Obert Mpofu

Obert Mpofu

By amlambo
July 1, 2019
National News
THE Zanu PF youth league has vowed to further expose Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya and the Zimbabwe Miners Federation boss Henrietta Rushwaya’s alleged corrupt deals, and expose more people in its “name and shame” exercise. ...
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By amlambo
March 1, 2018
News Slider
Civic society groups in Zimbabwe claim that state-sponsored violence is taking place at the Chiadzwa diamond fields as the government attempts to keep illegal dealers and panners at ...
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By amlambo
February 27, 2018
AMH Voices Slider
The behaviour exhibited by Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines can attract a recall of Parliament. His arrogance and the boss-mentality is ...
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By amlambo
January 8, 2015
News
TRANSPORT minister Obert Mpofu, who has had several allegations of graft levelled against him, has challenged the media to prove the alleged corrupt activities first before implicating him in any shady deals. ...
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By amlambo
January 8, 2015
News
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Obert Mpofu this week read the riot act to board members of parastatals and authorities under his purview when he was outlining the ministry’s expectations for 2015. ...
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By amlambo
January 3, 2015
Attempted break-in at Mpofu’s office
UNKNOWN people attempted to break into Transport minister Obert Mpofu’s Kaguvi offices in Harare, it has been established. ...
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By amlambo
July 29, 2014
News
FORMER Mines minister Obert Mpofu yesterday bragged before High Court judge Justice Chinembiri Bhunu that he was so rich and would not stoop so low as to demand kickbacks from prospective miners ...
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By amlambo
February 17, 2014
National News
EMPLOYEES of a private security company owned by Transport minister Obert Mpofu are allegedly harassing a Bulawayo man accusing him of stealing a shot-gun three years ago at the minister’s residence. ...
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By amlambo
February 7, 2014
National News
Minister Obert Mpofu’s wife Sikhanyisiwe and daughter Nomsa have been accused of swindling some small-scale miners of a mine. ...
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By amlambo
May 30, 2013
National News Politics
A FIERCE battle looms in Tsholotsho North where Minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo’s wife, Roseline Nkomo, has won the MDC-T ticket to challenge Zanu PF's Jonathan Moyo in the forthcoming parliamentary polls. ...
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By amlambo
March 29, 2013
News
Zimplats is on a fresh collision course with the government after it filed a notice challenging the compulsory acquisition of close to 27 000 hectares of land. ...
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By amlambo
March 7, 2013
News
THE government is considering reviewing royalties for platinum miners with high charges for less processed grades of the white metal mineral, Mines and Mineral Development minister Obert Mpofu said yesterday. ...
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By amlambo
March 5, 2013
National News
MINES and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu says the government will not relent on its resolve to repossess special mining grants from potential investors holding on to claims for speculative purposes. ...
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By amlambo
February 22, 2013
News
OVER a million carats of diamonds left by Core Mining and Mineral Resources after the termination of its joint venture with Marange Resources cannot be accounted for by the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC). ...
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By amlambo
February 15, 2013
News
IMPALA Platinum Holdings (Implats) says it is not aware of government’s plans to repossess some of the land belonging to its local unit, Zimplats. ...
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By amlambo
February 14, 2013
News
PLATINUM advanced for a second day, widening its premium to gold on concern supply will tighten after Zimbabwe seized land from the country’s biggest miner of the metal. Palladium climbed to the highest level since September 2011. ...
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By amlambo
February 13, 2013
News
THE government has repossessed over 27 000 hectares of land from the country’s top platinum miner, Zimplats, with immediate effect. ...
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By amlambo
February 11, 2013
Opinion & Editorials
On January 31, Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono quietly delivered his first Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for 2013 with fewer stakeholders anticipating any real impact or purpose to it. ...
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By amlambo
January 26, 2013
National News
ZANU PF Umguza legislator Obert Mpofu has dismissed allegations that there is violence in his constituency, saying those making the claims are creating “imaginary violence in their minds” to justify their political defeat. ...
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By amlambo
January 25, 2013
National News
Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu yesterday came to the defence of United Family International Church founder Emmanuel Makandiwa saying “his God given talent should be supported”. ...
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By amlambo
January 18, 2013
News Politics
ZANU PF politburo member Obert Mpofu yesterday castigated party members in Matabeleland North for selling maize seed and other inputs from President Robert Mugabe meant for villagers. ...
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By amlambo
January 14, 2013
National News
MINES minister Obert Mpofu is among people who made an impact in their countries in 2012, according to the latest edition of Africa Report. ...
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By amlambo
January 8, 2013
News Politics
ASPIRING independent MP for Bubi, Genniva Sibanda, on Sunday lashed out at Zanu PF Umguza MP Obert Mpofu over his recent pledge to dole out land to soccer legends in Matabeleland North, saying the gesture was a cheap campaign gimmick. ...
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By amlambo
December 25, 2012
National News
MINES and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu yesterday paid tribute to the late Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development minister Seiso Moyo saying he was an “amazing politician”. ...
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By amlambo
December 19, 2012
News Politics
ZANU PF politburo member and Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu has consolidated control of Zanu PF structures in Matabeleland North and Bulawayo provinces after candidates he backed won provincial chairpersons posts. ...
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By amlambo
December 3, 2012
News
ENVIRONMENT and Natural Resources minister Francis Nhema has said the government would not authorise mining activities in Gwayi Conservancy in Matabeleland North until the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) has approved the projects. ...
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By amlambo
November 15, 2012
News
Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu has challenged Partnership Africa Canada to prove that he splashed $20 million from Marange diamonds on his properties. ...
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By amlambo
November 14, 2012
News
Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu has accused De Beers of looting the country’s Marange diamonds for over 15 years under the guise of exploration. ...
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By amlambo
October 25, 2012
News Politics
THE wives of Mines minister Obert Mpofu and his Water Resources counterpart Samuel Sipepa Nkomo are reportedly angling themselves to contest the next parliamentary elections by initiating development projects in their home areas, it has been learnt. ...
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By amlambo
October 18, 2012
News
MINES and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu says the country will not realise the projected $600 million from the sale of diamonds, as a result of a slump in world prices of the precious mineral ...
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