FRESH startling details have emerged indicating how the late former President Robert Mugabe and his family worked with extop parastatal and security bosses to ship high-grade diamonds and ivory out of the country.
Mugabe – who died in September 2019 – was as shrewd in underhand dealings as he was in politics, according to exclusive information obtained by the Zimbabwe Independent, this week.
This comes amid reports that his vast farming empire under Gushungo Holdings is crumbling, with workers owed salaries, while part of the estate in Mazowe – 40km north of Harare – is being leased to a millionaire businessman.
In private briefings this week, it emerged that Mugabe and his family could have had a close working relationship with the then Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi through a diamond cutting and processing company – Gemgrade Mining Company.
The Zimbabwe Independent
May 31, 2017
Zimbabwe Independent reporter, Hazel Ndebele, has a rare chance to witness media engagement and press freedom issues in the United States under the new administration after she was selected to be one of several journalists by the United States Foreign Press Centers.
The tour entitled “Media Literacy and Press Freedom in the 21st Century” will take place in Washington, DC, New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA, from Sunday, June 4 through Wednesday, June 14.
Announcing the news, David McGuire, Public Affairs Officer at the United States Embassy, said the tour will provide fresh insights on media literacy and press freedom.
The Zimbabwe Independent
By Yael Even Or
In the past three years, a new slang word has come to be popular in the Zimbabwean capital. Iâve heard it in professional settings and at parties. Itâs a conjugation of the word nikuv, to say that you were screwed. For example, âAre you trying to nikuv me?â or âI just got a flat tire on my way to this meeting, Iâm so nikuved!â
Nikuv in Hebrew means poking a hole or punching, as in a punched card, but no Zimbabwean knows what that word actually means in Hebrew. All they know is that an Israeli company with that name screwed them over in the latest elections.