Botha Gold Mine has issued a firm and unequivocal rejection of fraud-related allegations circulating in recent media reports, describing them as “false, fictitious and malicious” in a strongly worded press statement released this week.
As the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) prepares for its decisive Extraordinary Session in Midrand, the candidacy of Senator Tony Sibandze from the Kingdom of Eswatini has emerged as a beacon of stability and results-oriented leadership. Running for the position of 4th Vice President, Sibandze is not merely offering a vision; he is presenting a proven blueprint to rescue the institution from its current operational and financial quagmire.
HARARE, April 27, 2026 — In a major stride for Zimbabwe’s transport sector, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Honourable Felix Tapiwa Mhona, officially commissioned the newly constructed Manyame Bridge along Beatrice Road this Monday. The bridge, a sophisticated piece of engineering designed for a 100-year lifespan, represents a critical piece of the puzzle in the government’s ongoing Harare–Masvingo–Beitbridge Dualization Project.
The escalating dispute over Botha Gold Mine has transitioned from a standard mining boundary disagreement into a complex narrative of institutional overreach and alleged private opportunism.
For many travelers and traders moving between South Africa and Zimbabwe, the Beitbridge Border Post is a daunting bottleneck of red tape, long queues, and expensive customs duties. In the gaps where the law ends and desperation begins, a unique informal industry has emerged. They are known as the Zalawi.
The name itself is a colloquial nod to the massive “Zalawi” haulage trucks that crisscross the SADC region
Experts from Burundi shared national best practices in inclusive disaster risk reduction, including ongoing efforts to integrate gender-disaggregated data into resilience planning. They also outlined plans to operationalise a multi-hazard situation room for disaster risk reduction. The facility will be linked to the Africa Multi-hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (AMHEWAS) Situation Room at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa.
Its operations include major gold mines such as Freda Rebecca Gold Mine, How Mine, Shamva Gold Mine, Jena Gold Mine and Elvington Gold Mine; are assets that collectively span thousands of hectares and produce gold in volumes measured not in grams but in hundreds of kilogrammes per month and tonnes per year.
What is unfolding around Botha Gold Mine now presents itself as a potential case of coordinated economic capture, where a small network of individuals, allegedly linked through prior relationships, overlapping interests, personal grievances and commercial opportunity, appears to have converged in a manner that threatens an entire mining ecosystem.
Under the auspices of H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, the AU Permanent Mission to China, led by H.E. Amb. Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, AU Permanent Representative to the People’s Republic of China, is convening the Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China on the theme “Leveraging China’s 100% Tariff-Free Offer to Foster Development and Prosperity in Africa”.
Botha Gold Mine has firmly rejected allegations that it is involved in a “US$40 million looting” of State land, describing the claim as unfounded and not supported by any legal or factual record.
