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Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe acquitted
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board chairman, Albert Mugabe, has been acquitted of the criminal abuse of office charges he was facing.Mugabe was cleared of the offence ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's court challenge dismissed
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board chairperson Albert Mugabe on Wednesday had his application challenging the acceptability of a letter he allegedly wrote to CBZ Bank guarante...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mass resignations stall ex-Zinara boss trial
The trial of former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board chairperson, Albert Mugabe, on criminal abuse of office charges, was yesterday postponed to a later date after the chief witnes...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now mirror of Mugabe's patronage system
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent appointments of High Court Judge Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo to lead the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and Gerald Mlotshwa to the Sports and Recreatio...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe stalls trial
FORMER Zinara boss, Albert Mugabe, was back in court yesterday accused of stalling his trial by seeking postponements.State prosecutor Nyikadzino Machingura was not amused as Mugabe's lawyer, ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 11:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP Hwende seeks removal from remand
Kuwadzana East legislator Chalton Hwende (MDC Alliance) on Tuesday put the State on notice as he seeks to apply for refusal of further remand if he is not furnished with a trial date on the next reman...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe in court
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board chairman Albert Mugabe has appeared in court on allegations of authorising and tendering false letters of undertaking to set off a mortgage ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mafia' trying to block Zinara probe
Unnamed bigwigs in government are allegedly meddling with investigations by Parliament into the operations of the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) after an audit unearthed massive corru...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zinara under fire over huge wage bill
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) was yesterday put under scrutiny in Parliament over revelations by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri that the road agency was paying employees hefty sala...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe up for $300,000 fraud
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) board chairman Albert Mugabe yesterday appeared in court charged with criminal abuse of duty. He allegedly wrote to CBZ bank lying that th...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matiza, Gumbo clash over Zinara board?
New Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza is ringing changes at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), going against advice he got from his predecessor Joram Gumbo who is now heading the ...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Multi-million dollar scandal rocks Zinara
AN external forensic audit has uncovered massive corruption, tax evasion and corporate governance rot at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara), in which the government agency lost millio...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe transport management system to improve efficiency
Zimbabwe has signed an integrated transport management system, which seeks to bring together five key elements of road policing, efficient use of national infrastructure and coordination of informatio...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:25hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's property attached over debt
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) boss Albert Mugabe has petitioned the court, seeking an order for stay of execution after his property was attached by the Sheriff of the High Cou...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 121 | by WikiLeaks
Bulawayo-Plumtree highway perimeter fence commissioned
The government through the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe has completed the erection of a perimeter fence for the 100 kilometer stretch of the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway in a move that will signifi...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe after Morgan Tsvangirai - A narrative full of trials, sadness and hope
Our condolences go to the family of the Tsvangirais for an irreplaceable loss of their father, brother and, uncle, and for the country to whom Morgan Richard Tsvangirai became a stalwart for championi...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:42hrs | | by Andrew Manyevere
Morgan Tsvangirai: Footprints on the sands of history
Facts are stubborn. It is trite to state that the story of this country cannot be written without according veneration to the name of Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.For there is no debate he deserv...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 12:22hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
G40 looting spree 'exposed'
Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) executives, inspired by Zanu-PF's G40 faction, allegedly colluded to embark on a looting spree, in case the party lost the forthcoming general elections....Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 04:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zinara exonerates execs in fraud case
The case of five Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) executives accused of allegedly fraudulently transferring more than $2 million into bogus companies' accounts in a shady loan repayment ...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt buys forex on black market
THE country's foreign currency squeeze has reportedly forced some government departments and parastatals to source the elusive United States dollars from the parallel market to fund their various acti...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe military coup was not about Mugabe '
OPERATION Restore Legacy was never about former president Robert Mugabe, a senior government official has said. George Charamba, the permanent secretary' in the ministry' of Media, Information...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo accuses Charamba of 'bootlicking idiocy'
Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo - who is in self-imposed exile - has hit back at Media, Information and Broadcasting Services ministry permanent secretary George Charamba a...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zvimba celebrates the fall of Mugabe
In 1981, when Albert Mugabe, younger brother to former president Robert Mugabe died, their uncle, Paul Matibiri, reportedly warned the then prime minister that if he was as selfish in leading the coun...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wakes up after 37 years to find that Zimbabwe is a Zezuru dynasty
When Emmerson Mnangagwa was elevated to the post of Vice President, Karangas and a few others who do not have full knowledge of their own party, including Mnangagwa, himself, exploded into wild celebr...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 15:30hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Audit unearths rot at Zinara
AN internal forensic audit on the operations of the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has exposed massive financial abuse, including the payment of $71 million and R31 million to contract...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Karangas wake up after 37 years to find that Zimbabwe is a Zezuru dynasty
When Emmerson Mnangagwa was elevated to the post of Vice President, Karangas and a few others who do not have full knowledge of their own party, including Mnangagwa, himself, exploded into wild celebr...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 11:16hrs | | by Israel Dube
When Mugabe or Mnangagwa go: Are Zimbabweans fixing their eyes on wrong goal posts?
Genesis 21:19 "And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water, and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink."History has shown that when dictators die order is ...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 21:22hrs | 4 | by Andrew Manyevere
Zezuru or Gushungo Hegemony making it difficult to remove Zanu PF
A political commentator George Mkhwanazi has said the Zezuru or Gushungo hegemony is making it very difficult for the ruling Zanu PF to be removed from the helm."The day I discovered how intri...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 07:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
PPC Zimbabwe lobbies govt on concrete roads
LOCAL cement producer, PPC Zimbabwe, has started lobbying the government to move away from asphalt roads and turn to concrete roads, saying the latter were more durable.Another cement manufact...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe 'gets SECOND board appointment in a week'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's daughter, Bona Chikore, has been appointed a board member of the soon-to-be-established Empower Bank, which will be run by the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowermen...Published: 27 May 2017 at 16:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe creating family dynasty'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has been accused of clandestinely setting up a Mugabe dynasty following the appointment of his daughter, Bona Mugabe-Chikore, to the Censorship Board, with opposition activists...Published: 25 May 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe spends $45 million on road rehabilitation
Zimbabwe has spent $45 million on road rehabilitation, disbursed through State road fund administrator Zinara, with government looking into its coffers for more, Vice President (VP) Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare to partner Chinese firm in road deal
Harare City Council is set to partner one of the largest state-owned companies in China, Sinohydro Corporation, in a deal that could result in roads being rehabilitated and dualised.The two pa...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinara, Univern ties raise stink
Former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) CEO, Frank Chitukutuku, left his post in a huff in 2014.His contract was due to expire in March 2015 but he offered to leave by Decem...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter To President Robert Mugabe on the occasion of his 93rd birthday
Dear President Robert Mugabe! Your Excellence! Our African tradition requires that, I congratulate you on your 93rd birthday irrespective of our political differences. As a...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 18:10hrs | 3 | by Cde Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena
Open letter to 'selfish' Robert Gabrial Mugabe
15th February 2017Open Letter To President Robert Mugabe on the occasion of his 93rd birthday.Dear President Robert Mugabe!Your Excellence!Our African tradition require...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 15:30hrs | 5 | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena
'Toll fees not enough for road rehabilitation'
ROAD maintenance across the country remains a challenge as the bulk of the money from toll fees collected is going towards the $206 million loan repayment to the Development Bank of South Africa, ...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roads made in hell
DRIVING in Zimbabwe roads now requires one to acquire new skills of negotiating potholes. Drivers also need the nerves of steel to endure the gruelling driving experience which, if not well execut...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
$4 million for emergency highway pothole patching
THE Government has released $4 million for the immediate patching of potholes and resurfacing of the Beitbridge-Victoria Falls as well as the Beitbridge-Harare highways.The Minister of Tra...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
New road fee for motorists?
Harare motorists are set to fork out more for using city roads as the local authority mulls introducing a fee for road maintenance following inadequate allocations from the Zimbabwe National Road ...Published: 09 Jan 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Highway construction to benefit Indigenous entrepreneurs'
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) board chairman Albert Mugabe says the construction of the Beitbridge-Chirundu highway will provide an opportunity for local business people to reap ...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 13:57hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zinara mulls constructing concrete roads
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration is exploring ways to adopt the construction of concrete roads in line with strategies other African countries have started implementing. Zinara b...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian company in bid to arm twist Zimbabwe govt systems
A Nigerian company, Courtville Business Solutions Plc, is reportedly trying to arm twist Government officials in its bid to win an electronic vehicle insurance cover note deal without going throug...Published: 27 Sep 2016 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinara splash $500 000 on Robert Mugabe Highway
The road leading to President Robert Mugabe's Zvimba rural home is being rehabilitated to the tune of $500 000.According to Zvimba Rural District Council chief executive officer Peter Hloh...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Masiyiwa-Chamisa appointed new Zinara CEO
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has appointed Engineer Nancy Masiyiwa-Chamisa as the substantive chief executive officer effective September 1, 2016. Eng Masiyiwa-Chami...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA tycoon bleeds Zinara
A South African businessman Mr Niko Shefer, is reportedly siphoning millions of dollars from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) as facilitation fee for the $206 million loan accessed ...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Intertoll collects $56 million from nine tollgates
INTERTOLL Zimbabwe has collected $56 million from the nine tollgates it operates on the rehabilitated Plumtree-Mutare highway on behalf of Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) over the past ...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Business Reporter.
Mugabe fingered in high level corruption at ZINARA
President Robert Mugabe's name has surfaced in a $1.3 million fraud case involving Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) executives who seem to have been let off the hook.ZINARA chie...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 17:11hrs | 2 | by Tatenda Dewa
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