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Zec gets US$20m allocation
TREASURY has allocated the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) ZW$116 600 000 000 (US$20 137 979) in the 2024 National Budget, which analysts say is likely to be whittled down by the controversial rec...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:39hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to appease security forces
TREASURY has allocated 18% of the national budget to the security sector, ZW$10.8 trillion (US$1.9 billion), which is a large amount in peacetime, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa moves to appease the ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:07hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Extortionate passport fees spark outrage in Zimbabwe
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has proposed a sharp hike in passport fees despite concerns over the lack of transparency on how the proceeds are spent.Critics say while access to a passport is ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:06hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa questions silence 2 years after death of Munatsi in mysterious fire
Former Member of Parliament (MP) Temba Mliswa has raised concerns about the continued silence of State Security agencies regarding the death of Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) Chief ...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 05:00hrs | 1162 | by Staff reporter
'David Coltart faces opposition as some councillors refuse to disclose assets'
Some councillors are apparently dragging their heels in complying with Bulawayo mayor, Councillor David Coltart's call to disclose their assets, CITE has learnt.When Coltart assumed office, he...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 09:03hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
TelOne learning centre to offer degrees
TELONE Centre for Learning has deferred its 2023 graduation ceremony as it prepares to transform into a university.In a statement yesterday, TelOne spokesperson Melody Harry said the learning ...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:28hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC in the red
THE Auditor-General (AG)'s latest report has revealed that the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC)'s liabilities currently exceed its assets by ZWL$24,5 billion....Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:28hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
'Serial killer' sent to mental hospital
A MENTALLY-CHALLENGED Kadoma man, who committed a series of murders before turning the sword against his father and setting the family home ablaze in June 2021, has been sent to Chikurubi Psychiatric ...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:24hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
ZACC officials recover US$29m assets offshore
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has recovered externalised assets by corrupt citizens worth US$29 million, a new report submitted to Parliament has revealed.Experts say the sout...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 17:32hrs | 1980 | by Staff reporter
Elections cost Zimbabwean taxpayers US$188 million
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) received ZW$860 billion (US$188 266 199) to conduct the 23 August general elections, a figure which is likely to balloon in the forthcoming parliamentary and lo...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:43hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand adequate resources for NPA to expedite court cases
Members of Parliament have called on the government to provide the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) with adequate resources to ensure the timely completion of court cases.This call comes i...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:11hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Fortune Charumbira question Miles Sampa's motives
PAN-AFRICAN Parliament (PAP) president Fortune Charumbira has denied allegations that he abused the organisation's resources saying such claims are malicious and false.The allegations were mad...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council blames human error for 'Barnabas' land ownership dispute
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is locked in a fraud allegation with a local war veteran, Jackson Barnabas Sibanda emanating from an error of omission involving a piece of land that the latter bought ...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:22hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart calls on councillors to declare assets
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has asked councillors to declare their assets as they assume office, to combat corruption.The move may make lifestyle audits possible and expose those who may acqu...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 15:38hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's budget dilemma
DON'T tell me what you value, show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value:" Joe Biden.Ordinarily, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube should have presented the ZWL$47,8 trillion 2024 nation...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:59hrs | 489 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
New land audit report set to expose Zimbabwe land grab by political elites
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was Wednesday handed the final audit report on 254,538 farms in what is set to lift the lid on the country's widely disproportionate land ownership patterns post-the land ...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 07:37hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Receives Comprehensive Farms Database Audit Report
Harare, November 22 - Today, President Mnangagwa was presented with the outcomes of a thorough audit of the Land Information Management System (LIMS) farm...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:27hrs | 215 | by Staff Reporter
Gono loses property
Gideon Gono, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, has reportedly lost ownership of Valley Lodge, a property in Manicaland province, to an estate agent who allegedly manipulated the reg...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 12:55hrs | 11094 | by Staff Reporter
1 ambulance for Parirenyatwa
ZIMBABWE'S largest referral hospital, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, which services Harare and other nearby provinces, has been operating with only one functional ambulance, reflecting the country's...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 20:40hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Mukupe sentencing deferred
High Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero has postponed the sentencing of former Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe, who was convicted on Tuesday for smuggling 138,979 litres of diesel from Moz...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:44hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Zupco can't account for ZW$3bn
THE loss-making Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco), which has been embroiled in numerous corruption scandals, has failed to account for ZW$3.4 billion in revenue it generated in urban areas, du...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:21hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consolidates grip over investment fund
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has retained control of the Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF), raising concerns about potential widespread corruption resulting from housing 20 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) u...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 14:54hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
51 Zimbabwe parastatals fail to submit financials
A total of fifty-one state-owned enterprises have failed to submit their financial statements for auditing to the Auditor-General, as required by law.The Acting Auditor-General, Mrs. Rhea Kuji...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:40hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
NGOs sweat over registration hurdles
Small non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have expressed their frustration with bureaucratic obstacles hindering their registration, and they believe that the debate surrounding the Private Voluntar...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:53hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Serial killer' sent to mental hospital
A mentally-challenged man from Kadoma, who committed a series of murders, turned the sword against his father, and set the family home ablaze in June 2021, has been transferred to Chikurubi Psychiatri...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:51hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Ministry in storm over e-passports
THE Auditor-General (AG) has raised the red flag over failure by the Home Affairs ministry to provide information on how much was raised from the issuance electronic passports (e-passports), amid conc...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:28hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle scandal erupts in Zimbabwe govt
GOVERNMENT ministries have been caught in repeated vehicle scams amid revelations millions of dollars were spent on buying cars that were not delivered.The ministries include Home Affairs, Lan...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:28hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe planes unaccounted for
ACTING Auditor-General Rheah Kujinga has exposed the rot at Air Zimbabwe which includes financial books that are in a shambles as well as the failure by the national airline to account for the number ...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:27hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Zimra can't account for ZW$1 billion
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has failed to account for millions of dollars in tax and deposits paid by clients, amid indications of massive fraud facilitated by weak accounting systems, rais...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:27hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Edgars sidelines Matebeleland executives
Two executive directors at the clothing maker and retailer Edgars Stores have tendered their resignations, effective today, as part of sweeping changes initiated by the new majority shareholder, Mauri...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:51hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Edgars CEO controversially booted out
EDGARS Stores Limited has announced the resignation of its group chief executive officer, Ms Tjeludo Ndlovu, effective tomorrow, Tuesday. The company's Group Chief Finance Officer, Ms Happiness Vundla...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:38hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
MDC led Local Authorities feast on Devolution Funds
The latest Auditor General's (AG) report has exposed a significant lack of reporting by most local authorities in Zimbabwe over the last three years. According to Section 301(3) of the Constitution of...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:29hrs | 85 | by Staff reporte
Brain drain hits Lupane University
Lupane State University (LSU) has faced significant staff turnover in the past two years due to the challenging economic environment, leading to a departure of professionals from the institution. This...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:38hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe 'dead as a dodo'
TECHNICALLY-INSOLVENT Air Zimbabwe has accumulated losses of US$407,84 million, while total liabilities have exceeded assets by US$380,22 million, further casting significant doubt on the airline's ab...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:36hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's graft-buster Zacc flagged over corruption
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has come under scrutiny in the latest Auditor-General report due to a lack of supporting documents for approximately US$21,000 in expenditures, raising c...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 07:47hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's graft-buster Zacc flagged over corruption
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has come under scrutiny in the latest Auditor-General report due to a lack of supporting documents for approximately US$21,000 in expenditures, raising c...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 07:46hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
SOEs, parastatals bleed Treasury
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and parastatals have suffered significant financial losses, totaling millions of US dollars, due to procurement scams where suppliers received prepayments but failed to ...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:42hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's treasury stalls devolution projects
The non-disbursement of devolution funds has resulted in local authorities being unable to initiate or complete numerous development projects, as reported by acting Auditor-General Rheah Kujinga. A Va...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:42hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
There is no hope in Sadc
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) commemorates yet another annual day of solidarity with Zimbabwe, my sincere submissi...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 20:18hrs | 225 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Mnangagwa flags govt procurement graft
President Emmerson Mnangagwa expressed his concerns about corruption within public procurement processes during his address at the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) third annual conf...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:05hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans urged to be confident in themselves
Zimbabwe's Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science, and Technology Development, Amon Murwira, encouraged Zimbabweans to have faith in their abilities, focus on the future, and c...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:03hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Auditor-General grossly underfunded
The Office of the Auditor-General has conveyed its dire need for increased funding and has formally requested additional financial support from the Treasury in the 2024 budget. Acting Auditor-General ...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:59hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt tightens screws on tenders
CORRUPTION in the awarding of tenders will now be a thing of the past following the launch of the Electronic-Government Procurement (e-GP) system by President Mnangagwa yesterday.The Electroni...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:58hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Bad leadership behind Zimbabwe's impoverishment
FORMER Finance minister in the Government of National Unity (GNU) Tendai Biti has blamed poor political leadership and a shambolic mineral resource governance strategy for the stagnation in Zimbabwe's...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:50hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers demand stands
Commercial sex workers, vendors, and churches in the Karoi farming town are advocating for residential stands as a fundamental human right. They claim they have been excluded from residential housing ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:25hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Molai never sponsored Kasukuwere
Adam Molai, the tobacco tycoon and owner of Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), has refuted allegations that he provided financial support for former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's fail...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 19:41hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold-backed digital token to cause accounting, auditing headache
The introduction of the Zimbabwe gold-backed digital token (ZiG) is posing a significant challenge for accounting and auditing professionals due to the uncertainty surrounding whether it should be cla...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-listed companies get leeway to report financials in US dollars
Zimbabwean companies listed on the stock exchange are now permitted to present their financial statements in US dollars due to the swift dollarization of the economy. The CEO of the Zimbabwe Stock Exc...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 18:21hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
CIO raises alarm over illicit army gold mining
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has raised serious national security fears over an illicit gold mining operation run by an army-owned company, Rusununguk...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Zacc to impound 2 000 illegally imported vehicles
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is poised to confiscate approximately 2,000 vehicles that were brought into the country through the misuse of the civil servants' rebate program. In coll...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:06hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
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