office converted into a nightclub in Harare's Borrowdale area following mounting complaints from local residents over persistent noi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Illegal lithium exports undermine Zimbabwe's mineral wealth

In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, approached a border checkpoint between Zimbabwe and Mozambique carrying a sealed container he believed held chrome, a mineral listed on the shipment paperwork. Having t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Illegal gambling machines in Beitbridge to be destroyed

The Lotteries and Gaming Board of Zimbabwe will on Wednesday, July 3, destroy a consignment of illegal gaming machines confiscated earlier this year during a crackdown on unlicensed gambling operation...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare has over 5,000 illegal billboards

Shocking revelations emerged this week that Harare City Council officials are allegedly complicit in the illegal erection and operation of over 5,000 billboards across the capital, costing the local a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2025

EDUCATION

Ministry clarifies extra lessons not illegal

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has clarified that extra lessons are not illegal under current policy, but warned that they become a disciplinary offence when teachers charge learners ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC battle illegal environmental activities

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has intensified efforts to clamp down on illegal gold mining, sand poaching, and firewood theft-activities that are wreaking havoc on the environment and jeopardising t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

POLITICS

Mnangagwa dragged into messy, illegal takeover of Arlington Estate

Barely a month after President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed over 480 hectares of Arlington Estate to PPC Zimbabwe, a storm is brewing over the land's true ownership, with fresh court documents revealing ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2025

POLITICS

Zimbabwe orders immediate eviction of illegal rural land occupiers

The Government has issued a stern warning to all individuals occupying State land illegally, particularly in rural areas, demanding that they vacate such land immediately or face prosecution under the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ clamps down on illegal cash deals

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has banned with immediate effect all cash-in, cash-out and cash-back transactions, which were used by some dealers to extort cash from members of the public. Further, the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Illegal mining threatens Blanket Mine operations

CALEDONIA Mining Corporation has bemoaned the rampant increase of illegal mining activities on properties controlled by its gold mining company, Blanket Mine in Gwanda.Blanket Mine has exploration tit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Tendai Biti claims SI 142 is illegal

FORMER Finance Minister and legislator Tendai Biti has described the abandonment of the multi-currency system by government as a disaster while urging its reversal.The MDC MP for Harare East was addr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo Power station ownership transferred illegally without council knowledge

THE dispute between the Bulawayo City Council and the Zimbabwe Power Company over the ownership of the Bulawayo Power Station has taken a dramatic twist after it emerged that title deeds to the disput...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

State broadcaster seeks illegal tenant's eviction

THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (Pvt) Ltd (ZBH) has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to evict Blackbury Enterprises from its premises, accusing the latter of occupying its premises withou...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 November 2018

MINING & RETAIL

4 injured in shooting at illegal gold mine

Police in Mashonaland East Province have arrested three security guards from Braising Security Company for shooting illegal gold miners at Arcturus Mine in Goromonzi over the week-end. The guards shot...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2018

POLITICS

Chiwenga speaks on illegal sanctions blame-game

Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said former president Mr Robert Mugabe blamed his failures on sanctions even where he could have proffered solutions to challenges facing the nation dur...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2018

POLITICS

Harare seeks order to demolish illegal structures

Harare City Council has approached the High Court, seeking an order to demolish hundreds of illegal structures built in Kuwadzana 3 by members of Sekusile Housing Co-operative, arguing the land in que...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 June 2018
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